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

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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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Graham finishes first in 100-meter dash in Hardin Valley track meet

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Oak Ridge senior Jordan Graham finished first in the boys 100-meter dash in the Hardin Valley Invitational this past weekend.

Graham finished first with a time of 10.93 seconds.

He was followed by Austin-East senior Jazine Pelcher at 10.97 seconds, Cleveland senior Zylon Cooper at 11.15, Catholic sophomore Nicklaus Iverson at 11.17, and Maryville junior Jackson Jett at 11.26.

In other top results, Oak Ridge senior Erin Van Berkel finished third in the girls discus with a throw of 114 feet and five inches.

Wilson Central junior Zoe Vlk finished first in that event with a throw of 136-11, and Jefferson County junior Jaycee Schroder finished second with a throw of 124-05. Oak Ridge freshman Amelia Van Berkel was 13th at 94-00. [Read more…]

Dalton Morgan of Oak Ridge running in state cross country championship

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Oak Ridge senior Reid Dukes, left, and junior Dalton Morgan are pictured above at the state cross country meet in Nashville on Nov. 4, 2017. Both are competing in the state track and field championship in Murfreesboro on Thursday, May 24, 2018, as part of the boys 4x800-meter relay team. (File photo by Kindell Moore)

At right, Dalton Morgan, now a senior at Oak Ridge High School, competes at the state cross country championship meet in Nashville on Nov. 4, 2017. At left is Reid Dukes, who was then a senior and has since graduated. (File photo by Kindell Moore)

 

Senior Dalton Morgan of Oak Ridge High School will race in the state cross country championship in Nashville today (Saturday, November 3).

Morgan, who will run in the Division I Large School group, advanced to the state meet by finishing fifth with a time of 16:46 at the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association Region 2 Championship at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville on October 25. The top three teams at the regional meets advance to the state championship. The Oak Ridge boys finished sixth. But runners like Morgan who finish in the top 10 at the regional meets advance even if they’re not on a qualifying team.

The top four runners at the Region 2 championship were senior Jake Renfree of Knoxville Catholic (15:53), junior Tommy Ward of Maryville (16:25), senior Jordan Thomas of West (16:39), and senior Preston Ruth of Bearden (16:40). Renfree finished fourth in the state meet last year with a time of 15:59.02. [Read more…]

Cross country: Moody of Anderson County finished 16th in state, Farragut sixth

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Maddy Moody, a sophomore at Anderson County High School, finished 16th in the state during the girls’ Class AAA cross country championship in Nashville on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, at Percy Warner Park in Nashville. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

NASHVILLE—Maddy Moody, a sophomore at Anderson County High School, finished 16th in the state during the girls’ Class AAA state cross country championship in Nashville this month.

During the same race, the Farragut girls’ cross country team finished sixth in the state.

The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association, or TSSAA, State Cross Country Championships were November 5 at Percy Warner Park in Nashville.

As previously reported by Oak Ridge Today, the Oak Ridge boys’ team finished third in the state in Class AAA during the boys’ championships, and Wildcats senior Jake Etheridge finished 11th.

Sasha Neglia, a freshman at Dobyns-Bennett High School in Kingsport, finished first in the Class AAA girls’ race with a time of 17:32.17. [Read more…]

Oak Ridge girls’ team runs best race of year, but finishes fourth in region; Schwartz going to state

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Genevieve Schwartz of Oak Ridge, right, finished 10th in the Region 2-AAA girls’ cross country race at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. Behind Schwartz is Jenna Wall of Hardin Valley Academy, who finished eighth. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

KNOXVILLE—The Oak Ridge girls’ cross country team ran its best race of the year but finished fourth in the region on Thursday, just missing the cutoff to advance to the state meet next Saturday.

Only the top three teams in the Region 2-AAA meet at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville on Thursday advanced to the state meet in Nashville next Saturday.

However, Oak Ridge junior Genevieve Schwartz finished 10th in the 5,000-meter, or 5k, race. Anyone who finishes in the top 10 and is not on a qualifying team advances to state.

The top three girls’ teams in the Region 2 meet were West, Farragut, and Hardin Valley. West, a Knoxville school, had the top two runners, Lindsey Stallworth and Madeline Shook.

Anderson County and Hardin Valley each had two runners in the top 10, and like Oak Ridge, Farragut had one.

It will be the first trip to state for Schwartz, who finished with a time of 20:36.90. [Read more…]

Cross country photos: Oak Ridge girls finish fourth in Region 2-AAA meet

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Genevieve Schwartz of Oak Ridge, at right in the group of three above, finished 10th in the Region 2-AAA girls’ cross country race at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. At center is Mollie Longmire of Anderson County, who finished seventh, and at left is Jenna Wall of Hardin Valley Academy, who finished eighth. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

KNOXVILLE—The Oak Ridge Wildcats girls’ cross country team finished fourth in the Region 2-AAA meet at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville on Thursday.

The top three teams in the regional meet advance to the state cross county meet in Nashville on Saturday, November 5. Since Oak Ridge finished fourth, it does not advance.

But Genevieve Schwartz of Oak Ridge finished in the top 10, so she will compete in the state meet next week.

Here are photos from the Thursday meet by John Huotari of Oak Ridge Today. (See a story on the race here.) [Read more…]