MSD's Goodwin claims boys' high title at District 1 meet

Eagles senior Benson Goodwin collected a district championship in the high jump at the Class 1, District 1 championships on Saturday at Festus High School.

Goodwin posted a final jump of 5 feet, 6 inches in logging the only individual win for either Missouri School for the Deaf team. The top-four individual finishers in each event will move on to this Saturday's sectional championship.

Lady Eagle freshman Elizabeth Harrison grabbed fourth-place showings in both the high jump (4-4) and the long jump (14-4) to advance to sectional competition.

The MSD boys tallied 14 points to finish 11th in the team standings. The Lady Eagles accumulated 17 points, also good enough for an 11th-place finish.

Van-Far (156) and New Haven (179) claimed respective team titles in the boys and girls' divisions.

Goodwin and Harrison will run at the Sectional 1 championships at 10 a.m. this Saturday at MICDS High School in St. Louis.