Dillard boys and girls dominate BCAA track
On a mission to win its second state title in three seasons, the Dillard boys secured the BCAA track and field team championship at Blanche Ely High School.
Meanwhile, the Panthers girls, who have been inching closer to one in recent years, dominated the field to win a team championship as well.
Dillard’s boys edged Boyd Anderson 72.5 to 63 for the team title and were led by senior Chris Johnson, who took home championships in the 100 meters (10.85 seconds) and 200 meters (21.30). Johnson, a University of Miami signee and running back on Dillard’s football team, was also part of the Panthers’ winning 1,600meter relay team
(3:19.76). The Panthers won the 3,200-meter relay in 8:09.87 as well. Edward Louis was Dillard’s lone champ in the field events, winning the long jump with a jump of 23-feet, 5.5-inches.
Christiana Coleman was the Dillard girls’ top performer with championships in the 1,600 meters (5:12.56) and 3,200 meters (11:37.40). Coleman helped the Panthers score 175 points to finish comfortably ahead of runnerup Cardinal Gibbons (79). Coleman was also a part of Dillard’s 3,200-meter relay team, which won the title in 9:29.34.
Flanagan’s Infinity Thomas was one of the meet’s top performers, winning the 300 hurdles in 1:01.89 and the triple jump with a mark of 36
feet. Dillard’s Alexia Reid denied Thomas in the 100 hurdles though, finishing in 14.72 seconds while Thomas ran a secondplace time of 14.82 seconds.
Dillard’s other field champs were Skylah Rayson in the pole vault (9-6), Darianne Christian in the long jump (16-8) and Jade Shakir (41-3.75) in the shot put.
Dillard also won the 1,600-meter relay in 3:50.97.
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