The Running Rams competed at Cullman High School May 2-3 in the AHSAA 1A Track and Field State Championship. They had a total of 23 athletes qualify to compete at this culminating event. The weekend was tough with storms, weather delays, flooding tent areas, and unfortunate calls from relay officials, but all the Rams athletes proudly did their very best. The overall team results and a few individual events may not have ended in the places they had hoped for, but they walked away with their heads held high knowing they left all they had on the track. If it weren’t for an unfortunate false start in the 100M and an unjust 4×100 relay disqualification in the prelims that film proves was a bad call, the lady Rams would have easily placed 2nd overall and brought home another trophy. However, the ladies still placed a respectable 4th out of 35 teams while the boys placed 9th.
The team walked away with only one state championship finishes this year. Michael Hopkins bested all other competitors in the 110M Hurdles.
Here are the final results for each Ram who competed this past weekend:
- Ke’Lashia Shelton placed 2nd in the 400M, 4th in the 200M, and 4th in long jump.
- A’Naja Tubbs placed 2nd in the shot put.
- Tracianna Moore placed 4th in the triple jump, 4th in 100H, and 6th in long jump
- Zy’Tashia Moore placed 5th in the 200M
- Ja’Kashia Woods placed 15th in the 300H
- The 4×400 girls placed 6th
- Michael Hopkins placed 1st in 110H, 3rd in the 100M, and 5th in the 200M.
- Amari Dedrick placed 11th in the 200M, 17th in the 100M.
- Wesley Kynard placed 9th in javelin.
- Davion Rogers placed 9th in long jump.
- Ja’Mardric Moore placed 4th in discus and 10th in shot put.
- Jeremiah Kynard placed 15th in the 400M.
- Jamarian Essex placed 8th in the 800M, 12th in the 1600M, and 11th in the 3200M.
- Jadarius Carlisle placed 11th in the 1600M, 9th in the 3200M, and 19th in the 800M.
- David Dallas placed 9th in the discus.
- Terrance Brooks placed 16th in the shot put.
- The 4×400 boys placed 8th.
- The 4×800 boys placed 6th.
Several school records were broken as well by Jamarian Essex in the 800M, and Jadarius Carlisle in both the 1600M and 3200M.
