JR. HIGH TRACK: DMS State-Qualifiers in 13 Events

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[ Du Quoin (Middle School) will send athletes in 12 events to the Southern Illinois Junior High School Athletic Association (SIJHSAA) Class L State Track and Field Championships following Tuesday's Sparta (Middle School) Regional.

The Warrior boys squad scored 93 points and shared third place with host Sparta.

Du Quoin's girls were also third, racking up 70 points.

All first and second place regional finishers qualify for the SIJHSAA State finals May 9 at Rend Lake College.

SPARTA BOYS REGIONAL

Team standings-1. Waterloo 109; 2. Columbia 98; 3. Sparta and Du Quoin 93; 5. Chester 47; 6. Pinckneyville 20; 7. Red Bud 9. (Du Quoin finishers listed. All state qualifiers listed with an asterisk*)

Pole Vault-1. Spencer Cook, 8'6*; 2. Haeden Sweetin, 7'6*.

High Jump-1. Deeja Cole, 5'8*

Discus-3. Nate Boss, 113'4

Long Jump-6. Jonah Spencer, 14'5

100 Hurdles-5. Marcus Marshall, 16.99

7th Grade 4x200 Relay-5. DMS, 2:06 (Tim Grissom, Nolan Showalter, Colin Dorsey, Spencer Cook)

1600-4. Haeden Sweetin, 5:53

7th Grade 100-1. Camden Youngman, 12.21*

8th Grade 100-2. Deeja Cole, 12.59*

8th Grade 4x200 Relay-1. DMS, 1:44.57* (Austin Mansker, Jonah Spencer, Spencer Cook, Camden Youngman)

200-1. Camden Youngman, 25.78*; 4. Austin Mansker, 26.81

4x400 Relay-5. DMS, 4:24 (Haeden Sweetin, Jonah Spencer, Marcus Marshall, Deeja Cole)

SPARTA GIRLS REGIONAL

Team standings-1. Waterloo 109; 2. Columbia 90; 3. Du Quoin 70; 4. Chester 47.5; 5. Sparta 46; 6. Pinckneyville 40; 7. Red Bud 33 (Du Quoin finishers listed. All state qualifiers listed with an asterisk* )

Discus-2. Jordan George, 69'7*

Shot Put-1. Jordan George, 29'2*

High Jump-5. Kelsey Robinson, 5'2

Long Jump-6. Kiyanna Dejear, 13'1

100 Hurdles-2. Alexis Mitchell, 17.62*, 4. Taylor King, 18.45

4x100 Relay-2. DMS, 57.01 (Bri Green, Abby Doerr, Alexis Mitchell, Kiyanna Dejear)*

7th Grade 100-6. Bri Green, 14.82

4x200 Relay-5. DMS, 2:09 (Sydney Heumann, Magen Eckert, Rebekah Woodside, Taylor King)

8th Grade 100-1. Kiyanna Dejear, 13.59*

200-1. Kiyanna Dejear, 28.81*

800-4. Shelby Crews, 2:46; 6. Brittany Willett, 2:50

4x400 Relay-5. DMS, 5:11 (Taylor King, Brittany Willett, Shelby Crews, Kelsey Robinson)