Olivia Mroz
Notre Dame High School in Chattanooga was well-represented at the TSSAA Spring Fling state championships, with track and field athletes bringing home a number of high finishes in Division II, Class A.
Kenny Hammond Jr. placed second in the state in the boys triple jump with a leap of 42 feet, 0.5 inches, on May 24 at Dean Hayes Stadium in Murfreesboro. Rickey Maples Jr. of Notre Dame took seventh in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.67 seconds. Jaydon Kelley recorded a seventh-place time in the 400 dash (51.76). Ben Jungels placed eighth in the 1,600 run (5:19.00).
The boys 400 relay team of Jaydon, Maximo Santiesteban, Andrew Fillauer, and Rickey finished third in 43.65. The 800 relay foursome of Kenny, Maximo, Jaydon, and Rickey also took third in 1:31.50. Ryan Fillauer, Andrew Fillauer, Kenny, and Jaydon captured seventh place in the 1,600 relay (3:43.43).
The NDHS boys placed 10th in the state as a team.
For the Lady Irish track team, Olivia Mroz earned a pair of medals, finishing seventh in the triple jump at 31-2 and eighth in the high jump at 4-8.
In girls tennis, the Lady Irish doubles team of Savina Jones and Hannah Widerkehr played in the state quarterfinals, falling 6-0, 7-5 to Allison Smith and Sienne Lightman of St. George’s.
The Notre Dame boys soccer team reached the state quarterfinals, and the boys tennis team made it to the first round of the state tournament.
