2018 Leaf-Chronicle All Area girls and boys track and field teams
. Montgomery County produced several state champions on the individual and team side.
Here are the 2018 All Area boys and girls track and field teams combined.
GIRLS RUNNING EVENTS
First team
Calandra Henry
Northeast
100 meters
Why chosen: Henry captured first place in the Montgomery County Championships, the sub-sectionial and sectional races. She finished third at state with a time of 12.1 seconds.
Calandra Henry
Northeast
200 meters
Why chosen: Henry duplicated her 100-meter feat in the 200 in the sub-sectionial and sectional and took third again in the 200 at state in a time of 24.7 seconds.
A'siara Nakasone
Northeast
400 meters
Why chosen: Nakasone took first in the County Championship and sub-sectional meet and finished fifth at sectional. She had a season-best time of 1:00.19.
Rayven Thomasson
Northeast
100 hurdles
Why chosen: Thomasson took second in the sub-sectional but finished as the sectional champion. She placed eighth at state. She had a season-best time of 15.13 seconds.
Rayven Thomasson
Northeast
300 hurdles
Why chosen: Thomasson finished first in the County Championship and sub-sectional meet. She took eighth at state. Her best time this spring was 46.5.
Sara Martin
Rossview
800 meters
Why chosen: Martin finished in first place in much of the regular season and was the county champion with a season-best 2:33.18.
Sara Martin
Rossview
1600 meters
Why chosen: Martin dominated the field of Montgomery County runners in the 1,600 races with a season-best time of 5:30.09. She finished first at the sub-sectional meet.
Sara Martin
Rossview
3200 meters
Why chosen: She continued to dominate in the 3,200 with a best time of 11:36.89, which was tops among Clarksville area runners. She finished first at the sub-sectional meet.
Northeast
4x100 meter relay
Why chosen: The Lady Eagles captured the county championship and were champs at the sub-sectional and sectional meets. They finished as the state Class AAA champs and set a school record of 48.66 seconds.
Rossview
4x200 meter relay
Why chosen: Rossview captured the county championship and was first at sub-section with a 1:45.16 time. Rossview finished 10th at state.
Northeast
4x400 meter relay
Why chosen: Northeast captured first place in both the County Championships and sub-sectional while finishing eighth at the state. Their season-best time was 4:05.42.
Northeast
4x800 meter relay
Why chosen: The Lady Eagles took first in the County Championships and were a sectional qualifier. They had a season-best time of 10:37.63.
Second team
100: Asha Jennings, West Creek
200: Natalya Bryant, Northeast
400: Asia Chisholm, Northwest
100 hurdles: Malena Gatewood, Rossview
300 hurdles: Malena Gatewood, Rossview
800: Rayven Thomasson, Northeast
1600: Makayla Hollifield, West Creek
3200: Gabby Kowalski, Rossview
4x100: Rossview
4x200: Northeast
4x400: West Creek
4x800: Rossview
GIRLS FIELD EVENTS
First team
Tanesha Hicks
Northeast
Shot put
Why chosen: Hicks captured first place in the Montgomery County Championships. She threw a season-best 31 feet, 7 inches.
Natalya Bryant
Northeast
Long jump
Why chosen: Bryant was the champion in the county meet and at the sub-sectional and finished in sixth at sectional. Her best jump was 16 feet, 3 inches.
Anisah Garrett
Northeast
Triple jump
Why chosen: Garrett placed first at the County Championships and sub-sectional and took third place at the sectional. She finished 14th at state. Her best jump was 32 feet, 11 inches.
Rayven Thomasson
Northeast
High jump
Why chosen: She jumped 5-2 for a county meet title. She took fourth at sub-section and ninth at sectional.
Tatiyanna Terry
Montgomery Central
Discus
Why chosen: Terry had the best throwing distance in Montgomery County this season at 99-9.
Kacie Dorthalina
Rossview
Pole vault
Why vhosen: Dorthalina finished first at the County Championships at 8 feet and was a subsectional qualifier.
