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Central hurdler wins title at Checotah Invitational; other local athletes place
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April 30, 2025
Central hurdler wins title at Checotah Invitational; other local athletes place
By David Seeley Sports Editor,

CHECOTAH — Central 300-meter hurdler Braxin Goodson won his event at the Checotah Invitational, which took place April 17 at Ogle Field.

In the 300-meter hurdles, Goodson won with a time of 42.33 seconds, with Gore’s Devon Mannon finishing fifth (44.88 seconds), Gore’s Trenton Cunningham placing eighth (46.29) and Gore’s Weston Cunningham finishing 10th (46.29).

Weston Cunningham was runner-up in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 16.72 seconds, with Mannon placing fourth (16.85 seconds), Trenton Cunningham finishing sixth (17.92) and Webbers Falls’ Dawson Littlefield finishing 18th (21.15).

The Central Tigers’ mile relay team of Jake Woods, Gavin Randolph, Noah Buzzard and Goodson was second (3:39), while the same four relay legs were 11th in the 800-meter relay (1:38.15).

Central’s Charlie Petree was runner-up in the shot put (33-11) and seventh in the discus (91-2).

In the girls’ 300-meter hurdles, Central’s Alyvia Warner was third (49.41 seconds), Vian’s Tina Rautenberg was 11th (54.88), Central’s Alexxus Bolin was 17th (58.07), Webbers Falls’ Kailey Mannon was 22nd (59.7) and Webbers Falls’ Hannah Kay Mason was 30th (1:11).

Webbers Falls Lady Warrior Cheyanne Herrier was fourth (14:11.29) in the 3,200-meter run, Central’s foursome of Warner, Paris Campbell, Jhaselyn Gonzalez and Cambree Bair was fourth (4:32.43) in the 1,600-meter relay and Vian’s Blazi Dieter seventh in the 800-meter run (2:52).

Randolph was fifth (52.36 seconds), Vian’s Austin Wilson was 18th (58.22), Central’s Aiden Cawhorn was 22nd (58.57), Gore’s Gabe Hefley was 28th (1:00.23), Central’s Aidan Sainer was 31st (1:01.12), Webbers’ Falls Colton Lester was 33rd (1:02.19), Vian’s Braxton Drake was 42nd (1:05.28) and Gore’s Grant Davis was 43rd (1:05.58) in the 400-meter dash.

In the 800-meter relay, Central’s Campbell, Warner, Keeley Poindexter and Bair were fifth (1:56.17), Gore’s foursome of Amelia White, Emily Daily, Gracie Bruce and Rayleigh Moore was 11th (2:05.85) and Webbers Falls’ quartet of Bridgette Baer, Audri Spears, Mason and Mannon was 12th (2:06.15). Campbell, Scarlett Harrison, Ryleigh Pierce and Bair were fifth (11:36.76) in the 3,200-meter relay for the Lady Tigers.

In the 100-meter hurdles, Warner was seventh (18.74 seconds), Bolin was 11th (19.59), Vian’s Kala Gibbins was 17th (20.57), Vian’s Alina Mendoza was 27th (24.11), Tina Rautenberg was 30th (31.07) and Vian’s Kylie Covie was 31st (33.38).

Central’s foursome of Gonzalez, Kinly Lovell, Keeley Poindexter and Kaitlin Clark was seventh (56.52), while Webbers Falls’ quartet of Baer, Spears, Abbie Patterson and Mannon was 10th (59.5) in the 400-meter relay.

In the boys’ 200-meter dash, Goodson was 10th (23.87 seconds), Vian’s Jacob Brannick was 15th (24.52), Hefley was 25th (25.56), Littlefield was 34th (26.3), Lester was 42nd (26.63), Central’s Brycen Chandler-Eisman was 45th (26.89), Vian’s Ricky Wolfe was 52nd (27.31) and Webbers Falls’ Cordae Shine was 66th (31.26).

White was 12th (1:10.2), Clark was 20th (1:13.24), Central’s Scarlett Harrison was 26th (1:15.62), Moore was 29th (1:16.46), Pierce was 31st (1:17.24) and Webbers Falls’ Madison Smith was 33rd (1:17.9) in the 400-meter dash.

Gore’s Cole Brooksher, Trenton Cunningham, Mannon and Weston Cunningham were 12th in the 800-meter relay (1:38.75).

In the boys’ 100-meter dash, Brooksher was 12th (12.1 seconds), Brannick was 15th (12.21), Sainer was 22nd (12.34), Mannon was 25th (12.42), Hefley was 30th (12.59), Littlefield was 35th (12.79), Chandler- Eisman was 50th (13.24) and Wolfe was 53rd (13.54).

Baer was 13th (13.95), Clark was 20th (14.22), Gonzalez was 23rd (14.35), Daily was 24th (14.38), Lovell was 30th (14.56), Vian’s Annie Neal was 34th (14.73), Patterson was 39th (14.88), Spears was 40th (14.91), Gore’s Sophie O’Connor was 42nd (15.08), Bruce was 49th (15.68) and Vian’s Eva Lee was 54th (16.43) in the girls’ 100-meter dash.

Clark was 16th (29.98), Vian’s Sidney Cox was 19th (30.08), Poindexter was 21st (30.28), Baer was 25th (30.6), Lovell was 27th (30.96), Spears was 36th (32.39), Patterson was 41st (33.49) and Vian’s Brooke Byars was 43rd (33.77) in the 200-meter dash.

In team standings on the girls’ side, the Lady Tigers were seventh (30 points) and the Lady Warriors were 17th (four).

The Tigers were ninth (28 points) and the Pirates were 14th (15) on the boys’ side.

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