Hoptown Claims 2nd Place at Region Track Meet

Boosted by a huge double from JeVan Leavell and strong finishes in the relays, Hopkinsville’s boys track and field team took second place Tuesday at the Class 3A Region I Meet in Henderson.

Hoptown finished with 80 points, which was second to Owensboro’s 110 points.

The Lady Tigers finished eighth with 30 points.  Daviess County (106) took first, and Marshall County (97) was second.

BOYS

JeVon Leavell – 1^st in the 100-meter dash (10.97); 1^st in the 200-meter dash (22.53)

Keane Mumford – 2^nd in the shot put (45-06); 3^rd in the discus throw (135-03)

Chase Atkins – 4^th in the 1600-meter run (4:38.22); 4^th in the 3200-meter run (10:14.03)

Kyren Palmer – 4^th in the 400-meter dash (53.22)

Zahnte Brown – 5^th in the 300-meter hurdles (45.71); 6^th in the 110-meter hurdles (17.11)

Ryan Roussel – 5^th in the long jump (19-01)

Tyler Greenwell – 6^th in the long jump (19-00); 10^th in the triple jump (36-09.5)

DeEvan Williams – 6^th in the 400-meter dash (53.72)

Xavier Bussell – 6^th in the 100-meter dash (11.80)

Keshaun Green – 7^th in the 300-meter hurdles (45.75)

Chance Jones – 10^th in the 800-meter run (2:09.5)

Jamarius McKnight – 13^th in the 800-meter run (2:13.33)

Max DuBois – 13^th in the 3200-meter run (12:08.22); 16^th in the 1600-meter run (5:25.14)

Chris Bussell – 16^th in the discus throw (88-11); 19^th in the shot put (28-0)

The 400-meter relay team finished first (43.69)

The 800-meter relay team finished first (1:31.64)

The 1600-meter relay team finished third (3:36.03)

GIRLS

Yogi McKnight – 1^st in the 400-meter run (1:00.61); 2^nd in the long jump (16-04); 2^nd in the triple jump (34-05.5)

Allison Wood – 5^th in the 1600-meter run (5:39.25); 5^th in the 3200-meter run (12:57.29)

Lailah Moyd – 7^th in the 400-meter run (1:07.46)

Tara Ladd – 8^th in the 100-meter dash (14.24); 9^th in the 200-meter dash (28.75)

Dashiya Radford – 9^th in the 300-meter hurdles (54.01)

Dana Hardison – 14^th in the 800-meter run (3:04.81); 14^th in the 1600-meter run (7:03.09)

Caroline Long – 16^th in the shot put (18-02.75); 16^th in the discus throw (52-09)