Four local athletes win at CKC track and field meet
Published 6:35 pm Saturday, May 18, 2024
Cash Baird of Lincoln County tries to clear the bar during an attempt in the boys high jump at the Central Kentucky Conference Championships. Photo by Mike Marsee
Max Germann of Boyle County races ahead of a group of runners during the boys 1,600-meter run Friday at the Central Kentucky Conference Championships. Germann finished sixth. Photo by Mike Marsee
Jordan Piazza, right, of Mercer County races West Jessamine’s Mathias Robertson on his way to a victory in the boys 110-meter hurdles Friday at the Central Kentucky Conference Championships. Photo by Mike Marsee
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Two defending state track and field champions won their events last Friday at the Central Kentucky Conference Championships track and field meet.
Germani Crosby of Lincoln County and Jordan Piazza of Mercer County were among four individual winners from area schools in the CKC meet at West Jessamine Middle School that included most local teams and was the final tune-up for regional competition.
Crosby, the defending Class 2A champion in the girls shot put, won that event with a throw of 38 feet, 10 inches that was one inch off her top throw at last year’s state meet. She also finished second in the discus.
Piazza, the defending Class 2A champion in the boys 110-meter hurdles, won that event in 15.32 seconds, about a quarter-second off his time at last year’s state meet.
Emmanuel Dut of Danville Christian won the boys 400 dash in 50.08 seconds, and Andrew Sparks of Garrard County won the boys discus in 154-10.
The regional meet dates and sites for local teams:
- Region 1A-5 (Burgin, Danville, Danville Christian) – 6 p.m. Saturday at Lexington Christian.
- Region 2A-5 (Boyle County, Casey County, Garrard County, Lincoln County, Mercer County) – 5:30 p.m. May 21 at Lincoln County.
Central Kentucky Conference Championships, West Jessamine M.S., Nicholasville
(Area leaders)
BOYS
Team scores (15 scoring teams) – 1. East Jessamine 114; 3. Boyle County 78; 4. Mercer County 62; 10. Garrard County 25; 14. Danville Christian 14; 15. Lincoln County 8 1/2.
3200 relay – 4. Mercer County (Mason Sanders, Liam Potts, Kyler Sallee, Marshall Hart) 8:17.34.
110 hurdles – 1. Jordan Piazza (Mercer County) 15.06; 3. Andrew Nason (Boyle County) 15.84.
1600 – 4. Hart (Mercer County) 4:30.96.
400 relay – 2. Boyle County (Nason, Eli Short, Seneca Driver, Garion McPherson) 44.38.
400 – 1. Emmanuel Dut (Danville Christian) 50.08; 2. J.D. Cooley (Boyle County) 50.44.
300 hurdles – 4. Nason (Boyle County) 41.88.
200 – 5. Brock Driver (Boyle County) 23.41.
3200 – 4. Hart (Mercer County) 9:48.25; 5. Max Germann (Boyle County) 9:50.72.
1600 relay – 2. Boyle County (Colin Lay, Cooley, Connor Young, Maximus Kilby) 3:32.92; 5. Mercer County (Sanders, Ian Alcorn, Rennan Doan, Sallee) 3:38.05.
Long jump – 2. Jon Konner Moore (Garrard County) 20- 3/4; 3. McPherson (Boyle County) 19-11 1/2.
Triple jump – 2. Titus Gay (Mercer County) 40-6.
Shot put – 4. Caden Semrau (Mercer County) 41-9; 5. Landon Campbell (Boyle County) 41-4 1/2.
Discus – 1. Andrew Sparks (Garrard County) 154-10; 2. Byron Collier (Mercer County) 141-3; 4. Noah Nichols (Mercer County) 136-4.
High jump – 4. S. Driver (Boyle County) 5-10; t5. Cash Baird (Lincoln County) 5-8.
Pole vault – 5. Andrew Lockhart (Boyle County) 10-6.
GIRLS
Team scores (15 scoring teams) — 1. Lafayette 107; 9. Boyle County 39 1/2; 10. Lincoln County 22; 12. Mercer County 20; t14. Danville Christian 1; t15. Garrard County 1.
200 – 5. Stella Thompson (Boyle County) 27.24.
1600 relay – 5. Boyle County (Claire Combs, Shelby Thompson, Laykin Gatton, Sharon Heist) 4:29.48.
Long jump – 2. Kendra Christopher (Boyle County) 16-1 1/2.
Triple jump – 3. Piazza (Mercer County) 33-4.
Shot put – 1. Germani Crosby (Lincoln County) 38-10; 5. Zyanya Crosby (Lincoln County) 31-3 1/4.
Discus – 2. G. Crosby (Lincoln County) 115-10.
High jump – 4. Sh. Thompson (Boyle County) 4-6.
