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Abigail Torian named Class 1A Track Athlete of the Year

Trigg County junior Abigail Torian was named the Kentucky Class 1A Track and Field Athlete of the Year based on a statewide vote of track and field coaches.

Torian swept the 100 and 200 meters at last month's state meet and was the anchor on the state champion 400 and 800-meter relay teams.  She is the first Trigg County athlete since Pauline White in 2002 to win four state titles in the same year.

Torian was also named First Team All-State in the 100 and 200-meters, while the 400 and 800 meter relay teams were also named First Team All-State. 

Janada Acree was named Second Team All-State in the high jump.

For the guys, Scotty Mayes was named Second Team All-State in the 100-meter dash, while the 3200-meter relay team was named First Team All-State.

Also in Class 1A, Lyon County middle schooler Zhanna Trimm was named Second Team All-State in the 1600-meter run, while Timmy Perdue was Second Team All-State in the long jump.

Abigail Torian, relay teams sweep events at state track meet

Trigg County's Abigail Torian swept the sprint events and helped Trigg County to a fourth place finish at the Kentucky Class A State Track and Field Championships at Owlsey Frazier Cardinal Park on the campus of the University of Louisville.

The Trigg junior won the 100-meter dash in a time of 12.77, which was nearly a quarter-second faster than Fulton County's Sharika Smith.

Torian won the 200-meter dash in a time of 25.89, which was nearly 1.5 seconds faster than her time in the prelims.  Fulton County's Sharika Smith, who had won four straight state titles in the 200 meters, finished third.

Shelby Grubbs was sixth in the 200 meters in 27.33.

Trigg's girls also swept the sprint relay events and tied a school record in the process.

The 400-meter relay team of Janada Acree, Khadijah Grubbs, Abigail Torian, and Shelby Grubbs tied the state record of 50.16 in the preliminary round.  The state record was held by the 2002 relay team from Trigg County.

In the finals, Trigg ran a 50.43 and finished more than a second ahead of the team from Bardstown.

The 800-meter relay team of Janada Acree, Khadijah Grubbs, Abigail Torian, and Shelby Grubbs finished first in a time of 1:45.30, which was a full second ahead of second place Bishop Brossart.

Janada Acree finished third in the high jump with a height of 5-feet, 2-inches, just two inches behind the winner, Catherine Claywell of Murray.

The 3200-meter relay team of Amanda Lawrence, Diasia Acree, Ellie Jolly, and Lenease Byers finished 14th in a time of 11:04.67.

As a team, Trigg County finished fourth with 49 points.  St. Henry (98) won their fourth consecutive Class A state title, with Newport Central Catholic (89) second, and Danville (58) third.  Fort Campbell, who beat Trigg County for the region title, finished 11th.

On the boys' side, the 800-meter relay team of Scotty Mayes, Dustin White, Brandon Bridges, and Jalik Alexander took first place in a time of 1:31.68, beating the relay team from Fort Campbell by nearly three-quarters of a second.

The 400-meter relay team was disqualified in the preliminaries.

Scotty Mayes finished fourth in the 100-meter dash in a time of 11.66 seconds.  Somerset's John Cole won in a time of 11.30.

Mayes also finished sixth in the long jump with a distance of 20-feet, 4-inches.  Lyon County's Timmy Perdue was fourth at 20-feet, 10-inches.

Ryan Acree finished 10th in the 110-meter hurdles in a time of 17.50, just missing qualifying for the finals by six-tenths of a second.

Jalik Alexander finished 14th 400-meter run in 56.39, and was disqualified for a lane violation in the 200-meter dash after running the sixth fastest time in Friday's preliminaries.

Dustin White finished 10th in the triple jump with a distance of 40-feet, 7-inches.

Javin Grubbs finished 11th in the discus throw with a toss of 109-feet, 8-inches.

Trigg County finished in 14th place with 18 points.  Ballard Memorial, who won their first-ever Region I title last week, finished second with 59 points.  Bardstown (119) crusied to their fourth consecutive Class A state title.

Trigg County moves up to Class 2A in track and field next year and will be competing against one of the state's top programs in Paducah Tilghman.  The Tilghman boys' team won their eighth straight Class 2A title last year, while the Tilghman girls' saw their streak of seven straight state titles come to an end.

Trigg County: Say Goodbye to Class A

To provide further proof that the Trigg County School System is among the fastest growing in this end of the state, look no further than the recent draft alignment for track and cross country.

According to the draft alignment, which would take affect in the 2008-09 school year, Trigg County would be bumped up to Class 2A in both cross country and track and field.  Honestly, that's not a good thing.

