Track

Smith-Cotton High School senior Jorge Contreras has accepted an athletic scholarship to run cross country and track for State Fair Community College in Sedalia.

Smith-Cotton High School senior Saige Peterson is the 2017 female Wendy's High School Heisman Scholarship winner for Missouri. S-C High student reporter Lexi Venable provides the following story:

Senior Mariona Ward qualified for the state track meet in four events, setting school records in two of them as the Smith-Cotton High School track and field program saw six athletes advance in 10 events Saturday, May 23, in the District 5, Sectional 3 meet at Blue Springs High School...

ALLENDALE, Mich. - For the second time this season the Central Missouri Jennies are on top of the track and field world. They won their first ever outdoor NCAA Division II National Championship after winning their first indoor championship back in March...

  Four members of the Smith-Cotton track team qualified to compete in the state meet with their performances Saturday May 24) in Eldon:  Luke Guier (photo) - first place, 400 meters Zac Volk - fourth place, pole vault Albert Nash - third place, long jump Marionna Ward - second place, 100 meter high hurdles; third place, 300 meter low hurdles The state track meet is scheduled for May 30 and 31 at L

Smith-Cotton High School’s boys track team finished in fifth place in Saturday’s Class 4 District 5 track meet in Jefferson City, and saw four individual performers qualify for the sectional meet. For the girls, Marionna Ward qualified in three events – the 100-meter high hurdles, the 300-meter low hurdles and as a member of the 4x100-meter relay with Mekeba Nash, Sarah Hughes and Drae Marcum... R

Olympic star Oscar Pistorius broke down in tears as he stood before magistrate Desmond Nair. Pistorius is being charged with murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp.

Track star Oscar Pistorius, the South African Olympian and double amputee nicknamed “Blade Runner” for his artificial legs, has been charged in the murder of his girlfriend, who died Thursday.

Seth Goldstein was "feeling pretty good" halfway through his recent cross country race, as the senior from Cooper Yeshiva High in Memphis,Tenn. was edging toward the front of the pack. But then something unusual happened. One of the runners he was closing in on collapsed. As the other runners kept going, Goldstein stopped to check on his competitor.

In a desperate situation where a man is faced with the decision to either seek out immediate medical attention or watch his pregnant girlfriend give birth in the backseat of his car, the only available option is to -- you guessed it -- pull into a NASCAR Speedway.