Local students from Apollo, Owensboro and Daviess County competed in the 2022 State Track Meet in Lexington, Kentucky last weekend, with a number of top-15 finishes.
Owensboro had the strongest performance of all the local teams, finishing 25th in boys while Apollo boys was behind them at 37th. Daviess County didn’t compete as a team for the boys, but did have Nolan Kurz finish 14th in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:01.31.
Following a dominant showing in the middle school state track meet, King Combest followed it up with a strong day amongst high school competition. He finished fifth in the 100 meter dash with a time of 10.88, while helping them grab sixth in the 4×200 meter relay (1.29.84) alongside Dartex Basham, Reece Carroll, Eli Early and Xander Early and 11th in the 4×100 (44.23) alongside Xander Early, Javius Taylor, Khalil Rogers.
Apollo boys lone top-ten finisher came from cross country region runner-up Thomas Ashby, who finished sixth in the 3200 meter run with a time of 9:29.46 to help them place 37th.
Apollo girls finished 32nd as a team, led by their fifth place finish in the 4×100 meter relay (50.50) thanks to Emily Bertke, Carlie Murphy, Taraya Thompson and Analea Sanders. Sanders also had top-15 finish on the day, grabbing 14th in the 100 meter dash with a time of 12.91.
Daviess County girls tied for 41st overall with Butler, getting its points from the seventh place finish in the 4×800 meter relay thanks to Lucy Spaw, Bentlei Stallings, Blakely Greer and Emily Rempe.
