MERIDIAN, Miss. (Queen City Newsfeed)- Meridian High School’s track and field team turned in a strong performance at the MHSAA Class 7A State Meet, earning multiple podium finishes and setting a new school record against top competition from across Mississippi.
Leading the way for Meridian was Zauria Clark, who won the girls 100-meter dash state championship. Clark also placed third in the 200-meter dash, capping one of the meet’s standout individual performances.
Kyndal Arrington added to the Lady Wildcats’ success with a runner-up finish in the 300-meter hurdles and a fourth-place showing in the 100-meter hurdles.
Meridian’s girls 4×200-meter relay team of Imoni Landrum, Makayla Boyd, Arrington and Clark finished second while setting a school record with a time of 1 minute, 41.4 seconds.
Boyd also placed sixth in the 100-meter dash.
On the boys side, Stephen Wilson finished third in the 110-meter hurdles and helped Meridian’s 4×100-meter relay team to a third-place finish alongside Omyri Wade, Grant Hill and Chad Boyd.
Boyd recorded two top-five finishes, placing fourth in the 200-meter dash in 21.8 seconds and fifth in the 100-meter dash. He also ran on the fifth-place 4×200-meter relay team with Micheal Winkfield, Wade and Hill.
Meridian’s middle-distance and distance runners contributed additional points. Cameron Mosley finished sixth in the 400-meter dash, while Bobby Naylor placed fifth in the 800-meter run.
The 4×400-meter relay team of Mosley, Naylor, Jaqavious Turner and Wade finished fifth, and the 4×800-meter relay team of Naylor, John Cotton, Jordan Mosley and William Hughes placed fourth.
Meridian’s performance at the state meet highlighted the team’s depth and competitiveness, with multiple top finishes and a record-setting relay marking a successful outing for the Wildcats program.
