Well, a sloppy, wet first day has come to an end and Sparkman has qualified for 3 FINALS and we already have our FIRST METRO CHAMPIONS for 2015 !!!!

Our Boys team of Jr. Seth Graham , Jr. Bailey Herfurth, (8th) Shafi Muhammad and Soph. Jake Jacob Russell are the 2015 METRO CHAMPIONS in the 4x800m Relay! Their time in this event set a NEW SPARKMAN SCHOOL RECORD!

Slowly but surely the weather for our meets had been improving. This weekend it was finally sunny and above 50 degrees! Only a blustery, 11mph north wind marred an otherwise gorgeous day.  (Complete RESULTS here)

The season continues to progress as we had new PR’s  and had 8 athletes on the medal podium in 10 events and TWO, NEW SPARKMAN RECORDS!

Congratulations to our medal winners!Sr. Kai Perkins  – 2nd, Girls Discus Throw

• Sr. Kai Perkins  – 1st, Girls Discus Throw (her 3rd win this year)
• Soph. Gabrielle Griner – 1st, Girls Polevault (undefeated this season)
  
• Fr. Lauryn Hall  – 2nd, Girls 100m
• Sr. Rob Russell – 1st, Boys Pole Vault
• Sr. William Otey – 1st Boys Triple Jump
• Soph. Daryl Bo​wden  – 2nd, Boys Triple Jump – 3rd Boys Long Jump
• Soph.Jake​ R​ussell– 2nd, 800m
• Jr.-Bailey Herfurth – 3rd, Boys 800m – 3rd, Boys 1600m
  

     NEW Sparkman Records !

• Sr. Kelsey Joh​nson  went 32′ 9.00″ in the Triple Jump
• Sr. William Otey smashed his teammate’s School record in the Triple Jump by 2 feet! (42’8″)

We had 13 other Senators finish in the points –
Sr. Kelsey Joh​nson finished 8th in the 100m Hurdles, 6th in 300m Hurdles & 4th in Triple Jump
Alessea Rice – 7th in the 100m
Senise Cash – 4th in the 200m
Girls 4×100 relay – 5th
Hannah Bowman – 8th in the Discus
Katelyn Elliff – 7th in the Javelin

8th, Charles Lewis – got 4th in the 200m dash
Chase Parker – 8th in the 100m
Jr. Seth Graham– 7th in the 800m
Soph.Jake​ R​ussell– 7th in the 1600m
Sr. Rob Russell– 4th in the High Jump, 8th in Javelin
Sr. Riley O’Brien – 7th in the Pole Vault
Sr. William Otey – 6th in the Long Jump

Getting New PR’s in this meet were –

Senise Cash 100m
Chandler Robinson 200m
Brela Br​adley 200m, 100m Hurdles
Tamera Austin 400m
Dreon Joh​nson 800m
Emma O’Riley – Pole Vault
Lauryn Hall- Long Jump
Kelsey Johnson – Triple Jump
Glenda Booker – Discus
Haley Haddock – Javelin

Daryl Bowden 200m
Hanif Muhamm​ad 200m
Milan Wall 400m
Jake Maier 800m
Jake Russell 1600m
4x100m relay team
4x400m relay team
Rob Russell – High Jump
Daryl Bowden – Long Jump, Triple Jump
William Otey – Long Jump
Joesph O’Brien – Discus
Nicholas Hagar – Discus
Jon Keiser – Pole Vault

Congratulations to our Sparkman medal winners in last night’s JV Meet at James Clemens.
(full results posted here)

For the Girls, Fr. Lauryn Hall  WON both the 100m dash and the Long Jump setting a NEW SPARKMAN RECORD in that event!
Our girls 4×100 relay team of
Diamond Fitcheard, Lauryn Hall,Milan Hunt, Alessea Rice (all 9th graders) also took the gold!
Fresh – Alessea Rice took 2nd in the 100m dash.

For the Boys – (8th grade) Mathew Compton took 3rd in the Pole Vault.
Our boys 4x100m relay team of
(7)Khalil Griffin, (8) Charles Lewis,
(8) Hanif Muhammad, (Fresh) Xavier Long finished 2nd.

Our 2nd full meet of the season finally arrived and it was a COLD one.
(full RESULTS)

Even with a 2 hour delay to the start time, they still had to break the ice off of the Pole Vault pit before that event could be contested.  The cold combined with a gusty wind out of the North certainly put a damper on getting new PR’s but our athletes pushed through and our girls team had it’s best finish yet.
We had 6 athletes on the medal podium and even a NEW SPARKMAN RECORD!

Congratulations to our medal winners!

