Murfreesboro area track Class AAA athletes who reached the TSSAA state championships

Several Murfreesboro area high school track and field standouts advanced to the TSSAA state championships, thanks to success at the Class AAA, Section 2 meet this week.

The top four finishers in each event advanced to the state meet, which will be held at MTSU's Dean Hayes Track and Soccer Stadium on May 23 as part of TSSAA Spring Fling.

Among the big performers in the sectional meet were Rockvale's Xarya Udoumana, who won the girls triple jump and long jump and also advanced to state in the 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash. She also finished first in the sectional pentathlon (2,814 points) to advance to the state pentathlon (which will be held May 15-16 at MTSU).

Rockvale's Gavin Deery won the sectional decathlon (5,402 points) while teammate Preston Fuller (5,387) was second as both advanced to state.

Riverdale's D.J. Taylor won the boys 100-meter dash while also advancing to state in the 200-meter dash and high jump.

Below are the top four finishers in each sectional event who advanced to the state meet:

GIRLS

Pole vault: Addisen Peterson (Rockvale) 9-feet-6; Julia Peebles (Rockvale) 8-6; Emma Cook (Cookeville) 8-2; Taylor Bell (Rockvale) 8-2.

Shot put: Toju Williams (Rockvale) 36-9 ¼; Annabelle Keating (Oakland) 34-1 ¾; Jackie Hardrick (Riverdale) 34-0; Lauren Henderson (Cookeville) 33-4 ½.

Discus: Emma Major (Siegel) 108-6; Toju Williams (Rockvale) 103-5; Elizabeth Walter (Stewarts Creek) 101-7; Etaliah Laboo (East Hamilton) 101-3.

Long jump: Xarya Udoumana (Rockvale) 18-0; Malaysia Sibert (Rockvale) 16-7; Kichelle Almonor (Ooltewah) 16-1 ½; Arianna Isbell (Blackman) 15-11 ¾.

High jump: Liz Lannom (Walker Valley) 5-0; Emma Cook (Cookeville) 4-10; Camryn Merryman (Stewarts Creek) 4-10; Naomi Crowell (Rockvale) 4-10.

Triple jump: Xarya Udoumana (Rockvale) 36-5 ¼; Emma Argauer (Walker Valley) 33-4 ½; Lauren Bigelow (Siegel) 33-1 ¼; Brooke Jones (Walker Valley) 32-11.

100-meter dash: Charise Ryan (Cleveland) 12.14 seconds; Emoni Owens (Blackman) 12.15; Jamaria Harrold (Blackman) 12.16; Xarya Udoumana (Rockvale) 12.23.

200: Emoni Owens (Blackman) 24.90; Xarya Udoumana (Rockvale) 25.43; Charise Ryan (Cleveland) 25.75; Jamaria Harrold (Blackman) 25.81.

400: Camryn Merryman (Stewarts Creek) 58.33; Kyla Joy (Oakland) 58.93; Emoni Owens (Blackman) 59.40; Amaya Nash (Oakland) 1:00.76.

800: Estella Clemons (Cleveland) 2:23.90; Bella King (Stewarts Creek) 2:25.87; Ava Creger (Stewarts Creek) 2:26.28; Sarah Coonce (Cookeville) 2:27.41.

1,600: Katie Hetzel (Cookeville) 5:23.17; Bella King (Stewarts Creek) 5:23.99; Ashlyn Shell (East Hamilton) 5:24.85; Lyndi Chapman (Walker Valley) 5:27.07.

3,200: Katie Hetzel (Cookeville) 11:14.06; Leila Hailey (Rockvale) 11:24.87; Lakin Hailey (Rockvale) 11:26.14; Kylie Gray (Stewarts Creek) 12:02.90.

100 hurdles: Liz Lannom (Walker Valley) 15.22; Adajah Nixon (East Hamilton) 15.67; Puottek Dol (Rockvale) 16.33; Kloe Reeves (Rhea Co.) 16.49.

300 hurdles: Rese Matthews (Siegel) 49.27; Jami Saylor (Oakland) 49.57; Jo Bishop (Rhea Co.) 51.22; Amani Yates (Ooltewah) 51.39.

