Thompson High track and field teams set for tough competition Sectionals
Winning the Class 7A Track and Field state title won’t happen this weekend. However, the Thompson High boy’s and girl’s track and field team can put themselves in position to contend for a state championship.
As Thompson High head coach Chris Schmidt said, the objective on Friday and Saturday, during the Class 7A Section 3 meet at Mountain Brook High, is “try to qualify as many as we can, and go compete at state.”
Doing that it in what state track and field coaches, athletes and followers know as the ‘Section of Death” won’t be easy. The top five finishers in each event of the sectional meets are guaranteed a spot in the state championship.
Following is a list of Thompson athletes slated to participate this weekend.
GIRLS
FRIDAY
1,600 meters
Finals
McKenzie Hogue
Emily Allen
Abby Grace Walker
400 meters
Time finals
Section 2
Alayah King
Section 3
Jill Douglas
100 meter hurdles*
Prelims
Heat 1
Elizabeth Sutton
Heat 2 Prelims
Madison Wright
Julianne Knight
100 meters*
Prelims
Heat 1
Niya Oden
Heat 2
Alandria McCurdy
Heat 3
Zakiria Holifield
4 x 800 relay
Finals
Thompson ‘A’
200 meters*
Heat 1
Alandria McCurdy
Alayah King
Heat 2
Zakiria Holifield
Pole vault
Elizabeth Sutton
Discus
Olivia Coleman
Zoria Miller
Ebony Butler
Triple jump
Tyara Irvin
Alayah King
Niya Oden
SATURDAY
3,200 meters
McKenzie Hogue
Hannah Casey
4 x 100 relay
Thompson ‘A’
300 meter hurdles
Timed finals
Section 1
London Wooley
Julianne Knight
Section 2
Madison Wright
800 meters
Timed finals
Section 1
Abby Grace Walker
Emily Allen
Section 2
McKenzie Hogue
4 x 400 relay
Thompson ‘A’
Long jump
Gabby Gaddis
Tyara Irvin
Niya Oden
High jump
Julianne Knight
Eden Kittrell
London Wooley
Javelin
Zoria Miller
Shot put
Autumn Alexander
Ebony Butler
Zoria Miller
BOYS
FRIDAY
4 x 800 relay
Thompson ‘A’
1,600 meters
Finals
Jace Jones
Jacob Wyatt
400 meters
Timed finals
Section 3
Van Smitherman
Samuel Holmes
Alondae Vassar
110 meter hurdles*
Prelims
Heat 1
Cameron Childs
Timothy Osborne
Heat 2
Dominique Hall
100 meters*
Prelims
Heat 1
Antonio Brown
Keontae McKitchen
Heat 3 Prelims
Kevshon Hobson
200 meters*
Prelims
Heat 1
Samuel Holmes
Van Smitherman
Heat 2
Antonio Brown
Shot put
Viktor Turek
Steve Villegas
Long jump
Flight 1
Keontae McKitchen
Julian Woods
Flight 2 Finals
Phillip Lewis
Pole vault
Ozzy Heller
Blake Ellis
Dominique Hall
Saturday
Relay – 4 x 100
Thompson ‘A’
Relay – 4 x 400
Thompson ‘A’
3,200 meters
Finals
Brandon DeMarcus Lee
Luke Doe
Josh Cofield
300 meter hurdles
Timed finals
Section 1
Cameron Childs
Section 2
Devon Carter
Section 3
Timothy Osborne
800 meters
Timed finals
Section 2
Thomas Cousins
Jace Jones
Timothy Osborne
Discus
Haynes, Eric
Steve Villegas
Viktor Turek
Triple jump
Carson Youngblood
Phillip Lewis
Julian Woods
Javelin
Ethan Fontenot
Viktor Turek
High jump
A’Mari McCurdy
Jared Hurst
Phillip Lewis
*-Finals on Saturday
