In the second year of indoor track as an official KHSAA sport, the Woodford County Yellow Jackets had impressive results for the people who competed at the state meet in Louisville. The indoor track is just like a regular track, except the track is 200 meters around instead of 400 meters. This means that all the track events are double the normal amount of laps. For example, the 400m dash is two laps instead of one. The field events are all the same, however. Woodford County brought a slightly smaller group, but they were full of talent. On the girl’s side, representing the 55-meter and 200-meter dash, was Hannah McColl. She got 7th in the 55-meter dash and then 9th in the 200 — as an 8th grader! Olivia Dabney did the Shot Put and got 5th and Maddie Rabinowitz also participated, placing 18th. I’Yana Leath competed in the long jump and triple jump. She got 14th and 10th, respectively. Then we had two athletes compete in the women’s pole vault: Ainsley Nuckols who got 6th and Shealyn Coffey, who got 7th. On the boy’s side, Ryan Hendrix ran the 1600, placing 13th. Then Samuel Garrison and Mo Hash both did shot put getting 5th and 6th respectively.
Two Athletes that I didn’t mention were the state champions: Addison Moore, who won the 1600 and 800, and Jackson Gray who won the pole vault.
Addison Moore ran the 1600 at 4:50.02 and won the race by 3 seconds. Then she won the 800 running a 2:11.27 winning this race by 3 seconds also. This was a great day for Moore winning two races and she is establishing herself as a threat for this outdoor season.
Then Jackson Gray did the pole vault, which is one of the toughest events in my opinion, since you have to use a pole to get over a bar, which takes a lot of skill and strength. Gray vaulted 14 feet 6 inches, beating the second place person by 6 inches. Just like Moore, Gray is going for another state title in the outdoor season and this performance makes him a real threat to take the crown at the outdoor state meet.
Even though Woodford didn’t take a ton of athletes, they still had a very impressive performance at the indoor state meet. These were highlighted by Addison Moore and Jackson Gray– state champions. Woodford County prepares for a strong outdoor season and this indoor state meet is a great sign to come.
