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[Purple Striders @Purple_Striders]

Purples Cross Country sign ups are open! Sign up & send to a friend! Grades 7-12 starts 6/10. ELEM grades 1-6 start 7/20. Interest meeting for all teams is on Tues 5/5 5:30pm in the BGHS Commons @BgPurplesAth https://t.co/uwR1JFZ7r4

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Middle School State Meet today! Boys 4x800m up first. They hold the @BGJHS school record in 9:27 and are seeded #13 in the State today. ~5 mins til race time.

Silas Shirley>Kobe Burkins>Heron Doyle>Nicholi Campbell is our squad today. @BgPurplesAth

[Kori Ware @koriikware]

Threw a PR of 31-11 in the 3A Regional Championship and placed 4th.
Just found out from coach that I’m going to state !

[Purple Striders @Purple_Striders]

Tonight, we are hosting the Class 3A Region 2 meet! Across the state, region meets determine qualification for the @khsaaevents State Championships on Sat 5/23. Come out and support the Purples and see some of the state’s top athletes compete in a championship setting.

[Tyreon Clark @mr_ghsf]

🏆 ONE REGION. ONE GOAL. CHAMPIONS. 🏆

The road to state runs through Bowling Green.

📍 Bowling Green High School
📅 May 11, 2026
⏰ Field Events – 5:00 PM
⏰ Track Events – 5:30 PM

@Purple_Striders @BGHSTrackNation

#RegionChampionship #RoadToState #Purples

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SR Night at the track!

[Tyreon Clark @mr_ghsf]

A special night for this group Bowling Green Track and Field join us in celebrating our seniors!

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Starting off the Harry Greschel meet here at Christian Academy of Louisville with a BANG! Left to right: FR Lainey-Kate Tolbert wins the open 800! FR Abbie Coates runs an 800m PR. SR Essence Reed takes first place in the triple jump!

[Purple Striders @Purple_Striders]

Split teams day!

Girls: Track bus wheels rolling north to the Harry Greschel Invitational at Christian Academy of Louisville. Field events start at 9:30ET, track at 10:30ET.

Boys: Raider Classic @WEHSRaiders. Meet starts at 10AM CST.

Low winds, nice temps on deck today!

[Purple Striders @Purple_Striders]

Congrats to LONG time Purple Strider, Stella Miner!

[Bowling Green Independent Schools @BGISD]

We are proud to announce eleven Bowling Green High School juniors have been selected for the Kentucky Governor’s Scholars Program (GSP)!

[Tyreon Clark @mr_ghsf]

Real deal, FAST. ⚡️

Special group of young men on the track @Purple_Striders @BGHSTrackNation
#PurpleFast

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Boys 4 x 8 runs a season best 8:54. Luke Duff, Nick Barahona, Hugo Arendo, Miles Richey. Solid result.

[Purple Striders @Purple_Striders]

Hotel sleep >> back to the UofL track this morning for a full slate at the @EasternRelays.

Girls 4x800m kicks it off at 9:15 EST.

Will be a wet one. 🌧️ ☔️ 🦆

[Purple Striders @Purple_Striders]

Middle School Mile @EasternRelays!

Nicholi Campbell (7thG) 5:12 PR. Lowers 7thG BGJHS record
Silas Shirley 5:16 PR
Luke Griggs 5:17 PR
Heron Doyle 5:38
Gideon Byl 5:44

On the UofL track. These guys ran great & it was so fun to watch!

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Friday night at @EasternRelays! FR Hiram Hernandez is currently competing in open shot put. Boys MS Mile about an hour away. Warm, sunny early evening at the track will give way to a rainy Saturday tomorrow.

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From there, tomorrow we have a full slate of relay teams and some individual qualifiers in open events as well. Updates here throughout the weekend.

[Purple Striders @Purple_Striders]

MEGA meet weekend! We embark on a 2-day journey to the @EasternRelays on the campus of U of Louisville this weekend. Tonight, we have 5 @BGJHS boys running the MS Mile. That's FIVE sub-5:30 milers two of whom are 7thG!

[Purple Striders @Purple_Striders]

Nicholi Campbell set the @BGJHS 7thG 1600m record on Monday in 5:14. Luke Griggs (5:21), Silas Shirley (5:26), Heron Doyle (5:27), and Gideon Byl (5:28) ran the sub-5:30 QT as well. They all run tonight, & HS open shot put qualifiers Hiram Hernandez and Izek Reed throw as well

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Approaching @GHSscotties for tonight middle school track meet. Our @BGJHS track teams have a big week at Glasgow tonight & then multiple athletes have qualified for the prestigious MS Mile at Eastern Relays Friday evening. Couple more kids trying to hit that time tonight!

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BG Track + Field is at the Cougar Invitational today at Logan County HS (Russellville KY). Field events are about to start with running events beginning at 10:30 AM. Warm and windy one on deck.

[Zavier Rice @Zay_2fast]

Felt good to kick off Outdoor Track season tonight with my @Purple_Striders brothers (@Jett_Reynolds3, me, Zyhain Martin, @ZyrekBurton2)
4x100 45.51
4x200 1.33.77

Can’t wait for the next meet!
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[Purple Striders @Purple_Striders]

Strong first meet in the 100m for Drian Bunton (11.07, 100m - 1st place), Dru Jones (23.19, 200m - 2nd place), and Faith Evans (26.47, 200m - 1st place) as well.

Video of Drian (Lane 1) and Dru here (Lane 6) in the 200m start.