'Dogs leap to wins at Cape Relays

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Sikeston boys swept he jump events on a cool, brisk day at the Cape Relays on Saturday.

The Bulldogs' Felante Larry, with the top individual long jump (23'-1") and triple jump (45-11), was chosen the field events Athlete of the Meet.

"Our jumpers had a tremendous day," said Sikeston coach Jerry Dement. "We really were pleased with our jumping efforts and Felante, individually, had a great day. To jump 23 feet (in the long jump) and almost 46 in the triple in 45 degree weather is pretty good."

Larry led a team of David Cody (19-0) and Apollo Patterson (19-0) to a win in the long jump relay. Then he, Brandon Williams and Cody combined to capture the triple jump relay. Larry also ran a leg on Sikeston's runner-up 4 x 100 relay team (44.2) with Williams, Brandon Washington and B.J. Green and the 4 x 200 team (1:33) with Tommy Strong, Williams and Green.

Cody, just a freshman, capped a strong performance by helping the Bulldogs to a win in the high jump relay. He teamed with Washington and Andre Goodwin, who tied for the best individual jump at 5-10.

Stephon Turner finished first in the open 110 hurdles with a time of 15.5.

The 'Dogs also placed third in the sprint medley, the pole vault relay and the shot put relay.

Complete Sikeston boys results Long jump relay -- 1. Larry, Cody, Patterson.

Triple jump relay -- 1. Larry, Williams, Cody.

High jump relay -- 1. Cody, Washington, Goodwin.

110 hurdles -- 1. Stephon Turner.

4 x 100 -- 2. Larry, Williams, Washington, Green.

4 x 200 -- 2. Strong, Williams, Washington, Larry.

Sprint medley -- 3. Green (100 meters), Brian Branion (100), David Stovall (200), Brandon Wright (400).

Pole vault relay - 3. Trey Stone, Sam Rains.

Shot put relay - 3. Joe Johnson, Joe Moore, Salimar Cox.

On the girls side, Sikeston's 4 x 800 and 4 x 400 relays finished second and third, respectively.

Traci Jackson, Deneka Black, Whitney Turner and Ashley Johnson comprise both teams.

"We're really pleased with our longer relays," said Dement. "They have some quality times for our classification (Class 3) and we're hoping they can do well at the end of the year."

Whitney Wallace placed third in the individual discus with a personal-best toss of 104 feet.

Complete Sikeston girls results

4 x 800 -- 2. Jackson, Black, Turner, Johnson.

4 x 400 -- 3. Jackson, Black, W. Turner, Johnson.

Discus -- 3. Whitney Wallace.

Long jump relay -- 4. Berneatress Hunt, Martika Davis, Lashawna Turner.

Sprint medley -- 4. L. Turner, Davis, Chasmon Herrion, Willa Triplett.

4 x 100 -- 4. Turner, Davis, Hunt, Herrion.

"In that cold weather, that was a heckuva performance," said Dement, of both teams' efforts. "All our kids competed well despite the weather conditions. Both the boys and the girls didn't let it bother them too much. Overall, a pretty good day, particularly on the boys side."

Sikeston has a busy week on tap with the varsity competing at the Perryville Invitational on Tuesday, a junior varsity home meet on Thursday and the Poplar Bluff Invitational, also a varsity meet, on Friday.