Congradulations to all our JV athletes on their performances last Tuesday night.

We had some good initial marks and several team members who bettered their PRs. We also had some medal winners and even one Senator who set a NEW SHS Varsity Record!

As an added bonus, this meet had “official” scoring and timing so the results were recorded and passed along to “al.milesplit.com” allowing many of our JV athletes to finally get a state ranking!

Our medal winners were –
Boys

• Jake Russell        – 2nd, 800m
• ”                             – 2nd, 1600m
• ”                             – 1st (tie), High Jump
• Mason Edwards – 2nd, 4x100m relay
• Joseph Gaines    – 2nd, 4x100m relay
• Marquis Harris  – 2nd, 4x100m relay
• ”                             – 2nd, 100m
• Keith Perrine      – 2nd, 4x100m relay
• Javaris Hart        – 3rd, 400m

Girls

• Gabrielle Griner  – 1st, Pole Vault
• Marcha Coney     – 3rd, 4x100m relay
• Sierra Lewis         – 3rd, 4x100m relay
• Aubrey Parker     – 3rd, 4x100m relay
• Lexi Rice               – 3rd, 4x100m relay

We had a NEW Sparkman Record set!

• Gabrielle Griner set the new record in the Girls Pole Vault with a Jump of 9 feet 4 inches! Gabrielle is now the top ranked girl’s middle school vaulter in the state (by nearly a foot) and is currently the 16th ranked varsity girl.

We had quite a few Senators finish in point scoring positions. This shows strength we can build on for next year.
Boys

• Javaris Hart – 4th, 200m
• Darryl Bowden – 5th, 110 Hurdles
• ” – 5th, High Jump
• ” – 5th, Long Jump
• Joseph Gaines – 5th, 200m
• Marquis Harris – 7th, 200m
• Antoni Kelly – 6th, Long Jump
• Keilon Coachman – 7th in the 4 x 400m
• Cody Colebank – 7th in the 4 x 400m
• Daniel Sieja – 7th in the 4 x 400m
• Steven Underwood – 7th in the 4 x 400m

Girls

• Erin Lombardo – 6th, Pole Vault
• Lexi Rice – 8th, 100m
• Renita Vander Shaaf – 8th, 800m

The “Big Cat” is in the books and we had THREE new School records!

Congratulations to our medal winners!

• Brianca Trammell – 2nd 100m Hurdles
• Kelcie Johnson      – 2nd 100m Hurdles
• Gabrielle Griner    – 2nd, Girls Polevault
• Ben Dailey              – 2nd, Boys Pole Vault

NEW Sparkman Records set, TWO by one athlete!

• Kelcie Johnson set a new school record in the Girl’s Triple Jump by upping her previous record to 29-02.0
• Anthony Parameswaran set records in the 1600m & 3200m, running a 4:47.32 and a 10:32.51 respectively.

We also had 9 Senators score NEW P.R.s in this meet!

Girls –

• Kelcie Johnson  – 100m Hurdles (4th meet in row)
•  ”                           – High Jump
•  ”                           – Long Jump
•  ”                           – Triple Jump
• Kai Perkins         – Shot Put

Boys-

• Montel Troupe     – 100m
• Kez Johnson         – 100m
• Lane Curtis           – Discus (2nd meet in a row)
•  ”                             – Shot Put
• Ben Daily              – 1600m
• Rob Russell          – High Jump
•  ”                             – Triple Jump
• Riley O’Brien       – High Jump
• Anthony Parameswaran  – 1600m
•  ”                              – 3200m

Today featured both the 2nd day of the Metro Area Championships AND the last JV meet of the year before the JV Championship.

The JV team showed well again with several members recording new PR’s!  Thanks to our parents we have some results to report. Also, check out the “Photos” link to see pictures of some of out JV athletes in action.

Cullman  JV#5  4/9/13

JV girls 1600

• Renita Vander Schaaf – 6:18
• Savanah Wilson           – 7:18
• Makayla Tomaino        – 7:40 PR
• Sarah Ellis                     – 7:57
• Kayla Swaerinagen      – 8:03

JV boys 1600

• Jake Russell – 5:12 2nd place  PR
• Daniel Sieja  – 6:43

JV girls 800

• Katie Simms                 – 3:09 PR
• Renita Vander Schaaf – 2:57 PR
• Savanah Wilson           – 3:12 PR
• Makayla Tomaino – ? Missed the time but think she PR’ed
• Kayla Swaerinagen –  ? Missed the time

JV boys 800

• Jake Russell           – 2:19 2nd place
• Keilon Coachman – 2:53

The two day, Metro area meet is complete. It was a warm two days but once again Milton Frank Stadium proved to be terribly windy.
Still, we turned in some good performances and even had a NEW SCHOOL RECORD!

