CHERRY TWP - Do three sisters and two records equal one of a kind?

Moniteau High School might have such a thing in Samantha, Amanda and Amy Gladd.

Though Samantha, a senior, opted not to return to the Warriors girls track and field team this spring, she still owns the program's pole vault record of 8 feet, which she set last season.

Her sophomore twin sisters both ran legs on Moniteau's record-setting 1,600-meter relay team this season. Amanda and Amy Gladd ran the first two legs, followed by Haley McFeaters and Alyssa Deal, in setting a school-record time of 4 minutes, 12.64 seconds.

"We actually broke and re-broke the record a couple of times," Amanda said. "We broke it three times this year.

"They broke the record last year, when I wasn't on (the relay). We weren't planning on breaking it this year."

Amy disagreed."I knew we'd be faster," she said. "We were five seconds slow in spots last year. Amanda's fast and the rest of us had another year to get faster."Three sisters combining to hold three of her program's records is a new one on Moniteau coach Sue Scialabba."I've never heard of that happening anywhere," Scialabba said. "I know it hasn't happened here."Perhaps it was only a matter of time before the Gladd sisters found their way into the record books. They've been involved in numerous activities all their lives.Samantha played volleyball at Moniteau while her sisters play on the girls basketball team. The elder sister has had parts in the school's last seven musicals and is going to study music at Indiana (Pa.) University.The twins helped out with fifth- and sixth-grade basketball in the Moniteau school district. Both run cross country as well."I missed track this year, but I felt like I had to concentrate on my studies more," Samantha said. "Music is the direction I'm going."I'm proud of my sisters, of the entire team, for what they accomplished."The Warriors were unbeaten in conference meets this spring in winning their first-ever league title.Besides the 1,600-meter relay, Amanda qualified for the District 9 meet in the 100-meter hurdles, long jump and the 400-meter relay."Amy and I have done everything together," she said of her twin. "We played on the same youth soccer teams, took gymnastics together, we've been on the same basketball team since fourth grade.

"We tried talking Samantha into coming back out for track, but we understand why she didn't. All of us being part of school records - that will be cool to remember."Scialabba described Amy as "our utility-type person. Whenever we needed someone to fill an opening, we called on Amy."And with only a 20-member squad, there were plenty of openings.She has run the 800 meters, triple jump, 400-meter relay, 400 meters and 3,200-meter relay, along with the record-setting 1,600 meter relay."It's just fun going out there and competing," she said.The Gladd twins might not be finished etching their names in the Moniteau record books."They've got two years to go yet," Scialabba said. "I can see Amanda getting the (100 meter) hurdles record and Amy taking a run at it in the triple jump.""We've been using her in the middle distances, but Amy could become one of our best sprinters," assistant coach Jeff Bruner said.All that matters to the Gladd twins is improving."Records are something to work toward and it ultimately benefits the team," Amanda said."We had a good team last year, but this year we just got better with each meet we did," her sister said. "I want to see that happen again."