A pair of school records by Chase Atkins and Kemaure Mumford helped Hopkinsville take fifth place Saturday at the Owensboro Red Devil Track and Field Invitational.
Atkins shattered the school record in the 3200-meter run by over 30 seconds, winning the race in 9:31.21. He held the previous mark set two years ago.
He missed another school mark in the 1600-meter run by eight seconds.
Meanwhile, junior Kemaure Mumford now has both bragging rights for the school and his family after setting a new record in the discus throw. Kemaure’s toss of 139-feet, 2-inches beat his brother Keane’s old mark set two years ago by nearly three feet. Mumford won Saturday’s event.
As a team, Hopkinsville scored 48 points to finish behind Owensboro, North Hardin, John Hardin, and South Warren.
TIGER RESULTS
Chase Atkins – 1st in the 1600-meter run [4:29.09]; 1st in the 3200-meter run [9:31.21]
Kemaure Mumford – 1st in the discus throw [139-02]
Zahnte Brown – 3rd in the 110-meter hurdles [16.13]; 6th in the 300-meter hurdles [46.42]
Jonathan Bridges – 14th in the 3200-meter run [13:33.21]
Chance Jones – 15th in the 800-meter run [2:17.3]; 19th in the 400-meter run [58.44]
Brandon Combs – 16th in the 200-meter dash [25.81]; 19th in the 100-meter dash [12.52]
LaTravean Sharbar – 17th in the long jump [14-02]
Alden Marshall – 17th in the discus throw [50-04]; 20th in the shot put [22-06.75]
Tahj Jones – 21st in the 100-meter dash [12.69]
Kentrell Adams – 22nd in the 400-meter run [1:00.88]
The 3200-meter relay team took third place with a time of 8:50.66.
The 1600-meter relay team of Chance Jones, Brunson Boyette, Zahnte Brown, and Kentrell Adams came in sixth place in a time of 3:50.47.
The 400-meter relay team of Kentrell Adams, Brandon Combs, Zahnte Brown, Tahj Jones finished in ninth place in 49.79 seconds.