4x100 relay: Blackman 48.98; Cleveland 49.18; Riverdale 49.86; Siegel 50.21.

4x200 relay: Blackman 1:44.62; Siegel 1:44.92; Cleveland 1:45; Riverdale 1:46.83.

4x400 relay: Oakland 4:07.47; Stewarts Creek 4:13.44; Blackman 4:17.70; Rockvale 4:19.16.

4x800 relay: Stewarts Creek 9:55.38; Rockvale 9:55.52; Walker Valley 10:03.38; Bradley Central 10:04.74.

BOYS

Pole vault: Tim Alexander (Stewarts Creek) 14-3; Gavin Deery (Rockvale) 13-6; Preston Fuller (Rockvale) 13-0; Nathan Rosson (Riverdale) 12-0.

Shot put: Xavier Randolph (Coffee Co.) 54-5; Timi Williams (Rockvale) 53-5; Luke Saldana (Warren Co.) 47-7; Ashton Doss (Blackman) 44-9.

Discus: Timi Williams (Rockvale) 179-9; Xavier Randolph (Coffee Co.) 161-2; Bo Bryan (Rockvale) 150-11; Grady Harvey (Stewarts Creek) 138-11.

Long jump: Tarrion Grant (Siegel) 22-8 ½; Nate Lovelace (Cleveland) 21-11 ½.; DeVuan Butler (Blackman) 21-3 ½; Aaron Swan (Oakland) 21-3.

High jump: Devin Walker (Rockvale) 6-6; Tyree Brown (Rockvale) 6-6; D.J. Taylor (Riverdale) 6-0; Ja'Vion Hardaway (Ooltewah) 5-10.

Triple jump: Clark Nation (McMinn Co.) 43-2 ½; Chase Bandy (Oakland) 43-2; Ja'Vion Hardaway (Ooltewah) 43-0; Traevius Evans (East Hamilton) 42-7.

100: D.J. Taylor (Riverdale) 10.62; Jayden Guy (Blackman) 10.78; Tarrion Grant (Siegel) 10.83; Emory Harris (Blackman) 11.07.

200: Jayden Guy (Blackman) 21.69; D.J. Taylor (Riverdale) 21.70; Isaiah Verser (Riverdale) 22.26; Isaiah Davis (Cleveland) 22.36.

400: Kai Mangrum (Stewarts Creek) 50.07; Elijah Northcross (Rockvale) 50.12; Kaleb Spears (Warren Co.) 50.13; Ty Marek (East Hamilton) 50.53.

800: Caleb Henderson (Rockvale) 2:00.67; Gavin Harris (Cleveland) 2:01.47; Ethan King (Walker Valley) 2:02.21; Austin Barnes (Siegel) 2:03.77.

1,600: Owen Clemons (Cleveland) 4:24.98; Gavin Harris (Cleveland) 4:35.74; Isaiah Hart (Cookeville) 4:37.08; Elisha Langford (Cleveland) 4:42.61.

3,200: Tate Vinson (Rockvale) 10:03.65; Noah Dycus (Cleveland) 10:13.72; Wesley Thomas (Siegel) 10:26.10; Ryan Selvidge (Blackman) 10:31.08.

110 hurdles: Sawyer Boyd (Cleveland) 14.24; Isaac Boles (Blackman) 14.71; Ryan Biggers (Siegel) 15.20; Gavin Deery (Rockvale) 15.29.

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300 hurdles: Isaac Boles (Blackman) 39.23; Sawyer Boyd (Cleveland) 39.69; Brandon Nichols (Walker Valley) 41.66; Thomas Jones (Smyrna) 41.76.

4x100 relay: Blackman 42.85; Cleveland 42.99; Shelbyville 43.30; Siegel 43.61.

4x200 relay: Blackman 1:28.90; Siegel 1:29.97; Rockvale 1:30.71; Cleveland 1:30.72.

4x400 relay: Oakland 3:25.60; Rockvale 3:26.19; Walker Valley 3:27.47; Stewarts Creek 3:31.67.

4x800 relay: Rockvale 8:18.99; Cleveland 8:40.84; Siegel 8:43.57; Blackman 8:44.91.

This article originally appeared on Murfreesboro Daily News Journal: Murfreesboro area high school track and field athletes headed to state