Fulton senior Sam Christensen triumphed in the 110-meter hurdles and high jump, and the Hornets won five events overall in taking second place in their annual Don Dobson Invitational on Friday.
On the girls' side, junior Rachel Guse´ was victorious in the 800 and long jump to spur Fulton to a third-place finish.
Moberly wrapped up the boys' team title, followed by Fulton, Boonville in third place and Mexico fourth. Moberly finished off a sweep by claiming the girls' team championship, while Boonville was second, Fulton third and Mexico fourth.
"The meet moves fast when you just have four teams and there are varied results," Fulton head coach Jim Menderski said. "You could tell the kids had some nerves competing in front of the home crowd and it took them a while to settle down.
"From the middle to the back end of the meet, I felt pretty good about how we performed."
Christensen won the boys' 110 hurdles with a time of 15.4 seconds and prevailed in the high jump with an effort of 5 feet, 10 inches. He was also part of the 400 relay - along with junior Travis Dean, freshman Ammod Davis and senior Greg Nevins - that finished third in :46.6.
The other event winners for the Hornets were sophomore Jared Eliuk in the 400 (:52.33), sophomore Brandon Dews in the 800 (2:12), and senior Noah Braun in the pole vault (10-6).
Davis also came in second in the 200 (:23.76) and third in the 100 (:11.5), while freshmen Mason Gaines and Gabe Luebbert logged second-place finishes, respectively, in the 1,600 (4:57) and 3,200 (11:32). The 1,600 relay of Davis, Eliuk, Nevins and sophomore Tanner Steffen took second in 3:42.
Tallying third-place outcomes were senior Noah Given in both the triple jump (36-6) and long jump (18-11), Steffen in the 110 hurdles (:15.8) and 300 hurdles (:44.9), Dean in the 200 (:23.82), sophomore Chaz Ballard in the 1,600 (5:15), and senior Matthew Newton in the discus (106-0).
Guse´ won the girls' 800 in 2:39 and took first in the long jump at 15-8. She teamed with freshmen Shawnie Hempfield, Kate Pani and Adrea Shadbolt in taking second in the 400 relay in :54.3.
Hempfield supplied the Lady Hornets' other victory in the triple jump at 31-1/2, while senior Madi Tobias took second in the high jump (4-8), and Pani picked up a second-place finish in the long jump (15-6). The 800 relay of sophomore Alyedia Sullivan, Hempfield and freshmen Jenna Young and Sydney York came in second in 2:01.
Third-place finishers included Shadbolt in the 100 hurdles (:18.5), Sullivan in the 200 (:29.8), sophomore Allison Cerda in the discus (86-0), junior Michaela Huff in the pole vault (7-0), and the 1,600 relay (3:42) of senior Katie Herzing, freshman Stephanie Gilbert, sophomore Mary Hinchie and York.
Fulton has a week off before hosting the North Central Missouri Conference championships at 4 p.m. Friday, May 8.