Kianna Gray dominates Class 3A with 4 wins
State Meet Highlights
The Kentucky state championships are held at the University of Kentucky in Lexington with three classifications. For the second year in a row, Kianna Gray of North Hardin was the headliner. She won four events and is now the all-time Kentucky record holder in the 100, 200 and 400.
Top Performances:
- Kianna Gray is a junior in just her second season of competitive track. She is raising the bar in her state and won four events: the 100 in 11.81, the 200 in 24.09 and the 400 in 54.60. She also won the 100 hurdles with 14.29.
- Brothers Davonte (100) and DeQuan (200) Robinson swept the 3A sprints and also drove Henry Clay to titles in the 4x100 and 4x200.
- Sophomore Landon Young of Lafayette swept the 3A throws with 55-2.50 in the shot put and 169-5 in the discus.
- Junior Dante Jordan of North Hardin swept the 3A hurdle events with state leading marks of 14.42 (110s) and 38.14 (300s).
- Maggie Allen of Sacred Heart won 3A titles in the 800 (2:13.68) and 1,600 (5:00.37).
- Tanner Barton ran a state-leading 48.36 to win the 2A 400 for Lewis County.
- Gabriella Karas, a 2013 Foot Locker finalist from Collins, swept the 800 (2:14.66), the 1600 (4:53.73) and the 3200 (10:42.05) as a ninth grader.
- Morgan McIntyre of Fairview cleared 12-0 in the 1A pole vault, leaving her just two inches shy of the all-time state record.
Top Teams:
The Bryan Station girls swept the 4x1, 4x2 and 4x4 relays on the way to 70 points and the Class 3A championship. They were six points up on North Hardin. On the boys side, North Hardin did win the title with 77 points. In Class 2A, the North Oldham girls and Highland boys won the team championships. In Class 1A, it was the St. Henry District girls and Fort Knox boys winning the hardware.
Top Competition: The1A boys 100 meters was a good one, with Fort Knox junior Khari Saunders edging Somerset senior Cam Cheuvront 10.89 to 10.91 into a 1.9 headwind. Those times ranked Nos. 2 and 4 in Kentucky this season.
Record-breaker: Kianna Gray continues to do things in the sprints that have not been seen in Kentucky at the high school level before. In addition to already owning the 100, 200 and 400 records with one year left before graduation, Gray is also closing in on Danielle Carruthers' 1998 100-meter hurdles record of 14.03.
Results: http://parser.dyestat.com/meets.jsp?state=KY
