Decatur High School Track and Field-Decatur, Al

USA Track & Field Youth Nationals wrapped up yesterday with a couple of our athletes competing in the 1500 meters. Congrats to Owen Confer on his third medal of the week, placing 5th in the 13-14 y/o group. Sophie-Paige Lamp took the 🥉 in the 15-16 y/o age group. The following athletes took home 6 medals and earned All-American status for their efforts:

Sara Reed Thompson - 🥈 in the 800m
Sophie-Paige Lamp - 🥈 in the 3000m and 🥉 in the 1500m
Owen Confer - 4th in the 3000m, 5th in the 2000m Steeplechase, and 5th in the 1500m

Great job Raiders!

We did not have anyone compete on Day 2 of USA Track & Field Youth Nationals, but we did have three athletes compete today. Congratulations to Sara Reed Thompson on her 🥈 in the 13-14 y/o 800m Finals! Owen Confer and Jack Lamp ran the in 2000m Steeplechase, and that event is always chaotic with the water pit jump and barriers around the course. Owen finished 5th in his age group in his first ever attempt at the event , and Jack took 9th in the 17-18 y/o age group.

Tomorrow is the last day of competition and we will have Owen, Sophie-Paige and Andrew competing in the 1500m. Good luck Raiders!

Congratulations to our athlete’s competing at the first day of the USA Track & Field Youth National Championships. Sophie-Paige Lamp and Andrew Ward scored silver medals in the 15-16 and 17-18 age groups in the 3000 meters. Owen Confer medaled with a 4th place in the 13-14 age group in the 3000 meters. Sara Reed Thompson advanced to the 13-14 age group 800 meter finals on Friday with a super strong 3rd place in the prelims today. Great job Raiders!

Congratulations to Brayden Simpson on signing with the Tennessee Valley Defenders. He will jump for their track team, as well as play football. Good luck at the next level!

Congratulations to Bakir Zamora for signing with Calhoun Community College to run Cross Country! Good luck at the next level!

Day two at state has come to a close. Our athletes have competed with some of the very best in track and done a tremendous job of representing Decatur well. Results are in the images below.

We will have four athletes competing tomorrow. Jadience Smith in Shot Put, Carlee Mitchell and Bakir Zamora in the 800 and Kennedy Parham in the 200m finals. Go Raiders!

Kennedy Parham, 6A 400M State Champion!

State meet is underway! You can follow our team at the following link: https://live.xpresstiming.com/meets/70579

Today, we have Jayden Pointer in high jump, Cayden Oliver and Joshua Jones in discus, Sophie-Paige Lamp and Bakir Zamora in the 1600, Boys 4x100 prelims, and Max Ponter and Kennedy Parham in the 100 prelims. Go Raiders!

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Sectionals is a wrap! We were able to qualify more athletes today in the finals for the 100,200 and 4x100, as well as the 800 and 3200. Here is who qualified today:

Bakir Zamora - 3200m (new school record of 9:45 for 2 miles!)
Sophie-Paige Lamp - 3200m
Carlee Mitchell - 800m
Max Ponter - 100 and 200m
Kennedy Parham - 100 and 200m
Jeremiah Davis - 200m
Boys 4x100 of Jeremiah Davis, Deshaun Swopes, Kaden Watkins and Max Ponter (new school record of 42.58 seconds)

We have potential wildcards in the 4x400 and one other event that we are waiting on. Bakir Zamora is one of those with his new school record in the 800m of 2:00.18. Bakir now holds all boys distance records at Decatur High!

Overall, our boys team finished fourth and girls finished fifth. Great job Raiders!

More photos and videos to come.