Quamecha Morrison: I had to go out with a bang

COLUMBIA -- It's like one of those brain teasers: Quamecha Morrison won the state championship in the high jump last year. She could have won a few more events, but she only entered one.

What happened?

For starters, the good news is that on Saturday, Morrison, a senior at Battery Creek High School, made up for being shortchanged the previous year. By early evening, as she walked around the infield at Spring Valley High School, she was accompanied by the jingling of four gold medals.

Morrison won four individual Class AA championships in this year's state meet, taking first place in the 100-meter hurdles (14.67), the 100 (12.06), the high jump (5-2) and the 200 (24.99).

"I was very excited," she said. "Since this is my last year, I had to go out with a bang."

Especially after last year closed, relatively speaking, with a whimper.

So back to the puzzle and, in fact, to her back, which is what Morrison injured in practice leading up to last year's Region 6 meet.

"I'm not really sure what it was,...