Calhoun girls, boys sweep County Championship titles
in all of us and is always a huge priority. We had some very good performances on both sides. The boys had some season bests, and several of the girls had some really good times. We continue to improve, and it was good to finally get a meet in after all the rain this spring. The kids were ready to compete and it showed really well.”
The Calhoun boys were led by Felipe Barrios who had two firstplace finishes, coming in the 1600 meter (4:57.61) and the 3200 meter (10:53.25). Other firstplace finishers for the Jackets were Jonkell Tolbert in the triple jump (39-02), CJ Fuller in the shot put (46-02.75), Carson Perez in the discus (131-07), the 4x100 meter relay ‘A’ team (43.94) and Luke Moseley in the 100 meter dash (11.33). They had 21 other top-four finishes.
The Lady Jackets got a strong meet from Makail Lawrence who won both the shot put (31-08) and discus (90-11), Elizabeth Peyton who won the 800 meter (2:40.00) and 1600 meter (6-00.07) and Erin Barnes who won the 100 meter hurdles (17.57) and 300 meter hurdles (52.00). Other first-place finishers for Calhoun were Marlin Valdivia in the high jump (4-04), Emily Driscoll in the 3200 meter (13:28.13) and Rebekah Ridley in the 400 meter dash (1:05.87). They had 15 other topfour finishes.
The Gordon Central girls and boys each took second in the team standings, and the Gordon Central boys had several impressive individual performances. They were led by Luke Beavers and Morgan Swaim who each had multiple first-place finishes. Beavers won the 300 meter hurdles (40.71) and high jump (6-00), and Swaim took the top spot in both the 400 meter dash (50.94) and 800 meter (2:05.59). The Warriors also had first-place finishes from Corey Dixon in the 200 meter dash (23.89) and the 4x400 meter relay ‘A’ team (4:32.85). They had 17 other top-four finishes.
The Lady Warriors had three first-place finishes, including Hannah Hall in the long jump (1410.5), Tayla Gunn in the triple jump (32-08) and the 4x400 meter relay ‘A’ team (4:32.85).