2024 All-County Track and Field: The Vicksburg Post's All-County boys' track team - The Vicksburg Post

2024 All-County Track and Field: The Vicksburg Post’s All-County boys’ track team

Published 4:00 am Sunday, June 2, 2024

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Tyler Henderson/Vicksburg, Sr./Sprints/Jumps — Outstanding senior finished second in MHSAA Class 6A in both the 100 meters (10.81 seconds) and triple jump (45-10 3/4)

Dwight Palmer/Warren Central, So./Sprints — MHSAA Class 6A silver medalist in the 200 meters, with a time of 21.77 seconds ... also on the 4x100 and 4x200 meter relays that reached the state meet

Henry Slayton/Porter’s Chapel, Jr./Hurdles/Sprints — Versatile athlete finished second in MAIS Class 3A in the 800 meters, with a time of 2:10.52 at the state meet ... competed in the state meet in the 300 meter hurdles, and 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 meter relays

Tyler Hatler/Porter’s Chapel, Jr./Distance — Reached the MAIS Class 3A state meet in the 3,200 meters and finished seventh with a time of 12:17

Shaun Archer/Vicksburg, So./Throws — Sophomore thrower reached the MHSAA Class 6A state meet in the discus ... Region 2-6A champion in the discus

Korzabian Hill/Vicksburg, Sr./Throws — First-year thrower reached the MHSAA Class 6A state meet in the shot put

Jayden Woods/Vicksburg, So./Throws — Sophomore reached the MHSAA Class 6A state meet in the discus ... had a season-best of 119 feet, 9 inches at the state meet

Jase Jung/Porter’s Chapel, Jr./Jumps — Finished third in MAIS Class 3A in the high jump with a height of 5 feet, 10 inches ... member of the 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 meter relay teams that all reached the state meet

Rickey Neal/Warren Central, Jr./Jumps — Junior triple jumper finished sixth at the MHSAA Class 6A state meet with a mark of 43-6

Laklelan Pecanty/Porter’s Chapel, Fr./Jumps — Qualified for the MAIS Class 3A state meet in the long jump and had a season-best mark of 16-9 ... member of 4x100 and 4x200 meter relay teams that reached the state meet

Relay of the Year: Warren Central 4x100 and 4x200 Relay — Zack Evans, Garrett Orgas, Dwight Palmer, Cameron Eaddy, Landon Green — Warren Central’s relay corps of Zack Evans, Garrett Orgas and Dwight Palmer finished fourth in MHSAA Class 6A in the 4x100 event and seventh in the 4x200. Eaddy was the fourth man on the 4x100 team, and Green on the 4x200

At the end of each high school sports season, The Vicksburg Post honors Warren County’s best athletes in a number of sports with its All-County teams.

The 2024 All-County track and team features 29 of the area’s top athletes from Warren Central, Vicksburg High, St. Aloysius and Porter’s Chapel Academy. All of them reached the state meet in their respective classifications in the MHSAA and MAIS, and eight won state championships.

The All-County boys’ team is led by Vicksburg High sprinter Koury Vample. The senior won the MHSAA Class 6A championship in the 300 meter hurdles, and was the only male athlete from Warren County to win a state title. He also won the Region 2-6A championship in the 100 meters, and had a second-place finish at the 2023 Class 5A state meet in the 110 meter hurdles.

Congratulations to all on a great season!

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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