Autumn Bell will finish her storied high school track and field career in four events at the Class 3A State Track and Field Championships after a pair of wins and a pair of second-place finishes at the region meet Tuesday in Owensboro.
Bell finished first in the 200-meter run and the triple jump. She recorded second-place finishes in both the 100 meters and the long jump – achieving personal best times and distances in both.
Jayda Johnson finished in third place in the 400-meter run and will have to see if her time will qualify her for the state meet as an at-large entrant.
Buoyed by Bell’s top finishes, Christian County finished in seventh place as a team with 46 points, just four points behind sixth-place Hopkinsville. Henderson County won the region title with 122 points.
CHRISTIAN COUNTY REGION FINISHES
Autumn Bell – 1st in the 200-meter dash (26.38); 1st in the triple jump (36-03); 2nd in the 100-meter dash (12.89); 2nd in the long jump (16-03.50)
Jayda Johnson – 3rd in the 400-meter dash (1:04.03)
Kaidence Atwell – 8th in the 200-meter dash (29.41)
London Hendrith – 9th in the 100-meter dash (14.16)
Julia Munoz – 9th in the 300-meter hurdles (1:01.12); 10th in the long jump (13-05.5)
Jakiyah Oatts – 11th in the 400-meter run (1:09.82)
Alyssa Adler – 14th in the 1600-meter run (7:57.39)
The 400-meter relay team finished in 5th place with a time of 54.63 seconds.
The 800-meter relay team came in 5th place in 1:55.94.
The 1600-meter relay team finished in ninth place in 4:49.33.
