Logan track teams shine at Hoptown
By Jim Turner

Logan County’s track teams made excellent showings in the Hopkinsville Invitational Saturday. The Lady Cougars finished third as a team and the Cougars fourth. Both were in competition with 11 other teams.

Additionally, Logan teams won four relay events and finished in the top tfour individually in eight events.

Greg Howard, who coaches both teams, offers the following observations:

“Usually at this stage of the season, our teams are well into the fine-tuning part of our technique and the finishing touches of our events. Like I said, usually, but with so many first time runners, we are actually still teaching the basics. Even with that, our kids have made tremendous progress, which showed Saturday in their performances. Once they get the actual skills under control, their potential will be unlimited.

“Our girls have continued to raise the bar as they improve by leaps and bounds. The 4 X 400M Relay broke their own school record again, this time by 5 seconds by recording a time of 4:24.44. The team of Meredith Johnson, Bre Baptiste, Abbi Lindsey, and Taleia Mason are warriors who refuse to let down. The competition was great and gave us a barometer to measure where we are, when it comes to better competition.

“I believe this with all my heart… our kids are great and they want to be better. They have bought in to all the little things; for that I’m proud as a coach! Applying the small things in life…..as a man, I am even more proud.

“Coach Joe Brockman continues to push our throwers to even greater heights. Coach Brockman takes so much pride in his teaching, and the results are there in black and white…great job by him and his throwers on their progress.

“We set our expectations high and expect all of our athletes to meet them. It never ceases to amaze me how much improvement I see in these kids and how proud they are of their accomplishments. Thanks again to the wonderful parents that provide for these great kids (snacks, shoes, rides, and showing up at meets)! “GO COUGARS!” 

100M Dash

Taleia Mason 2^nd         13.51 PR

Courtney McGinnis 9^th               15.04

Emily Jones 14^th                             15.36

Sawyer Hopkins          6^th           11.99 PR

Lorenzo Garcia  9^th       12.10 PR

Jose Garcia      17^th        12.72 PR

200M Dash

Taleia Mason 6^th                             27.12 PR

Bre Baptist     8^th                            27.55 PR

Courtney McGinnis 12^th            28.91 PR

Sedale Shannon          6^th           23.63 PR

Sawyer Hopkins          7^th           23.99 PR

Noah Bray 11^th                               24.53 PR

400M Dash

Bre Baptiste 4^th                               1:02.76 PR

Kela Heltsley 13^th          1:17.70

Noah Bray 3^rd                  53.49 PR

John Higgins 24^th           1:01.05 PR

800M Run

Meredith Johnson 5^th   2:40.55 PR

Jacqueline Belcher 22^nd              4:11.98

Demanuel Barbee 4^th   2:07.10 PR

Levi Crossley 6^th                            2:08.47

100M Hurdles

Abbi Lindsey 8^th                            20.75 PR

Jessica Hines 9^th                             20.83 PR

Leah Crossley 12^th        25.13 PR

Kaleb Coursey 2^nd       19.65

Josh McKinney 11^th     22.46

300M Hurdles

Jessica Hines 3^rd                             52.21 PR

Abbi Lindsey 7^th                            54.63 PR

Leah Crossley 12^th        1:00.26 PR

Kaleb Coursey 4^th          46.39 PR

Josh McKinney 8^th        49.30

4 X 100 Relay 

1) Jessica Hines, Meredith Johnson, Emily Jones, Courtney McGinnis  55.13 PR

5) Jose Garcia, Lorenzo Garcia, Sedale Shannon, Sawyer Hopkins  47.31 PR

4 X 200M Relay 

1) Bre Baptiste, Meredith Johnson, Abbi Lindsey, Taleia Mason  1:52.98 PR

1) Sawyer Hopkins, Lorenzo Garcia, Sedale Shannon, Noah Bray^t 1:35.44 PR

4 X 400M Relay 

2) Bre Baptiste, Meredith Johnson, Abbi Lindsey, Taleia Mason  4:24.44 PR and School Record

2) Noah Bray, Sedale Shannon, Josh McKinney, Demauel Barbee 3:47.08 PR

4 X 800M Relay 

1) Gage Cousineau, Thomas Lyne, Demanuel Barbee, Matt Scales ^t9:22.56

1600M Run

Gage Cousineau 7^th      5:09.92 PR

Thomas Lyne 14^th          5:20.24 PR

Conner Dill 20^th                              5:33.93 PR

3200M Run

Gage Cousineau 7^th      11:54.43

Thomas Lyne 11^th          12:03.07

Long Jump

Jessica Hines 1^st                      15’-5.5” PR

Courtney McGinnis 5^th               13”-4” PR

Emily Jones 7^th                                12’-1”

Andrew Gregory 12^th  16’-5” PR

Nick Blakemore 14^th    16’-00” PR

Shot Put

Lauren Burnett 4^th         26-02 PR

Katie Brooks 19^th          16-7.5

Patrick Cruz 15^th                            32’-09”

Bobby Snoddy18^th       30’-03” PR

Discus

Lauren Burnett 4^th         79-06 PR

Katie Brooks 17^th          44-05

Bobby Snoddy 10^th      87’-07” PR

Patrick Cruz 13^th                            85’-10’

Women - Team Rankings - 17 Events Scored

1) Fort Campbell 176.50 2) Hopkinsville 91  

3) Logan County 86 4) South Warren 55  

5) Marshall County 54.5 6) Christian County50  

7) Trigg County 25     7) Northwest   25  

9) Dickson County 15 10) Todd County Central7  

11) University Heights6          12) Franklin-Simpson 1  

Men - Team Rankings - 17 Events Scored

1) Fort Campbell         91        2) Ripley 84  

3) Dickson County 76 4) Logan County 72  

5) Todd Central 62     5) Christian County 62  

7) Marshall County 56            8) South Warren 49  

9) Northwest 41                      10) Hopkinsville 26  

11) Franklin-Simpson 22         12) Trigg County 8