Bowling Green Track & Field

JV boys at the start (all PRs) and video of Varsity Boys JRs Jeremiah Lewis and Luke Duff (two more PRs). Luke erased 2:37 off last season’s PR! If you’re not up on 5k racing that’s A. LOT. 21:34 to 18:57!

Four of our Varsity girls with PR runs along with JR Kimora Graham at the start of her first ever 5k in the girls JV race. /end

Our guys putting in work at @bgkyfire today!!! @BGHSPurplesNews @BgPurplesAth @BGISD

We are proud of our growing Track and Field program and the impactful coaches who have been hired to lead our student athletes! Go Purples!

JR Essence Reed finishes 16th in the State Meet triple jump! Strong finish for Essence this season winning Region with a PR jump and her #3 best lifetime today.

Stack of relay results. Boys 4x100m with their best run of the season in 44.06 to place 13th at State. Zyrek Burton>Zay Rice>Trevy Barber>Drian Bunton. Two 8th graders, a JR, and a SO on that unit.

Girls 4x100m takes 20th. Faith Evans>Keilynn Wardlow>Jada Whitlow>Brooklyn Whitney Girls 4x200m finishes 24th. Mia Greenwell>Keilynn Wardlow>Jada Whitlow>Faith Evans

Sophomore (a theme!) Mia Greenwell finishes 19th in the 300m Hurdles at the State Track Meet! 49.18 PR for Mia.

Thankful for the opportunity to run in the HS State Track meet with the @Purple_Striders HS Boys 4x100m, we ran our best run of the season in 44.06 to place 13th at State. @ZyrekBurton2 @BarberTrevy @DrianBunton @mr_ghsf @FantNacarius @BGJHS @PurplesFootball

SR Aaron Carver finishes 19th in the triple jump at the State Meet closing out an excellent track career at BG.

Yet another soph Drian Bunton clocks his lifetime second best 100m in 11.15 and places #15 at State! Middle School State 100m champion 8th grader Zyrek Burton finishes 23rd at HS State. Video coming at you.

STATE MEET RESULTS Girls 4x800m Relay seeded #23 picks up a spot and finishes #22. All sophomore unit! Kattie Rodriguez>Naomi Basham>Nuala Smith>Stella Miner Another sophomore Mia Greenwell finishes #18 in the 100m hurdles! Video of Kattie, Stella, and Mia here

STATE MEET DAY! @UKtrackfield

Celebrating our @Purple_Striders Medalists from Region & excited to see our State Qualifiers compete tomorrow! @BgPurplesAth #Stride4Greatness #StateBound

A Team Meal and fellowship @RaffertysGrill before we head to Lexington for the @KHSAA Class 3A Meet @kytrackxc Looking forward to competing tomorrow! @BgPurplesAth @Purple_Striders #Stride4Greatness

The Boys 4x400m relay places 6th scoring 3 pts and rounds out the scoring for the meet. These @BGJHS boys tallied 45 points on the day and are your State Meet Runners Up in 2nd Place overall! WHAT a performance! @BGHSTrackNation @BgPurplesAth

Video of the 4x200m State Champs! Leg 2 Zay Rice and Anchor Leg Zyrek Burton

Three Boys Relays so far at Middle School State track meet: 3 STATE CHAMPS! The 4x100m also takes first! Peyton Lawrence>Zay Rice>Zyhain Martin>Zyrek Burton

Boys 4x200m relay team are STATE CHAMPIONS! That’s our 2nd state title of the day! Jett Reynolds>Zay Rice>Zyhain Martin>Zyrek Burton

Big race by @ZyrekBurton2 100M MS State Champion | @BGJHS @BgPurplesAth