Armani Cargo, Justin Horne among notable 5A track performers

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Catholic (Baton Rouge) won its second straight Class 5A outdoor track and field championship with a deep team of predominantly true track athletes.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>But several multisport standouts from around the state who are already or will likely end up as college football prospects made their presence felt in a variety of events.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Paul Catalanotto — 5-11, 175 TE — Catholic (Baton Rouge) (2024)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Bears won both the 4x400- and 4x800-meter relays, but the only individual event winner was actually a rising senior tight end whose seasonal-best 201-09 javelin throw topped the Class 5A list.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/f9w1o9rBtEU","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"embed-handler","responsive":true,"className":"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://www.youtube.com/embed/f9w1o9rBtEU </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='285621' first='Armani' last='Cargo'] — 5-11, 160 ATH — John Ehret (2024)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The sprints in particular featured some notable football talent, and the Patriots' versatile standout torched the field in both the 100- and 200-meter dashes with personal records of 10.45 and 21.15 seconds, respectively. The 200-meter time was the best this weekend in any classification, and the 100-meter time was one hundredth of a second shy of Thomas Jefferson sprinter Kaden Lewis in Class 2A. Tulane joined his recruitment with an offer shortly thereafter.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='275579' first='Justin' last='Horne'] — 6-1, 210 LB — John Curtis (2023)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Texas Tech-signed linebacker recorded personal records in both the 110-meter hurdles (13.82 seconds) and 300-meter hurdles (37.25 seconds) to win those events and anchored point-earned 4x200-meter (1:26.08, third place) and 4x400-meter (3:18.92, fourth place) relays. Tyler Hayes, [player_tooltip player_id='139627' first='Michael' last='Turner'] and King Taylor ran the first three legs of the 4x200, and Gabriel Gonzalez, King Taylor and Anthony Johnson ran the first three legs of the 4x400.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='421614' first='Rahji' last='Dennis'] — 6-0, 160 WR — Edna Karr (2024)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Cougars' intriguing wide receiver with several Division-I football offers finished on Cargo's heels in both sprints with seasonal-bests of 10.52 seconds in the 100-meter dash and 21.26 seconds in the 200-meter and ran legs in the winning 4x200-meter relay (1:25.06) and second-place 4x400-meter relay (3:17.26). Bryson Osborne started the 4x200, with Dennis, [player_tooltip player_id='138443' first='Kylen' last='Lampton'] and Camren Hardy following. Jeremy Geary led off the 4x400, followed by Osborne, Dennis, then Markel Myles.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Broderick Davis — 6-0, 170 DB — Scotlandville (2024)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A victorious long jump (23-06.00) highlighted a busy day for the rising senior cornerback with points earned in each of his events. Davis also finished fifth in the 110-meter hurdles (14.50 seconds) and 200-meter dash (21.99) and anchored a second-place and seasonal-best 4x100-meter relay (41.46 seconds) behind teammates Ashton Wiggins, Darryl George and [player_tooltip player_id='1214132' first='Ferzell' last='Shepard'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='912286' first='Devon' last='Oliver'] — 6-2, 275 DL — Parkway (2025)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Consider the big sophomore defensive lineman officially on the Prep Redzone Louisiana radar after his state championship discus throw of a personal-record 162-03.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='139627' first='Michael' last='Turner'] — 6-1, 145 ATH — John Curtis (2024)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The long, two-way football standout whose recruitment has exploded of late participated in a pair of third-place relays for his Patriots, running second in the aforementioned 4x200-meter (1:26.08) with Hayes, Taylor and Horne and anchoring a 4x100-meter with running back [player_tooltip player_id='285662' first='Marlon' last='Prout'], Hayes and Taylor. He also finished seventh in the high jump (5-11.50).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='912288' first='Michael' last='Fulton'] — 6-3, 200 DL — Barbe (2025)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Another sophomore defensive lineman with good size who caught Prep Redzone Louisiana's attention in the discus, Fulton finished second to Oliver with his personal-record 158-10 mark to earn eight of his Bucs' nine points on the boys side.