Armi'dre Evans soars through the air in the 110-meter hurdles.

Westgate senior Armi’dre Evans put in two gold-medal performances on the final day of the LHSAA Outdoors Track and Field State Meet, closing out a productive weekend for several Teche Area programs.

Evans, who finished in second place in the 110-meter hurdles and in eighth place in the 300-meter hurdles at the state meet last season, finished with impressive times in both events this year. 

For Evans, it was all about reaching his potential. 

“I came in projected to go fourth, I think, but I know I’m better than that,” he said in a post-race interview with MileSplit Louisiana. “I know nobody can beat me, just off pure dedication, so I came out here to do what I had to do.”

Evans’ performance helped push the Tigers to an 11th place finish, a disappointing end to an impressive run that saw Westgate win three consecutive Class 4A state titles in 2021, 2022 and 2023. 

Also earning gold at the state meet was Franklin Senior High School’s Jkylon Ceasar. The senior basketball and football standout won the Class 2A high jump with a height of six feet two inches. 

Loreauville’s Braylee Derouen was unable to repeat as Class 2A girls javelin champion, earning a bronze medal this year with a distance of 115 feet nine and three-quarter inches.

Delcambre High School freshman Emma Smith earned a silver medal in the high jump with a height of five feet one and three-quarter inches. Erath’s Christian Pillette took third place in the Class 3A 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.68 seconds. 

Full results from Day 2 and Day 3 of the state meet are as follows:

Catholic High

Place, Name, School, Time/Distance

2A Boys Triple Jump Finals

5 Brock Anthony 40-10.25

2A Boys Discus Finals

5 Drew Desormeaux 128-11.75

2A Boys Shot Put Finals

4 Javon Brown 45-02.50

Delcambre

Place, Name, Time/Distance

2A Boys 400 Meter Dash Finals

5 Gykel Bessard 51.29

2A Girls 100 Meter Hurdles Finals

8 Emma Smith 19.09

2A Girls 300 Meter Hurdles Finals

7 Emma Smith 49.30

2A Girls High Jump Finals

2 Emma Smith 5-01.75

2A Girls Discus Finals

9 Dakota Fauntleroy 80-08.00

Franklin 

Place, Name, School, Time/Distance

2A Boys High Jump Finals

1 Jayklon Ceasar 6-02.00

2A Girls 100 Meter Dash Finals

7 Teryn Robinson 13.21

2A Girls Long Jump Finals

7 Teryn Robinson 16-07.50

Loreauville

Place, Name, School, Time/Distance

2A Girls Javelin Finals

3 Braylee Derouen 115-09.75

West St. Mary

Place, Name, School, Time/Distance

2A Girls 4×100 Meter Relay Finals

9 West St. Mary 52.62

2A Girls 4×200 Meter Relay Finals

9 West St. Mary 1:55.52

2A Girls Shot Put Finals

8 Maria Philips 28-09.25

St. Martinville

Place, Name, School, Time/Distance

3A Girls High Jump Finals

5 Tyler Landry 4-08.00

3A Girls Shot Put Finals

5 Amiri Blanco 33-09.50

Erath

Place, Name, School, Time/Distance

3A Boys 110 Meter Hurdles Finals

3 Christian Pillette 15.68

3A Girls High Jump Finals

5 Kaileigh Broussard 4-08.00

Westgate

Place, Name, School, Time/Distance

4A Boys 100 Meter Dash Finals

5 Davian Jackson 10.70

4A Boys 800 Meter Run Finals

8 John Dauterive 2:00.78

4A Boys 110 Meter Hurdles Finals

1 Armi’dre Evans 14.34

4A Boys 300 Meter Hurdles Finals

1 Armi’dre Evans 38.02

4A Boys 4×400 Meter Relay Finals

7 Westgate High School 3:25.04

4A Girls 4×100 Meter Relay Finals

7 Westgate High School 50.93

New Iberia Senior High

Place, Name, School, Time/Distance

5A Boys 200 Meter Dash Finals

8 Gregory Brooks III 23.06

5A Boys 110 Meter Hurdles Finals

9 Lemarionze Allen 15.86

5A Boys 300 Meter Hurdles Finals

8 Allen Hamilton 41.17

5A Boys Long Jump Finals

4 Jorri Daniels 22-07.25