Sisters steal show on track

By By Chris Whitaker/staff writer
June 16, 2002
For two sets of sisters from Tupelo, the track and field events on Saturday meant doing their best and enjoying the competition.
This year's trip to the State Games of Mississippi was the second for Lizzie and Stewart Brevard. Last year Lizzie, 10, won the silver medal in the 4×100 relay, while the 13-year-old Stewart, won the bronze in the high jump.
Lizzie won a gold and silver medal on Saturday while Stewart won two gold medals and a bronze. Both enjoyed the exercise and competition.
Stewart said there was some competition with her sister, but it was mostly for fun.
Along with the Brevards were Natalie and Maria Holland. Natalie, 13, won two gold medals in 2001 and Maria, 11, won a gold and a silver. On Saturday, Natalie won four medals a gold and three silver. Maria won three a gold and two bronze.
Of the 54 participants, 28 were multiple medal winners, including 10 who won multiple gold medals.
Lydia Rice of Tupelo won three gold medals and a silver in the girls 13-14 age division. Rice, 14, jumped 4 feet, 9 inches in the high jump.
Jazmine Mosley, 9, won gold in the 90 meter and 400 meter dashes while taking silver in the 200 meter dash of the girls 7-10 age division.
Amber Seawright won three gold medals in the 90, 200 and 400 meter dashes. Nikki Duncan won the gold medals in the long jump competition and the 90 meter dash. She also took home the silver medal in the 200 meter dash.
In the boys' divisions, Zack Armstrong, 8, won two gold medals in the 200 and 400 meter dashes. He just missed the gold in the 90 meter dash, finishing second, three hundredths of a second behind 9-year-old Connor O'Keefe.
Melvin Fenner, 13, won the gold medals in shotput and discus easily. Roger Bynum, Jr. won three the silver medal in discus and two bronze medals in shotput and the 90 meter dash.