• Soph. Gabrielle Griner – 1st, Girls Polevault
• Sr. Kai Perkins  – 2nd, Girls Discus Throw
• Sr. Kelsey Joh​nson – 3rd in the 100m Hurdles
• Fr. Lauryn Hall  – 3rd, Girls 100m
• Sr. Rob Russell – 2nd, Boys Pole Vault
• Jr.-Bailey Herfurth – 3rd, Boys 1600m

     A NEW Sparkman Record !

• Soph. Daryl Bo​wden upped his record AGAIN in the Boy’s Triple Jump with a mark of 40′-8.25″

We had 4 other Senators finish in the points –
Sr. Kelsey Joh​nson finished 7th in the 300m Hurdles and 6th in the Triple Jump
Fr. Lauryn Hall finished 5th in the Long Jump.
7th, Samantha Griner – finished in a tie for 4th in the Pole Vault
Soph. Daryl Bo​wden – finished 5th in the Triple Jump
Jr.-Bailey Herfurth got 7th in the 3200m 
8th, Charles Lewis – got 5th in the 100m dash
Our Girls 4x100m team finished 5th

Special Congratulations to Samantha and Charles on scoring their FIRST VARSITY POINTS!

Our first JV meet and we got off to a flying start!

We had 6 athletes and 3 Relay teams finish in podium positions!
Winning there events were –
Lauryn Hall – 1st in the Girls 100m Dash and the Girls Long Jump
Charles Lewis – 1st in the Boys 100m Dash

Our other top Girls were –
Alessea Rice – 3rd in the 200m dash and Samantha Griner – 3rd in the Pole Vault

Top Boys – Justin Walker placed 2nd in the 110m Hurdles & Mathew Compton took 2nd in the Pole Vault.

In the Girls 4×100 Relay we took 1st!
1)Diamond Fitcheard            2) Lauryn Hall
3)Milan Hunt                   4) Alessea Rice

For the Our Boys we got 1st in the 4x100m –
1) Amarius Beasley              2) Khalil Griffin
3) Alonte Harvey                4) Hanif Muhammad,

and we took 2nd in the 4x400m
1) Khalil Griffin              2) Shafi Muhammad
3) Noah Terry                   4) Charles Lewis

Results for the first JV meet are now posted HERE.
This list includes only the events that SHS competed in and has been culled to JUST the TOP 10 and our SHS athletes.
Full results can be found at – http://al.milesplit.com/meets/193705/results/353369

The 2nd weekend of the season and finally a chance to see our whole team in action.
Unfortunately they were met with a cold and rainy day.  Yet, even with this added challenge, some of our Senators still found a way to persevere as we had 4 athletes on the medal podium (2 of whom WON their events!) 6 new PR’s and TWO NEW SPARKMAN RECORDS!

For our Pole Vaulters, the miserable weather quickly turned any hopes of new records into a simple desire to survive the meet. Cold, wet hands made holding the pole very difficult. Some teams pulled out of the event, many could not clear a height and a few were even injured.  Impressively, we took 2nd in the boys vault, WON the girls vault and had our 7th and 8th grader make new PR’s! (RESULTS HERE)

Congratulations to our medal winners!

• Sr. Kai Perkins  – 1st, Girls Discus Throw
• Soph. Gabrielle Griner – 1st, Girls Polevault
• Fr. Lauryn Hall  – 3rd, Girls 100m
• Sr. Rob Russell – 2nd, Boys Pole Vault

     TWO NEW Sparkman Records !

• Soph. Daryl Bo​wden upped his record in the Boy’s Triple Jump with a mark of 40′-1″
• Our Boys 4x400m Team – Jr. Sh​afi Muhamm​ad, Soph. Wall, Milan,Soph.Jake​ R​ussell, and Jr. Samuel “Tre” Gideon

We had 4 other Senators finish in the points –
Sr. Kelsey Joh​nson finished 7th the 100m Hurdles, 5th in the 300m Hurdles and 6th in the Triple Jump.
Soph. Elliff, Katelyn finished 7th in the Javelin, and our girls 4x100m team finished 6th.
Jr.-Bailey Herfurth got 7th in the 1600m and Soph.Jake​ R​ussell got 8th in the 1600m.

We also had 2 Senators score NEW P.R.s in this meet!
Girls –

• Fresh. Tamera Austin, – 400m
• 7th, Samantha Griner – Pole Vault

Boys-

• Soph.Jake​ R​ussell - 400m
• Soph. Milan Wall, - 400m
• Jr. Seth Graham – 1600m  & 3200m
• 8th, Matthew Compton, – Pole Vault