Madisonville’s Trashaun Smith took home three first-place medals and further etched his name into the school record book at Thursday’s Class 3A Region 1 Meet at McCracken County.
Smith took first place in the high jump (6-2), long jump (22-5), and triple jump (48-10.5). The senior twice beat his school record in the triple jump with his first leap measuring 48 feet, followed by a 48 feet, 10.5 inch mark. Despite the wet and windy conditions, Smith extended his school mark by over 20 inches.
Not only was Smith’s jump a school record, but it also bettered the 39-year-old region meet record set by Paducah Tilghman’s Michael Stone at 47-5.
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Elsewhere, Manny Burrus finished sixth in the 100-meter dash in 11.44 seconds
Louis Ampry came in ninth place in the 100 meters in 11.55 seconds.
Clayon Gunkel finished in 11th place in the 300-meter hurdles in season-best 47.69 seconds.
Colin Civils placed 12th in the 200-meter dash in 24.77 seconds.
Nate Hodges came in 12th place in the 400-meter dash in 56.47 seconds and 13th place in the 200-meter dash in 25.20 seconds.
Hayden Briggs finished 16th in the 400 meters in 58.81 seconds.
In the throwing events, Kadence Price came in fourth place in the shot put with a season-best toss of 44-8.
Micah Morgan was seventh in the discus throw at 105-1 and ninth in the shot put at 37-10.
Lucas Wilson was 14th in the discus throw at 88 feet.
In the relays, the 400-meter relay team came in third place with a clocking of 44.20 seconds. The 800-meter team was fourth in 1:33.47, and the 1600-meter team was seventh in 3:46.
In the team standings, Madisonville finished in seventh place with 45 points.
The start of the meet was delayed 45 minutes due to lightning that accompanied a storm that moved through the area. Midway through the third event, there was another hour-long delay due to 30 to 40 mph wind gusts that rolled through the area.
The top two finishers in each event automatically qualify for the state meet on May 31 at the University of Kentucky. The next 10 times/distances/heights from across the state at the region will also advance. Those will be known by the end of the week.
