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St. Eds sends three to state track meet

By Tom Dodge

sportenws@bellsouth.net

BASILE - Three St. Edmund athletes will have a chance for a medal at next Thursday Class 1-A track and field state championships held at Bernie Moore Track on LSU’s campus in Baton Rouge,

Field events start at 12:15 p.m., while the running events are set for 5 p.m.

At the Region 2 meet held Tuesday at Basile, the Blue Jays finished 11th with 13 points, while the Lady Jays were ninth with 24 points.

Wesley Fruge finished second in the discus with a distance of 125-3.

Hannah Redlich finished third in the girls pole vault with a leap of 8-0.

Brianna Ramirez, last week’s District 6-1A Top Track Performer won the 3,200 meter run in regionals with a time of 14:29.5.

A total of 23 St. Edmund athletes advanced to regionals, along with three relay teams.

Held At Basile High

April 22, 2008

Boys

Team scoring: 1, Southern Lab, 104; 2, Hamilton Christian Academy, 92; 3, Desire Street Academy, 68; 4, North Central, 66; 5, Kentwood, 53; 6, False River, 41; 7, Basile, 37; 8, Elton, 26; 9, Varnado, 19; 10, Christian Life Academy, 16; 11, St. Edmund, 13; 12, Oberlin, 10; 13, Northlake Christian, 7; 14, Merryville, 3; 15, Catholic-Pointe Coupee, 2; 16, Acadiana Prep, 1; 17 (T), Archbishop Hannan, 0; 17, (T), South Cameron, 0.

Field Events

Shot put: 1, Lavar Edwards, DSA, 50-0; 2, Jonathan McPipe, SL, 49-5; 3, Kory Spurlock, NC, 48-2.

Discus: 1, Edwards, DSA, 141-7; 2, Wesley Fruge, SE, 125-3; 3, Charles Jackson, FR, 123-5.

Javelin: 1, Kevin Wright, CLA, 170-6; 2, Jace Peterson, HCA, 160-6; 3, Spurlock, NC, 157-3 ø.

Long jump: 1, Carlton Black, SL, 22-1; 2, Brian Weary, DSA, 20-5; 3, Derrick Thomas, Bas, 20-4.

Triple jump: 1, Black, S, 45-7; 2, H.D. Martin, Ober, 42-9; 3, Wright, CLA, 41-11.

High jump: 1, Black, SL, 6-6; 2, D’Neilus Holmes, Varn, 6-5; 3, DeAngelo Peterson, DSA, 6-5.

Pole vault: 1, Joshua Bertrand, Elton, 10-0; 2, Kyle Peterson, HCA, 10-0; 3, Cameron Meyer, HCA, 9-0.

Running Events

100 meters: 1, Thomas, Bas, 10.8; 2, Lydric Dawson, KW, 10.9; 3, Sam Bowers, HCA, 11.0.

200: 1, Keidrick Johnson, SL, 22.4; 2, Sam Bowers, HCA, 22.5; 3, Lydric Dawson, KW, 22.4.

400: 1, Chris Avery, HCA, 48.7; 2, Isiah Davis, HCA, 50.4; 3, Steven Rogers, DSA, 50.4.

800: 1, Danny Pearce, FR, 2:10.7; 2, Rafael Bolden NC, 2:11.0; 3, Junius Robinson, Elton, 2:11.3.

1,600: 1, Pearce, FR, 5:01.9; 2, Rafael Bolden, NC, 5:05.9; 3, Romale West, KW, 5:10.0.

3200: 1, Comeaux, NC, 11:47.8; 2, Dustin Freeman, FR, 11:48.1; 3, Phillip Thompson, Bas, 11:49.0.

110 hurdles: 1, Jeremiah Sims, KW, 15.9; 2, Ross Bland, HCA, 16.6; 3, Austin Donald, SL, 16.7.

300 hurdles: 1, Donald, SL, 42.2; 2, Kairon McClenan, NC, 43.3; 3, De’Andre Joseph, SL, 44.7.

400 relay: 1, Kentwood (Lydric Dawson, Alfred Franklin, Rommell Thomas, Jasper Gatlin), 43.4; 2, Southern Lab 43.4; 3, Basile 43.6.

800 relay: 1, Hamilton Christian (Chris Avery, Darrius Thomas, Isiah Davis, Sam Bowers), 1:29.5; 2, Southern Lab 1:29.9; 3, Desire Street 1:30.9.

