By Mike Hutchens, UC Schools Communications Director
Union City impressively ran past seven other schools in Wednesday’s second home track meet of the spring.
The Tornado boys recorded eight first-place finishes on their way to a 201-point day, while UC’s girls had five first-place showings in easily claiming the team championship with 181 total points.
Dyersburg was second in both the girls’ and boys’ competitions.
Adrian Crawford had the biggest day of any of the Union City boys, winning three events and being a part of a fourth first-place effort.
Crawford set a new program record in the high jump with a leap of 6’6”, breaking his own mark, set less than two weeks ago. Crawford also won the long jump and triple jump and was part of the 4X400 relay team with Kameron Shade, Maliki Brooks, and Jaylen Marshall, which crossed the finish line in first place.
Shade continued his dominance in the sprints, winning the 100 and 200 meters, while Brooks claimed first in the 800-meter run. Woodrow McKinnis led the field in the 1600-meter race, while Keaten Brown won the discus competition.
Blair McKinnis posted a new program mark for the UC girls in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:47.58, good for a second-place finish.
A pair of relay teams – the 4X100 and the 4X400 – captured first-place honors for the Lady Tornadoes. Nakyah Yarbrough, Aujani Moss, Indeya Hogsett, and Chloe Hubbard made up the 4X100 team, while Yarbrough, Sh’Nyla Moss, Jayla Turner, and Ca’Lae Ervin carried the Purple and Gold banner in the 4X400.
Ervin and Allysia Davis tied for first place in the high jump, while Debrionna Jones won the discus for Union City.
Head coach Wade Maddox was especially pleased with his sprinters in the competition.
“We had four of the Top 8 sprinters in the boys’, and three of the Top 8 in the girls’,” he said. “We were running into a 12-mile-per-hour wind, and our times were still good.”
UC will enjoy next week’s Spring Break before competing at Calloway County on April 9.
MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACK
UC girls 1st, boys 2nd
The Tornado girls bested Dyersburg and Northview, while the Union City boys placed second among those teams in Tuesday’s meet at Dave Shatz Track.
UC totaled 148 points on the girls’ side and 114.5 in the boys’ competition.
Each Twister team recorded several Top 4 individual finishes.
Union City is slated to compete again today at Dyersburg.
Girls
UC 1st place 148 pts
Dyersburg 2nd place 107.5 pts
Northview 3rd place 76.5 pts
Girls 100M
Maddie Steward 4th place
Girls 200M
Hayden Marshall 2nd place
Girls 400M
Ainsley Beard 2nd place
Ainsley Sadler 3rd place
Adenna Alexander 4th place
Girls 800M
StarLynn Dixon 2nd place
Amberly Morgan 4th place
Girls 1600M
Ainsley Sadler 2nd place
Ainsley Beard 3rd place
Girls Hurdles
Aryannah Huff 3rd place
Girls 4×100 Relay
UC 3rd place
Girls 4×200 Relay
UC 1st place
Girls 4×400 Relay
UC 1st place
Girls High Jump
Aryannah Huff 3rd place
Girls Long Jump
Maddie Steward 1st place
Girls Shot Put
KiKi Sneed 2nd place
Aubrii Ross 3rd place
Annie Beth Cruce 4th place
Girls Discus
Annie Beth Cruce 1st place
Aubrii Ross 2nd place
Boys
Northview 1st place 129 pts
UC 2nd place 114.5 pts
Dyersburg 3rd place 113.5
Boys 100M
B.J. Boyd 2nd place
Boys 200M
B.J. Boyd 3rd place
Logan Puckett 4th place
Boys 400M
Ayden Puckett 3rd Place
Boys Hurdles
Kaden Robinson 1st place
Amar McCoy 2nd place
Boys 4×100 Relay
UC 2nd place
Boys 4×200 Relay
UC 2nd place
Boys High Jump
BJ Boyd 2nd place
Logan Puckett 4th place
Boys Shot Put
John Matt Morgan 3rd place
Keylan Moss 4th place
Boys Discus
John Matt Morgan 3rd place
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
Carlisle Co. 8, UC 3
Five errors led to five unearned CC runs and doomed the Tornadoes in their loss in the opening round of the L.H. Ladd Memorial Classic at Elam Stadium.
Union City is now 5-5 heading into this evening’s 6:45 game against Adali Stevenson (Ill.).
The Twisters grabbed a 2-0 lead in the third, but Carlisle County scored the next eight runs in the contest – including five in its last at-bat to break open a tight game.
Union City was limited to three hits. Tucker Davis doubled and drove in a run, while Troy Joslin had a single and an RBI. Kyler Southerland singled and scored for the Tornadoes.
Joslin was saddled with the pitching loss despite giving up but two earned runs in five innings with five strikeouts. Will Ragsdale finished up.