Fulton track teams sweep titles in 100-meter dash at Don Dobson Invitational

The Fulton Hornets and Lady Hornets each won the 100-meter dash Friday in the Don Dobson Invitational at Robert E. Fisher Stadium.

Courtland Simmons won the boys 100 for the Hornets, posting a time of 10.65 seconds to edge Mexico's Jordan Mitchell by five-hundredths of a second.

For the girls, Quiara Walton won the 100 with a time of 12.57 seconds, holding off Fatima's Caleigh Huot by two-tenths of a second.

Walton added a pair of second-place finishes for the Fulton girls, who placed fifth out of nine teams with 60 points. Walton was second in the long jump with a leap of 15 feet, 3.75 inches, and was also second in the triple jump with a distance of 32-6.25.

Simmons took third in the boys 400-meter dash with a time of 52.74 seconds for the Hornets, who took sixth place out of eight teams with 53 points.

Blair Oaks won the girls team title with 124 points and Moberly finished second with 100 points. Mexico won the boys team title with 126 points, as Blair Oaks was runner-up with 99 points.

The top-six finishers in each event scored team points.

Kayanna Gaines was runner-up in both the 800- and 1,600-meter runs for the Lady Hornets, clocking times of 2:31.37 and 5:34.19, respectively. Gaines also finished third in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 12:40.30.

Christian Mahoro was third in the boys high jump for Fulton, clearing the bar at 5-7.

Placing fourth individually for the Hornets were Carter Meyerhoff in the 800 (2:15.84), Shaun Wolfe in the 1,600 (4:53.63) and the 3,200 (10:55.78) and Logan Vanden Bosch in the high jump (5-5).

Finishing fourth for the Lady Hornets were Emily Boyd in the 200-meter dash (30.35 seconds) and Carly Foster in the shot put (28-9.25).

Rounding out the top-six individual performances for the Fulton girls were Foster in the discus (sixth, 86-5.5) and Olivia Huff in the pole vault (sixth, 5-11.75).

Jesse Peterson finished fifth in the boys pole vault, clearing 8-11. Sixth-place finishers for the Hornets were Vanden Bosch in the triple jump (35-2) and Isaac Avery in the 1,600 (4:58.88) and the 3,200 (11:06.31).

In the relay events, the Fulton boys finished third in the 4x400 (3:50.05) and fourth in the 4x800 (9:37.15), while the girls placed sixth in both the 4x100 (1:01.56) and the 4x200 (2:10.21).

Fulton is off until Saturday, when it competes in the North Central Missouri Conference Championships at Hannibal to conclude the regular season.