Tates Creek High School Track and Field

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  The Freshmen

 the Sophomores

The Seniors

The Juniors

Daniel's Signing with Villanova

The Team

Congratulations to the track and field team!  Yesterday, they competed in the Regional Track and Field meet at Henry Clay.  Our girl's team finished 2nd for the third consecutive year.  Many athletes qualified for the state meet in two weeks.  Here are our state qualifiers and their events.

Tamyah Pipkin won the 100m dash.  She continues to be the best 9th grade sprinter in the state.

Natasha Druggan won the 200m  and 400m dashes.

Betsy Goodin placed 2nd in the 800m run

Jasmine Franklin placed 2nd in the 100m hurdles.

Tamyah Pipkin, Keyiyah Wells, Deurricka Suter, and Jasmine Franklin placed 2nd in the 4x100m relay

Tamyah Pipkin, Brittany Lindsey, Deurricka Suter, and Natasha Druggan placed 1st in the 4x200m relay.

Samson Lam placed 1st in the discus.

Michael Stone placed 2nd in the high jump.

Here are our CITY CHAMPIONS!!

·        Tamyah Pipkin in the 100m dash

·        Natasha Druggan in the 200m and 400m dash

·        Jasmine Franklin in the 100m hurdles

·        Keyiyah Wells, Deurricka Suter, Jasmine Franklin, Brittany Linsdey, and Tamyah Pipkin in the 400m and 800m relay.

·        Samson Lam in the Discus.  Samson set a new school record of 134 feet.

Also performing well were:

·         Brittany Lindsey and Betsy Goodin in the Pole Vault.  They placed 3^rd and 4^th.  Both of these girls just picked up the event within the last couple of weeks.

·         Deurricka Suter placed 4^th in the 200m dash.  She is the fastest 9^th grader in the city for the 200m dash. 

·         8^th grader Kayla Willis from Southern placed 8^th in the 400m dash!

·         Madalyn Stichnot set a new personal record in the 3200m run placing 3^rd.  She also placed 2^nd in the 1600m run. 

·         Bridget Stichnot followed her sister in running very well in the 1600m and 3200m run.  Bridget is graduating Tates Creek as the most decorated distance runner in 10-15 years. 

·         Ashley Massey learned how to hurdle in 3 days and placed in both the 100m and 300m hurdles.

·         Tamara Hounshell also learned how to hurdle in 3 days and placed in the 300m hurdles.

·         Alyssa Jordan (8^th grader from SMS) placed 2^nd in the girls high jump

·         Courtney Carter (8^th grader from SMS) placed 8^th in the girl’s triple jump and shot put.

·         7^th grader Taelor Brown of Morton placed 7^th in the girl’s discus with a personal record of 65 feet.

·         Mark Flores got edged out in the boy’s 1600m run by 0.03 seconds.  Mark set a seasonal personal record.  It was a VERY close race.  3^rd place was 0.53 seconds behind mark. 

·         Cody Garcia set a personal record in the pole vault placing 2^nd.

·         Michael Stone placed 2^nd in the high jump.

I am very pleased with our team.  We “saluted” our seniors during this meet.  Most of them will run at the collegiate level! (TCHS had the least amount of graduating seniors.  Our girl’s team is very young!)

·         Bridget Stichnot (running division 1 track and cross country at Murray State)

·         Michael Stone (playing basketball at Transylvania and probably high jumping)

·         Cody Polzin (running track and cross country at Georgetown)

·         Quinn Wright

·         Daniel Norman (running track and cross country at Villanova)

·         Nijel Renfro

·         Josh Carter (running track at division 2 Missouri College of Science and Technology)

We fielded many middle school athletes during this meet.  Many thanks to the middle school coaches for sharing their athletes.  Many of the middle school athletes scored points and others gained valuable experience.  Here are the middle school athletes:

·         Alyssa Jordan (SMS) High Jump, Long Jump, and 200m

·         Markia Lamar (SMS) 200m

·         Courtney Carter (SMS) 200m, Triple Jump, and Shot Put

·         Kayla Willis (SMS) 400m

·         Taylor Brown (Morton) Discus

·         Katie Pippen (SMS) Discus

Tates Creek Track and Field

“There is more to this than running”

Quick Guide

·        Start of Season:  Monday, December 3 (members will be accepted until Mid-March).  There are no try-outs.  If you come to practice, you are on the team!

·        Requirements:  A completed sports physical.  (All incoming 9^th graders are automatically eligible to participate).  No prior experience is needed

·        Running Events:  Sprints (100-400 meters), Mid-Distance/Distance (800-3200 meters), Relays (400-3200 meters),  and Hurdles (100-300 meters)

·        Field Events:  Shot Put, Discus Throw, High Jump. Pole Vault, Long Jump, and  Triple Jump

·        Team web page:  http://www.tchs.fcps.net/sports/track-field/index.html

·        Coaching Staff:   Head Coach: Assistant Coach:  Assistant Coach:  Sharon Snell (throws) Assistant Coach: Barb Kok  (relays, hurdles, sprints, horizontal jumps)

·        Practice Times: After school until 5:30.

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