Both teams competed at the KHSAA Region 2 Class AAA Championships last Saturday at Greenwood. The Cougars walked away scoring points in both divisions and having three young men qualifying for the KHSAA State Championships on Saturday, June 12, at the University of Kentucky's track.
STATE QUALIFIERS
Jonah Oliver - Region Champion in the discus with a throw of 130'-1". Jonah most likely will also qualify in the shot put after his throw of 42'-2.5" earned him 3rd place.
Neil Coursey - Region Runner-up in the Shot Put with a throw of 42'-6.25". Neil also finished in 7th place in the discus (105'-00)
Ryan Rayno - Region Runner-up in the High Jump 5'-10"
Other LC runners and their Places
Samarah Dowell - 100M Dash - 7th place - 13.76; 200M Dash - 4th place - 28.02
100M Dash - Cade Johnson -17th - 13.00
Girls 4 X 200M Relay - 5th place - 1:58.67
(Camila Arevalo, Ali Atkinson, Makayla Cornelius, Samarah Dowell)
Boys 4 X 200M Relay - DQ
(Chandler Snorton, Hunter Holloway, Denton Motsinger, Lucas Arevalo)
Boys 1600M Run - Sam Larson - 12th - 5:09.23
Girls 4 X 100M Relay - 7th 58.02
1) Arevalo, Camila 2) Atkinson, Ali
3) Cornelius, Makayla 4) Dowell, Samarah
Boys 4 X 100M Relay - 8th 48.55
1) Holloway, Hunter 2) Chandler Snorton
3) Denton Motsinger 4) Rayno, Ryan
Girls 400M Dash - Addison Connelly - 9th - 1:09.52
Boys 400M Dash - Denton Motsinger - 11th - 59.21
Boys 200M Dash - Hunter Holloway - 7th - 25.12
Coach Greg Howard says, “Another great day with lots of great performances by our runners. They are miles ahead of where they were at the beginning of the year. A great group of kids giving all they have on the track.”