UHA track team excels at State Indoor meet

University Heights Academy put together an impressive performance Wednesday at the Class 1-A Indoor State Track and Field Championships in Louisville.

The Blazers’ 400-meter relay team took home the state title. The team is made up of Harlow Hampton, Griffin McCoy, Ryan Luckey, and Tobias Duncan.

The 200-meter relay team finished as state runner-up. The team is made up of  McCoy, Luckey, Hampton, and Clayton Lester.

McCoy also picked up a silver medal in the 200-meter dash and Hampton finished 14th.

Individually, Duncan placed fifth in the 800-meter run and McCoy took sixth in the 55-meter dash. Logan Miller placed seventh in the 55-meter hurdles.

Miller also finished 23rd in the 400-meter and Jude Finch placed 20th in the 3,200-meter run.

UHA took sixth place in the team competition, only 12 points out of first place.

Meanwhile, the Lady Blazers also had a good day on Wednesday.

The girls’ 400-meter relay team of Ajae Oatts, Emma Dill, Kendall Hancock, and Amoree Owen finished sixth. The 200-meter relay team of Oatts, Aliviah Acree, Hancock, and Dill was seventh.

Individually, Dill finished eighth and Oatts took ninth in the 55-meter hurdles.

Hancock finished eighth and Palin Hampton took 23rd in the 400-meter dash.

Oatts was ninth and Hancock took 14th in the 200-meter dash.