ELKMONT TRACK QUALIFIES FOR STATE

EHS Runners for the 2013 State Track Meet in Several Events!

The Elkmont Track and Field team headed to Mountain Brook High School in Birmingham, AL for the 3A – Section 3 Sectional meet on April 26^th -27^th.   It was an exciting meet with a lot of competition, lots of season and personal best marks.  Once again, the Running Red Devils did not fail to impress!  Be it athletic performance, behavior while on a trip or sportsmanship – these kids do EHS proud!  Coach Barry Pugh said it best in his Facebook post:

Watching the kids run this weekend I can't help but make some observations. I love running. Everything about this sport is a struggle to do the very best you can in every race and every practice to make yourself better. These athletes run the hills knowing it hurts, but greater will be their reward for doing it. On the track they accelerate through the curves and lengthen their strides to better their time in the race.  They give it all they have and leave nothing on the track to try and do better than the last time.  What a great metaphor this is for life.  These athletes learn self discipline and what hard work can bring each of them.  They fight the runner next to them all throughout the race, but turn and shake their hand at the end.  This stems from respect -they know the work that their competitor has put in.  A race of any kind is one of the most positive athletic events around.  I am proud to witness these instances where these kids show the greatest part of the human spirit.

Now….on to the results!

EHS has 13 athletes that have qualified for the state meet in Selma on May 3rd – 4^th:

Girls

4 x 800m Relay – Jensen Pugh, Hannah Hanback, Ameia Davis, Sammi Jo Pressnell

100m Dash – Lillian Adell, Imani Davis

200m Dash – Lillian Adell, Ameia Davis

1600m Run – Sammi Jo Pressnell, Hannah Hanback

3200m Run – Sammi Jo Pressnell

Boys

4 x 100m Relay – Josh Ferrazaz, Nick Shelton, Jacob Armstrong, Dustin Ward

4 x 800m Relay – Tyler Helms, Nick Shelton, Chance Bailey, Adam McMahan

1600m Run – Adam McMahan, Tyler Helms, Chance Bailey

3200m Run – Adam McMahan, Tyler Helms, Chance Bailey
Shot Put - Dustin Ward

Let’s break down some stats:

·       13 athletes qualified for State

o   6 girls

§  2 - Freshmen

§  1 - Sophmore

§  1 - Junior

§  2 - Seniors

o   8 boys

§  1 - 7^th grader

§  1 – 8^th grader

§  4 – Juniors

§  1 - Senior

·       1^st season EHS competed in shot put

·       1^st season EHS competed in the Boys 4 X 100 relay

·       Adam McMahan broke, actually blew away, the school record in the 3200m Run with a time of 10:44.66

·       All of the athletes posted their best times in the races they competed in at Sectionals!!

100m Dash

Lillian Adell –  13.88

Imani Davis – 13.96

Ameia Davis – 14.78

Dustin Ward – 12.04

Josh Ferrazas – 12.89

Noah Sharp – 13.62

200m Dash

Lillian Adell – 29.29

Ameia Davis – 29.68

Imani Davis – 30.45

Jake Armstrong – 26.99

Nick Shelton – 27.81

Noah Sharp – 29.24

400m Dash

Jensen Pugh – 1:08.18

Mia Farris – 1:16.2

Anna Sandlin – 1:21.54

Dustin Ward – 56.24

Josh Ferrazas – 57.59

Jacob Ezell – 1:03.15

800m Run

Hannah Hanback – 2:50.73

Jensen Pugh – 2:52.83

Nick Shelton – 2:17.65

Chase Prater – 2:40.72

Christian Green – 2:55.94

1600m Run

Sammi Jo Pressnell – 6:22.5

Hannah Hanback – 6:29.18

Alex Green – 7:35.85

Adam McMahan – 4:54.21

Tyler Helms – 5:01.98

Chance Bailey – 5:05.13

3200m Run

Sammi Jo Pressnell – 14:06.19

Adam McMahan – 10:44.66

Tyler Helms – 10:45.33

Chance Bailey – 11:08.40

Shot Put

Dustin Ward – 38’ 1.75”

Kris Gooch – 32’ 3.25”

Sean Stacy – 31’ 7”

Discus

Dustin Ward – 102’

Sean Stacy – 77’ 8”

Girls 4 X 800m Relay – 11:41.76
Jensen Pugh, Ameia Davis, Hannah Hanback, Sammi Jo Pressnell

Boys 4 x 800m Relay – 9:17.16
Chance Bailey, Nick Shelton, Tyler Helms, Adam McMahan

Boys 4 x 100m Relay – 49.32

Josh Ferrazas, Nick Shelton, Jake Armstrong, Dustin Ward