Atlanta track teams sweep L-E meet

By Tim Emmons
temmons@casscountynow.com 

Atlanta’s track program on the boys’ side swept the Liberty-Eylau meet from the seventh grade through the varsity.

Varsity Boys
The varsity boys placed first overall at the Paul Parr Relays.
In the discus event Shun Hunter placed third with a toss of 122 feet, 5 inches; in the pole vault Luke Anthony placed second with a mark of 9 feet, 6 inches; Quentin Rowe placed third in the high jump with a leap of 6 foot even; and Trin Taylor placed third in the high jump at 19 feet, 11 1/4 inches and sixth in the long jump at 43 feet, 3 inches.
In the track events, Ahmad Dickerson, Reggie Blaylock, Jawan King and Nick Cooper placed 2-3-4-6 in the 100m dash with times of 11.02, 11.06, 11.22 and 11.36 respectively.
In the 200m dash Desmond Webster, Austin Brown, King and Dickerson placed 2-3-4-5 with times of 22.51, 22.59, 22.93 and 22.94 respectively.
In the 400m dash Curtis Smith and Anthony placed 2-4 with times of 51.78 and 52.52; in the 100m hurdles Calvin Rowe placed second at 16.03; and in the 300m hurdles Calvin Rowe placed first and Connor Samples placed sixth at 41.08 and 44.04 respectively.
Dagen Ward placed third in the 800m run at 2:08.57; Cameron Kendrick placed fifth in the 3200m run at 11:37.93 and Ward and Kendrick placed 4-5 in the 1600m run with times of 5:05.58 and 5:17.84.
The 400m relay team of Dickerson, Taylor, Kelton Young and Cooper placed third at 42.70; the 800m relay team of Young, Brown, Taylor and Webster placed first at 1:28.96; and the 1600m relay team of Calvin Rowe, Brown, Anthony and Taylor placed first at 3:26.06.

JV
The junior varsity boys took first place with 140 points total at the Paul Parr Relays at Liberty-Eylau High School.
In the field events, Jared Cowgill placed fifth in the discus with a toss of 91 feet, three inches; Kade Wood and Hunter Belk placed 2-3 in the pole vault with marks of 9 feet even and eight feet, six inches respectively; J.J. Fields finished second in the high jump with a mark of 5 feet, 10 inches followed by Trayvon Powell in third place with a mark of 5 feet, eight inches.
Romero Williams placed sixth in the high jump with a mark of 5 feet, four inches, and Fields, Nick Washington and Christian Lopez placed 3-4-5 in the triple jump with leaps of 37 feet, 3 inches; 36 feet, 11 3/4 inches; and 33 feet, 11 inches respectively.
In the running events, Caleb Coleman and Drae Nelson placed 5-6 in the 100m dash at 11.71 and 11.87 respectively; Powell and Belk placed 2-3 in the 400m run at 54.17 and 54.18 respectively; Coleman placed sixth in the 200m dash at 23.88 and Wood placed fourth in the 300m hurdles at 45.23.
In the 800m run Cameron Carney placed first at 2:14.09 and teammate Jacob Nash placed fifth at 2:22.40; in the 3200m run Dalton Johnson placed fourth at 12:49.26 with Mitchell Winders close behind in fifth place at 12:53.40; and in the 1600m run Winders and Johnson placed 5-6 at 5:47.96 and 5:52.17 respectively.
The 400m relay team of Nelson, Washington, Powell and DeAngelo Coleman placed first at 44.80; the 800m relay team of Williams, D. Coleman, Washington and Farron Hall placed third at 1:37.71 and the 1600m relay team of C. Coleman, Powell, D. Coleman and Washington placed first at 3:36.38 while the 1600m relay team of Wood, Chase Haskins, Xavier Coleman and Demontrae Collins placed sixth at 3:55.62.

Varsity Girls
The varsity girls had a good showing at the L-E meet as well.
Starr Davis and Haley Sprayberry tied for first in the pole vault with marks of 7 feet even and teammate Jayden Stroman placed third at 6 feet even.
Teshuna Sheppard continued her assault on area contenders in the triple jump as she claimed first place with a leap of 39 feet, 1/4 inches.
In the 100m dash Aniya King placed second at 12.44, in the 200m dash King placed fourth at 26.59 with Sheppard close behind in fifth place at 26.93, in the 400m dash Sheveonia Smith placed first at 60.40 and in the 800m run Hannah Wicks placed second at 2:34.37.
The 400m relay team of King, Smith, Sheppard and Richonda Harris placed third at 48.81; the 800m relay team of Harris, Neci Larry, Kitty McCauley and Jazmine Moore placed sixth at 1:52.89 and the 1600m relay team of Sheppard, Wicks, Harris and Smith placed third at 4:14.97.
  
Seventh Grade
The seventh grade boys took first place with 194 points and North Heights finished second with 130 points. For the seventh graders Adrian Kennington placed first in discus with a toss of 87 feet, he was first in the pole vault and was third in both the 300m and 100m hurdles.
Cooper McClure placed first in the triple jump; Dekorian Parker placed first in the shot put event; Daniel Hernandez placed first in the 400 meters at 60.04, took third in the long jump and second in the triple jump; Jaymarian Stiger placed second in the discus and third in the 200; Jaquan Robinson placed second in the 800 and Caleb King placed fourth in the triple jump.
The 4x100m relay team of McClure, Keith Kinney, Hernandez and Parker placed first at 48.33; the 4x200m relay team of Kinney, Stiger, Robinson and McClure placed second and the 4x400m relay team of McClure, Robinson, Parker and Hernandez placed first.

Eighth Grade
The eighth grade boys placed first with 157 points and North Heights second with 154 points.
Keyshawn Easter placed second in the triple jump, first in the 100m dash at 11.90 and third in the 300m hurdles.
Tra Adams placed second in discus with a toss of 100 feet and third in the 110m hurdles; Daimion Collins placed second in the 110m hurdles; Jagger Dyer placed first in the 800m run and fourth in the 1600m run; Jake Carter placed fourth in the 2400 and second in the 1600; Francisco Sanchez placed third in the 400 and fourth in the 800; Michael Medina placed second in the 800 and Tyrell King placed third in the shot put event with a toss of 36 feet, 6 inches.
The 4x100m relay team of Drayton, Luckey, Hamilton and Easter placed fifth; the 4x200m relay team of Drayton, Harris, Hamilton and Henderson placed third and the 4x400m relay team of Sanchez, Baur, Henderson and Drayton placed third.
Atlanta Head Track Coach Nick Miller had this to say after completion of the L-E meet.
“It’s a great accomplishment for the boys to not only win the varsity division, but the junior varsity division as well. The night before the seventh, eighth and ninth grade won their divisions. That is a statement of how competitive our program is at every level,” Miller said. “Competitive is the word that sums up the track meet we had at L-E. Our performances were great for this time of the year and some are the best we have had in years. I’m proud to coach such a tough group of athletes that pride themselves on being able to push themselves to the limit, handle pain and adversity and sacrifice everything for their team. I can’t wait to see what the rest of the year holds.”
The Rabbit track program competed in the Longview meet on March 10 and will host the AMS track meet on Thursday, March 16 and the Lions Club/Gordon Pynes/Runnin’ Rabbs Relay on Saturday, March 18.