Top 1A Boys to Watch at the 2017 State Meet

These are just a few of the outstanding performers who will compete Saturday in Lexington. (All ranking #'s are for Class 1A, unless noted.)

Keeton Thornsberry, Holy Cross (Lou.), '19: 800m, 1600m, 3200m.

* Defending champion at 3200m with #1 (KY #6) time this year. 1600m #1 (KY #3), and will battle last year's champion, #2 Dedrick Troxell, of Green Co. Qualified in the 800m, and might attempt to "triple" for the Cougars.

* 2016 State 1A Cross Country champion.

Luke Lawson, Walton Verona, '18: 110m Hurdles, 300m Hurdles, 4x400m Relay(?).

* Big improvement in times from 2016. 110 m Hurdles #1 (#5 KY); #1 300m Hurdles #1 (#5 KY). Possible leg on the Bearcat 4x400 relay team.

Derrick Barnes, Holy Cross (Cov.), '18 (Signed with Purdue to play football): Shot Put, Discus.

* 3rd last year in the Shot Put; 2017 SP #1 (#2 KY). Began throwing the Discus this year and is a threat to score points. Placed 6th in the 100m at the Region 4 meet for the Indians.

Trent Wrobleski, Newport Central Catholic, '17: 110m Hurdles, High Jump, Long Jump, 4x100m or 4x400m relays(?).

* It's not always about the #1 rankings. Trent is appearing in his 3rd state meet, and will score solid points for the Thoroughbreds, with projected top 3 finishes in his individual events.

* 2016 Bluegrasspreps.com All-state Football Team: Punter

Fort Knox, Relays: #1 4x100m, #1 4x200m, #4 4x400m.

* Team favorite Eagles counting on points in the sprints and these relays, led by seniors Nate Callison and Craig Perches.

Rising Stars:

Logan Blaut, St. Henry District, '19: Pole Vault #1 (#10 KY).

Quorterrius Cherry, Mayfield, '19: 100m #3; 4x100 Relay #2; 4x200 Relay #3.

Conner Hayes, Lexington Christian, '21: 3200m #4.

http://khsaa.org/track/2017/statetrackmeetschedule.pdf

http://khsaa.org/records/track/statetrackmeetrecords.pdf

From the KHSAA:

Results from today's 1A Championship can be found through the links below:

Final Team Results

http://khsaa.org/track/2017/class1ateam.htm

Complete Event Results

http://khsaa.org/track/2017/class1adetailed.htm

Paragraph Results (w/o relay names)

http://khsaa.org/track/2017/class1aparagraphrelaynames.htm

Paragraph Results (w/ relay names)

http://khsaa.org/track/2017/class1aparagraph.htm

Seth Evers from Bellevue wins the 100M with 11.28 and the 200M with 22.61.

Congrats the Seth those are awesome numbers.