Whitley County track and field athletes ready themselves for state after weekend region meet

The Whitley County High School track and field team traveled to Somerset Saturday, May 14, to take part in the 2016 Region 7 AAA meet at Pulaski County High School.

The Colonels had two automatic qualifiers for next weekend’s KHSAA state championship meet – Tanner Bryant in boys pole vault, and the boys 4×800-meter relay team of Keaton Logan, Adam Petrey, Josh Richardson and Tyler Lawson.

Once all AAA region meets have been completed, the Colonels may have more athletes qualify for next week’s state meet. A comprehensive list of all area track and field competitors qualifying for state should be available in the May 25 edition of the News Journal.

Williamsburg will be hosting the Region 6 A championship meet this Thursday, May 19, at the University of the Cumberlands’ James H Taylor II Stadium. Corbin will travel to Harrodsburg this Saturday, May 21, for the Region 5 AA championship meet.

See next week’s News Journal for results from those meets, as well a preview of the state championships, scheduled for May 27-28 at the University of Kentucky in Lexington.