2022 Magic City Invitational
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. --- At the end of the 2021-22 school year, Clinton High School had proven that they were the gold standard of Mississippi High School Track and Field programs.
At the 2022 Magic City Invitational on Saturday, they continued that momentum and showed that they are indeed still the standard.
The Arrows' phenomenal team performances were highlighted by Tacherria Lawson's 7.71 60-meter dash for the win, Maxiumus Littleton's 6-6 High Jump for the win, Meagan Womack re-breaking her Mississippi High School Girl's Indoor Shot Put record, Clinton winning both 4x200m relays, as well as multiple Mississippi No. 1 performances from Littleton, Miguel Bankston, Casey Wright, Creston Garlington, Kaitlyn Jones, Ashanti Patton, and Cayden Wilson.
There were also impressive performances that were posted outside of Clinton, such as Jeffery Gathright's(Meridian) 7.05 60-meter dash, Samyra Wright's(South Panola) 60.2 400-meter dash, and Katelyn Hulsey's(NW Rankin) 11-6 Pole Vault for the win.
Clinton High School Head Coach Jonathan Perkins
*commenting on the team's performance at the 2022 Magic City Invitational
"My coaching staff and I are pleased with the results that our athletes obtained this past weekend. It gave us a great picture of where we are in our training, and what things we need to work on more to continuously get better. For the most part, we are on pace with our training schedule, and we look forward to seeing what 2023 is going to look like! We will compete again at MLK Invite on January 16, 2023."
*Clinton's Meagan Womack at the 2022 MHSAA 6A North State Championships
Photo credits: Christian Leach
Men/Women's Field Post-meet statistics
-Clinton's Meagan Womack re-broke her Indoor Shot Put record, throwing 42-4 for the win and beating out 2022 MHSAA 6A Girls Discus Champion Kaitlyn Walker, also of Clinton.
-Clinton's Maxiumus Littleton tied his High Jump lifetime best of 6-6 in his indoor season opener. He also hit an overall lifetime best in the Long Jump of 21-4.5, and an indoor lifetime best of 42-2 in the Triple Jump, making this the best season opener of his career.
-Littleton currently leads the state in all three jumping events.
-NW Rankin's Katelyn Hulsey, the 2022 MHSAA 6A Pole Vault Champion, opened up her 2022-23 season with an 11-6 vault for the win, one foot higher than her season opener from last year and 28th win of her career.
*Clinton's Tacherria Lawson at the 2022 Madison Central Track Classic
Photo credits: Drew Lewis
Men/Women's Running Post-meet statistics
-Clinton's Tacherria Lawson, the 2022 MHSAA 6A 200m runner-up, opened up her season with a 60-meter dash of 7.71 for the win. This was a lifetime best for Lawson, and is currently No. 6 on the Mississippi High School Girls' Indoor Track and Field All-time list.
-Meridian's Jeffery Gathright ran 7.05 in the 60-meter dash, currently the Miss. No. 1 in that event and just edged out Clinton's Omari Hampton, the 2022 MHSAA 6A 100m and 200m Champion.
-South Panola's Samyra Wright beat out Clinton's Kaitlyn Jones, the 2022 MHSAA 6A 300mH Runner-up, 60.2 to 60.4. They currently own the top two 400m times in Mississippi for the 2022-23 Indoor Track and Field season.
-Jones also ran the 60mH, hitting a lifetime best of half a second of 9.6.
-Clinton's Miguel Bankston, the 2022 MHSAA 6A 800m Champion, opened up his Indoor Track and Field season with a 400m performance of 51.99, around 0.3 seconds faster than last season's season opener. He has yet to run an 800m this season.
Important Links
Full Results | Mississippi Combined Results: High School Girls - High School Boys | State Leaders: High School Girls - High School Boys