Milesplit LA has announced that Ciara Gray of Jonesboro-Hodge High School has been selected as the female performer of the week. The announcement came on April 14th after the final results of a poll conducted by MileSplit LA that ran from April 7th to April 13th was released. 

The sensational Lady Tiger track and field phenom was a runaway winner in the voting, garnering 51% of the total vote, far ahead of Julia Jenkins of Covington High who took home 26.71% of the ballots.

One of eight girl track stars across the state that was on the ballot, Gray made her introduction to track and field followers across the state by bringing home an incredible 4 gold medals, against large school competition from all over Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas and Mississippi at the prestigious “Hoss” Garret Relays hosted by Ruston High School. What makes the performance all the more impressive is that two of the gold medals came on the track, as she won the 100 and 300 meter hurdles and two more came in field events where she took first place in the long jump and triple jump. 

Gray Continues to Re-Write Jackson Parish Record Book

Not to be content with just winning races and events, Gray put a bow on the Performer of the Week Award by setting two new Jackson Parish records the following week at the Llewellyn Starks Invitational hosted by Jonesboro-Hodge High School. There, Gray ran a time of 15.11 to set a new JHHS and Jackson Parish mark in the 100 meters and also put her name at the top of both the school and parish in the triple jump by soaring to 39’3.5″ while also claiming the top spot in the LHSAA among all classifications in the event. 

Made to be broken! It took only a matter of seven days for the 100-meter hurdles record to be rewritten as this past Thursday, April 11th, Gray did it again, shaving off .03 from the mark set just the week before at the Winn Parish Relays.