The Zachary High School girls track team won the 2014 5A Outdoor Track State Championship on Saturday May 10th at LSU. Pictured from bottom row left to right: Asst. Coach Johnny Nagle, Asst. Coach Kendall Cleveland, Head Coach Chris Carrier, LHSAA Representative, Asst. Coach Kelvin Kelly, Asst. Coach Jason Davis. Top row left to right: Asst. Coach Jonathan Fletcher, LaQuea Schiele, Tia Coleman, Jennifer Brown, Kenyetta Franklin, Janie O’Connor, ShaQuea Schiele and Asst. Coach Adam Carlisle. Not Pictured Dakota Williams, Jenet Campbell and Stacy Clark.
The final standing came down the last event, the 4 x 400 meter relay. Zachary trailed Baton Rouge High by 7 pts 50-43. BRHS did not have and entry into the 4 x 400 meter relay and Zachary had to finish 1st or second to win the meet. With a time of 3:58.93 (season best) the Lady Broncos relay team of Kenyetta Franklin, Tia Coleman, Jennifer Brown and Janie O’Connor finished 2nd behind Natchitoches Central to edge out BRHS by 1pt 51-50 to win the 2014 5A Outdoor Track State Championship.
4 x 200 Meter Relay-1st Place (1:40.20) 10 Pts- Dakota Williams, Jennifer Brown, Tia Coleman, Janie O’Connor
4 x 100 Meter Relay-3rd Place (48.31) 6 Pts – Dakota Williams, Jennifer Brown, Kenyetta Franklin, Tia Coleman
4 x 400 Meter Relay-2nd Place (3:58.93) 8 Pts – Kenyetta Franklin, Tia Coleman, Jennifer Brown, Janie O’Connor
400 Meter Dash-1st Place (55.10) 10 Pts – Janie O’Connor
200 Meter Dash-2nd Place (24.18) 8 Pts – Janie O’Connor
300 Meter Hurdles-2nd Place (44.72) 8 Pts –Kenyetta Franklin
High Jump-Tied for 5th Place (5’0″) 1 Pt – Jenet Campbell