ROGERSVILLE — Twenty-three middle school athletes from Hawkins County will travel to Clarksville this weekend to vie for state titles in their respective events at the TMSAA Track & Field State Championships.
The Class A and AA state meets are scheduled to get underway on Saturday, May 18, at Austin Peay State University’s Fortera Stadium. Sixteen qualifiers will compete in each event for the state title in both Class A and AA divisions.
Here’s a look at how the local competitors stack up heading into the state meet.
CLASS A GIRLS
Rogersville City School’s Emma Stipes heads to Clarksville as the state’s top seed in the girls discus with a throw of 95-8. She is also seeded third in shot put with a mark of 34-01.25.
RCS’ Lilla Harrell is seeded third in the 800 (2:36.05), a race that also features county rival Jessabella Allen from Rogersville Middle seeded at No. 13 (2:47.79).
Rylee Sivert is seeded fifth in the 400 (1:04.54) and, along with Anna Mae Boyd, Harrell and Kenady Deal, is part of the RCS 4x400 relay team, which also has the state’s fifth-best time (4:36.61) going into the meet.
Surgoinsville’s Chloe Fritts is seeded No. 6 in the 100 with a time of 13.18 and No. 14 in the 200 (28.76).
SMS’ Gracie Christian is seeded No. 10 in the 1600 with a time of 6:00.92. RCS’ Elin Bryan is seeded No. 12 in the event with a time of 6:08.15.
The RCS 4x200 relay team of Karlie Gray, Harlen Hayes, Boyd and Sivert is seeded No. 13.
CLASS A BOYS
The top-seeded local qualifiers in the Class A boys are RCS’ Zander Harris and Brayden Brown in the 800-meter run. They come in ranked No. 3 and 4, respectively. In the 1600, Brown is seeded fifth with a time of 5:13.12. RMS’ Travis Wade also qualified in the 1600 and is seeded No. 8 (5:13.78).
The RCS 4x400 relay team of Evan Laster, Chance Pearson, Harris and Brown is also seeded fifth with a time of 4:00.14.
RMS’ Riley Elkins is seeded No. 7 in shot put (40-5), an event that also features RCS’ Aaron Munsey-Cooke (37-03.50) seeded at No. 15. Munsey-Cook (108-6), Elkins (105-4) and Laster all qualified in discus and are seeded No. 9, No. 11 and No. 13, respectively.
The RMS 4x100 relay team of William Ely, Landon Rimer, Justin Bradley and Elkins is seeded No. 15 with a time of 51.31.
RCS’ Laster also qualified in the 110 hurdles and is seeded No. 16.
CLASS AA BOYS
Church Hill’s Bryson Christian will be trying to keep his streak alive when he sprints into the 100- and 200-meter dashes at the state meet. Christian, showing no signs of the broken foot that sidelined him during football season, has not lost in either race this season.
With one section yet to report, Christian currently has the third-fastest time in the 100 (11.66) and the fifth-fastest 200 (23.87).
CLASS AA GIRLS
CHMS’ Kylee Capson, who finished fourth in long jump at sectionals with a leap of 14-04.50, currently sits at No. 12 in the AA rankings with one section yet to report.
The Class A and AA events are run concurrently, one division after the other, with the presentation of awards ongoing throughout the meet. The top eight finishers in each event will receive awards. Team awards will be presented to the top two teams in each classification at the end of the meet.
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