On a day when 11 meet records were set,
Catholic (Baton Rouge, La.) won its fifth consecutive Division I-Classes 5A and 4A boys state title, while
Baton Rouge (La.) claimed the girls version at the Louisiana High School Athletic Association Indoor Track and Field Championships.
Catholic easily outdistanced the field at LSU's Carl Maddox Field House with 83 points. Jesuit (New Orleans) and Lafayette were a distant second and third with 34 and 31 points, respectively.
"We had a lot of people contribute," veteran Catholic coach Pete Boudreaux said. "We swept the distance races, and that was big."
Baton Rouge's girls totaled 67 points with sisters Dominique and Mikiah Brisco setting meet records.
Mikiah, a freshman, won the 55-meter dash in a record 7.02 seconds. She also placed fourth in the 55 hurdles.
Dominique had a record leap of 39 feet, 3¼ inches in the triple jump. She won the 55 hurdles in 8.39, placed second in the high jump and fourth in the long jump.
"They did a lot of things," Baton Rouge coach Zack Winnfield said of the Briscos, "but what I'll remember was that we had everybody contribute in some way. That was the key for us."
Catholic's strength was in the distance races with Ben Ross winning the 1,600 (4:37.74), Matthew Rhorer finishing first in the 800 (2:01.91) and Cole Stafford winning the 3,200 (10:08.54) ahead of teammate Joseph St. Cyr. Catholic also claimed the 4x800 (8:26.82) and 4x400 relays (3:27.46).
JOHN CURTIS, HAMILTON CHRISTIAN PREVIALCurtis (River Ridge, La.) won, lost and finally reclaimed the Division II-Classes 3A and below boys title at the state indoor meet, with
Hamilton Christian (Lake Charles, La.) undoubtedly winning the girls crown.
In winning the final race with a time of 3:30 in the 4x400, Curtis appeared to have scored 10 points to edge Episcopal (Baton Rouge) for the state championship, 71-70.
The Patriots initially were disqualified after the race but appealed the decision. It was overturned, and Curtis was reinstated as state champion.
Prior to the 4x400 victory, brothers Dalton and Dylan Duvio finished 1-2 in the pole vault. Dalton set a meet record with a leap of 16-2½.
South Plaquemines (Port Sulphur, La.) senior Bradley Sylve, an Alabama football signee, won the 55 with the third-best national prep indoor time of 6.3 seconds. Sylve, who is expected to run track for Alabama, placed second in the 100 and 200.
Hamilton finished with 61 points with Xavier Prep (New Orleans) and Episcopal (Baton Rouge) placing a distant second and third with 43 and 41 points, respectively.
