Junior Avery Collier was Logan County’s top finisher in the state Class 2A track meet at the University of Louisville May 26. He finished fourth in the 110 Meter Hurdles to score five points for Coach Greg Howard’s team.
Two relay teams scored Logan’s other points. The 4X800 team of Sye Head, Maurice Pheal, Barrett Rogers and Noah Thomas finished sixth while the 4X400 team of Collier, Pheal, Rogers and Colton Spencer placed 8^th.
Rogers had been seeded second in the 800 but finished just out of the points at 11^th. Head finished in the same position in the 1600.
The top performance for the Lady Cougars was by senior Markita Pheal, who was 10^th in the 400.
State and regional results follow:


KHSAA CLASS 2A STATE TRACK MEET - 5/26/2011
OWSLEY FRAZIER CARDINAL PARK, U OF L
LOUISVILLE, KY
Results


Boys 110 Meter Hurdles 2A
Points
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1 832 Clayton Patton 12 Elizabethtown 15.28 -2.5 3 10
2 734 Jacob Duvall 11 Bullitt East 15.57 -2.5 3 8
3 756 Keon Scott 12 Central 15.59 -2.5 3 6
4 988 Avrey Collier 11 Logan County 15.69 -1.4 2 5
5 836 Chip Clark 12 Fleming County 16.11 -2.5 3 4


Boys 4x800 Meter Relay 2A
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1 North Oldham 8:12.40 10
1) 1078 Taylor Sanders 11 2) 1072 Colin Grandon 12
3) 1073 Alec Horn 11 4) 1077 Jeremy Rice 12
6 Logan County 8:25.99 3
1) 990 Sye Head 10 2) 994 Maurice Pheal 12
3) 995 Barrett Rogers 11 4) 997 Noah Thomas 10

Boys 4x400 Meter Relay 2A
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1 North Oldham 3:27.30 3 10
1) 1077 Jeremy Rice 12 2) 1068 Jake Evans 10
3) 1079 Max Steinfeld 12 4) 1067 Cody Elbert 10
8 Logan County 3:32.53 3 1
1) 988 Avrey Collier 11 2) 994 Maurice Pheal 12
3) 995 Barrett Rogers 11 4) 996 Colton Spencer 10

Boys 800 Meter Run 2A
Name Year School Finals Points
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1 1077 Jeremy Rice 12 North Oldham 1:57.78 10
11 995 Barrett Rogers 11 Logan County 2:02.91

Boys 1600 Meter Run 2A
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1 1189 Jared Skrabacz 12 South Warren 4:20.54 10
11 990 Sye Head 10 Logan County 4:35.31

Boys 400 Meter Dash 2A
Name Year School Finals H# Points
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1 1038 Isaiah Burrus 11 Mercer County 50.10 3 10
12 996 Colton Spencer 10 Logan County 52.25 3

Boys Discus Throw 2A
Name Year School Finals Points
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1 736 Trevor Troutman 11 Bullitt East 164-11 10
12 991 Aaron Johnson 11 Logan County 129-07

Women - 2A - Team Rankings - 18 Events Scored
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1) Highlands 100.50 2) Central 92
3) Elizabethtown 55 4) North Oldham 50

Men - 2A - Team Rankings - 18 Events Scored
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1) North Oldham 73 2) Central 63
3) Paducah Tilghman 55 4) Covington Catholic 39
27) Webster County 9 27) Adair County 9
27) Logan County 9 30) Casey County 8
41) Taylor County 1 41) Mason County 1
41) Union County 1 41) Johnson Central 1

400 Meter Dash
Name Year School Finals H# Points
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1 427 Michaela Hunter 10 Rockcastle Co. 58.60 3 10
10 313 Markita Pheal 12 Logan County 1:03.44 3

Girls Discus Throw 2A
Name Year School Finals Points
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1 132 Denisha Nichols 12 Elizabethtown 114-02 10
18 307 Jessica Anderson 11 Logan County 75- 05

Girls 300 Meter Hurdles 2A
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20 310 Elaina Hopkins 10 Logan County 55.17 1

Girls 4x200 Meter Relay 2A
1 Highlands 1:48.03 3 10
1) 200 Lindsey Scaggs 12 2) 188 Jordan Earlywine 11
3) 194 Caroline Newman 12 4) 185 Ashley Collinsworth 12
19 Logan County 1:58.54 2
1) 310 Elaina Hopkins 10 2) 311 Kelsey Markham 10
3) 312 Taylor Oates 10 4) 313 Markita Pheal 12

Girls 4x400 Meter Relay 2A
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1 Boyle County 4:08.97 3 10
1) 38 Natalie Settle 11 2) 31 Tabitha Evans 10
3) 28 Kate Carman 10 4) 27 Logan Arnold 10
21 Logan County 4:44.03 2
1) 310 Elaina Hopkins 10 2) 311 Kelsey Markham 10
3) 312 Taylor Oates 10 4) 313 Markita Pheal 12

Girls Discus Throw 2A
Name Year School Finals Points
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1 132 Denisha Nichols 12 Elizabethtown 114-02 10
18 307 Jessica Anderson 11 Logan County 75- 05

Girls Shot Put 2A
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 181 Lindsey Burd 11 Hart County 36-00.00 10
23 307 Jessica Anderson 11 Logan County 27-07.00

Regional Results
Coach Howard issued the following press release after regional competition:
Our teams placed well at the Regional Track and Field Meet held at Paducah Tilghman High School on Saturday. Our girls placed 3^rd and our boys placed 4^th. Great placing even though we didn’t compete in all events. If we were just a few runners deeper on both squads we could have competed for both titles. Hopefully next year we can boost our numbers and make a run.