Congratulations to our medal winners!

• Brianca Trammell – 3rd 100m Hurdles
• Gabrielle Griner    – 3rd, Girls Polevault
• Kai Perkins             – 3rd, Girls Discus Throw
• Ben Dailey              – 3rd, Boys 110m Hurdles
• Ben Dailey              – 2nd, Boys Pole Vault
• Melik Watkins       – 3rd, Boys Shot

We had a NEW Sparkman Record set!

• Ben Dailey set the new record in the Boys Pole Vault with a Jump of 12 feet! That mark moved Ben into milesplit.com’s “Elite” vaulter ranking for the state.

We also had 14 Senators score NEW P.R.s in this meet!
Girls –

• Kelcie Johnson  – 100m Hurdles (3rd meet in row)
• Kaitlyn Boddie     – 100m
• Sharnell Walker   – 400m
• Chandler Sheilds – 400m
•  ”                             – 800m
• Khiya Fields         – 200m
• Kai Perkins           – Discus  (2nd meet in a row)

Boys-

• AJ Shines          – 200m  (2nd meet in a row)
• Kez Johnson     – 200m
• Lane Curtis       – Discus
• Ben Daily           – Pole Vault
• Myles Johnson – 400m  (2nd meet in a row)
• William Otey    – Triple Jump
• Riley O’Brien    – Javelin (2nd meet in a row)
• Melik Watkins  – Shot Put (2nd meet in a row)

100m hd Day one, Metro meet 2013

110m hd Day 1, Metro meet 2013

Shot Put, Day one

Shot Put

A track meet held on a sunny, WARM Saturday?
It was almost hard to believe but that’s what we got and our Senators responded!

Congradulations to our medal winners!

• Kai Perkins             – 3rd, Girls Discus Throw
• Ben Dailey              – 2nd, Boys Pole Vault
• Gabrielle Griner    – 3rd, Girls Polevault
• Javaris Hart           – 3rd, JV Boys High Jump
• Keith Perrine         – 3rd, JV Boys 100m
• Javaris Hart           – 1st, JV Boys 200m
• Joseph Gaines       – 2nd, JV Boys 200m
• Javaris Hart           – 1st, JV Boys 400m Hurdles
• Jake Russell           – 1st, JV Boys 800m

We had a NEW Sparkman Record set!

• Kelcie Johnson set the new mark in the Girls Triple Jump with a mark of 28′ – 8″ !

We also had 31 Senators score NEW P.R.s in this meet!
Girls –

• Kelcie Johnson  – 100m Hurdles (2nd meet in row)
•                               – Javelin Throw
•                               – Triple Jump
• Sharnell Walker – 800m
• Chandler Sheilds – 800m
• Khiya Fields        – 200m
• Kai Perkins          – Discus
• Zoriah Trammell – JV 2oom
•                                 – JV Long Jump

Boys-

• AJ Shines          – 100m (2nd meet in a row)
• ”                           – 200m
• Montel Troupe – 200m
• Keith Perrine    – JV 100m
• Ben Daily           – 110m Hurdles
• Rob Russell       – 110m Hurdles
• Myles Johnson – 400m
•  ”                          – 300m Hurdles
• William Otey    – 400m
• Riley O’Brien   – 400m
•  ”                         – Javelin
• Javaris Hart     – JV 400m
•  ”                         – JV 200m
•  ”                         – JV High Jump
• Joseph Gaines – JV400m
• ”                          – JV 200m
• Jake Russell     – JV 1600m
• ”                          – JV 800m
•  ”                         – JV High Jump
• Quavante Hart – Long Jump
• Robert Haynes – Discus
•  ”                          – Shot Put
• Melik Watkins  – Shot Put

Well, another of our “Arctic Spring” JV meets is in the books.
Hopefully everyone headed the advice to bring warm clothes and blankets!