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='361381' first='Porter' last='Gibson'] — 6-3, 260 DL/OL — Denham Springs (2023)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The big, two-way lineman finished second in the shot put (51-06.25) and ninth in the discus (129-00).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Jeff King — 6-0, 170 QB — Benton (2024)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The rising senior quarterback recorded a personal-record 173-10 javelin throw to take second place in the event. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Troy-Kee Butler — 6-3, 250 DL — Ponchatoula (2024)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The defensive lineman was the Green Wave's lone competitor on the boys' side and earned six points with his third-place 50-04.50 shot put.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Peyton Lemaire — 6-3, 190 LB — Sulphur (2023)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The McNeese State signee was Sulphur's only participant and earned six points with a third-place javelin throw (172-03).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>J'Marcus Sewell — ATH — Woodlawn (Baton Rouge) (2023)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Panthers' speedy athlete was active on the track with a third-place 200-meter dash (21.42 seconds), seventh-place 100-meter dash (10.80 seconds) and the anchor leg of a fourth-place 4x100-meter relay (41.86 seconds) with fellow multisport athletes <strong>Jay'Cob Jolla</strong>, <strong>Caleb Cooper</strong> and <strong>Grambling State signee [player_tooltip player_id='138446' first='Tramon' last='Douglas II']</strong>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='138392' first='Mehki' last='Smith'] — 6-2, 285 OL/DL — Woodlawn (Baton Rouge) (2023)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Southern University track signee provided the Panthers' points from the field events with a 49-09.00 shot put for fourth place. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='138430' first='Andrew' last='Goodwin'] — 6-2, 210 TE — Denham Springs (2023)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Yellow Jackets' tight end joined Gibson in the discus and earned four points with his fourth-place 145-03.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='138466' first='Kaleb' last='Jackson'] — 5-11, 205 RB — Liberty Magnet (2023)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The LSU-signed running back was his Patriots' only competitor on the boys' side and ran a personal-record and fifth-place 100-meter of 10.61 seconds, a particularly impressive time considering his bigger, physical build compared to many of his peers.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/tJwj8iq1Z-8","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"embed-handler","responsive":true,"className":"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://www.youtube.com/embed/tJwj8iq1Z-8 </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='421521' first='Krosse' last='Johnson'] — 5-9, 170 WR — Holy Cross (2024)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Texas Tech target was the most active of his Tigers' speedy multisport standouts. Johnson anchored the winning 4x100-meter relay (41.17 seconds) and second-place 4x200-meter relay (1:25.99), both of which marked seasonal bests, and finished eighth in the 100-meter dash (10.82 seconds). Ke'Rynn Smith, <strong>LSU target [player_tooltip player_id='421518' first='Koby' last='Young']</strong> and Josh Brown ran the first three legs of both relays.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Jeremy Jackson — 6-0 DB — Dutchtown (2024)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The rising senior cornerback finished fifth in the 400-meter (48.60) and ran the third leg of a fourth-place and seasonal-best 4x200-meter relay (1:27.11) with Kriston Pierson, Andrew Triche and Christian Pierre. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Cameron Jefferson — 5-10, 180 WR — Airline (2023)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The graduating senior wide receiver ran a personal-record 21.82-second 200-meter dash for fourth place in the event, ran a 10.90-second 100-meter dash for ninth place and the first leg of the Vikings' ninth-place 4x200-meter relay (1:28.85) with Kye Lehr, Ladarius Epps and Jeremiah Boudreaux.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='138458' first='Tylon' last='Williams'] — 5-9, 150 WR — Zachary (2023)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Grambling State signee finished sixth in the 200-meter dash (22.27 seconds). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Chaunky Lewis — 5-10, 155 ATH — Ouachita Parish (2023)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The versatile athlete earned his Lions boys' only points with a sixth-place 110-meter hurdles (14.64 seconds).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='710986' first='Jaden' last='Bardales'] — 5-6, 140 DB — Walker (2024)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Bardales scored his Wildcats boys' only points on the track with his personal-record 10.62-second 100-meter dash for sixth place.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->