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May 7-9, 1998 at LSU, Baton Rouge LA

Louisiana State Championships
Girls

| 5A | 4A | 3A |2A |1A | B | C

From HWillman <[email protected]>
Date Tue, 12 May 1998 190226 EDT
To [email protected]
Subject Louisiana HS Girls
1998 LOUISIANA HIGH SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS - GIRLS
Bernie Moore Stadium, LSU, Baton Rouge, May 7-9

HIGHLIGHTS 5A -- Detrina White 150-4 JT, Latoya Breaux
11.83w/24.49 100/200.  4A -- Jemia Ellis 11.93w/24.71w 100/200,
Baker 47.15/139.95 4x1/4x2, Xyllena Lynch 214.97.  2A --
Catherine Betz 148-1 JT.  1A -- Dwan Johnson 11.82w/24.12w 100/200
(20 career state titles), Southern Lab 47.66/141.48 4x1/4x2 in
winning 6th straight team title.

For those unfamiliar Louisiana has 7 classes of competition.  The
largest schools compete in 5A, and the smallest schools in C.
Classes B & C are schools that do not have football teams.
* = meet record for that class.  "Composite records" are meet
records in any class.

BR = Baton Rouge
Laf = Lafayette
LC = Lake Charles
NO = New Orleans
Shr = Shreveport

CLASS 5A (May 9)

Teams - Easton (NO) 55; 2. Destrehan 34; 3. Thibodaux 32; 4. tie,
Acadiana (Laf) & Ruston 30.

100 (+2.5) - Latoya Breaux (Destrehan - frosh) 11.83w; 2. Delores
Bartie (New Iberia) 11.94w; 3. Starr Williams (Reed, NO) 11.95w.

200 (+1.7) - Breaux 24.49; 2. Williams 24.84.

400 - Charon McCray (Laf) 56.64.

800 - Michelle Poullard (LaGrange, LC) 221.97.

1600 - Natalie Gillis (East Ascension, Gonzales) 519.21.

3200 - Krissie Cusimano (Mt. Carmel, NO) 1132.66; 2. Gillis
1135.14; 3. Stacie Cusimano (Mt. Carmel, NO) 1143.76.

100H (+2.9) - Tiff

any Hardison (Easton, NO) no official time
(timing malfunction; my hand time on her was 15.3).

4x100 - Easton (NO) 48.93; 2. St. Amant (Gonzales) 49.01.

4x200 - Easton (NO) 142.65; 2. Thibodaux 145.45.

4x400 - Easton (NO) 359.16; 2. Mandeville 404.90.

HJ - Jessie Hunt (Ruston) 5-6; 2. Amanda Spivey (Destrehan) 5-5; 3.
Jamie Hinson (Ehret, Marrero) 5-5.

LJ - Stephanie Sowell (Natchitoches Central, Natchitoches) 18-8w
(+6.1) (no legal jump); 2. Starr Williams (Reed, NO) 18-6.75w
(+5.2) (16-9.25 +1.7).

TJ - Sataria White (Thibodaux) 36-6.25w (nwi); ... 4. Sowell 36-
3.5w.

SP - Detrina White (Acadiana, Laf) 39-5.

DT - White 129-4*.

JT - White 150-4 (composite record); 2. Brandy Fischer
(Fontainbleau, Mandeville) 139-6; 3. Jill Schutz (St. Amant,
Gonzales) 123-5.
     [White is an LSU signee for basketball.]

CLASS 4A (May 9)

Teams - Baker 72; 2. Carver (NO) 47; 3. McMain (NO) 38; 4. Crowley
32; 5. Carroll (Monroe) 30.

100 (+3.1) - Jemia Ellis (Baker) 11.93w; 2. Krystal Cunningham
(Baker) 12.03w; 3. Aleshia Perry (Pinveille) 12.11w; 4. Sonya Hill
(Carver, NO) 12.37w.

200 (+2.9) - Jemia Ellis 24.71w; 2. Aleshia Perry 25.14w; 3.
Natalie Sowell (Baker) 25.15w.
     [Ellis, an LSU signee, is daughter of former Southern and
     Green Bay Packers footbll player Kenny Ellis. Cunningham is a
     Louisiana Tech signee.  Sowell is a soph.]

400 - Sonya Hill 56.85; 2. Xyllena Lynch (McMain, NO) 56.88; 3.
Krystal Cunninham 57.44; 4. Hope Sinclair (Crowley) 57.82.

800 - Xyllena Lynch (McMain, NO - soph) 214.97 (63.5/71.5); 2.
Melanie Dowers (Sam Houston, LC) 221.07.

1600 - Melanie Dowers (Sam Houston, LC) 521.22.

3200 - Rayla Hunt (BR) 1210.81.

100H (+1.8) - Hope Sinclair (Crowley) 14.66*; 2. Amaris Davidson
(Leesville) 14.94.

4x100 - Baker 47.15 (.02 off composite record); 2. Carroll (Monroe)
48.33.

