Football standouts to watch at 2023 track championships | 2A, 3A
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Three days of state championships this week punctuate the LHSAA’s outdoor track and field season. Top athletes from around the state will compete Thursday, Friday and Saturday at LSU’s Bernie Moore Stadium. And many of the events include notable football…
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Continue ReadingThree days of state championships this week punctuate the LHSAA’s outdoor track and field season.
Top athletes from around the state will compete Thursday, Friday and Saturday at LSU’s Bernie Moore Stadium.
And many of the events include notable football standouts, including some college-bound signees in their final high school events.
———————————— CLASS 3A ————————————
(Complete Class 3A heat sheet)
JUMPS
A trio of Louisiana college signees will compete in both the long jump and triple jump, with Southeastern Louisiana-bound Westlake athlete Tristan Goodly Tristan Goodly 6'0" | 170 lbs | WR Westlake | 2023 State LA leading the way with qualifying marks of 23-04.50 and 48-03.75, respectively.
St. Martinville wide receiver Harvey Broussard Harvey Broussard 6'4" | 180 lbs | WR St. Martinville | 2023 State LA , a Louisiana (Lafayette) signee, will compete in both events with qualifying marks of a 22-10.00 long jump and 45-05.00 triple jump.
And LSU-signed St. James receiver
Khai Prean
Khai
Prean
6'1" | 190 lbs | ATH
St. James | 2023
State
LA
(20-09.00) will participate in the long jump, while Southern-signed Carroll athlete Amareya Greeley (42-09.25) will participate in the triple.
SPRINTS/HURDLES
Prean also enters the 100-meter with an 11.24-second time and participates in the 4×100-meter relay for St. James.
Southern Arkansas-signed Wossman receiver Johnny Woods Johnny Woods 5'9" | 165 lbs | WR Wossman | 2023 State LA takes the best qualifying times into both the 100-meter (10.69 seconds) and 200-meter dashes (21.66 seconds) and participates in his Wildcats’ 4×100- and 4×200-meter relay teams.
Southeastern Louisiana signee Rodney Brown of Jewel Sumner and 2025 North Webster athlete Jkobe Lawson Jkobe Lawson 5'11" | 150 lbs | DB North Webster | 2025 LA will compete in the 100-meter dash with qualifying times of 11.01 seconds and 10.89 seconds, respectively.
A pair of 2025 ULM targets in Port Allen’s Brennan Gibson Brennan Gibson 5'8" | 155 lbs | WR Port Allen | 2025 State LA (21.74 seconds) and Bunkie’s Kyle Johnson Kyle Johnson 6'0" | 170 lbs | ATH Bunkie | 2025 State LA (22.19 seconds) will be among other 200-meter competitors to watch.
And 2024 University Lab wide receiver
Seth Gale
Seth
Gale
5'10" | 160 lbs | WR
University Lab | 2024
State
LA
takes a 41.02-second qualifying time into the 300-meter hurdles.
THROWS
The Class 3A shot put, in particular, will be full of football standouts including 2026 University Lab star Lamar Brown Lamar Brown 6'4" | 260 lbs | OL University Lab | 2026 State LA (49-06.50), 2024 Sterlington lineman Mitch Hodnett Mitch Hodnett 6'5" | 280 lbs | OL Sterlington | 2024 State LA (47-10.00), 2024 Iowa lineman Damian Reed Damian Reed 6'2" | 270 lbs | OL Iowa | 2024 State LA (46-00.50) and 2024 Berwick linebacker Gage Toups (42-03.00).
And both Toups and Brown will also compete in the discus with qualifying marks of 137-01 and 124-10, respectively.
Rising junior Iota quarterback Peyton Renfro Peyton Renfro 6'0" | 180 lbs | QB Iota | 2025 State LA enters the javelin with a 164-11 qualifying mark.
———————————— CLASS 2A ————————————
(Complete Class 2A heat sheet)
HYPER-ACTIVE ATHLETES
East Feliciana standout Herman Batiste Jr., a 2024 prospect who already set an indoor record in high jump, will compete in four events in the 2A meet. Batiste is among the top qualifiers in the high jump (6-04.00), long jump (21-04.50), 110-meter hurdles (15.13 seconds) and 300-meter hurdles (38.98).
Thomas Jefferson athlete Devin Washington will meanwhile compete in the triple jump (40-01.00), 400-meter run (53.49 seconds) and as part of his school’s 4×100-meter and 4×200-meter relay teams.
St. Thomas Aquinas athlete Cace Reed Cace Reed 5'9" | 140 lbs | WR St. Thomas Aquinas | 2024 State LA , a rising senior, will compete against Batiste in the long jump with a qualifying mark of 10-11.00.
SPRINTS
Oklahoma State-bound Oak Grove defender Kamryn Franklin will run the 100-meter (11.08 seconds), and ULM-bound Franklin athlete Zamarion Webber Zamarion Webber 6'0" | 185 lbs | RB Franklin | 2023 State LA will run the 200-meter (22.55 seconds).
THROWS
Butler Community College signee Carlos Bazert Carlos Bazert 6'1" | 240 lbs | DL Avoyelles | 2023 State LA Jr. of Avoyelles and Country Day standout Jake Ibieta Jake Ibieta 6'3" | 220 lbs | DL Country Day | 2023 State LA , who will walk-on at LSU, will compete in the shot-put with qualifying marks of 49-01.00 and 47-02.50, respectively.