Van Berkel finishes fourth in girls discus at state track meet

Posted at 4:32 pm May 24, 2018
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Oak Ridge junior Erin Van Berkel finished fourth in the girls discus at the state track and field meet in Murfreesboro on Thursday, May 24, 2018. (Photo by ORHS track fan)

Oak Ridge junior Erin Van Berkel finished fourth in girls discus in the state track and field meet in Murfreesboro on Thursday.

Van Berkel had a throw of 118.5.

Oak Ridge is competing in events at the Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic Association championship track and field meet at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro on Thursday.

Besides girls discus, the Wildcats are competing in the girls 1,600-meter run, the boys 4×800-meter relay, the boys 4×100-meter relay, and the girls 4×100-meter relay.

Van Berkel just started throwing last year. She previously threw a disc 120 feet and 10 inches, which was briefly the top discus throw among high school girls in Tennessee this season. It was the farthest throw by an Oak Ridge girl in a long time.

Oak Ridge junior Erin Van Berkel, third from left, finished fourth in the girls discus at the state track and field meet in Murfreesboro on Thursday, May 24, 2018. (Photo courtesy Tom Sauer)

Wildcats junior Erin Van Berkel, who is pictured above during a track meet at Oak Ridge High School on May 4, will compete in the girls discus at the state track and field championship meet in Murfreesboro on Thursday, May 24, 2018. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

Wildcats junior Erin Van Berkel, who is pictured above during a track meet at Oak Ridge High School on May 4, finished fourth in the girls discus at the state track and field championship meet in Murfreesboro on Thursday, May 24, 2018. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

More information will be added as it becomes available.

See our previous story about the Oak Ridge athletes competing in Thursday’s track meet here.

See this TSSAA page for more information about this week’s Spring Fling. Besides track and field, spring championship events include baseball, boys soccer, softball, and tennis.

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