Trading Places
Don't call it an upset in the boys sprints. It's just trading places for Acadiana junior Ty Thomas and Sulphur junior Tracy Washington. Thomas won the 100 meters (10.66) and 200 meters (21.85) at last year's District 3-5A Meet while Washington was the runner-up in both events.
Tuesday, the sprinters traded places as Washington won both the 100 meters (10.82) and 200 meters (21.75). Thomas was the runner-up in both races.
District 3-5A Championship Results
Back On Top
Carencro's Jay'lan Babineaux's District 3-5A Championship in the 400 meters was not his first, but it was his first in the 400 meters. Babineaux won the District 3-5A championship in the 800m during his sophomore year. Despite opening the year with a personal record in the 800 meters, Babineaux has concentrated on the 400 meters during his senior year. He has a season best of 48.91 at the Beaver Club Relays. Babineaux ranks No. 12 in state and No. 7 in 5A.
Super Sophomores
Sophomores dominated the boys distance events. Barbe's Lane Jessup won the 800 meters (2:00.48) while Lafayette's Maddox Tolbert won the distance double with wins in the 1600 meters (4:39.18) and 3200 meters (10:04.62).
There is only one sophomore in Louisiana--Brother Martin's Daniel Bonilla (1:57.52 )--who has run the 800 meters faster than Jessup's season best of 1:57..91.
Tolbert is the No. 3 ranked sophomore in both the 1600 meters and 3200 meters.
In the girls' division, Lafayette's Riley Siner was the only sophomore to claim a district championship. Siner won the 800 meters with a time of 2:19.61.
Double Trouble
Tolbert wasn't the only one to double. New Iberia's Conner Stewart won both the 110 meters hurdles (14.11) and 300 meter hurdles (38.46). Barbe junior Dedrick Tillman was also a double winner in the horizontal jumps. Tillman won the long jump (21-10.5) and the triple jump (43-3.75)
The Bucs Throwers Stop Here
The podium was a regular stop for Barbe throwers after their events at the District 3-5A Championships. On the boys' side, senior Travis Miller won the discus (133-0) and Eli Simon won the javelin (170-7). While a Barbe thrower didn't win the shot put, they did have two throwers to advance to regionals. Miller finished second with a throw of 45-8. Junior Jayden Joubert finished third with a throw of 44-1.
On the girls' side, Barbe senior Kaci Fulton won the shot put (44-3) by almost ten feet and discus (131-7.5) by 28 feet. Fulton's teammate Karlyn Graham finished second in the discus (103-7.5).
In the girls' javelin Barbe's Maria Lafleur (88-10.50) finished second to Southside's Caroline Theriot (108-0).
Lady Lions Lead On The Track
The Lafayette Lady Lions won every event on the track except the 100 meters. Junior Tay'lee Crump won both the 200 meters (25.20) and 400 meters (56.13). Riley Siner won the 800 meters (2:19). Lafayette senior Addison Aucoin won both the 1600 meters (5:41) and 3200 meters (12:17). Lafayette junior Kynadeh Dorsey won both the 100 meter hurdles (16:05) and the 300 meter hurdles (46.54).
In the field events, Lafayette picked up wins from Bethany Long in the triple jump (36-6.5) and Scarlett Petticrew in the pole vault 12-0.
1-2 Punch
Barbe's Taylor Bennett and Aniyha Lavan both jumped 5-4 in the high jump. The 1-2 finish gave the Bucs 18 points in the event. Lavan also won the long jump with a leap of 18-6.5.
