Fix tops podium twice at state meet

Anyone who has picked up a newspaper recently has likely observed that recent Carter County High School graduate Tanner Fix is fast. Last weekend he proved that by hurdling his way into the record books during the MHSA Class C State Track & Field Championship in Laurel.

Fix made it to the state meet in three events, the 100m hurdles, 300m hurdles, and the 400m. Last year he placed 6th in the 100m hurdles and 7th in the 300m hurdles.

He hadn't even ran the 400m in his high school career until the district meet on May 11 of this year when he did it to score the team points. But after placing sec...