WBHS track teams finish third at East Jackson

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Chris Bridges
Wednesday, March 6. 2013
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The Winder-Barrow High School track teams competed on Saturday at the East Jackson High School Invitational Meet.

In addition to the host school, the Bulldoggs faced off against Habersham Central, Loganville, Athens Christian, Oglethorpe County, Washington-Wilkes and Franklin County.

Both the WBHS boys and girls took third place team wins as the Lady Bulldoggs totaled 69 total points with the boys earning 60.5 total points.

Leading the Lady Bulldoggs were:

•3,200-meter run: 1st place, Caitlin Connell (12:52.01); 4th place, Anna Dean (13:44.44)

•1,600-meter run: 1st place, Caitlin Connell (5:58.60); 3rd place, Amber Palermo (6:21.38)

•High jump: 1st place, Macy Hayes (tied with Robin Adair from East Jackson) (4-10.00); 5th place, Kristen DeBrock (4-06.00)

•4x400-meter relay: 2nd place, Caitlin Connell, Anna Dean, Amber Palermo and Kiana Perez (4:54.38)

•4x800-meter relay, Caitlin Connell, Anna Dean, Amber Palermo and Kiana Perez (11:44.82)

•Triple jump: 2nd place, Macy Hayes (28-04.50)

•Shot put: 4th place, Brianna Sims (30-11.75)

The WBHS boys who earned points included:

•4x800-meter relay, 1st place, Nelson Lofton, William Wright, Will Pursell and Alex Martinez (9:14.72)

•Boys 4x400-meter relay, first place, William Wright, Tamarick Watson, Alex Martinez and Brad Burgess

•1,600-meter run: 2nd place, Alex Martinez (4:54.17); 3rd place, William Wright (4:56.85); 6th place, Nelson Lofton (5:23.35)

•Triple jump: 3rd place, Jay Branch (42-06.50)

•3,200-meter run: 3rd place, Alex Martinez (10:33.00); 4th place, William Wright (10:47.50)

•High jump: 4th place Andre Jackson (5-08.00)

•Pole vault: 4th place, Justin Thompson (9-00.00)

•4x200-meter “B” relay: 4th place, CC Green, Devin Johnson, Tyrin Moore and Andre Jackson (1:44.69)

•4x100-meter relay: 5th place, Tamarick Watson, Christian Rivera, Darrell Jenkins and Marquis Mitchell (47.24)

•Long jump: 5th place, Jay Branch (19-07.75)

•100-meter dash: 6th place, Darrell Jenkins (11.63)

•300-meter hurdles: 7th place, Kellan Leonce (49.66)

In the team standings, Loganville High School won the girls competition while Habersham Central High School took first in the boys division.
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#1 boe assessor on 03/12/13 at 07:26 PM [Reply]
Congratulations to the WBHS track teams. It's good to see them moving back toward the prominence they enjoyed under Coach Holliday and Coach Berry in the past. Good luck!
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