Sheldon sending one qualifier to Class 1 state track

Old news: Kim Colbert once again broke her own school record in the 300-meter hurdles.

New news: she's going to state because of it.

The Sheldon High School sophomore qualified for the MSHSAA Class 1 track and field state championship this weekend in Jefferson City with a second-place time of 50.50 seconds in her specialty event (for which she set and re-set a new school-best mark repeatedly this season) at the Class 1 Sectional 5 meet Saturday in Sarcoxie.

Colbert also ran in the 100-meter dash at sectionals, but finished eighth.

Junior teammate Madison Garren ran in three events, just missing out on qualifying for state in the 3,200-meter run with a new personal-best time of 13 minutes, 8 seconds (good enough for fifth place). She also finished sixth in both the 1,600 and the 400.