Johnny Conn Inv. The Running Titans traveled to Louisville Male H.S. on April 12th to compete in the Johnny Conn Inv. The boys finished eighth out of 15 teams with 27 points.
Junior Nathan Janes was the high point getter as he finished with 11.75 points. He was third in the pole vault (12-0), fourth in the 300 hurdles (44.01 PR), and ran a leg of the sixth place 4X 400 relay.
Junior DaVaughn Wilson also had a big day in the throws as he got personal records and scored in both the shot (39-6.75 for eighth place) and discus (107-01 for seventh). Freshman Reece Delaney scored in the 3200 as he got clocked a PR of 10:23 for fifth place. He also teamed up with his brother Chase, Jack Fuhrmann, and Melbyn Velasquez to run the number three time in Collins history in the 4 X 800 relay for fourth place.
The girls finished with 32 points, also placing eighth out of 15 teams.
Sophomore Sofia Leon got out of the blocks quickly and won her section of the 100 meters by a huge margin. Her time of 13.33 broke Brittany Smith’s (’14) eleven year old school record of 13.38. Leon finished ninth.
Junior Emma Kendall got a “threepeat” in the 800 as she won Johnny Conn for the third consecutive year.
Her time of 2:18.58 broke the meet record she established as a freshman. Sophomore Sophie Bolin took third in the 3200 in 12:46.18.
In the field events, junior Grace Evans finished second in the pole vault (10-0) and sophomore Ziara Taylor upper her own outdoor school record in the triple jump by a whopping two feet nine inches, as she sailed 34-8 for second place.
Collins Head Coach George Sanderlin said, “Nathan Janes had a big day, just like he did last year at this meet. We had some truly outstanding performances with both Ziara and Sofia breaking school records. Emma’s ‘threepeat’ shows that she is now back to the form that made her a state scorer in the 800 the last two years.”
