Meet Rutherford County area's top girls track and field athletes

The three finalists for the Daily News Journal's All-Area Track and Field Female Athlete of the Year all enjoyed success during the postseason.

Female Track and Field Athlete of the Year Imani Udoumana certainly lived up to expectations.

The Oakland senior won a state championship, dominating the triple jump with a distance of 37-10, which was 2 feet farther than the second-place finisher in Class AAA.

She also finished second in the 100-meter hurdles, sixth in the long jump, ninth in the 300 hurdles and fourth in the Class AAA pentathlon at state after winning four county titles.

Blackman'sTanalya Gordon won the county championship in both the 100- and 200-meter dashes while finishing fourth at state in the long jump.

Riverdale's Anastasia Hayes won the county in the 400-meter dash and anchored the county champion 400-relay team while finishing fifth at state in the 400 and helping the relay team take fifth at state.

There were numerous second-place finishes at state among all-area performers, including the Stewarts Creek 4x200 relay team, MTCS' Mackenzie Harris (high jump) and Central Magnet's Taylor Cuneo (1600 run).

There were also a handful of third-place finishers, and several area athletes medaled at state.

Reach Cecil Joyce at cjoyce@dnj.com or 615-278-5168 and on Twitter @Cecil_Joyce.

FIRST TEAM

Running

Tanalya Gordon
Blackman, senior
Events:100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, long jump
Why chosen: Won the county championships in the 100 and 200, finishing in a time of 12.60 in the 100 and 25.53 in the 200. Finished fourth at state in the long jump (18-04.25).

Anastasia Hayes
Riverdale, senior
Event: 400-meter dash
Why chosen: Finished fifth in the Class AAA state meet (58.24) after taking first (1:00.08) at the county championships.

Breja Hooks
Oakland, sophomore
Event: 800-meter run
Why chosen: Medaled at the Class AAA state meet, finishing third (2:18.95) after winning the event (2:23.93) at the county championships.

Taylor Cuneo
Central Magnet, junior
Event: 1600-meter run
Why chosen: Captured second in the Class A-AA state meet (5:09.67) after winning the event at the county championships (5:16.29).

Victoria Simmons
Siegel, senior
Event: 3200-meter run
Why chosen: Earned a medal, finishing third at the Class AAA state meet (11:17.64) after winning the event at the county championships (11:51.30).

Imani Udoumana
Oakland, senior
Events: 100-meter hurdles, 300-meter hurdles, triple jump, pentathlon
Why chosen: All-Area Track and Field Female Athlete of the Year captured the state title in the Class AAA triple jump (37-10) after winning the county championships. Finished second at state in the 100 hurdles (14.85) while taking ninth in the 300 hurdles (47.21). Placed fourth overall in the Class AAA pentathlon (3,134 points).

Relays

Stewarts Creek
(Joy Abbott, Ke'Asyia Ward, Gabrielle Napper, Kyra Wilder)
Events:4x100, 4x200
Why chosen: Finished second in the Class AAA state meet (1:41.91) in the 4x200 (also winning the county championships) while capturing third in the Class AAA state meet (48.57) in the 4x100.

Riverdale
(Aislynn Hayes, Alasia Hayes, Annia Johnson, Anastasia Hayes)
Event: 4x400
Why chosen: Medaled at state, finishing fifth in the Class AAA meet (4:03.97). Won the county championships (4:12.53). 

Central Magnet
(Camille Smith, Abby Graves, Emma Harris, Hannah Whited)
Event:4x800
Why chosen: Took third place in the Class A-AA state meet, finishing in 9:49.90. 

Field events

Jordan Black
Siegel, sophomore
Event:Pole vault
Why chosen: Reached the Class AAA state meet, vaulting 7-00 at state. Won the county championships (7-06.00).

Mackenzie Harris, MTCS, sophomore;
Gabrielle Napper, Stewarts Creek, senior 
Event: High jump
Why chosen: The two finished tied for first (5-00) at the county championships while both jumped 5-02 at the state meet. Harris finished second in A-AA at state while Napper was sixth in AAA.

Adriana Wilson
Blackman, senior
Event: Shot put
Why chosen: Reached the Class AAA state meet, finishing 15th (31-02) after winning the county championships (31-02).

Angeli Wright
Oakland, freshman
Event:Discus
Why chosen: Reached the Class AAA state meet, finishing 15th (92-04).

SECOND TEAM

100: Joy Abbott, Stewarts Creek, junior
200: Kyra Wilder, Stewarts Creek, junior
400: Dymanique Thompson, La Vergne, senior
800: Taylor Cuneo, Central Magnet, junior
1600: Emma McClellan, Riverdale, senior
100 hurdles: Pamela Adams, Blackman, freshman
300 hurdles: Asya Cobb, Smyrna, senior
4x100: Blackman
4x200: Blackman
4x400: Oakland
4x800: Riverdale
Long jump: Imani Udoumana, Oakland, senior
Triple jump: Asya Cobb, Smyrna, senior
High jump: Jaclyn Wright, Blackman, sophomore
Pole vault: Troi Martin, Riverdale, sophomore
Shot put: Kevelyn Syas, Oakland, sophomore
Discus: Maddie Taylor, Central Magnet, junior
Pentathlon: Jaclyn Wright, Blackman, sophomore