4x200 - Baker 139.95; 2. Carver (NO) 143.33.

4x400 - Carver (NO) 359.76; 2. McMain (NO) 400.44; 3. Baker
404.62 (w/o Ellis & Cunningham).

HJ - Hope Sinclair (Crowley) 5-6.

LJ - Erin Alesi (St. Thomas More, Laf) 19-3.75w (+3.4) (19-2.5
+2.0); 2. Erica Scott (Vandebilt Catholic, Houma) 18-5.25w (+2.3)
(17-11.5 +1.1); 3. Bridgette Lazard (Opelousas) 18-1 (+0.4).

TJ - April Cooper (Carroll, Monroe) 38-0 (+1.7); 2. Aleshia Perry
(Pineville) 37-10.25 (+1.1); 3. Erin Alesi 36-11w (+2.3) (36-3
+0.9); 4. Bridgette Lazard 36-10.75w (+2.3) (36-6 +1.9).

SP - Angela Jones (McKinley, BR) 40-4.5.

DT - Tawanna Williams (Northside, Laf) 113-3.

JT - Emilie Taylor (St. Thomas More, Laf) 116-11.

CLASS 3A (May 9)

Teams - Lake Charles-Boston (LC) 70; 2. Port Allen 43.

100 (+4.6) - Alecia Griffin (Port Allen) 12.21w; 2. Gwen Babineaux
(Northwest, Opelousas) 12.31w; 3. Shameka Allen (Washington-Marion,
LC) 12.38w.

200 (+2.5) - Shameka Allen 25.65w; 2. Alecia Griffin 25.67w; 3.
Gwen Babineaux 25.75w.

400 - Kenya Warren (Lake Charles-Boston, LC) 57.67.

800 - Sahaja Pitre (Northwest, Opelousas) 222.67.

1600/3200 - Jackie John (Iowa) 525.60/1153.72 (also 3rd in 800 at
225.18).

100H (+2.1) - Kim Octave (Donaldsonville) 15.41w.
Relays - Port Allen 49.77, Lake Charles-Boston (LC)
145.12/406.93.

HJ - Bernette Tolston (Lake Charles-Boston) 5-4.

LJ - Clarissa Johnson (Notre Dame, Crowley) 17-10.75w (+3.7) (17-
2.25 +1.2); 2. Renee Bell (Avoyelles, Moreauville) 17-8.25w (+2.0).

TJ - Rushetta Baker (Independence) 38-4w (+5.8) (no legal jump); 2.
Kelly Solomon (Amite) 36-11.25w (no legal jump).

SP - Carlotta Caffery (Notre Dame, Crowley) 38-7; 2. Nina Gray
(Washington-Marion, LC) 38-6.5.

DT - Shujuana Baker (Rayville) 112-3.

JT - Rachel Walker (Benton) 131-7; 2. Carlotta Caffery 123-4; 3.
Sammi Wilkes (Berwick) 123-1.

CLASS 2A (May 7)

(specific wind details to be obtained; those interested, please
contact me)

Teams - St. Thomas Aquinas (Hammond) 60; 2. Ouachita Christian
(Monroe) 53.

100/200/TJ - Shameka Louis (Sacred Heart, Grand Coteau - freshman)
12.16/25.43/36-3 (also 2nd in LJ at 17-9.75).

JT - Catherine Betz (St. Martin's Episcopal, Metairie) 148-1.

CLASS 1A (May 7)

Teams - Southern Lab (BR) 112 (6th straight title); 2. Delcambre
64.5.

100/200 - Dwan Johnson (Southern Lab) 11.82w (+2.5)/24.12w (nwr);
Britney Hurst (Southern Lab) 12.33w/25.61w (2nd in both).
     [Johnson, a Southern signee, finishes her prep career with 20
     state titles dating back to 1993, when she was a 7th-grader.
     The 20 titles is the most ever by a boy or girl in Louisiana
     (old best, 16 by Tia Lee of Southern Lab 1993-97).]

Relays - Southern Lab 47.66*/141.48/409.11.

HJ - Hurst 5-5.

SP - Keisha Meaux (Delcambre) 40-5 (also 2nd in DT at 107-9 and 3rd
in JT at 115-10).

JT - Neely Falgout (Delcambre) 133-5*; 2. Tori Simon (Central
Catholic, Morgan City) 121-9.

CLASS B (May 8)

Teams - Centerville 60; 2. Lacassine 41.

800/1600/3200 - Lindsey Daigle (Bethany Christian, BR)
224.66/520.84/1237.36.

100H/LJ - Jill Singletary (Lacassine) 16.31/16-1.75.

CLASS C (May 8)

Teams - Northlake Christian (Covington) 85; 2. Pineview (Lisbon)
58.

400/800/TJ - Meghan Sutherland (Northlake Christian)
64.83/234.01/32-1.5 (also anchored winning 4x400 in 441.57).

-- Howard Willman
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