See which Teche Area athletes are heading to LSU for the state track and field meet

Published 1:15 pm Thursday, May 1, 2025

Several local track and field athletes have punched their tickets to the state meet next week at LSU’s Bernie Moore Track Stadium.

The Highland Baptist Christian School girls team were crowned 1A Region 2 champs, with Sophie Morris (pole vault), Madalynn Salsman (1600 meters) and Ella Blake (3200 meters) all taking home gold. Jeanerette’s Trea’lyn Frederick snagged first place in both the shot put and discus events.

Westgate’s boys finished third in a hotly contested Region II-4A event at Brusly High School. Senior Davian Jackson once again shined in the short-distance events, taking silver in the 100-meter dash, fourth in the 200-meter dash and helping the Tigers’ 4×100 and 4×200-meter relays teams to second place finishes.

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Delcambre duo Emma Smith and Gykel Bessard set the Ragin’ Cajuns track alight at the LHSAA Region II-2A Championships on Tuesday. Smith took home the gold in the high jump event while also qualifying for the state meet in the 100-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles. Bessard earned three tickets to LSU with a first-place finish in the 200-meters, a fourth-place finish in the 100-meters and a silver medal in the 400-meters.

Classes C, B and 1A will compete on Thursday, May 8. 2A and 3A athletes will compete on Friday, May 9, while 4A and 5A athletes will take the field on Saturday, May 10.  See more results from local teams below:

LHSAA Region II-2A Championships

Boys

High Jump

2 Dylan Nelson Catholic High 6-02.00

Javelin Throw

2 Michael Bertrand Catholic High 155-00

Shot Put

3 Jaylon Ina Franklin 45-08.00

Triple Jump

4 Jahiri Perry Franklin 40-07.00

Discus Throw

2 Elijah Larson Delcambre 129-01

Pole Vault

1 Elijah Parich Catholic High 14-04.00

Triple Jump

1 Brock Anthony Catholic High 44-03.00

100m

4 Gykel Bessard Delcambre 11.18

200m

1 Gykel Bessard Delcambre 22.88

400m

2 Gykel Bessard Delcambre 50.71

110m Hurdles

4 Tru Martin West St. Mary 16.88

300m Hurdles

1 Tru Martin West St. Mary 41.89

800m

4 Broderick Willis West St. Mary 2:11.44

4x400m Relay

2 D. Nelson, J. Foster, I. Parich, B. Boudreaux Catholic High 3:36.01

 

Girls

Pole Vault

3 Madison Boggan Delcambre 7-10.00

High Jump

1 Emma Smith Delcambre 5-02.00

Long Jump

2 Teryn Robinson Franklin 16-11.25

100m Hurdles

3 Emma Smith Delcambre 16.25

300m Hurdles

4 Emma Smith Delcambre 49.52

4x100m Relay

3 A. Fueslier, J. Howard, C. Lopez, T. Robinson Franklin 51.31

4x800m Relay

4 J. Armentor, P. Cooper, I. Scott, A. Miles-Crook Catholic High 12:11.77

4x400m Relay

4 T. Delasbour, A. Trappey, I. Scott, M. Lewis Catholic High 4:34.95

Javelin Throw

1 Braylee Derouen Loreauville 118-00

2 Renee Frederick Catholic High 111-04

 

Male Teams

Place Team Pts

3 Catholic High 49.5

5 Delcambre 35

12 West St. Mary 21

 

Female Teams

Place Team Pts

6 Delcambre 28

9 Catholic High 21.5

11 Franklin Sr. High 16

14 Loreauville 11

 

Region II-4A Championships

Boys

100m

2 Davian Jackson Westgate 11.12

200m

4 Davian Jackson Westgate 22.20

800m

3 John Dauterive Westgate 2:02.66

Discus Throw

3 Zachary Choate Westgate 129-04

Javelin Throw

3 Aryo Fleming Westgate 153-01

Shot Put

2 Lenord Howard Westgate 46-07.00

4x100m Relay

2 D. Kately, D. Lively, T. Benjamin, D. Jackson, K. Anoine Delahoussaye, L. Vallot Westgate 42.39

4x200m Relay

2 L. Vallot, D. Jackson, D. Washington, K. Anoine Delahoussaye, D. Lively, D. Kately Westgate 1:28.56

4x400m Relay

3 K. Anoine Delahoussaye, J. Dauterive, D. Washington, J. Roberson, S. Lee, C. Clement, D. Kately, D. Lively Westgate 3:27.31

 

Male Teams

Place Team Pts

3 Westgate High School 64

 

LHSAA 1A – Region 2 Championships

Boys

Discus

2 Justin Suire Highland Baptist Christian School 147′ 5″

3 Ty Brasseaux Hanson Memorial 142′ 9″

Shot Put

1 Javonte Williams Jeanerette 50′ 10.50″ 

2 Justin Suire Highland Baptist Christian School 46′ 8″

Triple Jump

4 Jaidon Ward Jeanerette 42′ 0.75″

Long Jump

3 Dominique Lewis Jeanerette 21′ 0.50″

High Jump

4 Levi Boykin Jeanerette 5′ 10″

1600 Meters

1 Tyler Blissett Highland Baptist Christian School 4:41.20

4x100m Relay

1 Gage, Duhon, Jackson, Jack Jeanerette 43.49

400 Meters

2 Jaidon Ward Jeanerette 53.64

800 Meters

2 Tyler Blissett Highland Baptist Christian School 2:03.09

3200 Meters

3 Tyler Blissett Highland Baptist Christian School 10:45.34 

4 David Nowakowski Highland Baptist Christian School 10:59.77

 

Girls

Javelin

1 Trea’lyn Frederick Jeanerette 121′ 4.50″

Discus

3 Kyla Charles Highland Baptist Christian School 95′ 0.50″

Shot Put

1 Trea’lyn Frederick Jeanerette 36′ 11.50″

3 Kyla Charles Highland Baptist Christian School 34′ 1.50″

Pole Vault

1 Sophie Morris Highland Baptist Christian School 10′ 0″ 

2 Makenzi Davis Highland Baptist Christian School 9′ 8″

1600 Meters

1 Madalynn Salsman Highland Baptist Christian School 5:35.26

800 Meters

2 Madalynn Salsman Highland Baptist Christian School 2:30.79

3200 Meters

1 Ella Blake Highland Baptist Christian School  12:00.86

4 Madalynn SalsmanHighland Baptist Christian School 12:51.30 

4x400m Relay

4 Clark, Perello, Alphonsso, Salsman Highland Baptist Christian School 4:34.69

 

Male Teams

Place Team Pts

5  Jeanerette 48

6  Highland Baptist Christian School 45

13 Hanson Memorial 10

 

Female Teams

Place Team Pts

1 Highland Baptist Christian School 72

10  Jeanerette 20

About Matthew Louviere

Matthew serves as the managing editor for both The Daily Iberian and Acadiana Lifestyle. He has earned several awards for his investigative journalism and sports features and is the go-to source for prep sports coverage in the Teche Area.

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