Chester boys win Rocky Bridges Invitational

Chester High School hosted the 2022 Rocky Bridges Invitational track and field meet Tuesday, April 19, at the Dr. Charles R. Young Memorial Track and Field Complex.

The YellowJacket boys won their division with a total of 152 points. The Lady Jackets finished third with 97 points.

In the process the YellowJacket boys had three athletes bring home first-place finishes: Jacob Cowell in the pole vault and 300-meter hurdles, Isaac Jany in the shot put, and Will Schuwerk in the 200. The Lady Jackets won the 4x200 relay and the 800 sprint medley.

Chester was followed in the boys division by Pinckneyville (2nd, 112), Red Bud (3rd, 107), Sparta (4th, 92.50), Okawville (5th, 57.50), and Waterloo Gibault (6th, 19).

Pinckneyville won the girls division with 126 points, followed by Okawville (2nd, 110), Chester (3rd, 97), Nashville (4th, 96), Sparta (5th, 72), Red Bud (6th, 62), and Waterloo Gibault (7th, 8).

<b>Chester boys results</b>

High Jump: Gabriel Steele (2nd, 1.80m) and Cooper Eggemeyer (4th, 1.65 m

Pole Vault: Jacob Cowell (1st, 3.95m) and Lannin Caron (2nd, 2.75m)

Long Jump: Cooper Eggemeyer (4th, 5.30m) and Freddie Alvarez (6th, 5.20m)

Triple Jump: Jacob Cowell (2nd, 11.95m) and Freddie Alvarez (3rd, 11.47m)

Discuss: Isaac Jany (4th, 29.92m) and Gavin Cowan (7th, 25.54m)

Shot Put: Isaac Jany (1st, 12.17m)

4x800 Relay: Chester (2nd, 10.06.6)

4x100 Relay: Chester (3rd, 48.1)

110 Hurdles: Gabriel Steele (2nd, 20.4)

100: Will Schuwerk (2nd, 12.2) and Freddie Alvarez (4th, 12.7)

800: Blake Farmer (3rd, 2:14.7) and Garret Hopkins (6th, 2:27.4)

400: Jacob Handel (3rd, 54.8) and Will Schuwerk (5th, 55.1)

300 Hurdles: Jacob Cowell (1st, 45.4) and Gabriel Steele (3rd, 49.3)

200: Will Schuwerk (1st, 24.5) and Cooper Eggemeyer (3rd, 25.7)

4x400 Relay: Chester (2nd, 3:55.6)

<b>Chester girls results</b>

High Jump: Mabry Wingerter (3rd, 1.40m) and Amanda Kennon (7th, 1.15m)

Pole Vault: Hannah Blechle (2nd, 2.45m) and Bethany Baughman (4th, 2.00m)

Long Jump: Mabry Wingerter (3rd, 4.05m)

Triple Jump: Paige Vasquez (3rd, 8.11m) and Bethany Baughman (4th, 7.50m)

Discus: Briley Miles (4th, 23.61m) and Alyssa Seymour (11th, 19.12m)

Shot Put: Briley Miles (7th, 8.29m) and Alyssa Seymour (12th, 6.54m)

800 Sprint Medley: Chester (1st, 2:07m)

4x800 Relay: Chester (4th, 13:17.7)

4x100 Relay: Chester (3rd, 56.6)

100 Hurdles: Jasemine Meredith (3rd, 19.1) and Paige Vasquez (4th, 19.4)

100: Amanda Kennon (10th, 16.6)

800: Madi Kribs (7th, 3:16.5) and Rylie Conley (8th, 3:22.5)

4x200 Relay: Chester (2nd, 1:58.7)

400: Josalynn Anaya (6th, 1:18.8) and Maleia Absher (8th, 1:22.8)

300 Hurdles: Jasmine Meredith (3rd. 53.9)

1600 (1-Mile): Maria Nickle (9th, 7:26.8)

200: Camryn Howie (2nd, 30.6) and Josalynn Anaya (8th, 33.1) L

4x400 Relay: Chester (3rd, 4:45.5)