The Alabama Independent School Association crowned track and field state champions at Mickey Miller Blackwell Stadium in Gulf Shores at the end of last week.

The Snook Christian Eagles were among the featured athletes competing for top spots among the state’s best.

Senior Savannah Clayton took ninth in the discus with a 70’ 8” throw and was joined by both 4x800-meter relay teams in registering top-10 finishes. The girls’ squad finished seventh in 13:40.08 and the boys’ team also finished seventh with a time of 10:53.88.

Sophomore Tyler Shaffer and eighth-grader Lucas Merchant finished consecutively in the 1600-meter run with times of 5:52.77 for 10th and 5:53.00 for 11th.

JV state meet record now belongs to Stockton resident

On the junior varsity stage in Atmore on April 6, Danny Doerr, a freshman from Stockton, set the 3200-meter state meet record by 12 seconds for host Escambia Academy. Doerr’s time of 10:58.41 broke the previous AISA JV state meet record set in 2005 by another Cougar, Alan Ash, at 11:10.15.

Doerr added fifth in triple jump (31’ 1”) as well as second in the 1600-meter run (5:12.32) and 800-meter run (2:23.68) to help Escambia Academy claim the Class 1A-2A team title.

Other local varsity state representatives from Snook Christian included:

Girls’ Class 1A-2A results

Girls’ 4x400-meter relay – 5:22.27 for 13th

Lauryn Tucker, 300-meter hurdle finals – 1:09.84 for 17th

Savannah Clayton, shot put – 22’ 9” for 22nd

Allie Clayton, 100-meter hurdle prelims – 23.30 for 23rd

Hayleigh Tucker, discus – 55’ 6” for 24th

Jada Orso, shot put – 18’ 8” for 30th

Boys’ Class 1A-2A results

Boys’ 4x400-meter relay – 4:16.88 for 11th

Lucas Merchant, 800-meter run – 2:22.02 for 12th; 110-meter hurdle prelims – 23.04 for 16th

Boys’ 4x200-meter relay – 1:50.37 for 13th

Josh Gabel, 3200-meter run – 14:13.05 for 17th

Cameron Kyles, 400-meter dash prelims – 59.97 for 19th

Chase Joiner, discus – 86’ 1” for 19th; shot put – 30’ 3” for 34th

Anton Mazur, 200-meter dash prelims – 27.88 for 31st; 400-meter dash finals – 1:01.43 for 25th

Kile Votaw, discus – 69’ 5” for 29th; shot put – 32’ 9” for 26th

London McDonald, 200-meter dash prelims – 29.21 for 33rd; 800-meter run – 2:31.61 for 27th

Aiden Reynolds, long jump – 13’ 6.25” for 34th