Hopkinsville High School’s track teams participated in the prestigious Invitational of the South Saturday at Marshall County High School.
In the boys’ meet, Hoptown took fourth place with 67 points. Marshall County won the meet with 134 points, followed by Rossview (78), and Henderson County (75.75). Christian County finished eighth with 38 points and UHA was 18th with five points.
For the Tigers, Keyshun Teal had a big day, winning the 110-meter hurdles and taking second in the 300-meter hurdles. Teal also was fourth in the triple jump.
Teal also finished seventh in the 200-meter dash.
Hoptown’s Savior Davis finished second in the 800-meter run.
Tyson Cavinder took fifth in the 1,600-meter run and 3,200-meter run and Kayden Humphrey was fifth in the 110-meter hurdles.
Carlo Jones and Humphrey were third and fifth, respectively, in the 300-meter hurdles. Jaylen Ray took fourth in the long jump.
Jayon Bass ran sixth in the 400-meter dash.
The Tigers’ 4×400-meter relay team also finished fifth. The Hoptown 4×200-meter relay team was seventh and the 4×100-meter relay team crossed the finish line in ninth place.
Willie Ennels finished seventh in the long jump.
In the girls’ meet, the Lady Tigers finished seventh with 27 points.
Leaunna Wilkerson and Kaniya Jackson Grundy led the way, finishing third in the 100-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles, respectively. Ollie Dixon took sixth in the 100-meter hurdles and Wilkerson was eighth in the 300-meter hurdles.
Alexis Herrera-Lovato grabbed a sixth-place finish in the 800-meter run and Grace Cansler earned a top-10 finish by taking seventh in the 400-meter dash.
Grundy crossed the finish line ninth in the 200-meter dash and Cansler was 10th.
The Lady Tigers’ 4×200-meter relay team was fifth and the Lady Tigers’ 4×100-meter relay team took seventh.
Calloway County won the girls’ meet with 175 points, followed by McCracken County (139.5), and Clarksville Northwest (59).