Dora track team competes at state, Cade Nold defends title and again brings home gold medals
Dora High School track star Cade Nold took first place in the 400 meter and 800 meter runs at the 2024 state competition for a second year in a row.
Dora High School track competitor Joshua Nold took 15th place in the 1600 meter run at the 2024 state track meet, held May 17-18. Photos of track meet by Andrea Martin.
Isabelle Martin, of Dora High School, pictured center, took 12th place in the 3200 meter run at the 2024 state meet and was part of the 4x800 meter relay team that took 13th place.
Dora 4x800 meter relay teammate Kinley Luna and her team took 13th place at the 2024 state track meet, held May 17-18, in Jefferson City.
Dora Falcon junior Cade Nold made a splash at last year’s class 1 state track meet, earning two gold medals in the 400 meter dash and 800 meter run - as a sophomore.
Coming back into the competition this year at the Missouri Class 1 state meet, held May 17-18 in Jefferson City, Cade put in the work and defended both titles, earning another set of gold medals for the events.
In the 400 meter dash, Cade took first place with a 49.15 second run in the finals, beating the other competitors and his own time last year of 49.63 and setting a new meet record. The finish was a full second ahead of the silver medalist, Preston Anderson, from Appleton City.
Cade earned the top spot in the 800 meter run as well, finishing the final race with a time of 1:57.04, shaving off a half second over last year’s time of 1:57.53 and coming in two seconds ahead of the second place runner, Michael Parrigon of McAuley Catholic.
Other state boys competitors
Other Falcons who earned the right to compete at the state level included:
• The boys 4x400 meter relay team earned 14th place in the preliminary round with a time of 3:52.78;
• Joshua Nold took 15th place in the 1600 meter run with a time of 5:02.91;
• Daniel Tomlinson took 16th place in the 3200 meter run with a time of 11:34.68;
• The boys 4x800 meter relay team earned 16th place in the finals with a time of 9:28.00.
Girls competitors at state
• Isabelle Martin took 12th place in the 3200 meter run with a time of 13:06.97;
• Girls 4x800 meter relay team took 13th place with a time of 11:00.49;
• Kayden Jones took 15th place in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:42.82; and
• Girls 4x400 meter relay team took 16th place in preliminary with a time of 4:36.45.