Midway’s Christian Coker overcomes early jitters to claim state gold

He wouldn’t have been the first top seed to falter and not win gold.

Coker fought off a stiff challenge from White Deer senior Hunter Warminski and won the event with a  mark of 44 feet, 1.75 inches.

Allan cleared 6 feet on his second attempt in the Class A boys high jump, leaving him as one of three competitors still alive and guaranteeing a spot on the medal stand.

ASHIA SWEARENGIN, MUNDAY: The senior just missed the medal stand with a fourth-place finish in the Class A girls discus.

CARSON MYER, THROCKMORTON: Myer matched his season-best mark of 11 feet in the Class A boys pole vault, but it was only good enough for a sixth-place finish.

QUANAH 4X1: The team of Landin Leija, Joseph Carmichael, Bradin Thomas and Jason Kaufmann raced to a sixth-place finish, crossing the line in 43.21.

SAIGE ANDERSON, WINDTHORST: Anderson finished her freshman year on the track with a sixth-place finish in the Class 2A 300-meter hurdles.

CAMERON BELCHER, WINDTHORST: The freshman distance runner placed seventh in the Class 2A 1,600 meters, completing four trips around the track in 5:42.35.

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