Photo Gallery: MAIS Overall Track Meet
Published 9:00 am Sunday, May 8, 2022
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Porter's Chapel Academy's Daniel Llopis, right, leads Wilkinson County Christian's Roderick Bailey and Lee (Ark.) Academy's Trent Felton in the Class 3A boys 200 meter dash Saturday at the MAIS Overall Track Meet. Llopis finished second in the event for the last of his three medals in the meet. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
St. Aloysius' Megan Theriot runs in the Class 5A girls 4x200 meter relay Saturday at the MAIS Overall Track Meet in Flowood. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
St. Aloysius' Ally Doiron, right, prepares to pass the baton to teammate Presley Brister, front, during the Class 5A girls 4x200 meter relay Saturday at the MAIS Overall Track Meet. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Central Hinds' Kayla Houston runs in the Class 5A girls 400 meter dash Saturday at the MAIS Overall Track Meet. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Sharkey-Issaquena Academy's Gary Jackson, center, smiles on the podium after winning the Class 2A boys 200 meters at the MAIS Overall Track Meet on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Porter's Chapel Academy's Daniel Llopis breaks out of the starting blocks in the Class 3A boys 400 meter dash Saturday at the MAIS Overall Track Meet. Llopis won the event with a time of 53.17 seconds. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Porter's Chapel Academy's Daniel Llopis right, leaps over a hurdle alongside DeSoto School's Nash Vonkanel in the Class 3A boys 300 meter hurdles Saturday at the MAIS Overall Track Meet. Vankanel won the event and Llopis finished second (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Porter's Chapel Academy's Daniel Llopis looks at his silver medal on the podium after finishing second in the Class 5A boys 300 meter hurdles Saturday at the MAIS Overall Track Meet in Flowood. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Tallulah Academy's Jacklyn Eakes competes in the Class 3A girls 100 meter hurdles at the MAIS Overall Track Meet on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Madison-Ridgeland Academy sprinter Kennedi Sanders runs to victory in the Class 6A girls 400 meter dash at the MAIS Overall Track Meet. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Tallulah Academy's Henry Ellerbee runs in the Class 3A boys 100 meter dash Saturday at the MAIS Overall Track Meet in Flowood. He finished sixth in the event. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Tallulah Academy's Henry Ellerbee runs in the Class 3A boys 100 meter dash Saturday at the MAIS Overall Track Meet in Flowood. He finished sixth in the event. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Tallulah Academy's Wyatt Bedgood runs in the Class 3A boys 100 meter dash Saturday at the MAIS Overall Track Meet in Flowood. He finished fifth. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
St. Aloysius' Samantha Edwards runs in the Class 5A girls 3,200 meters at the MAIS Overall Track Meet Saturday in Flowood. Edwards finished fifth in the event. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
St. Aloysius' Samantha Edwards runs in the Class 5A girls 3,200 meters at the MAIS Overall Track Meet Saturday in Flowood. Edwards finished fifth in the event. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
St. Aloysius' Samantha Edwards and Silliman's Natalie Paune run in the Class 5A girls 3,200 meters at the MAIS Overall Track Meet Saturday in Flowood. Edwards finished fifth in the event and Payne was fourth. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
St. Aloysius' Samantha Edwards holds her fifth-place ribbon following the Class 5A girls 3,200 meters Saturday at the MAIS Overall Track Meet in Flowood. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Simpson Academy's Chloe Shomon and St. Aloysius' Cati Mathews race side-by-side in the Class 5A girls' 300 meter hurdles at the MAIS Overall Track Meet Saturday in Flowood. Shomon edged out Mathews by .17 seconds to win the event. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Tallulah Academy's Henry Ellerbee competes in the Class 3A boys high jump at the MAIS Overall Track meet Friday in Jackson. Ellerbee finished fourth, after clearing the bar at 5 feet, 6 inches. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
St. Aloysius' Jake Brister walks toward the cage while competing in the Class 5A boys' discus throw at the MAIS Overall Track Meet Friday in Jackson. Brister finished seventh, with a throw of 122 feet, 1 inch. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
St. Aloysius' Jake Brister, right, sits with coach Michael Fields during the Class 5A boys discus competition at the MAIS Overall Track Meet Friday in Jackson. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
St. Aloysius' Jake Brister prepares to throw while competing in the Class 5A boys' discus at the MAIS Overall Track Meet Friday in Jackson. Brister finished seventh, with a throw of 122 feet, 1 inch. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
The best track and field athletes in the Mid-South Association of Independent Schools gathered at Jackson Prep in Flowood on Saturday, and Jackson Academy on Friday for field events, for the association’s annual Overall Track Meet.
Porter’s Chapel Academy’s Daniel Llopis won three medals — including the Class 3A championship in the 400 meters — and St. Aloysius senior Cati Mathews finished her high school career with a silver medal in the Class 5A girls 300 meter hurdles.
Those were only two of the Vicksburg-area athletes competing, however. Tallulah Academy, Sharkey-Issaquena and Central Hinds also had athletes in the competition. Here is a selection of photos from the meet.
About Ernest Bowker
Ernest Bowker is The Vicksburg Post's sports editor. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post's sports staff since 1998, making him one of the longest-tenured reporters in the paper's 140-year history. The New Jersey native is a graduate of LSU. In his career, he has won more than 50 awards from the Mississippi Press Association and Associated Press for his coverage of local sports in Vicksburg.
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