Dyer County track athletes compete in TSSAA State Meet

 



Jason Peevyhouse

Editor, JP Productions Sports

The Dyer County track season came to an end with three individuals and one relay team finishing their season on the biggest stage in track in Tennessee as the Choctaw and Lady Choctaw athletes took part in the TSSAA Class AA Meet on Tuesday and Wednesday at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro.


The day started early for Choctaw senior Clark French. French, a two-time state qualifier thanks to his appearance in the TSSAA State Cross Country Meet this past fall, finished his high school distance running career on Tuesday morning in one of the first races of the day with a seventh-place finish out of eight runners.


Just after lunch, one of the most prolific track and field careers at Dyer County High School came to an end as Anitra Honore competed in her fourth straight shot put state competition, finishing in sixth place to end her track career in orange and white.


Later in the afternoon, Dyer County competed in the 4x200-meter relay as the team of Alijah Robinson, Teagan Reed, Zya Currie and Lana Landry took eighth place to end the season among the top teams in Tennessee.

With heavy rain coming in around 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Dyer County Tayshun Bowers was forced to wait until Wednesday to compete in the 800-meter run. When running resumed on Wednesday afternoon, Bowers completed his season with an eighth-place finish.

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