By Malcolm Butler
Cedar Creek saw seven individuals and one relay team qualify for the state track and field meet with their performances Monday at the North Louisiana Regional 1A meet held at Ouachita Christian School in Monroe.
Head coach Craig Moss said he was pleased with the overall results of the Cougars and Lady Cougars.
“I am extremely excited,” said Moss. “Honestly for the numbers we have out there, we had a great showing. I was elated for those who qualified for state and I was heart-broken for those who just came up short. But they all competed and represented our school with class.”
On the boys side, Myles Carpenter Head won the title in both the 1600-meters and 3200-meters with times of 4:53.40 and 10:53.34, respectively. Cole Morganthall won the pole vault event with a jump of 10-feet, 6-inches, while John Abram Earle set a PR and finished third in the 800-meters with a time of 2:14.73. All three young men will advance to the state meet.
On the girls side, Louisiana Tech signee Annie Jones won the javelin with a personal record best of 125-feet, 5-inches. Madison Morris (800-meters — 2:29.78 PR) and Caroline James (1600-meters — 5:44.80) both finished second in their respective events while the duo joined Taylor Ramsey and Jones to lead the Creek 4×400-meter relay team to a runner-up finish with a time of 4:21.16.
Ashlyn Bourn also qualified for state by finishing third in the discus with a throw PR mark of 101-feet.
The state meet will be held on LSU’s campus on Thursday, May 4.
A number of other Cedar Creek athletes competed Monday, including:
Boys 4×400 relay team (5th – 3:52.13)
Cara Beth Hill 400 meters (4th – 1:04.19)
Annie Jones High Jump (4th – 4-8.0)
Avery Bourn Discus (79-3.0)
Mallory Smith 100-meters (8th — 13.60)
Anna Grace Lee 200-meters (11th — 29.01)
Ainsley Riley Long Jump (12th — 13-7.0)
