Photo Gallery: Warren County’s state track meet results

Published 12:35 pm Sunday, May 4, 2025

By Ernest Bowker

PEARL — It was another outstanding weekend at the MHSAA and MAIS state meets for Warren County’s track and field athletes.

A total of 42 athletes from Vicksburg High, Warren Central, St. Aloysius and Porter’s Chapel Academy competed on Friday and Saturday. Combined, they won eight state championships and 19 medals for top-three finishes.

Porter’s Chapel Academy’s Schaffer Bell started things off right on Friday by winning the MAIS Class 3A boys triple jump championship with a leap of 38 feet, 6 inches. He later added a third-place finish in the long jump, and also competed in the high jump and 4×100, 4×200 and 4×400 meter relays.

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At Saturday’s MHSAA Class 6A state meet, Warren Central sprinter Dwight Palmer went 3-for-3 by sweeping the boys 100, 200 and 400 meters. He won the 100 in 10.73 seconds, the 200 in 21.84, and the 400 in 49.12.

Palmer’s teammate Chester Savage added another gold by winning the boys 300 meter hurdles title in 39.89 seconds. He also competed in the 4×400 meter relay.

In the Class 6A girls meet, Vicksburg’s Zion Knox won a state championship in the first event of the day, the long jump. She had a mark of 17 feet, 7 inches. Knox later added two silver medals for finishing second in the triple jump and 4×200 meter relay.

Sprinters Amiyah Hall of Vicksburg and Adria Burrell of Warren Central had a pair of 1-2 finishes in the 100 and 200 meters. Burrell won the 100 with a time of 11.93 seconds, while Hall finished second in 12.01. In the 200, Hall won in 24.64 seconds and Burrell was in second place at 24.99.

Burrell also got a silver medal in the 400 meters and Hall earned one as part of the Missy Gators’ 4×200 relay team with Knox, Nakia Jeffers and Raylyn Parson.

Here is a complete list of Warren County’s state meet athletes and their finishes this weekend. Congratulations to all!

State meet athletes
Warren County athletes who competed in the MHSAA and MAIS state track and field meets May 2 and 3, with their events, places and times and distances.

Vicksburg and Warren Central competed in the MHSAA Class 6A meet May 3 at Pearl High School. St. Aloysius and Porter’s Chapel will compete in the MAIS Class 5A and 3A meets, respectively, at Canton Academy, Jackson Academy and Jackson Prep.

*-Indicates a state champion

VICKSBURG HIGH
Girls
*Zion Knox – Long jump (first, 17 feet, 7 inches); triple jump (second, 38 feet, 1/2 inch); 400 meters (sixth, 1:03.88)
Aaniyah Kelly – Long jump (sixth, 15-10)
Kennedy Williams – Discus (fourth, 104-5)
McKenzy Edmond – High jump (second, 5 feet)
*Amiyah Hall – 100 meters (second, 12.01 seconds); 200 meters (first, 24.64)
Xhia’reia Darensburg – 300 meter hurdles (fourth, 49.16)
4×100 Relay – Rocsie Stewart, Raylyn Parson, To’Nia Taylor, Amiyah Hall (seventh, 51.27)
4×200 Relay – Rocsie Stewart, Raylyn Parson, Nakia Jeffers, Amiyah Hall (second, 1:44.89)

Boys
Jayden Woods – Discus (fourth, 131-7); shot put (seventh, 40-1)
Shaun Archer – Discus (115-6)
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WARREN CENTRAL
Girls
*Adria Burrell – 100 meters (first, 11.93 seconds); 200 meters (second, 24.99); 400 meters (second, 59.32)
Madison Ward – 100 meter hurdles (fifth, 16.74); triple jump (sixth, 35-1.5); high jump (eighth, 4-8); long jump (third, 17-3)
Mere’ Smith – 300 meter hurdles (fifth, 50.72)
Arrionna Jenkins – Discus (third, 107-11); shot put (second, 37-2)
Marissa Stewart – Discus (eighth, 88-1)

Boys
*Dwight Palmer – 100 meters (first, 10.73 seconds), 200 meters (first, 21.84), 400 meters (first, 49.12)
Rohan Caples – 800 meters (second, 2:03.63)
*Chester Savage – 300 meter hurdles (first, 39.89)
Rickey Neal Jr. – Long jump (sixth, 21-4), triple jump (sixth, 43-6)
Gavin Davenport – Shot put (fifth, 43-9.5)
4×400 Relay – Ashton Wright, Chester Savage, Jonah Artman, Rohan Caples (sixth, 3:36.98)
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ST. ALOYSIUS
Girls
Samantha Edwards – 800 meters (fifth, 2:29.83); 1,600 meters (fourth, 5:23.54); 3,200 meters (fourth, 11:58.36)
Megan Theriot – 100 meters (sixth, 13.45 seconds); 400 meters (fifth, 1:03.08)
Annslee Averett – 100 meter hurdles (eighth, 17.92)
Julia Moberley – Discus (eighth, 85-5)
4×200 Relay – Kelci Bingham. Madelyn Kavanaugh, Megan Theriot and Annslee Averett (seventh, 1:56.41)

Boys
4×100 Relay – Sam Ashley, Ace Oglesby, Beau Brogdon and Carson Gleese (eighth, 48.10)
4×200 Relay – Sam Ashley, Ace Oglesby, Beau Brogdon and Carson Gleese (eighth, 1:40.90)
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Porter’s Chapel Academy
Girls
Marley Bufkin – 100 meters (fourth, 13.97 seconds); 200 meters (sixth, 29.91); long jump (fourth, 14 feet, 10.5 inches)
Mia Abdo – Triple jump (fourth, 30-4.75)

Boys
*Schaffer Bell – Triple jump (first, 38-6); High jump (sixth, 6-0); long jump (third, 19-0)
Henry Slayton – 800 meters (eighth, 2:21.78)
Lakelan Pecanty – Long jump (eighth, 17-10)
Jase Jung – High jump (fifth, 6-0)
4×100 Relay – Schaffer Bell, Jase Jung, Lakelan Pecanty and Auston Moore (sixth, 47.54)
4×200 Relay – Schaffer Bell, Jase Jung, Lakelan Pecanty and Auston Moore (sixth, 1:39.44)
4×400 Relay – Jase Jung, Lakelan Pecanty, Lane Carraway and Schaffer Bell (seventh, 4:07.69)

About Ernest Bowker

Ernest Bowker is The Vicksburg Post's sports editor. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post's sports staff since 1998, making him one of the longest-tenured reporters in the paper's 140-year history. The New Jersey native is a graduate of LSU. In his career, he has won more than 50 awards from the Mississippi Press Association and Associated Press for his coverage of local sports in Vicksburg.

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