Tommy Meyer wrapped up his short high track career at Liberty Christian Academy in style.

The Montgomery City resident won not one, but two state championships for the Wright City school at the Missouri Christian School Athletic Association state meet on May 8-9 at Joplin High School. Meyer captured the high jump title for the second year in a row and was part of the winning 800-meter relay team.

Meyer also helped his team leave Joplin with a state championship. LCA finished first with 198 points.

“It was definitely the best way to end my high school career,” Meyer said. “It was a great opportunity.”

Meyer scored 37 points in five events. He also placed third in the triple jump, fourth in the 110-meter hurdles and eighth in the 300-meter hurdles.

“He had a terrific track meet,” LCA coach Doug Smith said.

Meyer finished with a 5-10 in the high jump. Last year, he won the event with a personal-best 6-2.

Smith said the senior competed in the high jump under cold and rainy conditions on the first day of the state meet.

“None of the other jumpers were even close to their PRs,” Smith said. “All of the kids in the triple jump were way below what they normally do. The long jump kids were way below what they normally do. It was not a good night that was conducive to track, but it was well below what he wanted to jump at the state meet, but under the conditions, it was good enough to win.”

Jacob Cochran of Rivers of Life Christian, who finished second in the high jump, also jumped a 5-10. Meyer won the tiebreaker because he cleared 5-10 on his first attempt, while Cochran didn’t.

“It’s just got really competitive,” Meyer said. “We were hoping for the best.”

Meyer helped the 4x200 squad come out on top with a 1:40.89 in the second day of the state meet. The team also included Meyer’s brother Cruz, Sam Clemmin and Ben Greening. Cruz Meyer is a freshman.

“It was the best that we did all season,” said Tommy Meyer, who ran the third leg. “We broke the record for our school, also. We all ran our absolute fastest and it cut off six seconds from our normal time. Sharing that with my brother was really cool.”

Meyer finished third in the triple jump in 37-9, making it the second year in a row he placed in the top five at the event. He came in fifth in 2025.

“I think he could have probably silver medaled in that, but he was running simultaneously to the high jump,” Smith said. “He just kind of came over and took his triple jumps, then he went to high jump.”

Meyer finished behind Ethan Dodson of El Dorado Christian and Easton Rhodes of Christian Learning Center.

“I wasn’t even planning on getting third,” Meyer said. “I thought I was going to get lower, like fifth or sixth. (Getting) third was a surprise to me.”

Meyer also finished fourth in the 110-meter hurdles in 19.67 seconds and eighth in the 300-meter hurdles in 51 seconds. He competed in the 110-meter hurdles for the first time and finished with his personal-best mark in the 300-meter hurdles.

Meyer said he enjoyed competing in five events at state.

“It was definitely a lot,” he said.

The 6-foot-5 Meyer plans to play basketball at Hannibal-LaGrange University next year. During the winter season, he helped his LCA boys basketball team win the state championship and averaged 13 points and six rebounds per game.

Meyer started competing in track in his junior year, the same year LCA began its program.

“We had track only two years, so I would suggest that he was an incredibly valuable piece to that,” Smith said. “By getting him to come out last year as a junior and decided to do it helped us build a quality team. When you get a good athlete who is a leader and says, ‘I want to go do that,’ other kids tend to follow. I think that certainly helped get him out.”

Meyer, who has been living in Montgomery City since he was six years old, started attending LCA when he was in eighth grade. Before that, he was a homeschool student.

“It’s been amazing,” Meyer said. “I really like it. I would suggest it to anyone.”