Cullman’s Eli Wilhite and West Point’s Hunter Appling delivered a pair of impressive performances during Monday’s MLK Classic in Birmingham.

The former raced to a fine victory in the 3,200-meter run (9:40.16), while the latter breezed to a solid triumph in the 60-meter hurdles (8:19) to go along with a respectable fourth-place showing in the 60-meter dash.

The Bearcats, which competed in Class 7A-6A, also racked up points from Colton Smith, who was eighth in the high jump.

The Warriors, meanwhile, earned points in 5A-1A from Joshua Couch (eighth in the 60-meter hurdles), Sadie Junkins (fifth in the 60-meter hurdles) and Shelby Sellers (sixth in shot put).

Other top-30 finishers were as follows:

Cold Springs

% Lilly McSpadden, ninth in high jump

% Jonathan Collett, 19th in 3,200-meter run and 28th in 1,600-meter run

% C.J. Lang, 27th in 1,600-meter run

% Cole Akridge, 29th in 800-meter run

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Cullman

% Jackson Tucker, 9th in 3,200-meter run

% Tucker Adkison, 13th in 3,200-meter run

% Garrett Crider, 19th in shot put

% Will Reid, 20th in shot put

% Cameron Baumgartner, 26th in long jump

% Edgar Media, 27th in 800-meter run

% Raigan Canter, 29th in shot put

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Fairview

% Lorin Zehr, 11th in shot put

% Quinton Chambers, 13th in 800-meter run

% Dylan Garner, 19th in shot put

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West Point

% Joshua Couch, ninth in 60-meter hurdles

% Sadie Junkins, 11th in long jump and 21st in triple jump

% Blake Diestelow, 15th in 60-meter dash