We miss Buck O'Neil 😢. He gave me and @DanyelleSargent a tour of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in 2004. Priceless. @NLBMuseumKC | @nlbmprez .

Here is a story I did on Lee's Summit pole vaulter @kcltft from 2018. No American has ever vaulted higher (19-11) 😍. Side note: If you go to 1:25 on the video you will see a young Chiefs DE @fanudike 😅.

Raytown South GOAT @zriyyaaa has lived up to the hype at @GamecockTrack!. I followed her around on her signing day in 2023 as she signed with Kentucky originally, but coaching changes led her to South Carolina.

A much younger @youngoch from my 2018 feature story. That @Northmen_MBB team was LOADED, paving the way for Oak Park to win the 2025 state title. Ochai was so tired from all the dunking he did in this video, ha!. @Ballin25Braun .

The @KCMetroMile Championships were also timing for the 1600m, Esther Blomker ran 5:10.79, which is the 27th fastest girl in Kansas this season. Again, she is 11-years-old 👀🔥🥶. The real ones know, sister of Micah.

If anyone is hosting a high-quality summer Track Meet, and has use of a gator, and wants some gator cam video coverage, shoot me a note!. Shawn.Beldin@gmail.com.

Had a fun night at the @KCMetroMile Championships at @GoHawklets!. Thanks to @steveblewruns and Mike Dierks for taking care of us. FULL RACES are 👉 And just in case you missed one of the best 800s you will ever see 👇. @MileSplitSW | @kansasrunning

.@KCMetroMile -. Simon Ketter wins the High School Boys Silver Mile by .02 👍. The @ParkHillSouthHS runner goes 4:26.78. FULL RACE:

.@KCMetroMile -. Max Larson takes the High School Boys Elite Mile in a time of 4:13.01 👍. The @sms_tf Raider won the 1600 and 3200 at state a couple week ago 🔥. FULL RACE: @SMSouthTDain

.@KCMetroMile -. Ella Messner wins the High School Girls Elite Mile in a time of 5:02.97 👍. The @STAstars soon-to-be sophomore finished 2nd at state in the Class 5 1600m run 🔥. FULL RACE:

.@KCMetroMile -. Nolan Brown set a new meet record in the Kids Mile 9 & Under Division 🔥 (6:19.65). He's a dawg and knows how to cross the finish line in style 😀. FULL RACE:

.@KCMetroMile -. Phillip Sullivan won the Middle School Mile (4:42.28), just edging out Archer Brown (4:43.24) 👏. Sullivan's school feeds into De Soto and Brown will be a future @OlatheWestOwls 🦉. FULL RACE: @DeSotoWildcats | @OWTracknField

.@KCMetroMile . Ellie Lichte set a new meet record in the Middle School Girls Elite Mile Division (5:17.24) 🔥. She will be competing for state championships in her next 4 years at Lexington (MO) High School. FULL RACE: @lexcrosscountry | @garrett_ogle

.@KCMetroMile -. Esther Blomker won the High School Girls Gold Mile with a time of 5:12.48 👍. Interesting fact: SHE'S 11-YEARS-OLD!. If anyone in MO or KS has ever run that fast of a time at 11, we can't find it 👀. FULL RACE: @MacMoore_KSHSAA | @KSHSAA

If my math is correct, the four Rockhurst's runners times add up to 7:24.96 👀🔥🥶 👀🔥🥶. Rockhurst's 4x8 will run together one last time next week at the New Balance Nationals in Philly, the same track they ran 7:33.83 at the Penn Relays.

3. Beasley (Bentonville) - 1:50.41.4. Hayes (Rock) - 1:51.06.5. Stevener (Kirkwood) - 1:51.22.6. Davis (Rock) - 1:52.27.7. Bond (Rock) - 1:52.28.8. Janovick (Spring Hill) - 1:53.12.9. Buehler (BVSW) - 1:54.12.10. Lewczyk (Liberty No) - 1:57.67.

.@KCMetroMile -. INSANE 800!. According to @milesplit, the fastest MO time ever is Brandon Miller (1:49.35). Henry Acorn ran that EXACT time tonight 👀. No one in Arkansas had ever dipped under 1:50, UNTIL NOW, Bentonville's Brian Burns (1:49.67). @GoHawklets | @BHS_TigerPride

Dang, spelled it wrong!. Isla Alfultis. Sorry Isla!. @CrusaderTrack | @heliascatholic | @HeliasWBB | @islaalfultis.

MO State Class 4 -. Best finish to a 3200m I have EVER seen 👀. Webster Groves’ Corbin Cole is in orange, Festus’ Carson Driemeier is in yellow. Winning time is 9:10.16, second is 9:10.21 . NOW WATCH ⬇️. ⁦@kansasrunning⁩ |⁦@STLhssports⁩ | ⁦@statesmensports⁩

You knew the Class 5 boys 4x1 was going to be crazy!!!. Your winner is LEE’S SUMMIT (40.95) 🔥🔥🔥. That is fastest time at MO state, EVER 👀. Hatfield, Hatfield, Fiene, Gormly 💰. ⁦@LSHSAthletics⁩ | ⁦@LSR7⁩ | ⁦@lstigerfootball⁩ | ⁦@LSTigerbball⁩