Football standouts to watch at 2023 track championships | 2A, 3A

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Three days of state championships this week punctuate the LHSAA's outdoor track and field season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Top athletes from around the state will compete Thursday, Friday and Saturday at LSU's Bernie Moore Stadium.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>And many of the events include notable football standouts, including some college-bound signees in their final high school events.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>———————————— <strong>CLASS 3A</strong> ————————————<br>(<a href="https://www.lhsaa.org/siteuploads/editorimg/file/Outdoor%20Track/2023%20Lists/FINAL%20HEAT%20SHEETS/3a%20meet%20program.pdf">Complete Class 3A heat sheet</a>)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>JUMPS</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A trio of Louisiana college signees will compete in both the long jump and triple jump, with <strong>Southeastern Louisiana-bound Westlake athlete [player_tooltip player_id='138456' first='Tristan' last='Goodly']</strong> leading the way with qualifying marks of 23-04.50 and 48-03.75, respectively.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>St. Martinville wide receiver [player_tooltip player_id='138440' first='Harvey' last='Broussard'], a Louisiana (Lafayette) signee</strong>, will compete in both events with qualifying marks of a 22-10.00 long jump and 45-05.00 triple jump.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>And <strong>LSU-signed St. James receiver [player_tooltip player_id='138277' first='Khai' last='Prean']</strong> (20-09.00) will participate in the long jump, while <strong>Southern-signed Carroll athlete Amareya Greeley</strong> (42-09.25) will participate in the triple. <br></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>SPRINTS/HURDLES</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prean also enters the 100-meter with an 11.24-second time and participates in the 4x100-meter relay for St. James.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Southern Arkansas-signed Wossman receiver [player_tooltip player_id='361380' first='Johnny' last='Woods']</strong> 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' 4x100- and 4x200-meter relay teams.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Southeastern Louisiana signee Rodney Brown of Jewel Sumner</strong> and <strong>2025 North Webster athlete [player_tooltip player_id='710778' first='Jkobe' last='Lawson']</strong> will compete in the 100-meter dash with qualifying times of 11.01 seconds and 10.89 seconds, respectively.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A pair of 2025 ULM targets in <strong>Port Allen's [player_tooltip player_id='291100' first='Brennan' last='Gibson']</strong> (21.74 seconds) and <strong>Bunkie's [player_tooltip player_id='291084' first='Kyle' last='Johnson']</strong> (22.19 seconds) will be among other 200-meter competitors to watch.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>And <strong>2024 University Lab wide receiver [player_tooltip player_id='285208' first='Seth' last='Gale']</strong> takes a 41.02-second qualifying time into the 300-meter hurdles.<br></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>THROWS</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Class 3A shot put, in particular, will be full of football standouts including <strong>2026 University Lab star [player_tooltip player_id='212343' first='Lamar' last='Brown']</strong> (49-06.50), <strong>2024 Sterlington lineman [player_tooltip player_id='405723' first='Mitch' last='Hodnett']</strong> (47-10.00), <strong>2024 Iowa lineman [player_tooltip player_id='677667' first='Damian' last='Reed']</strong> (46-00.50) and <strong>2024 Berwick linebacker Gage Toups</strong> (42-03.00).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>And both Toups and Brown will also compete in the discus with qualifying marks of 137-01 and 124-10, respectively.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Rising junior Iota quarterback [player_tooltip player_id='710085' first='Peyton' last='Renfro']</strong> enters the javelin with a 164-11 qualifying mark.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>———————————— <strong>CLASS 2A</strong> ————————————<br>(<a href="https://www.lhsaa.org/siteuploads/editorimg/file/Outdoor%20Track/2023%20Lists/FINAL%20HEAT%20SHEETS/2a%20meet%20program.pdf">Complete Class 2A heat sheet</a>)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>HYPER-ACTIVE ATHLETES</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>East Feliciana standout Herman Batiste Jr.</strong>, 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).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Thomas Jefferson athlete Devin Washington</strong> will meanwhile compete in the triple jump (40-01.00), 400-meter run (53.49 seconds) and as part of his school's 4x100-meter and 4x200-meter relay teams. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>St. Thomas Aquinas athlete [player_tooltip player_id='407478' first='Cace' last='Reed']</strong>, a rising senior, will compete against Batiste in the long jump with a qualifying mark of 10-11.00.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>SPRINTS</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Oklahoma State-bound Oak Grove defender Kamryn Franklin</strong> will run the 100-meter (11.08 seconds), and <strong>ULM-bound Franklin athlete [player_tooltip player_id='639601' first='Zamarion' last='Webber']</strong> will run the 200-meter (22.55 seconds).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>THROWS</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Butler Community College signee [player_tooltip player_id='639712' first='Carlos' last='Bazert'] Jr. of Avoyelles</strong> and <strong>Country Day standout [player_tooltip player_id='638999' first='Jake' last='Ibieta']</strong>, who will walk-on at LSU, will compete in the shot-put with qualifying marks of 49-01.00 and 47-02.50, respectively.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->