Athletes from Armuchee, Darlington and Pepperell met at DarlingtonÐÔÊӽ紫ý Christ Hunter Stadium Wednesday to get some final reps ahead of the GHSA region meets beginning next week.
Cartersville was also at the meet.
Among local teams, Darlington won the most events. It topped the podium in 14 of 36 events, second only to Cartersville with 16. Armuchee won four events and Pepperell won two.
Three local athletes won three events: Armuchee senior Sophie Thacker and Darlington sophomores Molly Ledbetter, Evie Shropshire and Brooke Temple.
Thacker won the girls 800-meter run by more than one second and was part of the winning girls 4x400 and 4x800 relays.
Ledbetter won the girls 400 by more than two seconds and was the first leg of the winning girls 4x100 and 4x200 relays.
Shropshire won the girls 100 and 300 hurdles and was the anchor of the winning girls 4x100 relay
Temple the boys 100 and 200 dashes and anchored the winning boys 4x200 relay. His 21.95-second 200 dash meets the standard for the MileSplit ÐÔÊӽ紫ý Second Team, as does the 1:28.62-second 4x200 he ran in.
ArmucheeÐÔÊӽ紫ý Kelsey Arp and Grace Fellows and DarlingtonÐÔÊӽ紫ý Cora Fannin, Emma Hunt, Will Land and Olivia Wheat won two events.
Pepperell junior Zayden Barkley reached the podium in the most individual events among local athletes. He won the boys triple jump by more than two feet and placed second in the boys long jump and 110 hurdles.
Full list of local top-three finishers from WednesdayÐÔÊӽ紫ý meet at Darlington:
BOYSÌý | GIRLSÌý |
100-meter dash1. Brooke Temple, Darlington sophomore - 10.84 200-meter dash1. Brooke Temple, Darlington sophomore - 21.95 400-meter dash2. Drake Ballard, Armuchee junior - 51.88 3. Mac Walker, Darlington junior - 53.05 800-meter run2. Brock Ferguson, Darlington senior - 2:04.45 1,600-meter run2. Hayes Parsa, Darlington junior - 4:36.26 3. Brock Ferguson, Darlington senior - 4:37.57 3,200-meter run1. Lee Donahue, Darlington junior - 10:25.04 110-meter hurdles2. Zayden Barkley, Pepperell junior - 18.39 3. Gage Meeler, Pepperell junior - 18.49 300-meter hurdles2. Chandler Stanley, Armuchee sophomore - 47.4 3. Josiah Powers, Darlington sophomore - 47.68 4x100-meter relay2. Darlington: Jace Hatcher, Brooke Temple, Jayce Donaldson, Sammy Kunczewski - 43.49 4x200-meter relay1. Darlington: Will Land, Jayce Donaldson, Sammy Kunczewski, Brooke Temple - 1:28.62 4x400-meter relay2. Darlington: Mac Walker, Zaiden Simpson, Will Land, Jayce Donaldson - 3:33.48 3. Armuchee: Rowen Campbell, Sora Suzuki, Drake Ballard, Will Pethel - 3:34.11 4x800-meter relay1. Armuchee: Sam Lindley, Will Pethel, Sora Suzuki, Drake Ballard - 9:43.63 2. Armuchee: Axel Bouma, Chandler Stanley, Emilio Hernandez, Isaiah Payne - 10:15.86 3. Darlington: Toby Burns, Paul Lyu, Jerry Zhang, Jacky Zhu - 10:55.90 High jump2. Trustin Mercer, Darlington senior - 5'8" 2. Cameron Johnson, Armuchee senior - 5'8" Long jump1. Will Land, Darlington senior - 20'5.25" 2. Zayden Barkley, Pepperell junior - 20'2" Triple jump1. Zayden Barkley, Pepperell junior - 41'5.75" 3. Matthew Sanker, Darlington sophomore - 38'10" Pole vault1. Noah Duggan, Darlington senior - 12'6" 2. Tripp Dunn, Darlington sophomore - 11'6" 3. Whit Molnar, Darlington senior - 10'6" Discus2. Evan Butcher, Armuchee senior - 133'10" Shot put3. Stephen Sapp, Pepperell sophomore - 44'1" | 100-meter dash2. Olivia Wheat, Darlington senior - 13.26 200-meter dash2. Emma Hunt, Darlington senior - 27.08 3. Ivey Dunn, Darlington freshman - 28.43 400-meter dash1. Molly Ledbetter, Darlington sophomore - 1:03.16 800-meter dash1. Sophie Thacker, Armuchee senior - 2:25.35 3. Kelsey Arp, Armuchee sophomore - 2:31.64 1,600-meter dash1. Cora Fannin, Darlington sophomore - 5:50.31 2. Savannah Palmer, Darlington junior - 5:51.61 3. Lauren-Clay Musgrave, Darlington senior - 5:54.06 3,200-meter dash1. Cora Fannin, Darlington sophomore - 12:32.35 2. Ellery McClain, Armuchee sophomore - 14:06.23 100-meter hurdles1. Evie Shropshire, Darlington sophomore - 15.99 2. Ella Dehart, Armuchee freshman - 16.5 300-meter hurdles1. Evie Shropshire, Darlington sophomore - 49.17 3. Grace Fellows, Armuchee junior - 52 4x100-meter relay1. Darlington: Molly Ledbetter, Emma Hunt, Olivia Wheat, Evie Shropshire - 50.99 2. Pepperell: Tiana Dupree, Marielle Rivo, Hannah Smith, Emma Hann - 53.14 4x200-meter relay1. Darlington: Molly Ledbetter, Emma Hunt, Ivey Dunn, Olivia Wheat - 1:48.79 2. Armuchee: Ella Dehart, Kelsey Arp, Camdyn Clark, Maggie Dillard - 1:53.54 3. Pepperell: Tiana Dupree, Hannah Simmons, Emma Hann, Hannah Smith - 1:54.90 4x400-meter relay1. Armuchee: Caroline Fletcher, Grace Fellows, Sophie Thacker, Kelsey Arp - 4:17.46 2. Darlington: Evie Shropshire, Emma Hunt, Savannah Palmer, Molly Ledbetter - 4:18.50 4x800-meter relay1. Armuchee: Kelsey Arp, Grace Fellows, Sophie Thacker, Josie Harris - 10:38.72 2. Armuchee: Sydnee Agan, Payton Burger, Adalyn Smith, Emmalin Dollar - 13:26.81 3. Pepperell: Alyssa Smith, Ava Moses, Amy Lucio, Lillie Newberry - 16:29.04 High jump2. Khloe Weekley, Armuchee freshman - 4'8" Long jump3. Grace Fellows, Armuchee junior - 14'5" Triple jump1. Nora Knaak, Darlington sophomore - 33'5.5" 2. Sophie Thacker, Armuchee senior - 32'1" 3. Hannah Smith, Pepperell junior - 31'10.5" Pole vault2. Ivey Dunn, Darlington freshman - 8'0" 3. Olivia Wheat, Darlington senior - 7'6" Discus1. Sam Jones, Pepperell senior - 89'10" Shot put2. Sam Jones, Pepperell senior - 35'9" |
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