McCallie, Hakim McMorris shine in Mid-South track meet [photos]

Walker Valley's Mikayla Gale competes in the triple jump during the Mid-South track and field meet at McCallie School on Saturday.

By Kevin Llewallyn April 22, 2018 3 min read

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McCallie, McMorris shine in Mid-South track meet

GPS athlete Ali Williams competes in the triple jump during the Mid-South Track and Field meet at McCallie School on Saturday, April 21, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Soddy-Daisy athlete Bryce Bedford competes in the triple jump during the Mid-South Track and Field meet at McCallie School on Saturday, April 21, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Baylor athlete Wiley Pippenger competes in the high jump during the Mid-South Track and Field meet at McCallie School on Saturday, April 21, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

McCallie athlete Ti Thomas competes in the high jump during the Mid-South Track and Field meet at McCallie School on Saturday, April 21, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

McCallie athlete Hakim McMorris competes in the high jump during the Mid-South Track and Field meet at McCallie School on Saturday, April 21, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

McCallie athlete Dre Taylor competes in the discus during the Mid-South Track and Field meet at McCallie School on Saturday, April 21, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

McCallie athlete Patrick Ramey competes in the discus during the Mid-South track and field meet at his school on Saturday. He finished second in the event.

Baylor athlete Riley Jenne competes in the pole vault during the Mid-South Track and Field meet at McCallie School on Saturday, April 21, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Baylor athlete Michael Howard competes in the pole vault during the Mid-South Track and Field meet at McCallie School on Saturday, April 21, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Red Bank athlete Cole Seely competes in the pole vault during the Mid-South Track and Field meet at McCallie School on Saturday, April 21, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

McCallie senior Hakim McMorris was leaps and bounds ahead of the competition Saturday.

Literally.

McMorris won all four of his events at the McCallie Mid-South Track Classic, winning the long jump (22-0.5), high jump (6-2), 110-meter hurdles (14.72) and 300 hurdles (40.39). The only event involving jumping that McMorris didn’t win was the triple jump, and that’s because athletes are allowed to compete in only four individual events.

“My goal is to hit 23 in the long jump and hopefully 6-6 in the high jump,” McMorris said. “I also have some work to do in the hurdles, and then I’ll also be doing the decathlon.”

McCallie also defended its home track in the team competition, scoring 169 points, with Oakland from Murfreesboro coming in second with 91. While McMorris might have led the Blue Tornado, he had plenty of help from his teammates.