2014 Metro Championship – Results
The 2014 Metro Area Championship was a good one for Sparkman as we saw 4 NEW SPARKMAN RECORDS set and TWO of our Senators were crowned Metro Area CHAMPIONS!
(Full Results HERE)
Once again, JR – Kai Perkins stepped it up in the Discus. Her throw of 93′ 6″ was 4 feet farther than her competitors and led her to be this years CHAMPION in the Girls’ Discus.
JR- Rob Russell showed all that he was back from his injury by WINNING the boys Polevault and setting a NEW SPARKMAN RECORD at 13 feet!
Further proving that SHE was back from last week’s injury, Jr – Kelsey Johnson set a NEW SPARKMAN RECORD in the Triple Jump!
Her record setting jump of 31′ 7″ was a full foot and a half longer than her previous record and was enough to win her the Third Place medal!
Fr- Gabrielle Griner continues to show she can compete with the older girls as she took 3rd Place with a NEW SPARKMAN RECORD jump of 10 Feet in the Girls Polevault!
And our Girls 4x400m Relay Team set a NEW SPARKMAN RECORD of 4:44:84!
The members of that team were-
(Soph)Bobbie Hargis, (Sr)Sharnell Walker – (Soph)Kaitlyn Williams, (Sr)Shylah Hilton
Over all, we finished in the points in 14 events and had athletes take home 6 medals! Our Boys team finished 6th and our Girls finished 7th.
Congratulations to our medal winners!
• Jr- Kai Perkins – 1st, Girls Discus
• Jr- Rob Russell – 1st, Boys Polevault
• Fresh- Gabrielle Griner – 3rd, Girls Polevault
• Sr- Anthony Parameswaran – 2nd, Boys 3200m / 2nd, Boys 1600m
• Jr- Kelsey Johnson – 3rd Girls Triple Jump
We also had 5 Senators score NEW P.R.s in this meet!
Girls –
• Sinese Cash – (22ndP) 100m dash
• Dreon Johnson – (25thP) 200m dash
• Kayla Swearingen – (12th) Javelin
Boys-
• Bailey Herfurth – (8th) 800m AND (7th) 3200m
• Riley O’Brien – (9th) Javelin