If anyone would like to send me any results from this meet I would really like to post them here. You can enter that information in the comments section below this post.

As of now, these are the results I have:

JV Girls Polevault
8th grader Erin Lombardo – 5’6″ (tied her PR)
Gabrielle Griner 1st place – 8′

JV Boys Polevault
Josh Denton – 6’6″ (tied his PR)

JV Girls 1600 results
Renita Vander Schaaf – 6:13, 4th Place, PR
Savanah Wilson – 7:09, PR
Sarah Ellis – 7:35
Kayla Swaerinagen – 8:05
Makayla Tomaino – 8:14

JV Girls 800 results
Renita Vander Schaaf – 3:00
Katie Simms – 3:11 PR
Savanah Wilson – 3:24
Kayla Swaerinagen – 3:47

As I said, I would like to report the progress of ALL our athletes but I have to rely on all of you to get me those results.
Thanks so much to Reid Vander Schaaf for providing me with these results from the running events!

Monday night was another LATE NIGHT and (COLD) meet but our Senators were once again populating the winner’s podium!

The results are in and it was a strong showing by our Sparkman Senators!
Our Women’s Team finished 10th with a season high 57 points and the Men’s Team finished 8th also scoring a season’s best 67 points!

Congradulations to our medal winners!

• Brianca Trammell – 1st, Girls 100m Hurdles
• Ben Dailey              – 1st, Boy’s 110m Hurdles
• Myles Johnson      – 3rd, Boys 300m Hurdles
• Gabrielle Griner    – 2nd, Girls Polevault

We had TWO NEW Sparkman Records set!

• In the Men’s 1600m run, Anthony Parameswaran ran a record 4:52.33 !

• 8th grader Gabrielle Griner scored a 2nd place in the Girl’s Pole Vault with a record jump of 9 Feet. This was her best finish in a varsity meet and the record jump made her the Top Ranked Middle School Girl Vaulter in the State!

We also had 15 Senators score NEW P.R.s in this meet!
Girls –

• Kelcie Johnson – 100m Hurdles
• Skylah Hilton – 100m dash
• Arizahy Mendoz – 800m
• Allie Thornton – 800m
• Brianna Ryce – 200m dash

Boys-

• Chandler Shields – 400m dash
• AJ Shines – 100m
• Kez Johnson – 100m
• Malik Watkins – Long Jump
• Casen Perell – Javelin
• Ben Daily – 110m Hurdles
• Rob Russell – 110m Hurdles AND the Pole Vault
• Myles Johnson – 110m Hurdles AND the 300m Hurdles

Gabrielle, 2nd place – Girls PV

Brianca, 2nd place – Girl’s 100m Hurdles

Ben, 1st place – Boys 100m Hurdles

Our JV Team had a good showing Tuesday night in Scottsborro including several winners!

Gabrielle Griner took first in the Girls Polevault with a jump of 8′.

Javaris Hart took first in the Boys High Jump with a jump of 5’4″.

Jake Russell won both the 800 AND the 1600 meter run.

and our team of Dezjuan Cade, Marquis Harris, Keith Perrine and Joseph Gaines won the boys 4x100m !

If anyone has results for our other JV athletes please e-mail them to me or post them in the comments as I would love to keep track of everyone’s PR’s !

Go Senators!

The first day of the 2013 AHSAA Indoor Track Meet is complete and Sparkman athletes turned in some solid performances with new PRs and even new Indoor SCHOOL RECORDS!

Sophomore, Miguel Rivas improved his record in the Long Jump by more than a half a foot, turning in a jump of 15′-10″(4.82m). This was less then 6″ shy of the Sparkman Indoor Record!

In the grueling 3200m, 7th grader Renita Vander Schaaf, took on some of the best high school girls in the state, turning in a first mark of 15:33.89

In the 60m Hurdles, senior Brianca Trammell broke the School Record that she set at the last meet, with a new time of 10.59 !

In the women’s 800m Run,senior Bailey Mehok missed the Sparkman Indoor Record by just 2.46 seconds!

Sophomore Kelcie Johnson set a new mark for herself (and a new mark for the Sparkman Record books) in the Triple Jump. Kelcie had a best mark of 26′-11″

New marks were also set in both the Men’s and Women’s 4x200m Relay.

Good luck to all our athletes on today’s final events!