Bullock Wins Three Events At Tennessee HS Indoor Championships, McGhee Edges Burke In Photo-Finish 200

By Doug Binder, DyeStat Editor

Gianna Bullock from Ensworth TC made the most of her opportunities to compete Monday at the Tennessee State HS Indoor Championships in the first meet of a Presidents Day doubleheader at the CrossPlex in Birmingham, Ala. 

Bullock swept the 60-meter hurdles (9.15), the high jump (5 feet) and the long jump (18-4). 

The unofficial state high school indoor championships presented athletes in Tennessee with a rare chance to compete this winter as nearly every venue in the Volunteer state has been shut down due to the pandemic. 

Brentwood Track Club's girls (87 points) and Hardin Valley Academy Track Club's boys (89 points) retained their team titles by healthy margins.

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The boys 200-meter final was the race of the day as Roland McGhee Jr. of Ensworth TC edged out 60-meter champ Javon Burke of Bradley Central TC by five-thousandths of a seconds as both hit the finish tape in 22.33 seconds. 

McGhee also pulled out a close competition in the long jump with 21-11.75 as the top four were separated by less than three inches. 

Burke won the 60 with a personal-best time of 6.87 seconds, good for US#16.

Whisper Thomas from Station Camp TC won the 60 dash in 7.90 and also won the 200 in 25.77.

Skyy Craig from Walker Valley TC won the boys 60 hurdles in 8.36 seconds. 

Tristan Boatman from Jefferson County TC won the boys weight throw with a mark of 61-5. Cherokee TC's Katherine Biggs won the girls weight with a toss of 43-11.50. 

In the 400 meters, Austin Rome of Hardin Valley Academy TC took the win in 50.05 seconds and Eriyanna Reed of Hillsboro Comp TC won the girls final in 58.95. 

Sophomores Drake Carlson of Father Ryan TC (51-2) and Mensi Stiff of Brentwood Academy TC (43-6.75) won the shot put titles. 

Gabriel Robinson of Ravenwood TC won the boys 800 meters in 1:56.01. 

Brentwood once again dominated the girls 800, with Anna Banovac (2:17.78) and Sofia Rutherford (2:19.60) going 1-2. The team got another win from Hollan Powers in the triple jump (37-0).

Ryan Lovelace from Cleveland TC ran 4:21.37 to win the boys mile. Bella Guillamondegui of Harpeth Hall TC struck over the final 400 meters to win the girls mile in 5:04.37.

In the 2-mile races, Landen McNair from Bartlett TC won the boys title in 9:22.92, good for US#12 this season. 

Leigh Walters from Fred J Page TC won the girls race, leading from the third lap onward, to clock US#16 10:50.98.