We are currently trying to put all of Sparkman High School’s Track & Field records on-line!
So far we are limited to results that have appeared since Meet results were posted on the internet which means we have no records before 1998.

If you have any info on T&F marks that are not listed or the names of any former SHS students who were State Champions PLEASE let us know here at this web site.

The 2013 Last Chance Invitational is in the books and several of our athletes improved their PR’s while others turned in good, first marks in events that were new to them. RESULTS

Three athletes set NEW Sparkman High, Indoor Track records!

• Decathlete Ben Dailey with a time of 9.41 in the Men’s 60 Meter Hurdles
• Brianca Trammell with a time of 11.02 in the Women’s 60 Meter Hurdles
• Zoriah Trammell with a time of 9.25 in the Women’s 60 Meter Dash

Congradulations to all!

Next weekend is the AHSSA Indoor State Track Meet.

It’s one week before the State Indoor meet and our team is back in action at the “Last Chance Invitational”.
This two day meet is huge, with 86 teams from Alabama and Mississippi in attendance and several of the events having more then 200 athletes competeing.

Friday evening saw action in the prelims for the 60m Dash, 60m Hurdles, 800m.

For the girls, Marcha Coney, Zoriah Trammell, Sharnell Walker and Arizahn Mendoza all established solid, first times in the 60m dash though they did not move on to the finals.
In the 60m Hurdles, Kelcie Johnson and Brianca Tramell did not move on to the finals but both girls beat the old Sparkman, Record Time for this event. Brianca just edged out her team mate for the honors with a time of 11.02 !

Sharnell Walker 60m

Arizahy Mendoza 60m

Gabrielle Griner competed in the Polevault once again clearing 8′ to give her a tie for 12th in the field of 26. While she continues to be the top Middle School Vaulter in the state, she has quite a challenge to score against the state’s best, HS Varsity Girls.

Gabrielle @ 8′

On the Boys side, Aj Shines and Miguel Rivas set solid initial marks in the 60m Dash and Greggory Coffee set an initial mark for himself in the 800m Run. Decathlete, Ben Dailey set a NEW Sparkman Record in the 60m Hurdles, improving on his old time by over 2 tenths of a second! None of our boys moved on to the finals in these extremely competitive events.

Ben sets a NEW PR in the 60m H

In Field events action for the boys, James Rich and Miguel Rivas competed in the Long Jump. This was James’ first try at this event but Miguel smashed his old PR by over a foot, turning in a mark of 15′ 3.5″!

Saturday the action really heats up. The boys and girls teams will be competing in the 200, 400 and 800m relays and two of our girls (Bailey and Renita) running the 1600m.

Field events will see Sharnell and Brianca in the Long Jump and Kelcie in the High Jump.
For the Boys, Ben will be challanging in the PoleVault and High Jump and Sparkman will be unleashing an all-out assault on the Shot Put with 8 boys entered.

LETS GO SENATORS!!!

12th grader Ben Daily and 8th grader Gabrielle Griner were back in action at last Monday’s “Martin Luther King Indoor Track Classic” at the Birmingham Crossplex.2013 MLK Track Classic

With over 50 teams from Alabama & Mississippi entered it was quite a competitive field. Gabrielle tied her indoor season best with a jump of 8′. This tied her for  11th in a field of 22 high school vaulters.

Gabrielle’s 3rd try at 8’6″

Ben was busy again, entering the Polevault, High Jump and 60m Hurdles.
In the Hurdles he clocked a 9.68, tieing his season best.
With a jump of 11 feet, Ben tied his PR for the indoor polevault. He tied for 11th in the field of 32!
In the High Jump Ben placed just outside the medals with a 4th place jump of 5’6″. This is a new Indoor PR for Ben and a Sparkman Indoor record for that event.

Ben @ 5’4″

Ben@ 5’4″

Ben@ 5’4″

Good job guys !

As many of you know, Indoor Track is an experience all of it’s own.With a large group of athletes competing in relatively close quarters it can be quite loud and distractions abound. Just as you start your jump or throw, it is not uncommon to have the entire crowd erupt into cheering or shouting for something ELSE going on in the facility. Keeping focus can be difficult. For runners, there is not only the shorter track to get used to (one lap is often just 200m) but there is also the feel of the bouncy surface and banked turns!

Also, given that there are very few opportunities to compete indoors for High School athletes, these meets draw competitors from all over the state and group competitors from the 1A through 6A divisions. This can make each meet like some sort of “State Meet”! Certainly challenging but also quite fun. This year’s meet had 45 teams entered.

We had a couple of athletes competing in last Saturday’s Magic City Invitational.
Senior, Ben Dailey certainly has his eyes towards the decathlon as he entered several events.

• In the Pole Vault he went 11′, equaling his indoor best from the end of last year.
• He also entered the 60m Hurdles where he advanced to the finals and finished just outside of the points with a 7th place time of 9.68. This bettered his mark of 10.11 from last season.
• He also set a new indoor mark for himself by entering the High Jump. His final height of 5’4″ was just 4″ below his outdoor PR!

Monrovia Middle School 8th grader Gabrielle Griner was also up to the challenge.
Facing a field of 15 High School girls in the Pole Vault, she passed the first two heights and came in at 7′ 6″, clearing it on her first jump. She then cleared 8′ on her first jump as well, locking in a 6th place point scoring finish in her first ever indoor meet!
She had three very close jumps at 8’6″, a mark that could very well fall at her next meet!

Congradulations and GO SENATORS!