The 2019 McCallie Mid-South Track
Classic is in the books, and the boys' team title yet again went to
the host Blue Tornado with 145 points, besting second-place Cleveland
by 45 points. Alabama's Fort Payne just edged out East Nashville Magnet 80 to 78.5 for the girls' team championship.
After earlier forecasts called for
rain, mother nature decided to provide an absolutely perfect day for
track and field, and the performances showed it. Five new meet
records were set, along with several near-misses. Here are some of
the highlights:
Tyner's Jeremiah Batiste earned the
boys' McIlwaine-Pataky Outstanding Athlete award for the most
individual points with 29. The junior won both the 100 and 200,
in 10.82 and 21.84 seconds, respectively, placed second in the long
jump and was part of the fourth-place 400 relay team. His 200 time
was a meet record.
Here's what he had to say after his 100-meter victory:
Cleveland's
Eric Parker had an impressive day as well, winning both the 110- and
300-meter hurdles, while his 400 and 1600 relay teams also took first
place. The senior also set a meet record in the 110 hurdles with a
time of 14.36 and in the 400 relay.
Parker just missed the record in his
other hurdle event by 0.02 second despite breaking off a piece of a
hurdle during the race.
Red Bank's Cole Bullock ran a personal-best in the 1600 meters, clocking
a 4:10.13. Here's the final lap:
The
senior placed fifth in the 3200 at the Arcadia Invitational last
Saturday with a blistering time of 8:50.70. Here's what he had to say
after his 1600-meter race this Saturday:
Arguably
the most exciting boys' races of the day was the 800 meters, where
Cookeville's Kevin Griffin's strong kick propelled him to victory, as
he just missed breaking the two-minute barrier in a time of 2:00.29,
four seconds faster than his previous personal best. Here's the
finish and what an elated Griffin had to say after the race:
Cookeville
sophomore Landri Wilcox put her name in the record books twice on
Saturday, setting a new meet best in both the 1600 and 3200 with
times of 5:04.88 and 10:55.63 respectively, also both personal bests.
Walker Valley sophomore Ashley Eulo won the 400 in 1:01.15, and nearly
pulled off the double, finishing second in the 800 in 2:26.91, just
over a second behind the Franklin County's Kara McDaniel.
Franklin County's Gracie Morse had already had a good day by all accounts when
she got in the blocks for the 300-meter hurdles, having finished
fifth in the high jump and fourth in the 110-meter hurdles, both with
new personal bests. She capped her day off with a victory in the
300-hurdles in a time of 46.28.
The 2019 McCallie Mid-South Track
Classic is in the books, and the boys' team title yet again went to
the host Blue Tornado with 145 points, besting second-place Cleveland
by 45 points. Alabama's Fort Payne just edged out East Nashville Magnet 80 to 78.5 for the girls' team championship.
After earlier forecasts called for
rain, mother nature decided to provide an absolutely perfect day for
track and field, and the performances showed it. Five new meet
records were set, along with several near-misses. Here are some of
the highlights:
Tyner's Jeremiah Batiste earned the
boys' McIlwaine-Pataky Outstanding Athlete award for the most
individual points with 29. The junior won both the 100 and 200,
in 10.82 and 21.84 seconds, respectively, placed second in the long
jump and was part of the fourth-place 400 relay team. His 200 time
was a meet record.
Here's what he had to say after his 100-meter victory:
