Track sectionals on tap
Published 2:34 am Saturday, May 4, 2019
By KEVIN ECKLEBERRY
Daily News
The state sectional track-and-field meets will be held today at locations across Georgia, and dozens of boys and girls from Callaway, LaGrange and Troup will be participating.
Callaway’s athletes will be in Bremen for the Class AA sectional, and LaGrange and Troup will be at Kinnett Stadium in Columbus for the Class AAAA sectional.
The top finishers from the state sectionals advance to the state finals next week.
The Class AA state finals will be held in Rome, and the Class AAA state finals will be in Albany.
To qualify for the state sectional, an athlete had to finish fourth or higher in the region meet.
Here are the LaGrange, Troup and Callaway state-sectional qualifiers, along with their finishes in their respective region meets.
LaGrange and Troup participate in the Region 5-AAAA meet at Sandy Creek, and Callaway was at Heard County for the Region 5-AA meet.
LAGRANGE
GIRLS
100-meter dash
2nd – Jada Grant, 12.20
4th – Annaya Chelcy, 12.52
200-meter dash
3rd – Annaya Chelcy, 25.71
800-meter run
3rd – Zanay Rhaney, 2:38
1,600-meter run
3rd – Zamya Rhaney, 5:58
3,200-meter run
4th – Zamya Rhaney, 14:05
100-meter hurdles
3rd – WaWa Benn, 16.98
300-meter hurdles
2nd – Zakeria Staples, 49.25
400-meter relay team
2nd – Annaya Chelcy, Jada Grant, Zakeria Staples and Quay Robinson, 48.80
400-meter relay team
3rd – Quay Robinson, Ivorie Smith, Zakeria Staples and Annaya Chelcy, 4:16
High jump
3rd – Shanteria Kelly, 4-8
Long jump
1st – Jada Grant, 18-0
Triple jump
1st – Jada Grant, 39-9
Discus
2nd – Renaya Edmondson, 106-3.5
BOYS
3,200-meter run
1st – Miller Penn, 10:15
TROUP GIRLS
100-meter dash
1st – Ashanti Tigner, 12.32
200-meter dash
1st – Ashanti Tigner, 25.40
Discus
4th – Amber Gilbert, 32-0
CALLAWAY
GIRLS
100-meter dash
1st – Niakoe Burks, 12.21
200-meter dash
1st – Markiya Harris, 26.00
400-meter dash
1st – Aniyah Simpson, 1:00.71
300-meter hurdles
2nd – Jasmine Dukes, 53.22
400-meter relay
1st – Leijorey Sanders, Aniyah Simpson, Niakoe Burks and Markiya Harris, 49.63
Long jump
1st – Niakoe Burks, 18-0
BOYS
100-meter dash
2nd – Darrick Williams, 11.06
200-meter dash
2nd – Curmondre Bray, 22.68 seconds
400-meter dash
1st – Osiris Rivas, 50.84
3rd – Jalin Shephard, 53.08
800-meter run
1st – Larry Davis, 2:14
1,600-meter run
4th – Ian Dougherty, 5:15
1,600-meter relay
2nd – Antinez Blount, Tely Fanning, Larry Davis and Osiris Rivas, 3:35
High jump
3rd – Antinez Blount, 6-0
4th – Elliott Smith, 5-10
Shot put
4th – Charlie Dixon, 42-6