Middle School Track: Heritage girls edge CVMS
In a meet that saw Chattanooga Valley and Heritage exchange the lead seven times in 12 events, the home team was able to pull out a win by just one halfpoint in a four-team NGAC league meet at Heritage last Tuesday.
The Lady Generals won four events and finished with 70.5 points, edging out the Lady Eagles (70 points) on the very last race of the day. Gordon Lee (41.5) was third and Lakeview (3) was a distant fourth.
Chattanooga Valley led 68-64.5 going into the final event of the night, the 4x400 relay. But the Lady Generals “A” team would win in a time of 4:47.71 to earn six points. Gordon Lee “A” took second and three points, while the two points the Lady Eagles got for third place was not enough to hold on to the lead.
Kaylan Davis won both the long jump (1310) and the 800 (2:48.95) for Heritage, while Sydnee St. John took first in the high jump (4-8).
The boys’ match did not have nearly as much drama as the Trojans won eight of 12 events as they cruised to the victory with 88.5 points.
Heritage won three events and finished with 62.5 points. Chattanooga Valley won once and collected 29 points, while Lakeview rounded out the scoring with four points.
Heritage’s wins were turned in by Jonathan Washburn in the shot put (36-0, Eli Owens in the high jump (5-4) and Zack Brown in the discus (102-0).
Heritage girls, Gordon Lee boys win on Thursday
In a three-team meet in Chickamauga, the Lady Generals and Lady Trojans each won six events, but Heritage would get a few more placement points to beat Gordon Lee, 64-53, while Lakeview finished up with nine points.
Wins for the Lady Generals came from Davis in the long jump (13-9½) and the 800 (2:57.16), while Emily Woody won both the 100 (14.06) and the 200 (30.22). St. John took first in the 1600 (6:43), while the 4x400 team also claimed victory (4:43).
The Trojans put on another dominant performance in the boys’ meet, capturing 11 of 12 events and winning first place with 78 points. Heritage (35.5) was distant second, while Lakeview (12) took third.
Owens won the high jump (5-6) for the Generals.
Ringgold sweeps at home
The Ringgold Lady Tigers dazzled in a track middle school meet at home on Thursday.
The Blue-and-White amassed 85 points on the strength of seven individual event victories to take first place over LaFayette (59), Saddle Ridge (37) and Rossville (2).
Ringgold got three wins from Jersey McCann in the long jump (14-7), 400 (1:07.50) and the 100 hurdles (17.90). Sprinter Autumn Green swept both the 100 (13.30) and the 200 (28.70), while the Lady Tigers also doubled up in the relays, winning the 4x100 (55.83) and the 4x400 (4:59.18).
On the boys’ side, the Tigers had the will to win as they secured eight individual victories and the team win with 88 points. LaFayette, who won three times, was second with 70 points. Rossville was third with 15, while Saddle Ridge finished with 11 and claimed one event win.
Ringgold’s winners included Gabriel Elmore in the high jump (5-2), long jump (17-11) and the 100 hurdles (13.49), Justin Middlebrooks in the shot put (35-3) and 100 (12.68), Will House in the discus (111-1.5), Brandon Morris in the 800 (2:37.84) and the Tigers’ No. 1 4x400 relay team (4:26).