Erath’s Connor Toups straightens his body before flying over the bar in the pole vault event. (photo by Cadn Lange)
Vermilion Parish sending athletes to Class 3A state meet on Friday
Vermilion Parish will have a handful of athletes competing at the state track and field meet in Baton Rouge, starting on Thursday and ending on Saturday.
The Class 3A state meet will be on Friday in Baton Rouge. The top three finishers at last week’s regional meets at McNeese State in Lake Charles qualified for state.
Kevin Small, a Kaplan senior, will be heading back to the state meet for the third straight year.
Small won the discus with a toss of 162-8.
.Cameron Samuels of Abbeville triple jumped 43-10 to finish third and qualify for the state meet.
Kaplan’s Kodi Clement will be running in two events at state. He finished third in the 200-meter dash (22.65). The winner was Derrick White of Lake Charles Prep, who ran a 22.12.
Clement finished second in the 400-meter run with an impressive time of 48.63. White also won the 400 (48.31).
Sean Herrington from Erath qualified for state after winning the 110-meter hurdles (14.33) and the 300-meter hurdles (39.77).
Erath will have two pole vaulters at state. Brylon Toups finished second (13-0) and teammate Connor Toups (12-6) was third.
The Kaplan Lady Pirates’ 4x800-meter relay team continues to get better and better at each meet.
The 4x800 relay team of Lexi Greene, Isabel Mendez, Isabella Hargrave, and Liberty Greene ran a winning time of 9:52.90. That personal best time puts them as the fastest girls’ 4x800 meter relay team to ever run in VermilionParish.
The Lady Pirates’ 4x400 meter relay finished third (4:09.57). Parkview Baptist won by two seconds.
Erath freshman Cheyenne Earnest qualified for state in the 1600 and 3200 meter races. She finished third in the 1600 (5:51.63) and the 3200 (12:27.09).
Erath’s Kailei Broussard won the high jump by a half of an inch (5-1 1/2) over Montet Temple of University (5-1). Finishing third was Kaplan’s Reace Richard (5-0).
Broussard also finished second in the triple jump (38-2). She lost by eight inches.
Aija Comeaux of Kaplan finished second in the discus (104-10) to qualify for state.