Stephen Hargis, assistant sports editor for the Chattanooga Times Free Press, takes us through the events of the 2008 Spring Fling, held May 20-23 in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — With thousands of athletes competing on or near its campus annually, Middle Tennessee State University administrators recognize the Spring Fling as an extra recruiting tool. Each of the more than 2,200 athletes is seen as a potential college student taking an unofficial campus visit.
The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association has reached an agreement with the Murfreesboro Chamber of Commerce to extend the Spring Fling contract another year.
David Lipscomb junior Zach Rogers won Class A/AA state championships Friday in the 100- and 200-meter dashes and the long jump and was the anchor on the winning 4x200 relay team. His times in the sprint events were the fastest of any competitor, regardless of classification.
Boys’ Track & Field
Follow all the action involving all the area teams at this year’s Tennessee spring sports state championships from Murfreesboro.
They did if for themselves. They did it for their coach. And they did it for all those that toiled in a Lady Owls softball uniform the last 16 years.
GPS has looked like a team going through the motions most of the 2008 Division II Class AA softball postseason, but when the Bruisers feel like playing, results like Friday’s are what happens.
After winning the Division II Class A girls’ singles tennis championship in straight sets to cap an undefeated season, Sadie Shackelford finally acted her age.
oyd-Buchanan’s Tarah Garner and Chattanooga Christian’s Will Reynolds won TSSAA Class A/AA state tennis singles crowns Friday at Middle Tennessee State University.
GPS senior Claire Bartlett knows what to expect when she plays tennis against Pope John Paul II’s Gabriela Rangel.
When Johnny Myricks took the baton and hit his stride around turn two, all the other sprinters suddenly looked as if they were in quicksand.
With one event remaining, the 4x400 relay, the Baylor School boys’ track team was on the verge of claiming the Division II state championship just one night after its girls had won a title.
It was bound to happen.
Here are updates from Friday’s action at the Spring Fling in Murfreesboro:
