Courtesy report
BATON ROUGE, La. — Ruston High School’s indoor track and field team put together a stellar performance this weekend, including a state-leading long jump by senior Aidan Anding and the boys 4×800 meter relay team performance.
“There were a lot of great takeaways from our trip down to LSU this past weekend,” Ruston High head coach Trey Smith said. “I was very encouraged to see how well the team put together a multitude of top 10 placings highlighted by Aidan’s Louisiana No. 1 Long Jump of 22 feet, 11.25 inches, and our Boys 4x800m Relay team of Joshua Daulton, Taylor Huddleston, Josiah Finley, and Luke Braswell top time of 8 minutes, 15.51 seconds, and Boys 4x200m Relay (D’Joryen Jenkins, Aidan Anding, Dylone Brooks, Malcolm Pierce) LA#3 time 1:31.70.
“Aidan’s first time jumping indoors was very impressive, and a great credit to him getting right back to wear he left off last year being the Outdoor 5A state runner up. Our relays competed with a level of intensity that we have been fostering all through winter training. We had one chance to qualify, and I couldn’t be happier that the boys 4×800 left with the top qualifying time and our 4×2 set a new school record in the process. Our execution of the technical aspects of each event has tremendously improved over the past month of indoor season resulting in these outstanding student-athletes qualifying in a multitude of events for state.”
I’m very excited to see how we progress in the following weeks leading up to the Indoor state championships on February 22nd at the Carl Maddox Field House at LSU.
See below for other finishes of note.
Top 4 Placements from LSU Last Chance:
Aidan Anding 1st Place Boys Long Jump with a leap of 22’11.25’. Ranks #1 in Division 1.
Boys 4x800m Relay team of Joshua Daulton, Taylor Huddleston, Josiah Finley, & Luke Braswell – 1st place with a time of 8:15.51. Ranks #1 in Division 1.
Boys 4x200m Relay team of D’Joryen Jenkins, Aidan Anding, Dylone Brooks, & Malcolm Pierce – 2nd place with a time of 1:31.70. New School Record and Ranks #3 in Division 1.
T’Avion Clark 4th Place Girls 400m Dash with a time of 57.66sec.
Ranks #5 in Division 1.
Other State Qualifying performances by the Bearcats this indoor season:
Jacob Miller – Long Jump (20’9” Ranks 12th in Div. 1) and Triple Jump (42’4” Ranks 9th in Div. 1).
Taniyah Johnson – Long Jump (16’9.25” Ranks 6th in Div. 1).
Timiyah Graham – High Jump (4’9” Ranks 12th in Div. 1).
Kaleb Williams – Shot Put (41’11.25” Ranks 16th in Div. 1).
T’Avion Clark – 60m Dash (7.98sec Ranks 13th in Div. 1).
Boys 4x400m Relay team of D’Joryen Jenkins, Malcolm Pierce, Kemondrick Hunter, JaQuincy Bryant (3:32.35sec Ranks 4th in Div. 1)
Girls 4x400m Relay team of Taniyah Johnson, T’Avion Clark, Hallie Hebert, Sydney Owens (4:15.25sec Ranks 8th in Div. 1).
