Two Mansfield High track athletes captured state championships in their respective events Saturday at the LHSAA Indoor Track and Field Championships at LSU.

One Wolverine is a proven champion while the other surprised the field as a freshman.
Senior Jaden Youngblood won the Division II boys 60-meter hurdles for the third straight season.
Freshman Jaydan Hamilton wants to start a similar streak as he won the Division II boys long jump title in his first year of high school competition.

Youngblood’s time of 7.98 in the 60 hurdles blew away his competition as he won by four-tenths of a second.

See Youngblood’s race, which is the fastest time recorded in Louisiana this season, here on Instagram.
Hamilton leapt 22-2.5 to win the long jump by less than two inches. The mark came on the second of his six attempts, measuring a foot longer than any of his other jumps.
The two state titles accumulated 20 points for the Mansfield boys, good for a seventh-place finish in the Division II team standings.

On the girls side, LaJordan Boykin finished fourth in the 60-meter finals with a 7.87. She scored four points as the Mansfield girls placed 18th with six total points.

The Mansfield 4×200 relay of Boykin, Germanee Robertson, Ty’Aira Ford and La’Brasia Ross finished fifth with a 1:49.50 to account for Mansfield’s two other points.

The North DeSoto boys scored one point in the Division I championships as Javonte Taylor placed sixth in the high jump (45-0.25).