The annual Llewellyn Starks Invitational Track Meet was held at Jonesboro-Hodge High School on Thursday, April 3rd, highlighted by Ciara Gray of the Lady Tigers setting two new JHHS and Jackson Parish records in the 100-meter hurdles and the triple jump. 

Gray’s leap of 39′ 3.5″ broke the former record of 39′ 2″ set by Kaprecia “Shy” Cowans in 2018, and her time of 15.11 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles eclipsed the mark of 15.54 seconds set in 2014 by Breanna Wayne. 

The standout athlete also grabbed two more gold medals by winning the 300 meter hurdles and the long jump, while also earning MileSplit LA silver medal elite status in three of the four events. 

Addtional first place finishers from JHHS included the girls 4×100 relay team and Christian McGuire in the boys 100 meter dash, who also finished in second place in the 200 meter dash and third place in the 400 meter dash. Landon Boston won bronze in the triple jump and the girls 4×200 and 4×400 relay teams finished in third place as well to round out the podium placers for the JHHS track team. 

Local schools Quitman High and Weston High School also were part of the 15 schools that participated with QHS earning podium spots for first, second or third place finishes ten times and Weston having three earn top three spots. 

Nathan Harvey and Connor Davis won gold medals for the Wolverines in the 110 meter hurdles and the discus competition, while Asher Shultz took second in the javelin, joining the boys 4×400 and 4×800 relay teams as silver medal winners. Kaleigh King won a pair of bronze medals in the 100 and 300 meter hurdles respectively as did Megan Kelly in the 1600 meter run on the girls side while Mathew Odom (3200 meters) and the 4×200 relay team grabbed third place finishes in boys competition. 

Nathin Wages topped the Weston High contingent with a second place finish in the high jump with Jaydon Simmons winning a bronze medal in the 300 meter hurdles and Nadia Siadek coming in third place in the girls shot put event. 

In team competition, Tioga won both the girls and boys title with Northwood-Lean finishing in second on the girls side and Winnfield High School finishing as runner-up in boys competition. Jonesboro-Hodge finished in 4th place in both the girls and boys team results while Quitman took third on the boys side and 5th in the girls and Weston finished in 7th in the boys meet and 10th in the girls competition. 

For complete results in each event go to https://la.milesplit.com/