Manual, St. Xavier Repeat as 3A Track & Field Champs

**Runcible Owl** · June 1, 2024

🏆♈ 🏆🐯 | University of Kentucky, Lexington

The Lady Crimsons and Tigers came in as today's favorites and did not disappoint.

This is the fourth straight 3A girls' title for Manual and fifth all-time.*

St. X has now won the last five 3A boys' meets; eleven all-time.*

🎉 Congratulations!

🔗 A link to today's event performances and team scoring can be found below ~

milesplit.live/KY_3A_Championships

* Three Classes for boys began in 1966. For girls, 2A was added in 1969, 1A in 1970.

**Runcible Owl** · June 2, 2024

♈ Girls' meet ~

Manual exceeded expectations in earning their repeat win. Losing distance ace Jessica Secor (now at Tennessee) to graduation last year left a big void, but they're so well rounded. They won only the High Jump (JR E'ternity Starks), but tallied points in 15 of 18 events. The sixth event scored, the 1600, saw the Lady Crimsons open up a 29.5 point lead and a 45.5 total. Assumption finished the meet with 45 so ...

✨ Stellar performances across the board - with a few surprises, particularly in the hurdles races, and in the Field events where some emerging talent grabbed the spotlight.

⏱️ New 3A and KY All-class record ~

Only one, but my goodness!

4x800 Relay: 9:02.21 Assumption (Leah Penick JR, Julia Schmitt SR, Mabel George SO, Reagan Gilmore SR). The same quartet set the record last year and chopped a whopping 10 seconds off of that this go-round. The mark is good for a #15 US ranking this season per MileSplit.

🥇🥇🥇 Girls' Multi-Event Winners (College commitment) ~

• Sanaa Washington, Bryan Station SR (Western Kentucky): 100, 200, 4x100R.

• Julia Schmitt, Assumption SR (Louisville): 800, 4x800R.

• Reagan Gilmore, Assumption SR (Florida): 3200, 4x800R.

📝 Athletes of note ~

• Tula Fawbush (Oldham Co. SR) ends a terrific HS career with a win in the 1600. She's headed to Tennessee in the fall.

• Kiera Antoni (PL Dunbar SR) surprised state record holder, West Jessamine JR Aly Doyle, with a win in the 300H. Antoni will run for Louisville next year.

✔️ For fellow NKY sports fans ~

• Alexis Howard (Simon Kenton SO) The scion of the great Track dynasty in Independence made a big splash winning the Long Jump and placing second in the Triple Jump.

• Isabella Von Lehman (Conner SR) The premier sprinter in the area the last few years went silver in the 100 and bronze in the 200. She'll be a 'middie' running for the US Naval Academy. Salute!

• Notre Dame's 4x400 Relay Team. Second this year; first next year? The PaNDAs will return the entire unit: Ella Long JR - Norah Barker FR - Cameron Kirtley JR - Kate Blettner SO.

😊 Impossible to mention all the worthies. Please drop in props for your faves.

**Tigerpride94** · June 2, 2024

In the 3A boys meet St. X dominated the field events especially in the throws with Aston Jones and Tyler Neal finishing 1,2 in the discus and 3,4 in the shot put. St. X came in 2nd in all the sprint relays with Trinity winning the 4x100m relay and 4X400m relay. McCracken County won the 4x200m relay. St. X also had repeat state champion with James Burnett in the 400m. Trinity racked up points in the sprints with the trio of Will McCauley, Hank Scherer, and Carter Vinson. Central came in as the top public school in 3A knocking off Male who had been the top public school last few years. Trinity has a young team and looking ahead to next year they look poised to break St. X's 5 year streak of championship but St. X will be strong again so will be interesting to see how that plays out.