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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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Van Berkel finishes fourth in girls discus at state track meet

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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 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. [Read more…]

Hausladen, a freshman, finishes eighth in state in 300-meter hurdles

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Hausladen Hurdles State Track Meet May 26 2016 1 Bowden

Oak Ridge freshman Kate Hausladen finished 8th in the 300-meter hurdles and 11th in the 100-meter hurdles at the state track and field meet at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro on Thursday, May 26, 2016. (Photo by Wallace Bowden)

 

Note: This story was last updated at 9:50 p.m.

Oak Ridge freshman Kate Hausladen finished eighth in the 300-meter hurdles in the state track and field meet in Murfreesboro on Thursday.

Hausladen, the only Oak Ridge girl to make it to the state meet, also finished 11th in a field of 16 in the Class AAA girls 100-meter hurdles.

The Oak Ridge boys are competing today in the state meet, which is part of the 2016 TSSAA Spring Fling in the Murfreesboro area.

Ravenwood, Memphis Central, and Hunters Lane had the top three finishes in the girls 300-meter hurdles on Thursday, and freshman Caroline Lewis of West, who finished sixth, and sophomore Lizzie Davis of Hardin Valley Academy, who was seventh, completed the race ahead of Hausladen. [Read more…]

Jefferson girls finish second in state in track, field

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Jefferson Middle School 4x400 Relay Team State Runner-up 2016

The Jefferson Middle School girls’ track and field team finished as state runner-up in the first-ever state meet for Class A middle schools at Austin Peay University in Clarksville on Saturday, May 21, 2016. Members of the girls 4×400-meter relay team, which finished second at the state meet, are pictured above. From left to right they are Grace Wilson, Katie Swigert, Aaliyah Hall, and Khamari Mitchell. (Submitted photo via Barbara Gritzner)

 

The Jefferson Middle School girls track and field team finished as state runner-up in a first-ever state track and field meet for middle schools in Clarksville on Saturday. The girls team finished second in two events and third in another.

The Jefferson Middle School team of Katie Swigert, Aaliyah Hall, Grace Wilson, and Khamari Mitchell finished second in the 4×400-meter relay, Coach Bill Byas said. And Muskan Vohra finished second in the girls 800-meter run and third in the 1,600-meter run.

The girls team earned enough points to finish as state runner-up. The JMS boys team finished eighth.

It was the first state track and field meet for Class A and Class AA middle schools. It was held Saturday, May 21, at Austin Peay University in Clarksville.

“I expected a great outcome because they worked so hard all season long,” Byas said. “We’ve been going at it since February, and these kids have just consistently improved.” [Read more…]