Trigg County jumped to Class 2A in football in 2001.  Kentucky doesn't class sports such as baseball, softball, soccer, volleyball, and basketball.  However, Trigg County exceeded the enrollment size for the All-A Tournament last year and was not eligible for the small school tournament for the first time since it was created in 1990.  That means Trigg County is no longer in Class A in any sport.

The jump to Class 2A in cross country means Trigg County would compete against stout programs such as Calloway County, Muhlenberg South, Muhlenberg North, and Webster County.  Trigg County was bumped to 2A for a short time in the late 1990s before dropping back to 1A.

The news is even worse in track and field where Trigg County would compete with Hopkinsville and track juggernaut Paducah Tilghman, who have won nearly every state title in boys and girls track in dominant fashion this decade.

The cutoff line for the switch in classes was an average of 601 students in the top four grades the past four years.  Trigg County's average was 614 students, which makes them the fourth smallest school in Class 2A.  They are unlikely to ever drop to 1A again in any sport unless enrollment cutoffs are changed.

Hopkinsville also makes the drop from Class 3A to Class 2A.

CLICK HERE FOR THE PROPOSED DRAFT ALIGNMENT, WHICH IS THE SAME FOR CROSS COUNTRY AND TRACK AND FIELD.

Trigg County wraps up their weekend at State Track Meet

Trigg County didn't fare as well as they had hoped over the weekend at the Class A State Track and Field Meet in Lexington.

The Wildcats finished tied for 23rd with just seven points, while the Lady Wildcats were 13th with 17 points.

No surprise that the northern Kentucky private schools swept both sides of the state meet.  St. Henry won the girls' side going away with 90 points compared to second place Bishop Brossart with 70 points.

Brossart returned the favor in the guys' meet, winning with 93 points to 73 for second place St. Henry.  Fort Campbell finished fifth with 44 points.

Sophomore Abigail Torian finished second in the 100-meter dash in a time of 12.64 seconds.

Torian also finished ninth in the triple jump at 32-5.

Laquisha Boyd was sixth in the shot put at 29-feet, 9-inches.

Janada Acree was 10th in the high jump (4 ft.-6 in.) and 12th in the 400-meter run in a time of 1:06.

Melanie Want took ninth in the long jump with a distance of 15-1.

The 800-meter relay team of Acree, Melanie Want, Amanda Lawrence, and Torian finished sixth in a time of 1:50.59.

The 1600-meter relay team of Acree, Lawrence, Amanda Want, and Sarah Woodall also finished sixth in a time of 4:22.

For the guys, Scott Mayes was sixth in the 100-meter dash in a time of 11.52 seconds.

Xavier Brison failed to qualify in the 110-meter hurdles, finishing 12th in 17.37 seconds.

Robert Sholar missed qualifying for the finals of the 300-meter hurdles by .08 seconds.  He finished ninth in 44.18.

Trigg's 400-meter relay team of Mayes, Brandon Bridges, Jalik Alexander, and Dhayna Cavanaugh took fifth in a time of 45.66.

The 800-meter relay team had a time fast enough to qualify for the finals but was disqualified for a handoff outside the zone.

The 1600-meter relay team also failed to qualify with a 10th place finish.

In the shot put, Ben Koenig finished 14th with a distance of 38-feet, six inches.

Click here for the complete Class A results.

State Track and Field Meet begins Friday

The 2007 Kentucky Track and Field State Championships get underway Friday at Paul Dunbar High School in Lexington.

Both Trigg County teams are sending a pretty good contingent to Lexington and have legitimate shots at top five finishes.

Here is a list of lane assignments and where Trigg's people will be starting.

And for the first time, the KHSAA will allow you to follow the events as they happen in real time by clicking here.

Trigg finishes third at Class A Track Meet

Trigg County finished third at the Region I Class A Track and Field Meet Wednesday at Marshall County High School in Draffenville.

Trigg's girls scored 72 points to finish behind Murray (93 pts.) and Fort Campbell (90 pts.) in the 14-team meet.

Trigg's boys team scored 71 points and finished just behind first place Russellville (83 pts.) and Fort Campbell (78 pts.) out of 14 schools.

The Wildcats had several people qualify for the state meet that will be held June 1-2 at Paul Dunbar High School in Lexington.

