Track/Cross Country

The Whitley County High School track and field team traveled to Somerset Saturday, May 14, to take part in the 2016 Region 7 AAA meet at Pulaski County High School. The Colonels had two automatic qualifiers for next weekend’s KHSAA state championship meet – Tanner Bryant in boys pole vault, and the boys 4x800-meter relay team of Keaton Logan, Adam Petrey, Josh Richardson and Tyler Lawson. Once all AAA region meets have been completed, the Colonels may have more athletes qualify for next week’s state meet. A comprehensive list of all area track and field competitors qualifying for state should be available in the May 25 edition of the News Journal. Williamsburg...

In the final Senior Spotlight for the 2015-16 school year, we meet five Lynn Camp High School athletes. From the school’s tennis team, we have Shelby Green, Faith Smith and Courtney Brown. From the track and field team, we have Green, Brady Farris and River Hellard. Green has the most experience of any player on the Lady Cats tennis team, having competed for nine years. Now that her final season is over, she is shifting her focus to the future. She says that she has made plans to study marketing and accounting at Union College. Smith has played tennis for six years. When asked about her future, she said that she...

The University of the Cumberlands added two talented athletes to its track and field program Friday morning when Whitley County Colonels Keaton Logan and Adam Petrey signed on to run as Patriots beginning next school year. Logan has been turning heads for the past couple of years with his distance running ability, both in track and cross country. He will be competing in both at the college level for UC. “I think with Keaton we are getting a quality kid,” said Patriots Head Coach Randy Greer after the signing. “We already have his older brother in the program, so we’re familiar with his family, and we know what kind of character...

These photos were taken at the 2016 SEKC track & field meet, held at Knox Central High School on Friday, April 29.

In this week’s second Senior Spotlight, we meet another group from Corbin – the track and field seniors. There are many familiar faces in this group, including Candice Gulley, who recently completed her final season in a Lady Hounds basketball uniform. Fans will remember her for her tenacious play on the court, as well as her overall athletic ability, which allowed her to take over games in a moment’s notice. These attributes have carried over well to track and field, and they are currently helping her to compete at a high level in several events, such as the hurdles and pole vault. Another name that Redhound fans should know well is...

In this week’s Senior Spotlight we meet the senior members of the 2016 Whitley County High School track and field team. When the season kicked off a few weeks ago, each of these athletes took the time to talk about their expectations for this spring. Tyler Lawson (4x400 m relay, 4x800 m relay, 800 m run, distance medley, steeplechase) said, “I’m hoping that we can make it back to state as a 4x400 and 4x800 team. Hopefully we can just do better this year than everybody expects us to.” Emma Cooper (long jump, triple jump, 4x400 m relay) said, “Personally, I would like to break both of the school records for...

The Williamsburg High School track and field team is coming off of another impressive performance this past Saturday at Pulaski Southwestern’s Warrior Invitational. They were back in Somerset Tuesday night at Pulaski Co High School’s all-comers meet, and they are scheduled to attend another all-comers meet at Knox Central High School in Barbourville this Friday, March 25. The track and field Yellow Jackets kicked off the spring season by hosting the 2016 Frost Bite Relays at the University of the Cumberlands on Saturday, March 12. Prior to the start of that meet, this year’s senior athletes took a few moments to give their comments for this week’s Senior Spotlight. Dakota Dunn...

Allen Harris just finished his first season as head coach of the Lynn Camp High School football program last fall. This spring, he is taking on another title as the new head coach of the school’s track and field program. “We’re looking to compete,” Harris said recently. “We’ve been practicing for about a month now, working out indoors when the weather is bad. We’re looking forward to the season getting started.” “We’ll be able to gauge where we’re at a lot better once we get to an actual meet, but our kids are competitive, and they’ve been working hard. They want to become better. Hopefully we can build some interest this...

A new track and field season will begin this Saturday, March 12, at the Frost Bite Relays in Williamsburg. In 2015, all three programs in Whitley County sent athletes to the University of Kentucky to compete at the KHSAA state championship meet. This year, Corbin Head Coach Tyler Harris, Williamsburg Head Coach John Harris and Whitley County Head Coach David Lennon are all hoping to get their teams back to Lexington. Let’s review what each program was able to accomplish last season, and find out what the coaches had to say about their expectations for 2016… Williamsburg Qualified for 2015 1A state competition in: Girls 4x800 m relay, Girls 100...