Our girls will be taking seventh athletes to State this Thursday at the University of Louisville. Our girls haven’t been to State, other than a single event performer in years. This year they boast having Markita Pheal competing in the 400M Dash (1:01.65) and finishing second and running a personal best in the 200M Dash while placing 4^th (28.50), the 4 x 200M (1:54.76) and a new best by the relay of Taylor Oates, Claire Hopkins, and Kelsey Markham, and the 4 x 400M Relay (4:33.05) and also finishing as Regional Runner-up with the same contestants.

Finishing 7^th and 8^th in the 800M Run were Sammi Collins (2:49.83) and Brittany Harper (2:56.62). Sammi also placed 3 ^rd in the 3200M Run with a great time and personal best of 14:13.65. Brittany placed 7^th in the 110M Hurdles in a time of 22.79. Taylor Oates placed 7^th in the Long Jump with a distance of 13’-01.5”. Also competing at state is a girl to watch in the near future was Auburn 8^th grader Krysten Flatt, who placed 8^th in the shot with a throw of 23’-05” and 7^th in the discus, 59’-00”.

Also making it to state is Jessica Anderson as Regional Champion in the Discus( 85-09) and Regional Runner-up in the shot with a throw of 28-03, both of which are personal bests for her.

Claire Hopkins will also be taking her 300M hurdle talent to state as she finished as regional runner up in that event with a time of (52.89). All of these ladies had personal bests in all their events Saturday. They hope to improve on their performances on Thursday. It’s nice to see the girls coming out for track and they are reaping the rewards of their dedication and hard work. This group has a great future and we hope to attract more young ladies that want to compete at a high level.


The boys are once again returning several athletes to the “BIG SHOW”. There was good news and bad news for the Cougars as they competed at a high level and still finished second, third, or even lower in some events. The good news is that they ran some of the best times in the state. The bad news is that we were competing against some of the best in the state in perennial power Paducah Tilghman and up-and-coming Hopkinsville. The boys started the day off with an incredible showing in the 4 x 800M Relay (8:16.31) that saw the Cougars place second while shattering the school record. Their performance was second behind Hopkinsville that turned in the best time in the state at 8:10.32. The automatic qualifying time for this event was 8:28.84. The Cougars time earned them the 3^rd fastest time in the state meet.

Other great performances were turned in by Avrey Collier, as he was crowned Regional Champion in the 110m Hurdles (16.33)while also going to state in the 4 x 200M Relay (1:34.14), and the 4 x 400M Relay (3:33.45) with teammates Maurice Pheal, Barrett Rogers, and Colton Spencer. The 4 x 400M Relay finished 3^rd behind the state best times of Paducah Tilghman and Hopkinsville and still qualified by besting the automatic qualifying time of 3:34.26 and still placing them as the 5^th fastest time at the state meet.

Other wonderful performances turned in by Cougar athletes were those of Dylan Cole 9^th in the 100M (12.42) and Cody Thurston 11^th (12.56). Dylan also placed well in the 200M, 12^th with a time of 25.51. AJ Stewart placed 15^th in the Long Jump with a distance of 13’-04”. Aaron Johnson competed well in the Shot Put and placed 7^th with a throw of 34’-05” and will be going to state in the discus with a throw of 116’-03” placing him 4^th. Also competing in the Shot was Jon Richardson who placed 10^th with a throw of 31’-05” and Jon placed 5^th in the discus with a distance of 108’-01”.

Probably one of the most exciting events of the day had to be the boys 800M Run. Barrett Rogers and Hopkinsville’s J.R. Northcutt were the state’s two best runners in this event and they showed why. Barrett passed J.R. on the last turn and looked like he was going to win but was just nipped at the finish line. The result was the two fastest times going head to head with each other again at state.. Barrett told me after the race he knows how to beat him now.

Sye Head set a personal best in the 1600M (4:40.49)run and qualifies as one of the top 5 runners at state. Also finishing well in the 1600M was Kaleb O’Dell 12^th with a time of 5:32.66. Colton Spencer turned in another personal best in the 400M Dash while finishing second with a time of 51.49. Noah Thomas competed well in the 3200M Run while placing 4^th with a time of 11:34.77. Cody Thurston ran a season best time of 47.65 in the 300M Hurdles placing him 8^th. The 4 x 100M Relay team placed 6^th with a time of 50.55 (Dylan Cole, Cody Thurston, Kaleb O’Dell, Spencer Parsons).