Here is the list of qualifiers for the state meet --

BOYS

Xavier Brison, 2nd place, 110-meter hurdles (17.32)

Scotty Mayes, 4th place, 100-meter dash (11.14)

800-meter relay (Robert Sholar, Scotty Mayes, Jalik Alexander, Dhayna Cavanaugh), 2nd place (1:34.16)

Robert Sholar, 2nd place, 300-meter hurdles (43.62)

Ben Koenig, 2nd place, Shot Put (45-8)

Garrett Clark, 2nd place, Pole Vault (8-0)

GIRLS

Abigail Torian, 2nd place, 100-meter dash (12.68)

Janada Acree, 2nd place, 400-meter dash (1:02.41); 3rd place, high jump (4-10)

1600-meter relay (Janada Acree, Sarah Woodall, Amanda Lawrence, Amanda Want), 2nd place (4:22.27)

Laquisha Boyd, 1st place, Shot Put (31-6)

Melanie Want, 2nd place, Long Jump (15-6.5)

Several people still have a shot at qualifying and their fate will be determined once their results are compared to other statewide finishes.  Those who could still qualify are --

BOYS

1600-meter relay (Jalik Alexander, Robert Sholar, Ryan Acree, Scotty Mayes), 3rd place (3:38.47)

Jay Jolly, 3rd place, 1600-meter run (5:01)

GIRLS

Abigail Torian, 3rd place, 200-meter dash (27.2); 3rd place, Triple Jump (31-9)

800-meter relay (Janada Acree, Sarah Woodall, Amanda Lawrence, Amanda Want), 3rd place (1:54.59)

Trigg has good showing at Paducah Tilghman track invitational

Trigg County had a solid showing Saturday at the Paducah Tilghman Track and Field Invitational.

The Wildcats finished 7th out of 17 teams in the boys' division, while the Lady Wildcats were 9th out of 16th at the unclassed event.  Tilghman swept the meet as the Tornado gear up for another sweep at the Class 2A state meet next month.

BOYS SCORES

1. Paducah Tilghman - 184.5

2. Fort Campbell - 103

3. Madisonville - 70

4. Massac County (Ill.) - 62

5. Hopkinsville - 59.6

6. Ballard Memorial - 50

7. Trigg County - 43

100-meter dash - Scotty Mayes, 3rd, 11.32

1600-meter run - Jay Jolly, 6th, 4:58

800-meter relay - 6th

Pole Vault - Garrett Clark, 3rd, 7-6

Long Jump - Mayes, 2nd, 20-1

Triple Jump - Dustin White, 5th

Shot Put - Ben Koenig, 5th

GIRLS TEAM SCORES

1. Paducah Tilghman - 125

2. Morgan Park (Ill.) - 119.75

3. Fort Campbell - 70.75

9. Trigg County - 40

100-meter dash - Abigail Torian, 3rd, 12.80

400-meter relay - 4th

800-meter relay - 3rd, 1:53.53

High Jump - Janada Acree, 2nd, 4-8

Triple Jump - Torian, 5th

Shot Put - Laquisha Boyd, 3rd, 31-9

Trigg County's next track meet will be at Perdue Field on May 8.

Results of the Hopkinsville Invitational

Here are the results of the Hopkinsville Invitational Track and Field Meet that was held last Saturday at the Stadium of Champions.

