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Year in Photos — Cassville track

August 21, 2024

Publisher’s note: Throughout the summer, the Cassville Democrat will feature the best unprinted photos from each team photographed during the 2023-2024 athletics seasons. — KT Cassville’s Ethan Bohmke rounds the track in a relay event at the Cassville Relays last season.

Williams breaks school record set in 2000

May 15, 2024

Three Cassville thinclads will compete in four events at the MSHSAA Class 3 State Championships this weekend, and one Lady Wildcats added some emphasis to her qualification by breaking a school record set at the beginning of the millenum.

2 Trojans trekking to state

May 15, 2024

Two Southwest High School runners have advanced to the Class 2 State Track and Field Championships, scheduled for Friday and Saturday. At the Class 2, Sectional 3 meet in Blue Eye on Saturday, senior Robert Humphries finished fourth in the mile and 2-mile at Sectional 3 at Blue Eye High School.

Cassville thinclads taking aim at state

May 8, 2024

The Cassville boys and girls track and field squads will head to Mountain Grove on Saturday, aiming to qualify to the Class 3 MSHSAA State Track and Field Championships on May 17-18 in Jefferson City.

3 Southwest track records fall at SBU

May 1, 2024

Senior Robert Humphries (steeplechase), junior Braydan Rose (javelin) and senior Juliauna Sierra (javelin) all set school records at the Southwest Baptist University Relays, which featured 59 schools in classes 1-2-3. Humphries won the 2000-meter steeplechase in 6:42.70, beating 41 other runners.

April 16, 2024

The Cassville boys track and field team took second place as a team and the girls took third at the Clever Invitational on April 9.

Southwest off and running

April 9, 2024

Only five meets into the season, Southwest’s track team began to see personal records fall. Led by seniors Robert Humphries, Kameron Kelley and Juliauna Sierra, the Trojans and Lady Trojans have lofty goals this year, hoping to use its strengths in distance running to reach the state meet in May.

April 9, 2024

The Cassville girls track team ran in two meets last week, taking second place as a team in the Monett meet and fifth place in Pea Ridge. Thrower Aaliiyah Franklin showed well in both meets, taking first place in shot put and second in discus in Monett, then swapped results with a first place in discus and second in shot put in Pea Ridge.

Wildcats speed into season

April 2, 2024

The Cassville boys track team is shifting its focus some this year, going from a distance running team to one more adept at sprinting and throwing. Clay Weldy, Cassville boys track coach, said 11 Wildcats return to the team this year, and 14 have joined.