Notre Dame Invitational track and field

Notre Dame's Justice Thoma clears the bar during an event-winning performance in the high jump at the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Josh Mlot ~ Southeast Missourian)

Notre Dame's Claire Morrill leads the pack, ahead of Incarnate Word's Elyssa Toal, down the home stretch in the final leg of the 3,200-meter relay at the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Josh Mlot ~ Southeast Missourian)

Sikeston's Keon Graham (4) clears a hurdle while leading the field in the 300-meter hurdles at the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Josh Mlot ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cape Girardeau Central's Aaron Harris lets the discus fly during the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Josh Mlot ~ Southeast Missourian)

Saxony Lutheran's Franklin Bonney throws the discus during the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Josh Mlot ~ Southeast Missourian)

Notre Dame's Brock Lange competes attempts his final throw in the discus at the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Josh Mlot ~ Southeast Missourian)

Sikeston's David Rowland throws a winning mark of 131 feet, 8 inches in the discus at the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Josh Mlot ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cape Girardeau Central's Jeremiah Johnson competes in the long jump at the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Josh Mlot ~ Southeast Missourian)

Notre Dame's Riley Harden posts an event-winning mark of 19 feet, 8 inches in the long jump at the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Josh Mlot ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cape Girardeau Central' Davion Steele rises over the bar duing the pole vault competition at the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Josh Mlot ~ Southeast Missourian)

Sikeston's Gloria Bennett throws the shot put in a runner-up performance at the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Josh Mlot ~ Southeast Missourian)

Sikeston's Daniel Lawrence, left, leads teammate Keon Graham in the 110-meter hurdles at the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Josh Mlot ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cape Girardeau Central's Yienvi Johnson reacts after throwing a personal record of 40 feet, 2 inches in the shot put at the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Josh Mlot ~ Southeast Missourian)

Sikeston's Tyzeek Hill crosses the finish line ahead of Cape Girardeau Central's Kordell Batchelor in the boys 100-meter dash during the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Josh Mlot ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cape Girardeau Central's Takyra Williams, left, takes off after receiving the handoff from first-leg runner Quen'Talia Flye-Sadler during the girls 800-meter relay junior varsity race at the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Josh Mlot ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cape Girardeau Central's Ileeciah Luttrell-Johnson takes the handoff from Brittnee Blackmon, right, for the final leg of the girls 800-meter relay during the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Josh Mlot ~ Southeast Missourian)

Members of the Sikeston track and field team cheer on teammates competing in the 800-meter relay junior varsity race during the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Josh Mlot ~ Southeast Missourian)

Saxony Lutheran's Meredith Scheper competes in the girls 1,600-meter race during the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Josh Mlot ~ Southeast Missourian)

Runners take off from the starting line in the 1,600-meter run during the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Josh Mlot ~ Southeast Missourian)

Notre Dame's Blake Morris crosses the finish line in second in the 1,600-meter run during the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Josh Mlot ~ Southeast Missourian)

Saxony Lutheran's Samuel Elfrink rounds the final turn ahead of Cape Girardeau Central's Brogan Davis during the second heat of the 400-meter dash at the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Josh Mlot ~ Southeast Missourian)

Notre Dame's Allie Burnett clears the final hurdle while chasing leader Tyler Flowers, of Incarnate Word Academy, in the 800-meter run at the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Josh Mlot ~ Southeast Missourian)

A pack of runners featuring, from left, Zalma's Kassie Bright, Cape Girardeau Central's McKensi Williams and Incarnate Word Academy's Eden Toal races during the 800-meter run at the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Josh Mlot ~ Southeast Missourian)

Sikeston's Jimmy Williams watches the varsity boys 800-meter run during the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Josh Mlot ~ Southeast Missourian)

Sikeston's John Myres leads the field toward the finish line, ahead of Notre Dame's Sean Harold, in the 800-meter run at the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Josh Mlot ~ Southeast Missourian)

Sikeston's Tyzeek Hill holds off Cape Girardeau Central's Donye Taylor at the line to win the 200-meter race at the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Josh Mlot ~ Southeast Missourian)

Notre Dame's Natalie Timpe leads the field down the home stretch to put the Bulldogs in front through one leg of the 1,600-meter relay at the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Notre Dame won the race. (Josh Mlot ~ Southeast Missourian)

Notre Dame's Natalie Timpe cheers on her teammates during the girls 1,600-meter realy at the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Josh Mlot ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cape Giradeau Central's Brogan Davis takes the baton from Donye Taylor during a 1,600-meter relay-winning run at the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Josh Mlot ~ Southeast Missourian)

Sikeston track and field coach Matt Johnson talks to one of his runners during the girls 3,200-meter relay at the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Josh Mlot ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cape Girardeau Central's Jared Neikirk, left, and Notre Dame's Claire Morrill take a break between races during the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Josh Mlot ~ Southeast Missourian)

Powerful gusts of wind whip flags at the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Josh Mlot ~ Southeast Missourian)