GIRLS SCORES

1. Owensboro - 133

2. Fort Campbell - 75

3. Muhlenberg South - 44

4. Marshall County - 41

5. Trigg County - 40

100 meter dash - Abigail Torian, 2nd, 12.98

3200-meter run - Stephanie Thorpe, 9th, 18:23

100-meter hurdles - Amanda Want, 8th, 19.34; Terri Blane, 11th, 20.20

300-meter hurdles - Amanda Want, 7th, 55.07

400-meter relay - 7th, 54.75

800-meter relay - 3rd, 1:52.99

1600-meter relay - 5th, 4:30.54

High Jump - Janada Acree, 4th, 4-8

Long Jump - Melanie Want, 2nd, 14-8

Triple Jump - Abigail Torian, 2nd, 31-04

Shot Put - Laquisha Boyd, 4th, 32-09; Sarah Woodall, 23rd, 20-03

Discus Throw - Laquisha Boyd, 8th, 76-09

BOYS SCORES

1. Henderson County - 86

2. Fort Campbell - 75

3. Owensboro - 66

4. Hopkinsville - 52

5. Russellville - 50

14. Trigg County - 11

100-meter dash - Brandon Bridges, 9th, 11.94; Dhayna Cavanaugh, 22nd, 12.70

800-meter run - Grady Cofield, 30th, 2:33; John Mark Adams, 31st, 2:34

1600-meter run - Jay Jolly, 15th, 5:05

3200-meter run - John Reinick, 17th, 12:15

110-meter hurdles - Xavier Brison, 8th, 18:45

300-meter hurdles - Xavier Brison, 12th, 46.96

400-meter relay - 5th, 46.11

800-meter relay - 6th, 1:35

1600-meter relay - 7th, 3:44

3200-meter relay - 14th, 9:49

High Jump - Ryan Acree, 12th, 5-4

Long Jump - Scotty Mayes, 2nd, 20-01

Triple Jump - Xavier Brison, 10th, 35-06

Shot Put - Dustin Calhoun, 13th, 35-07; Timmy McGee, 15th, 34-08

Discus Throw - Zach Cole, 17th, 90-02; Dustin Calhoun, 22nd, 81-11

Trigg takes first at Radford/Wallace Invitational

A strong afternoon from their relay teams propelled Trigg County to a first place finish in the male division of the Radford/Wallace Track Meet Thursday at Perdue Field.  Trigg's girls took second in the meet, which was postponed from the previous week.

Trigg won the 800, 1600, and 3200 meter relays and finished second in the 400 meter relay.  Trigg also got first place finishes from Jalik Alexander (400 meters), Jay Jolly (1600 meters), and John Reinick (3200 meters).

Trigg's girls picked up six first place finishes to come in second to Murray.  First place finishes came from Laquisha Boyd (Shot put and discus), Abigail Torian (triple jump and 100 meters), Janada Acree (400 meters), and the 1600 meter relay.

Trigg County took part in the Hopkinsville Invitational Saturday, and I'll have results Monday on the blog.

RADFORD/WALLACE INVITATIONAL

April 19 at Perdue Field

BOYS TEAM SCORES - 1. Trigg County - 87; 2. Russellville 70; 3. Murray - 68; 4. Marshall County 38; 5. Dawson Springs 6

Trigg County results

3200 meter relay - 1st (9:58)

110-meter hurdles - Xavier Brison, 2nd, 15.56

100-meters - Dhayna Cavanaugh, 3rd, 12.08; Brandon Bridges, 4th, 12.19

800-meter relay (Alexander, Sholar, Bridges, Mayes) - 1st, 35.27

1600-meter run - Jay Jolly, 1st, 5:12

400-meter relay (Alexander, Sholar, Cavanaugh, Bridges) - 2nd, 47.72

400 meters - Jalik Alexander, 1st, 57.00

300 meter hurdles - Robert Sholar, 2nd, 46.03; Xavier Brison, 4th, 47.50

800 meter run - Jay Jolly, 3rd, 2:24

200 meters - Scotty Mayes, 2nd, 23.69

3200 meters - John Renick, 1st, 11:56

1600 meter relay (Sholar, Jolly, Acree, Alexander) - 1st, 3:55

Long Jump - Scotty Mayes, 2nd, 20-1

High Jump - Aaron Acree, 5th, 5-2

Shot Put - Ben Koenig, 2nd, 40-11.5; Dustin Calhoun, 3rd, 37-9

Discus Throw - Ben Koenig, 3rd, 105-5; Duston Calhoun, 5th, 87-1

Triple Jump - Xavier Brison, 4th, 35-6

Pole Vault - Grady Cofield, 2nd, 7-6; Garrett Clark, 3rd, 7-0

GIRLS TEAM SCORES - 1. Murray - 77; 2. Trigg County - 63; 3. Russellville - 62.5; 4. Marshall County - 50; 5. Dawson Springs - 11.5

110-meter hurdles - Want, 3rd, 18.74; Blane, 5th, 20.05

100-meters - Abigail Torian, 1st, 12.87

1600-meter run - Ellie Jolly, 4th, 6:36

400-meter relay (Acree, Lawrence, Boyd, Torian) - 4th, 55.82

400 meters - Janada Acree, 1st, 1:05; Laneshia Byars, 3rd, 1:10

300 meter hurdles - Want, 4th, 54.85

800 meter run - Ellie Jolly, 5th, 2:55

200 meters - Abigail Torian, 2nd, 27.73

3200 meters - Stephanie Thorpe, 4th, 17:06

1600 meter relay (Lawrence, Jolly, Want, Acree) - 1st, 4:41

Long Jump - Lawrence, 3rd, 12-9

High Jump - Janada Acree, 2nd, 4-8

Shot Put - Laquisha Boyd, 1st, 30-6

Discus Throw - Laquisha Boyd, 1st, 84-1

Triple Jump - Abigail Torian, 1st, 31-1

Radford/Wallace Invitational moved to Thursday

The Radford/Wallace Invitational Track Meet scheduled for Friday was postponed because of bad weather.

The annual event will be held Thursday at Perdue Field.