Class 1-2 state track photos

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Andrew Jansen ~ Special to the Southeast Missourian

Photos from the Class 1-2 state track meet in Jefferson City:

Saxony Lutheran's Cassie Simpher celebrates after catching Archie's Lindsey Cornelius at the finish line of the Class 1 girls 1,600-meter relay. (More photos from the close finish in this gallery.)
Kelly's Londyn Backfisch, right, edges Scott City's Stephanie Essner in the Class 2 girls 200 meters.
Kelly's Londyn Backfisch reacts after winning the Class 2 girls 200 meters.
Kelly sophomore Londyn Backfisch crosses the finish line in the Class 2 girls 200 meters.
Scott City's Stephanie Essner, left, congratulated Kelly's Londyn Backfisch after Backfisch edged Essner in the Class 2 girls 200 meters.
Scott City's Stephanie Essner takes off at the start of the Class 2 girls 400-meter run, which she won.
Scott City sophomore Stephanie Essner cruises down the stretch in the Class 2 girls 400 meters.
Scott City's Stephanie Essner crosses the finish line to win the Class 2 girls 400-meter run.
Saxony Lutheran's Ross Gage (478) settles for second place in the Class 1 boys 800 meters.
Scott County Central's D.D. Gillespie prepares to take the baton from Randy Timmons as the Braves won the Class 1 boys 800-meter relay.
Scott County Central's D.D. Gillespie prepares to take off en route to his Class 1 boys 400-meter victory.
Saxony Lutheran's Cassie Simpher, left, finishes a hundredth of a second behind Meadville's Kaci Sargent in the Class 1 girls 400 meters.
Saxony Lutheran's Cassie Simpher falls to the ground after finishing second in the Class 1 girls 400 meters.
Saxony Lutheran sophomore Cassie Simpher falls after finishing second in the Class 1 girls 400 meters.
Saxony Lutheran sophomore Cassie Simpher gets up after finishing second in the Class 1 girls 400 meters and then taking a tumble.
Saxony Lutheran's Cassie Simpher passes Archie's Lindsey Cornelius just before the finish line of the Class 1 girls 1,600-meter relay.
Saxony Lutheran's Cassie Simpher and Archie's Lindsey Cornelius lean at the finish line for a 1-2 finish in the Class 1 girls 1,600-meter relay.
Saxony Lutheran's Cassie Simpher celebrates after crossing the finish line in the Class 1 girls 1,600-meter relay.
Saxony Lutheran's Cassie Simpher celebrates after catching Archie's Lindsey Cornelius at the finish line of the Class 1 girls 1,600-meter relay.
Saxony Lutheran's Mark Buerck takes the baton from Andrew Etzold with the lead in the first exchange for the 1,600-meter relay win, which capped the Crusaders' team championship.
Saxony Lutheran's Ross Gage takes the baton from Mark Buerck with the lead in the 1,600-meter relay, which the Crusaders won for the third straight year.
Saxony Lutheran senior Max Wieser crosses the finish line to win the 1,600 relay and cap Saxony's Class 1 boys team championship.
Saxony Lutheran coach Larry Cleair poses with, from left, Andrew Etzold, Ross Gage, Max Wieser, Mark Buerck, Joe Buerck after the track program's first state championship.