Second team
Shot put: Danae Traughber, Northwest
Long jump: Asha Jennings, West Creek
Triple jump: Amari McAllister, Northeast
High jump: Denethia Evans, Clarksville High
Discus: Sadie Rye, Montgomery Central
Pole vault: Jeal Patel, Northeast
BOYS RUNNING EVENTS
First team
Markeece Shufford
West Creek
100 meters
Why chosen: Despite missing the final few regular-season meets, Shufford captured first at the sub-sectional and sectional and won the Class AAA state title in the 100 in a school-record 10.49 seconds.
Markeece Shufford
West Creek
200 meters
Why chosen: Shufford followed up his state title in the 100 with a state runner-up finish in the 200 after running a school-record time of 21.33 seconds.
Jordan Worner
West Creek
400 meters
Why chosen: Worner finished runner-up in the sectional meet and took 11th overall at state in the 400 in 49.9 seconds.
Jake Alexander
Northwest
110 hurdles
Why chosen: Alexander took first place at the sub-sectional and duplicated the feat at the sectional. He finished sixth at state in 14.7 seconds.
Jake Alexander
Northwest
300 hurdles
Why chosen: Alexander finished first at the sub-sectional and sectional meets and took 12th at state in 40.8 seconds.
Christian Woller
Rossview
800 meters
Why chosen: Woller finished second in the 800 at the sub-sectional in 2:01.58 and took fifth in the sectional meet.
Christian Woller
Rossview
1600 meters
Why chosen: Woller was consistently the best 1,600-meter runner in Montgomery County, capturing the county championship in 4:40.40.
Stone Norris
Clarksville Academy
3200 meters
Why chosen: Norris qualified for the Division II-A state meet in the 3,200 where he finished fourth overall in 10:25.42.
Rossview
4x100 meter relay
Why chosen: Rossview captured the state title in the 4x100 in 42.11 seconds. The Hawks also captured the sectional title and took third at the sub-sectional.
Kenwood
4x200 meter relay
Why chosen: Kenwood captured first place in the sub-sectional and sectional meets and finished fourth at state in 1:29.88.
Clarksville Academy
4x400 meter relay
Why chosen: The Cougars relay team captured the Division II-A state championship in the 4x400 in 3:26.46.
Rossview
4x800 meter relay
Why chosen: The Hawks captured first place at the sub-sectional, took third at the sectional and finished in 10th place at state in 8:29.16.
Second team
100: Jalen Baxter, Rossview
200: Kavarius Moody, Kenwood
400: Robert Mullen, Clarksville Academy
110 hurdles: Jamire Thompson, Clarksville High
300 hurdles: Cedric Johnson, Northwest
800: Stone Norris, Clarksville Academy
1600: Stone Norris, Clarksville Academy
3200: Christian Woller, Rossview
4x100: West Creek
4x200: Rossview
4x400: West Creek
4x800: West Creek
BOYS FIELD EVENTS
First team
Markeece Shufford
West Creek
Long jump
Why chosen: Shufford scored another eight points for his team after taking state runner-up in this event with a distance of 23 feet, 3 inches. He also took first at sub-section and second at sectional.
Cornelius Ross
Northeast
Triple jump
Why chosen: Ross captured titles in the sub-sectional and sectional meets and finished third overall at state with a jump of 46 feet, 5 inches.
Marcus Montgomery
West Creek
High jump
Why chosen: Montgomery took first at the sub-sectional, fifth at the sectional and finished tied for eighth at state with a height of 6 feet, 2 inches.
Dedrick Butler
West Creek
Shot put
Why Chosen: Butler took third at sub-section with a throw of 43 feet, 10 inches and finished ninth at the sectional meet.
Carlos Jackson
West Creek
Discus
Why chosen: Jackson took the sub-sectional title in the discus with a throw of 139 feet, 11 inches and finished fifth at the sectional.
Trent Sexton
Rossview
Pole vault
Why chosen: Sexton finished as sub-sectional runner-up with a height of 11 feet, 6 inches and took sixth overall at sectional.
Second team
Long jump: Camryn Jacobs, Northeast
Ttriple jump: Cedric Johnson, Northwest
High jump: Tre Douglass, Northeast
Shot put: Carlos Jackson, West Creek
Discus: Dedrick Butler, West Creek
Pole vault: Genysis English, West Creek