1,600 relay: 1, Hamilton Christian (Chris Avery, Darrius Thomas, Isiah Davis, Ashton Boyd), 3:27.8; 2, Desire Street 3:30.1; 3, Southern Lab 3:31.9.

Outstanding Track Performer: Danny Pierce, False River.

Outstanding Field Performer: Carlton Black, Southern Lab.

Girls

Team Scoring: 1, Southern Lab, 114; 2, Hamilton Christian, 88; 3, South Cameron, 85; 4, Merryville, 56; 5, Basile, 36; 6, Christian Life Academy, 33; 7, North Central, 29; 8, Oberlin, 25; 9, St. Edmund, 24; 10, Archbishop Hannan, 15; 11 (T), Elton, 14; 11 (T), Northlake Christian, 14; 13, False River, 9; 14, Varnado, 7; 15, Catholic-Pointe Coupee, 5; 16, Kentwood, 4; 17 (T), Acadiana Prep, 0; 17 (T), Desire Street Academy, 0.

Field Events

Shot put: 1, LaShantae Rounds, SL, 37-7; 2, Meagan Whiten, CL, 36-8; 3, Kashmia Weary, SL, 35-5.

Discus: 1, Katelyn Doyle, HCA, 108-10; 2, Biddle, HCA, 97-8; 3, Meagan Whiten, CL, 96-0.

Javelin: 1, Brandi Manuel, NC, 106-9; 2, Doren Welsh, FR, 99-2; 3, Shelby Willis, SC, 94-9.

Long jump: 1, Rachael Fountain, SC, 17-4; 2, Logane Fuselier, Ober, 16-10; 3, Morgan Doyle, HCA, 15-8.

Triple jump: 1, Fountain, SC, 37-6; 2, Whitney Froeba, Han, 33-2; 3, Gabby Boudreaux, HCA, 31-7.

High jump: 1, Fountain, SC, 5-2; 2, Baylee Miller, HCA, 4-8; 3, Michelle Killins, CLA, 4-8.

Pole vault: 1, Laiken Canik, SC, 8-6; 2, Haley McCall, SC, 8-0; 3, Hannah Redlich, SE, 8-0.

Running Events

100 meters: 1, Logane Fuselier, Ober, 12.5; 2, Tre’Sh Richardson, SL, 12.7; 3, Jean Spears, SL, 13.1.

200: 1, Kayante Parker, SL, 25.8; 2, Tr’Shawn Richard, SL, 26.2; 3, Morgan Doyle, HCA, 27.2.

400: 1, Kayante Parker, SL, 1:02.3; 2, Victoria Williams, Merry, 1:03.3; 3, Gabby Boudreaux, HCA, 1:04.4.

800: 1, Imani Morgan, SL, 2:32.8; 2, Rayne Courmoyer, Merry, 2:37.7; 3, Catherine Fontenot, Bas, 2:46.3.

1,600: 1, Summer Babin, Merry, 6:04.3; 2, Amanda Ortego, Elton, 6:17.4; 3, Catherine Fontenot, Bas, 6:17.5.

3,200: 1, Brianna Ramirez, SE, 14:29.5; 2, Sami Faul, Bas, 14:52.6; 3, Amanda Ortego, Elton, 14:99.8.

100 hurdles: 1, Rachael Fountain, SC, 15.2; 2, McCall, SC, 16.5; 3, Savannah Lejeune, Merry, 17.3.

300 hurdles: 1, Rayne Courmoyer, Merry, 50.2; 2, Diamond Edwards, SL, 51.9; 3, Haley McCall, SC, 52.0.

400 relay: 1, Southern Lab (Cristal Allen, Tayler Louis, Casey Greggs, Jean Spears), 51.6; 2, Hamilton Christian 52.0; 3, North Central 52.6;

800 relay: 1, Southern Lab (Imani Morgan, Kayante Parker, Tre’Shawn Richardson, Jade Meyers), 1:45.3; 2, Hamilton Christian 1:51.2; 3, North Central 1:52.0.

1,600 relay: 1, Southern Lab (Imani Morgan, Richardson, Kayante Parker, Cristal Allen), 4:16.3; 2, Hamilton Christian 4:27.6; 3, Merryville 4:29.8.

Outstanding track Performer: Kayante Parker, Southern Lab.

Outstanding Field Performer: Rachael Fountain, South Cameron.

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