Thursday at Middle Tennessee State University, seven members of the Franklin County High School boys and girls track and field teams competed in the Class AAA state championship meet.
At the competition, the Franklin County track athletes recorded three top-ten finishes, including two top-eight finishes.
Kahlynia Vanzant had the finest performance of the day for Franklin County, finishing sixth in the girls 200-meter dash in 24.84 seconds, shaving 0.25 seconds off her sectional qualifying time. Jaitlyn Ware of Memphis Central placed first in the 200 with a time of 24.04 seconds.
Vanzant also competed in the 100-meter sprint for girls earlier in the competition. Her time of 12.26 seconds placed her in ninth place, narrowly missing out on a journey to the podium. Kymora-Lee Williams of John Overton High placed first in the 100 with a time of 11.58 seconds, as all 16 competitors finished within a second of one another.
Eric Jones, Coastlon Ringer, Na’Zaiyah Holman, and NaShawn Holman of Franklin County’s boys 4×100-meter relay team also earned medals after finishing eighth in their event with a time of 42.28 seconds, breaking their own sectional record of 42.55 seconds.
Track athletes from FC attend state championship.
The Franklin County relay team finished 0.14 seconds clear of Collierville for third place, while Memphis Central broke the state record with a time of 40.86 seconds to claim first place.
Later in the competition, NaShawn Holman competed in the boys 200-meter sprint and placed thirteenth with a time of 21.95 seconds. Jordan Ware of Memphis Central won the 200 with a new state record time of 20.63 seconds.
Lily Heath represented Franklin County in the triple leap and placed sixteenth with a mark of 31 feet, 7.25 inches in the field events. Akira Simpson of Memphis Central won the triple jump with a leap of 40 feet, 4 inches.
Franklin County’s final competitor, Abby Phrommala, finished 16th in the girls pole vault with a height of 7 feet. Carolina Bannach of Green Hill would win the competition with a vault of 12 feet.
The state meet signified the conclusion of the season for the boys and girls track and field teams at Franklin County High School.
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