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Graham, Van Berkel the No. 2 seeds in state track meet

Posted at 4:40 pm May 22, 2019
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Oak Ridge senior Jordan Graham placed second in the boys 100-meter dash with a time of 10.90 seconds in the Division I Large Section 1 Championships at Hardin Valley Academy on May 11, 2019, qualifying for a spot in the state track meet in Murfreesboro on Thursday, May 23. (Photo courtesy Oak Ridge High School Track and Field Head Coach Tom Sauer)

Oak Ridge senior Jordan Graham is the number two seed in the boys 100-meter dash in the state track and field meet on Thursday, and senior Erin Van Berkel is the number two seed in girls discus.

Graham had the second-best time—10.90 seconds—in the boys 100-meter dash during the Division 1 Large Section 1 Championships at Hardin Valley Academy on May 11.

The top seed in the state meet in the boys 100-meter dash, Elijah Young, a junior at South-Doyle High School, also comes from Section 1. Young had the fastest time, 10.76 seconds, at the sectional championships at Hardin Valley on May 11.

Oak Ridge senior Erin Van Berkel placed second in the girls discus at the TSSAA Division I Large Section I Championships at Hardin Valley Academy on May 11, 2019, with a throw of 117′ 9″, advancing her to the state track and field championship meet in Murfreesboro for the second straight year. (Photo courtesy Gary J. Van Berkel)

Van Berkel had the second-best throw—117 feet and 9 inches—at the sectional championships at Hardin Valley earlier this month.

As in the boys 100-meter dash, the top seed in the state meet in girls discus also comes from Section 1. The top seed is Jefferson County High School junior Jaycee Schroeder, who had a throw of 127-10 on May 11.

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Filed Under: High School, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: 2019 TSSAA State Track and Field Championships, boys 100-meter dash, boys 4x100-meter relay, Brittany Bishop, Cameron Malone, Division I Large Section 1 Championships, Erin Van Berkel, Gary J. Van Berkel, girls 100-meter hurdles, girls 1600-meter run, girls discus, Jordan Graham, Mollie Longmire, Oak Ridge, state track and field meet, Tom Sauer, track and field

Track: Wildcats, Mavericks competing at state championship meet on Thursday

Posted at 9:09 am May 24, 2018
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Oak Ridge junior Genevieve Schwartz competed in the 4x800 meter relay at MTSU in Murfreesboro on Thursday, May 25, 2017, when the girls finished ninth out of 16 teams. Schwartz also competed in the 3,200 meter run, where she finished 15th. (Photo by Kindell Moore)

Genevieve Schwartz of Oak Ridge, who was then a junior, is pictured above competing in the girls 4×800-meter relay in the state championship at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro on Thursday, May 25, 2017. This year, Schwartz, a senior, is the number two seed in the girls 1,600-meter run in the state championship at MTSU on Thursday, May 24, 2018. (File photo by Kindell Moore)

 

The Oak Ridge Wildcats and Anderson County Mavericks track and field teams are competing in the state championship meet in Murfreesboro on Thursday.

Oak Ridge will compete in the girls 1,600-meter run, the boys 4×800-meter relay, the boys 4×100-meter relay, the girls 4×100-meter relay, and girls discus. The Wildcats are the number two seed in the girls 1,600-meter run, the fifth seed in the boys 4×100-meter relay, seventh seed in the boys 4×800-meter relay, eighth seed in the girls 4×100-meter relay, and ninth seed in girls discus.

Anderson County will compete in the girls 100-meter hurdles, girls pole vault, boys long jump, girls 1,600-meter run, and girls 3,200-meter run. The Mavericks are the top seed in the girls pole vault, fifth seed in the girls 1,600-meter run and 3,200-meter run, seventh seed in the girls 100-meter hurdles, and 13th seed in the boys long jump.

The top Oak Ridge qualifier headed into the state meet, senior Genevieve Schwartz, is the number two seed in the girls 1,600-meter run, with a time of 5:07.07. The top qualifier is Sasha Neglia of Dobyns-Bennett in Kingsport in upper East Tennessee, with a time of 5:01.14. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, High School, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: Allen Etheridge, Anderson County Mavericks, boys 4x100-meter relay, boys 4x800-meter relay, boys long jump, Brittany Bishop, Caelan Thompson, Dalton Morgan, Desiree Bates, Erin Van Berkel, Genevieve Schwartz, girls 100-meter hurdles, girls 1600-meter run, girls 3200-meter run, girls 4x100-meter relay, girls discus, girls pole vault, Isaiah Goskowicz, Jordan Graham, Jose Villegas, Loleita Cruz, Maddy Moody, Makiya Garrett, Oak Ridge Wildcats, Parker Fulton, Reid Dukes, Section 1 Large School Championships, Shatyrah Copeland, state championship meet, State Track and Field Championships, track and field, TSSAA, Vaughn Coleman, Will Jeter

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