Here’s to the champions
Nine Advocate-area athletes won state championships in their respective classes at this week’s State Track and Field Championships.
Here are the links to the results for area athletes from Thursday’s Class AA section and Saturday’s Class A and AAA section, and there are no less than nine stories from the state meet appearing in Friday and Sunday’s Advocates and online at amnews.com.
Here’s the list of local champions:
CLASS A
Girls
- Candice Taylor, Danville: long jump
- Kaitlin Snapp, Danville: 1,600-meter run, 3,200-meter run
CLASS AA
Boys
- Isaiah Burrus, Mercer County: 400-meter run
- Lamar Dawson, Boyle County: shot put
- Jordan Ellison, Casey County: pole vault
Girls
- Logan Arnold, Boyle County: 1,600-meter relay
- Cheyenne Evans, Boyle County: 1,600-meter relay
- Emily Hall, Boyle County: 1,600-meter relay
- Emily Wesley, Boyle County: 1,600-meter relay
