Clark, Perry win 6A state titles

PEARCY - El Dorado traveled to Lake Hamilton High School Thursday and competed in the 6A State Track & Field Championships. Breya Clark and Czar Perry returned home with individual state championships.

Clark won state titles in both the high jump and triple jump as the Lady Wildcats finished seventh with 49 points. The sophomore cleared 5-1 to win the high jump with a winning leap of 38-05 in the triple jump. She also finished second in the 100 hurdles and seventh in the long jump.

Perry cleared 6-4 to win the boys high jump as the Wildcats placed sixth in the team standings. The senior also finished fourth in the long jump.

El Dorado scored 35 to finish behind Texarkana

(148), Lake Hamilton

(120), Benton (92.5), Russellville (56) and Jonesboro (46).

Jeremiah Henry finished fourth in the 100. Dewey Wilbourne was fifth in the triple jump and Shun Levingston finished sixth in the 100 hurdles.

For the Lady Wildcats, Zakaylia Hempstead was fourth in the triple jump. Chelsea Harris was sixth in the 200.

LaDiamond Maker, Chloee Richard, Harris and Megan McCall finished third in the 4x400. Daisa Brown, Clark, Harris and Hempstead took fourth in the 4x100.

Lake Hamilton won the team title with 109.5 followed by Texarkana (96), Russellville

(74), Sheridan (64), Benton

(58), Jonesboro (58) and El Dorado (49).

“Overall, I’m extremely pleased with how this season turned out,” said El Dorado girls coach Blakely Sanders. “We had a couple runner-ups at the Dragon Relays and the Cardinal Relays. Breya Clark came out swinging and got her two first place finishes in a state meet. These girls worked extremely hard this season every day in practice, even in the rain. We will be losing a few seniors but returning some key runners for next year. The Lady Wildcats track team will be twice as good next season.”