Members of the Charleston High School boys and girls track and field teams will compete in the Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 2A Track and Field State Championships Tuesday (May 6) at the Woody Barnett Track and Field Complex at Pearl High School.
The Class 2A and Class 4A meet had been originally scheduled for this Friday but was postponed over weather concerns.
The Lady Tigers will be seeking a history-making third consecutive state title for the program. They twice have won back-to-back state titles, in 2023 and 2024 in Class 2A, and in 2012 and 2013 when the school was in Class 3A.
The CHS boys have never won a track and field state championship, but they twice have been state runners-up, in 2016 and 2004, and finished third in 2024, 2006, 2005 and 2003.
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In competition at the MHSAA Class 2A North State Track Meet April 26 in Winona, Charleston’s girls finished third with 95 team points, behind first-place Leflore County (111 points) and second-place East Union (98.5 points). The CHS ladies advanced athletes to state in 11 events. The CHS ladies were 2A North State champs in 2024, 2023 and 2022.
2A South State girls champ St. Andrew’s Episcopal School of Ridgeland won the South meet April 24 with 178 points, besting second-place finisher Heidelberg, which had 96. St. Andrew’s athletes qualified for the state meet in 14 events.
For a third consecutive season, the CHS boys finished as the 2A North State runners-up, this time scoring 143 team points to first-place finisher Northside’s 160. The Tigers qualified athletes for the state meet in 12 events.
2A South State boys champ, St. Andrew’s, compiled 152 team points, exceeding second-place finisher Amite County’s 82. St. Andrew’s athletes qualified for state in 14 events.
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At the Class 2A North State meet, the following Charleston athletes finished in the top four places in their respective events to qualify for the MHSAA State Championships:
Girls
» 4x100-meter relay: Tykeria Davis, Alena Collins, Carmis Hill and Jada Leavy, first place, 51.34
» 4x200-meter relay: Alena Collins, Jada Leavy, Kassidy James and Keasia Goliday, first place, 1:47.99
» 100-meter hurdles: Kamoria Gary, first place, 17.92
» Long jump: Keasia Goliday, first place, 15-10.75
» Discus throw: Shamiya Bass, first place, 85-2
» 100-meter dash: Alena Collins, third place, 12.50
» 200-meter dash: Alena Collins, third place, 25.81
» Shot put: Shamiya Bass, third place, 29-04.00
» 4x400-meter relay: De’Moria Shannon, Francheska Robey, Carmis Hill and Keaira Goliday, fourth place, 4:38.00
» 400-meter dash: Keasia Goliday, fourth place, 1:05.85
» 800-meter run: De’Moria Shannon, fourth place, 2:45.00
Boys
» 4x100-meter relay: Demarion Johnson, Lezelrick Taylor, Brandon Henderson and Lamarion Brown, first place, 43.32
» 4x200-meter relay: Brandon Henderson, Demarion Johnson, Mac Crawford and Lamarion Brown, first place, 1:30.46
» 100-meter dash: Lamarion Brown, first place, 10.96; Brandon Henderson, third place, 11.26
» 200-meter dash: Lamarion Brown, first place, 22.16; Brandon Henderson, third place, 22.69
» Pole vault: Timothy Kirk, first place, 8-06.00
» 400-meter dash: Mac Crawford, second place, 53.04
» Triple jump: Demarion Johnson, second place, 43-00.50; Marcus Flowers, fourth place, 42-10.50
» 4x400-meter relay: Aybekia Bradley, Omari Price, Rondarius Stamps and Mac Crawford, third place, 3:40.00
» 110-meter hurdles: Martiquez Latham, fourth place, 16.38
» 300-meter hurdles: Marcus Flowers, fourth place, 42.92
» Discus throw: Demoria Shannon, fourth place, 103-03
» Long jump: Demarion Johnson, fourth place, 20-10.00
For complete results, visit the MileSplit Mississippi page here.
