For a third straight year, the Charleston High School girls track and field team has won the Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 2A North State Track Meet.
On Monday, the Lady Tigers will seek a second consecutive state title when they compete in the MHSAA Class 2A Girls Track and Field State Championships at Pearl High School.
If they succeed, the CHS ladies will have won a state track championship in back-to-back years for the first time since doing so in 2012 and 2013, when the school was in Class 3A.
2A South State girls champ St. Andrew’s Episcopal School of Jackson won the 2A South with 151 points, besting second-place finisher Amite County, which had 84.
One advantage for Charleston is that the Lady Tigers advanced athletes to state in 15 events. St. Andrew’s athletes qualified for the state meet in only 12 events.
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At the 2A North State Track Meet Saturday, April 27, in Winona, Charleston’s girls won first place with 175 team points — 90 points more than second-place finisher East Union, with 85.
The CHS boys very nearly joined their female counterparts in winning the 2A North — both squads did so in 2023 — but Northside won with 158 points. CHS was just a few steps behind, finishing second with 150.
The CHS boys have never won a track and field state championship, but they have been state runners-up twice, in 2004 and 2016, and finished third in 2003, 2005 and 2006.
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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
» 4x800-meter relay: Keasia Goliday, Jada Leavy, De’Moria Shannon and Janiya Taylor, first place, 11:28
» 100-meter hurdles: Kamoria Gary, first place, 17.30; Tamoria Shannon, second place, 17.33
» 100-meter dash: Amia Wright, first place, 12.15; Alena Collins, second place, 12.50
» 4x200-meter relay: Diekyra Bradford, Alena Collins, Tykeria Davis and Jada Leavy, first place, 1:47.62
» 4x100-meter relay: Diekyra Bradford, Alena Collins, Tykeria Davis and Amia Wright, first place, 52.01
» 400-meter dash: Amia Wright, first place, 59.67; Keasia Goliday, fourth place, 1:02.67
» 200-meter dash: Amia Wright, first place, 25.58; Alena Collins, second place, 26.21
» 300-meter hurdles: Tamoria Shannon, first place, 49.05; Diekyra Bradford, third place, 51.58
» 800-meter run: De’Moria Shannon, fourth place, 2:53.64
» 4x400-meter relay: Keasia Goliday, Jada Leavy, De’Moria Shannon and Carmen Strong, second place, 4:26
» Long jump: Carmen Strong, fourth place, 14-08.50
» Shot put: Nathalie Randolph, first place, 31-03
» Discus throw: Shaniya Moore, fourth place, 83-09
» Triple jump: Alysun McIntyre, second place, 32-01
» Pole vault: Diekyra Bradford, second place, 7-06; Lordrianna Thomas, third place, 6-00
This chart shows the Top 5 finishers among both the girls and boys at the April 27 Class 2A North State Track Meet at Winona High School. (Sun-Sentinel graphic)
Boys
» 4x800 meter relay: Timothy Kirk, Averon Davis, Aybekia Bradley and Lapatrick Goliday, third place, 9:16
» 110-meter hurdles: Delante Tellis, fourth place, 17.01
» 100-meter dash: Lamarion Brown, first place, 10.84; Quentin Carter, fourth place, 11.25
» 4x200-meter relay: Brandon Henderson, Kyntorris Williams, Kashwaun Drain and Lamarion Brown, first place, 1:28.74
» 4x100-meter relay: Quentin Carter, Lamarion Brown, Brandon Henderson and Kyntorris Williams, first place, 42.78
» 400-meter dash: Kyntorris Williams, first place, 51.16
» 300-meter hurdles: Marcus Flowers, fourth place, 43.86
» 800-meter run: Lapatrick Goliday, third place, 2:15.40; Aybekia Bradley, fourth place, 2:15.74
» 200-meter dash: Lamarion Brown, first place, 22.41; Brandon Henderson, second place, 22.58
» 4x400-meter relay: De’ondre Riley, Timothy Kirk, Brandon Henderson and Kyntorris Williams, first place, 3:37
» High jump: Delante Tellis, second place, 6-00
» Shot put: Montra Sanford, second place, 44-01
» Triple jump: Marcus Flowers, second place, 42-04.50
» Pole vault: Timothy Kirk, first place, 9-06
Full results from the 2A North State meet may be viewed here.
Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect that the boys' 4x200-meter relay team won first place and the girls' 4x400-meter relay team won second place.
