RUNNING RED DEVILS GOING TO STATE!!!

 The Red Devil Track and Field teams competed in the 4A Section 4 Sectional meet at James Clemens High School on April 24^th and April 25^th.  Although there is always new competition to contend with as athletes graduate and new ones join a program, the Red Devils faced competition at a different level this year.  They knew the schools they would be competing against when they were 3A – they even knew the other athletes and their abilities .  This all changed when Elkmont moved up to Class 4A. The Red Devils found themselves in a very tough section this year – but they did not disappoint us!

Records!  Records are made to be BROKEN!  Five new school records were set this past weekend!  The first one by freshman Chase Prater in the 3200M run.  This is 2 miles, 8 LONG laps around that oval!  He finished in 10:26.01 (and earned a Silver medal) which beat the old school record, held by Adam McMahan, by 3 seconds!  Way to go Chase!

The second new school record belongs to the 4x100 meter sprint relay team manned by Tiyler Walts, Ethan Shores, Jake Armstrong and Noah Sharp.  Their time of 48.5 beat the old record of 49.13, also set this year at the Muscle Shoals Invitational meet. 

Noah Sharp is responsible for the next two school records.  Early in the season he told Coach Pugh, “I want to try the hurdles!”  Try them he did!  He ran the 110m High hurdles in 19.01 and the 300m Hurdles in 44.93.  Noah earned a bronze medal in the 300m hurdles and qualified for the state meet. Always impressive but this was only the 2^nd time he had ever run this event!  This is a big deal considering Elkmont doesn’t have  a track or“equipment” to train on!  Awesome job, Noah!  We are proud of his initiative and willingness to try something new and make the best of training for such an event!

The last record set by the Red Devils at Sectionals belongs to Brianna Barnett.  She threw the discus 63’1” – beating her previous record of 62’3”.  Way to go Brianna!

Sectionals is where athletes qualify for the State Track and Field competition.  This year, Elkmont has 6 athletes going to the state meet.  Qualifiers include:

Chase Prater – 1600M, 3200M and 4x800M relay

Ethan Shores – 4x800M Relay and 4x100M relay

Tiyler Walts – 4x800M Relay and 4x100M relay

Noah Sharp – 300M Hurdles and 4x100M relay

Jake Armstrong – 4x100M relay

Chance Bailey – 4x800M relay

Best of luck to this group of young men at the State Meet in Gulf Shores (April 30-May 2)

All the athletes performed well at Sectionals.  Here is a recap of their performances:

Elkmont Women’s Performances:

100M Dash (G)

Ameia Davis – 14.82

Lindsay Gandy – 16.91

200M Dash (G)

Taeleur Walts – 38.54

400M Dash (G)

Kaylee Varnie - 1:14.20 (PR)

Lindsay Gandy – 1:25.64 (PR)

Taeleur Walts – 1:30.56

800M Run (G)

Hannah Hanback – 2:58.56

Stephanie Clem - 3:10.45 (PR)

Brianna Barnett – 3:30.97 (PR)

1600M Run (1 mile)

Hannah Hanback – 6:31.44

4x400 Relay (G)

Stephanie Clem/Hannah Hanback/Lindsay Gandy /Kaylee Varnie – 5:20.52

4X800 Relay (G)

Ameia Davis/Stephanie Clem/Hannah Hanback /Kaylee Varnie – 13:16.31

Shot Put (G)

Brianna Barnett - 21'1/2"

Discus (G)

Brianna Barnett – 63’1” – School Record

Elkmont Men’s Performances:

100M Dash (B)

Noah Sharp – 12.10 (PR)

Jake Armstrong – 12.44

200M Dash (B)

Jacob Armstrong – 26.37

Lane Roberts – 29.39

Jacob Wall – 32.76

400M Dash (B)

Ethan Shores – 55.16 (PR)

Alex Armstrong – 1:09.17

Jacob Wall – 1:12.01 (PR)

800M Run (B)

Chase Prater - 2:13.04 (PR)

Luke Little – 2:26.74 (PR)

James Walts – 2:45.20 (PR)

1600M Run (1 mile)

Chase Prater – 4:48.31 (PR) (3^rd                   place) – State Qualifier

Brantley Hammock – 5:47.13 (PR)

James Walts – 5:58.36 (PR)

3200M Run (2 miles)

Chase Prater – 10:26.01 (PR) (2^nd place) – School Record and State Qualifier

Chance Bailey – 11:42.26

Brantley Hammock – 12:43.74 (PR)

110M Hurdles

Noah Sharp – 19.01 (PR) – School Record

300M Hurdles

Noah Sharp – 44.93 (3rd place) – School Record and State Qualifier

4x100 Relay (B)

Tiyler Walts/Ethan Shores/Jake Armstrong/Noah Sharp – 48.50 – School Record and State Qualifier

4x400 Relay (B)

Alex Armstrong/Luke Little/Tiyler Walts/Ethan Shores – 4:08.41

4X800 Relay (B)

Chance Bailey/Tiyler Walts/Chase Prater/Ethan Shores – 9:20.57

Shot Put (B)

Ethan Wilson – 30’4 ½” (PR)

Discus (B)

Ethan Wilson – 86’8”