LUCY CRAMER COMPETES IN THE LSU QUALIFIER EARLIER THIS YEAR
Parkview Baptist's Lucy Cramer took a chunk out of the Big Apple on Friday. She finished second in the Freshman girls mile at the Nike Indoor Nationals at the Armory in New York. Cramer ran a time of 4:59.53.
Reese Holly from California won the event with a time of 4:58.67.
Cramer wasn't the only Louisiana runner from Louisiana to find success on Friday in NYC. Parkway's Brennan Robin finished third in the same event with a time of 4:24.42.
Andrew Beroset from Florida won the freshman boys mile with a time of 4:19.57.
In other events, East Feliciana's Herman Batiste finished fourth in the boys high jump with a mark of 6-8.75. Batiste takes home the hardware and yet another All-American distinction.
Texas' Kameron Franklin won the high jump clearing the bar at 7-0.5.
Glen Oak's 4x200 relay team ran a 1:29.87 to qualify for the finals, which will be held today. Panthers on the relay team include Na'ryan Delone, Catron Hargrove, Darius Gross, and Christopher Jackson.
Another Louisiana relay team to keep an eye on today is the Parkway Panthers. The 4xmile quartet of Robin, Gabe Falting, Alex Gomez, and Ben Ruliffson will make history by running in the event for the first time in school history. Not only that, the Panthers are running in a national championship for the first time in school history.
South Baton Rouge Jaguars Emoiree Rogers was a runner-up in the middle school girls long jump competition. Rogers jumped 17-1.25. Brooklyn Johnson from Georgia won the competition with a leap of 17-3.25.
New Orleans' Metro Stars' Braedon Gautier finished sixth in the freshmen boys long jump with a mark of 20-2.5.
If we missed a Louisiana athlete finishing in the top six at nationals, please email milesplitlaeditor@gmail.com and we will edit the article to include the athlete's performance.