~ The Notre Dame sophomore posted a time of 22.57 seconds in Farmington.

The fastest 200-meter dash of the season? There's no doubt it belongs to Notre Dame sophomore Mark Zimmer.

But while his time of 22.66 from the Jackson Invitational on April 8 is the fastest in a varsity meet this season in Southeast Missouri, it's not even his best run of the year.

Zimmer posted a time of 22.57 seconds on April 27 to win the Black Knights Relays, a junior varsity meet in Farmington, Mo.

Also at that meet, Notre Dame sophomore Jessica Banda ran the girls 1,600 in 5:39.27, a time that would rank among the area's top four.

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Banda on Monday improved her school-record time in the 3,200 to 12:42.6 en route to a first-place finish at the Chester Invitational.

The Notre Dame boys finished first in the five-team meet and the girls placed second.

Notre Dame event winners

Boys -- 3,200 relay (John Unterreiner, Jason Delgado, Neil Kanneberg, Matt Pfau), 8:30.3; 100, Mark Zimmer, 11.6; 110 hurdles, David Westrich, 20.7; 400, Zimmer, 53.22; 300 IM, Frankie Ellis, 45.38; 800, Jason Delgado 2:07.16; 200, Zimmer, 23.43; 3,200, Logan Davis, 10:55.05; Long jump, Kyle Essner, 18-6.

Girls -- 3,200, Jessica Banda, 12:42.6; 3,200 relay (Allison Toole, Banda, Teresa Miller, Amanda Toole), 10:43.7; 100, Hannah Glueck, 13.8; 800 relay (Glueck, Allie Job, Alicia Toole, Haley Bohnert), 1:57.4; 1,600 -- Tori Pfau, 5:54.2; 400, Miller, 1:07.2.