Region 3-II, 2-III advance 21 athletes to track and field state championships

Between last week’s Region 3-II and Region 2-III results, 21 Tri-parish athletes and one relay team will compete in Saturday’s state high school track and field championships at LSU.

At Tuesday’s Region 3-II meet held at Hoss Memstas Stadium, Vandebilt Catholic qualified 11 athletes, including four regional champions. Morgan City is sending two girls in individual events and its boys’ 1,600-meter relay team.

Terriers Jaora Johnson and Katie Watson (pole vault), Emma Gaienne (javelin) and Emily Carrere (1,600-meter run) won first place in their respective events.

Vandebilt finished second with 76 points in the girls’ team scoring to Cabrini’s 106. The boys placed fourth with 48 points.

“We did better than expected given the level of competition,” said David Malone, Vandebilt boys track coach. “We had a couple of guys miss qualifying by an arm’s length, but overall, we did very well.”

While first-year Morgan City track coach Charles Bravata Jr. thought highly of the way his team performed, he was especially pleased by the boys’ 1,600-meter relay team.

“If it wasn’t for Vernon Norwood running his butt off on the anchor leg, they wouldn’t have made it,” he said. “I think he ran a 48.9 split.”

At Wednesday’s Region 2-III meet at the University of Louisiana Lafayette, E.D. White Catholic and Berwick qualified three athletes each, and Patterson is sending one to the state meet.

Cardinal junior Lindsey Constant qualified in two events, winning the girls’ 1,600-meter run in 5:46.30 and placing second in the 800-meter run.

Patterson junior Alan Angeron won the boys’ 800-meter run in 2:03:80.

Here are all the Tri-parish qualifiers for the state track and field championships at Bernie Moore Stadium, and their results from their respective regional meets.

Vandebilt Catholic

Boys’ pole vault: Jaora Johnson, 1st, 15-0; Chris Watson, 2nd 14-0

Girls’ pole vault: Katie Watson, 1st, 10-6; Abby Buquet, 2nd, 8-0

Girls’ Javelin: Emma Gaienne, 1st, 107-10; Lindsey Carmichael, 2nd, 106-2

Girls’ 1,600 meters: Emily Carrere, 1st, 5:59.70

Girls’ Discus: Sybil Washington, 2nd, 100-10.25

Boys’ Javelin: Daniel LeBlanc, 2nd, 155-6

Girls’ 100-meter hurdles: Leslie Rabalais, 2nd, 16.36

Boys’ Discus: Ches Morrison, 3rd, 123-01

Morgan City

Girls’ shot put: Ke´shaun Johnson, 2nd, 34-5.5

Girls’ long jump: Kailyn Turner, 2nd, 15-7.5

Boys’ 1,600-meter relay: Jordan Williams (freshman), Tremaine Francois (junior), Jer´rod Williams (freshman), Vernon Norwood (sophomore), 3rd, 3:31.20.

E.D. White

Girls’ 1,600-meter run: Lindsey Constant, 1st, 5:46.30

Girls’ 800-meter run: Lindsey Constant, 2nd, 2:32.18

Girls’ 3,200-meter run: Kaitlyn Kuylen, 2nd, 12:53:15

Boys’ Discus: Rydon Naquin, 2nd, 132 feet, 8 inches

Berwick

Girls’ 300-meter hurdles: Victoria Dardar, 2nd, 49.16

Girls’ long jump: Hanna Oldfather, 3rd, 16 feet, 3.75 inches

Boys’ 800-meter run: Joe Lasseigne, 3rd, 2:06.09

Patterson

Boys’ 800-meter run: Alan Angeron, 1st, 2:03:80