LEXINGTON — The Murray Excessive College girls and boys monitor and discipline groups entered the College of Kentucky Out of doors Observe and Subject Facility Thursday morning with state championship aspirations.
Each of Head Coach Krysten Sebby’s groups exited the stadium that afternoon with top-10 finishes within the crew competitors, whereas 4 of the Murray Excessive boys had laid declare to 2 state championships.
Xavier Biggers, Mason Grant, Kainoa Olive and Christian Seavers blistered the monitor within the 4×200-meter relay for Murray Excessive’s first championship of the day. Easy exchanges and constant splits led to anchor Seavers elevating the baton above his head in triumph as he crossed the end line. The fearsome foursome then returned for the 4×100-meter relay and secured their second state title. The quartet was a dominant drive in each occasions all season and their efficiency on the KHSAA Class A Observe and Subject State Championship was the fruits of a outstanding season.
The Murray Excessive boys claimed sixth place within the crew competitors with 41 complete factors. The pair of first-place finishes headlined eight medal-winning performances (top-eight finishers obtained medals). Fort Knox claimed the championship with 71 factors.
Grant was fifth within the 100-meter sprint, whereas Biggers was Seventeenth within the 200. Keaton McCoy had a sixth within the 300 hurdles and Twelfth within the 110 hurdles. Guervenson Binfield-Smith completed eighth within the 800.
McCoy and Binfield-Smith teamed up with Caleb Cauley and Jimmy Kjellberg for a Twelfth-place end within the 4×400 relay. Luke Cross, Chase Renick and Luke Tompkins joined Kjellberg for a Nineteenth-place exhibiting within the 4×800 relay.
Rowdy Sokolowski and Cameron Youngblood took third and fourth within the pole vault, respectively. Will Mitchum was seventh within the discus.
The Girl Tigers acquired six top-eight performances of their very own to crack the highest 10 within the crew standings. Sebby’s squad secured ninth, 25 factors behind Bishop Brossart’s championship effort.
One of the best efficiency of the day got here from the crew of Canyon Bourque, Hollis Bourque, Jenna Turley and Kaydence Kindle as they grabbed the runner-up spot within the 4×200. The identical group returned for the 4×100, however struggled with an trade in managing a Seventeenth-place end. Hollis added an eighth within the 100 and sixth within the 200.
Tatum Faulkner, Jade Inexperienced, Leah Jenkins and Allie Vonnahme had been thirteenth within the 4×800. Jenkins claimed 14th within the particular person 800,and Inexperienced was 18th within the 3200.
Jade Oakley earned a third-place end within the discus to go together with her twentieth place exhibiting within the shot put. Kynzlee Fox was fourth within the pole vault, and Kaydence Kindle snagged seventh within the lengthy leap. Farris Howard was tenth within the excessive leap.
“I’m very happy with the athletes,” Sebby mentioned. “They got here out and did the issues that we had talked about and educated for all yr. We had some nice performances from a number of athletes, some that weren’t presupposed to medal that did, being known as state champions for our boy’s in not solely the 4×100 but in addition the 4×200. With that, we additionally had some missed alternatives as properly, however sadly, that’s the game of monitor and discipline, and what helps hold this group of athletes a little bit bit extra pushed.”