Barbe’s Kennedi Burks had a record-setting, gold medal-winning Saturday at the Louisiana High School Athletic Association state track and field championships at LSU’s Carl Maddox Field House.

Burks, who already owns the Class 5A 2023 outdoor 400-meter dash title, added the Division I 400 gold and dominated the field to set an LHSAA state meet and facility record.

She clocked in at 55.87 seconds, beating the old state meet record of 55.99 set by Tahja Mitchell (West Jefferson HS) in 2017. The former facility record (55.93) was set by Christie Fairley (George County, Miss.) in 2000. She beat runner-up Aaryona Kinchen (Brusly, 57.26) by 1.39 seconds.

Junior Hannah Boullion won the Division II 400 and helped St. Louis Catholic win the 4×200 relay to take second in Division II and four points behind champion Holy Savior Menard, 50-46.

Boullion, the 400 runner-up in 2023, checked in at 57.92 seconds to edge Lake Charles College Prep’s Jayla Mason (58.04) by .12 seconds.

Boullion along with Sophia Bergen Mia Medlin and Halee Jackson won the 4×200 in 1:47.57, while LCCP (Zion May, Akia Jackson, Ya’mani Allen, Mason) was second at 1:48.81.

LCCP won the 4×400 (Alaysia Reed, Jackson, Mason, Jayla King) in 4:06.69, beating St. Louis (4:09.97, Bergen, Christina Guidry, Jackson, Boullion) by more than three seconds.

\\The Lake Charles College Prep boys nearly won their first indoor track and field title, but the Trailblazers were disqualified in the final event. Their third place finish in the 4×400 relay would have given them enough points to overtake state champion Glen Oaks, who won 49-47.

LCCP won the 4×800 (William Plaster, Khel Arvie, Ajani Rhoden, Javerion Johnson) in 8:35.98.

 

Southwest Louisiana top 3 finishes

Division I

Girls

Field

SP — 2, Joile Jones, Barbe, 10.90 meters.

HJ — 3, Aniyha Lavan, Barbe, 1.59 meters.

Running

400 — 1, Kennedi Burks, Barbe, 55.87.

Division II

Boys

Field

HJ — 2, Cameron Hill, Lake Charles College Prep, 1.83 meters.

HJ — 3, Cameron Brazzle, Lake Charles College Prep, 12.98 meters.

Running

400 — 2, Careion Franklin, Lake Charles College Prep, 50.63.

800 — 3, Wyatt Reinking, Westlake, 2:03.35.

Relays

4×200 — 2, Lake Charles College Prep (Ayden Carter, Careion Franklin, Kai Fontenot, Braylon White), 1:33.21.

4×800 — 1, Lake Charles College Prep (William Plaster, Khel Arvie, Ajani Rhoden, Javerion Johnson), 8:35.98.

Girls

Field

HJ — 3, Ella Butler, St. Louis Catholic, 1.56 meters.

Running

400 — 1, Hannah Boullion, St. Louis Catholic, 57.92; 2, Jayla Mason, Lake Charles College Prep, 58.04.

800 — 3, Kaitlyn Sawyer, Hathaway, 2:24.93.

1600 — 2, Kaitlyn Sawyer, Hathaway, 5:17.58.

Relays

4×200 — 1, St. Louis Catholic (Hannah Boullion, Sophia Bergen, Mia Medlin, Halee Jackson), 1:47.57; 2, Lake Charles College Prep (Zion May, Akia Jackson, Ya’mani Allen, Jayla Mason), 1:48.81.

4×400 — 1, Lake Charles College Prep (Alaysia Reed, Akia Jackson, Jayla Mason, Jayla King), 4:06.69; 2, St. Louis Catholic (Sophia Bergen, Christina Guidry, Halee Jackson, Hannah Boullion), 4:09.97.

4×800 — 2, St. Louis Catholic (Sydney Guinn, Christina Guidry, Natalie Obluda, Riley Keating), 10:22.32.

Team scoring top 10

Boys

Division I

1, Scotlandville, 73; 2, Cathoic-Baton Rouge, 59; 3, Central Lafourche, 22; 4, John Curtis, 20; 4, Parkway, 20; 6, Dutchtown, 18; 6, Brother Martin, 18; 6, Warren Easton, 18; 9, Destrehan, 17; 10, Jesuit, 16.

Division II

1, Glen Oaks, 49; 2, Lake Charles College Prep, 47; 3, Parkview Baptist, 37; 4, East Feliciana, 29; 5, John F. Kennedy, 28; 6, Highland Baptist, 22; 7, ARCA, 21; 7, University Lab, 21; 9, E.D. White, 14; 10, Northwest, 13.

Girls

Division I

1, Scotlandville, 75; 2, St. Joseph’s, 59; 3, Huntington, 27; 4, Baton Rouge, 25; 5, Barbe, 24; 6, Teurlings Cathoilc, 20; 6, Destrehan, 20; 8, West Feliciana, 18; 8, Warren Easton, 18; 10, Brusly, 16; 10, John Curtis, 10.

Division II

1, Holy Savior Menard, 50; 2, St. Louis Catholic, 46; 3, Parkview Baptist, 32; 4, Louise McGehee, 27; 4, Lake Charles College Prep, 27; 6, University Lab, 25; 7, Doyline, 24; 8, Episcopal, 10; 9, Delcambre, 16; 10, Hathaway, 14.