Three Atoka Athletes qualified for the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association Class 3A State Track Meet May 9-10 at Plainview High School.
At state, Atoka brought home three medals including a Malachi Brooks state championship in Long Jump with a 22’8 1/2”, a personal best and school record. Brooks also placed third in the High Jump with a 6’8, a personal best and tied for a school record.
Atoka Track Head Coach Chet Braudrick stated that usually a 6’2 or 6’4 in the high jump wins a state championship in Class 3A but this year seven athletes jumped at least 6’2 and the champion jumped a 6’10.
Two Atoka girls competed in the Pole Vault event at state, Jordan Hill placed 4th and Avery Tipton placed 11th.
“Overall, we had a decent season, overall, we were and will continue to be a young team with many freshmen and sophomores who were competing for the first time at the high school level. We worked hard and learned how to try and do things correctly and work hard. We had some adversity, in the sense of fighting the wind and rain and having to try and do field events in the mud and on a slick surface but were able to work through it and become better athletes. We improved weekly with many athletes setting personal bests almost every time that we competed. I look forward to next season to see how the young athletes will do in the off-season and into next season,” Braudrick said.
Atoka Regional Track Meet Results for May 3 • Malachi Brooks placed First in the Long Jump at and 2nd in the High Jump at Regionals qualifying for the State Meet.
• Jordan Hill placed placed 6th long jump, 4th in the 300 meter Hurdles and qualified as an additional qualifier, She placed 2nd in the Pole Vault as an automatic Qualifier
• Avery Tipton placed 5th in the Pole Vault and was an additional State Meet Qualifier Top Ten Atoka performances at regionals • Girls 4X400m. Relay placed 7th / Shasta Whitmore, Kiersyn-Powell, Jordan Hill, and Jasmine Arcos
• Shasta Witmore placed 8th in the Long Jump
• Kiersyn Powell placed 9th in the discus
• Allison Williams placed 9th in the Shot Put
• Melody Hopper placed 10th in the Pole Vault
• Prince Coleman placed 10th in the 100m. Dash
• Boys 4X400m. Relay placed 6th Prince Coleman, Kyzer Mullins, Malachi Brooks and Wade McCall
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