2015 Bob Jones Invitational
FINALLY!!! Great weather for a track meet … and our Sparkman Athletes took advantage of it! (RESULTS here)
We had 4 Gold medals won by 3 athletes!
A total of 15 medals were won by 10 individual athletes and the Girls 100m relay team.
We had 13 individual athletes and 2 relay teams finished in the points!
2 school records were tied and TWO NEW SHS RECORDS were set!
In the final scoring – the girls took 5th, just 3.5 points out of 4th
and the Boys took home the 3rd place trophy – just ONE POINT behind 2nd !
Congratulations to our medal winners!
- Soph. Gabrielle Griner – 1st, Girls Polevault (her 4th WIN this season)
- Sr. Kelsey Johnson – 2nd in the 100m Hurdles, 3rd in the Triple Jump
- Fr. Lauryn Hall – 2nd, 100m
- Sr. Kai Perkins – 3rd in the Discus
- Jr.-Bailey Herfurth – 1st, Boys 800m – 1st, Boys 1600m
- Soph. Daryl Bowden – 1st, Boys Long Jump, 2nd in the Triple Jump
- Jr. Seth Graham– 2nd in the 1600m, 2nd in the 800m
- Sr. Rob Russell – 3rd, Boys Pole Vault
- Sr. William Otey – 3rd Boys Long Jump
- 8th grader Charles Lewis – 2nd in the 200m
- Girls 4x100m Relay – 2nd, 1) Fr. Lauryn Hall 2) Soph. Aubrey Parker 3) Fresh. Alessea Rice 4) Fresh. Chandler Robinson
NEW Sparkman Records !
- Sr. Kelsey Johnson – ran the 100m Hurdles in 16.64sec. putting her in Milesplit’s “State Elite” standard.
- Fr. Lauryn Hall – ran the 100m Dash in 12.24sec. This is the 10th fastest time in the STATE this year and puts her in Milesplit’s “National Silver Elite” standings.
We had 13 other Senators finish in the points –
Fr. Lauryn Hall– 4th in the 200m
Sr. Kelsey Johnson – 7th in the 800m, 4th in 300m Hurdles & 4th in Triple Jump
Fresh. Tamera Austin – 8th, 300m Hurdles
Soph. Katelyn Elliff – 7th in the Javelin
8th, Charles Lewis – got 5th in the 400m dash
Jr.Bailey Herfurth– 4th in the 3200m
Soph. Daryl Bowden – 8th, High Jump
Sr. William Otey – 4th, Boys Long Jump
Mens 4x100m relay team – 6th