Three Lady Raiders track athletes have qualified to compete at the Spring Fling state track meet this week in a total of 7 different events. This makes the 25th consecutive year that Coffee County will be represented at the state meet. Coffee County Lady Raiders Sarah Pearson, Karson Young and Diana Davis will all represent Coffee County this week in Murfreesboro.
Sarah Pearson and Karson Young have each qualified in 3 individual events as Young will compete in the triple jump, the long jump and the 100M hurdles. Pearson qualified for the high jump, the 100M hurdles and the 300M hurdles last week at the sectional. Additionally, Pearson qualified last month for the pentathlon. Diana Davis also advanced to the state meet as she qualified in the pole vault.
Lady Raider state track qualifiers (left to right) Sarah Pearson, Karson Young and Diana Davis
The Spring Fling State Track Meet will take place all this week at MTSU’s Dean Hays Stadium. Pearson will be the first competitor for Coffee County as she will compete in the pentathlon today beginning at 10:30 AM. Diana Davis will compete in the pole vault on Wednesday at 2 PM. Pearson and Young will compete on Thursday as Young will take part in the long jump at 9 AM. Young comes back for the triple jump at 10:15 and will compete in the 100M hurdles around 3:30 PM. Pearson takes part in the high jump at 12 PM, the 100M hurdles around 3:30 PM and the 300M hurdles sometime after 4 PM.
The complete can be found at: http://tssaa.org/2016-tssaa-state-track-meet-schedule/
