This summer the Metro Knoxville Cross Country and Track and Field Coaches Association (MKXC) solicited nominations for the inaugural All-MKXC Track and Field Teams from member coaches. A committee of coaches selected five team members of each gender from sprints, distance, and field event groups and recognized team members at a ceremony at Farragut High School on July 31, 2017. The Coaches Association recognized each athlete and presented them each with a commemorative orange and white baton from UCS.
2017 MKXC Female Athlete of the Year: Rebecca Story (CAK)
2017 AOY Rebecca Story, a CAK junior, put together the most impressive track season of any female athlete who has ever run in Tennessee. After winning the A-AA 4x800 with her team at the State Track Meet, Story also won the 1600 (5:06.57), 800 (2:16.64), and 3200 (10:53.33) to score a remarkable 32.5 points as CAK finished a strong 4th in the team standings. Last fall Story set a state 3200 record of 9:59.85 at the Hoka OneOne Postal National race at HVA, and in June she followed up even more impressively by breaking the forty-year-old 1600 record of Olympic marathoner Margaret Groos at the Music City Distance Carnival, running a converted 4:43.97. One of the favorites to win Footlocker Nationals in fall, Story is the 2017 MKXC Female Athlete of the Year.
The 2017 All-MKXC Female Track and Field Team
Sprints
Jazmine Jefferson (Webb)
PRs - 100m 12.15 200m 24.98 400m 56.14
All-State in 100-200-400 Div II 2nd in all 3.
Kristen Blevins (West)
PRs - 100m 12.25 200m 25.25
Section Champion 100 - All-State 100 AAA
Patience Sakeuh (West)
PRs 100h 15.30 300h 46.34
KIL Champion in both hurdles races - All-State 100H AAA
Jensen Overbay (SC)
PRs - 100m 12.83 200m 25.82 400 57.57
Sevier Co. champion in 100/200/400
Section Champion 400 - All-State 400 AAA
Timaya Ray (HVA)
PRs - 100m 12.40 200-24.96
KIL & Section Champion 200 - All-State 200
Distance
Hannah Burkhart (West)
PRs - 400m 59.46 800m 2:16.74
All-State 800 AAA
Niamh Schumacher (King)
PRs - 1600m 5:07.10 3200m 10:24.87 (indoor)
State Champion 1600 & 3200
Callie Tucker (Cath)
PRs - 1600 5:13.33 3200 - 11:05.65
KIL Champion 3200 - All-State 1600 & 3200 A-AA
Niki Narayani (Webb)
PRs 1600m 5:04.95 - 3200 - 10:59.30
All-State 1600 & 3200 Div II
Lindsay Stallworth (West)
PRs 800m 2:14.75 1600m 5:04.30
Section Champion 1600 - All-State 1600
Field
Brittany Bishop (AC)
PR - Pole Vault 12-0
Section & State Champion PV
Also Section Champion 100h & All-State 100H
Lizzie Davis (HVA)
PRs - HJ - 5-4.5 Triple Jump 35-4.5 indoor Pentathlon 3027
KIL Champion HJ & Triple Jump Section Champion - Triple Jump
All-State Pentathlon & High Jump
Rebekah Hampton (HVA)
PRs - Long Jump 17-2 Triple Jump 35-11 Pentathlon 2987
Section Champion Long Jump - All-State Pentathlon
Symphony Buxton (HVA)
PR Shot Put 41-11.75
KIL & Section Champion - All- State Shot Put AAA
Caroline Lewis (West)
PRs - Long Jump 17-7.25 Pentathlon 2979
Section Champion Pentathlon - All-State Pentathlon