Heritage track teams enjoy busy two days
The Generals and Lady Generals participated in a four-team meet at Calhoun last Monday.
Maliah McKibben took first place for the Lady Generals in the 200 (29.79) and the 400 (1:13.23), while Avah Morrison was first in the shot put (31-4) and the discus (84-3). McKibben also placed second in the long jump, while Morgyn Easley was runner-up in the 800.
Payton Higdon was third in the 200 and fourth in the 100. Mallory Phillips was fourth in the long jump, while Jaden Etris (100 hurdles) and Riley Reeves (discus) both placed fifth.
Heritage was second in the girls’ team standings with 41 points, ahead of Gordon Central (32) and Southeast Whitfield (17). Calhoun (85) won the meet.
Justin Lee won the 400 (53.94) for the Generals, while the 4x400 team of Lee, Brayden Krajesky, Daniel Motter and Josh Pellom (4:17.47) also took first. Lee also earned runner-up points in the long jump.
Pellom (400), Ryan Walker (800), Kaden Hughes (110 hurdles) and Blake Sanders (100) all placed third. Motter (800), Walker (1600) and Landon Cansler (triple jump) were all fourth, while fifth-place points were scored by Sanders (long jump) and Gabe Leal (1600).
Calhoun won the boys’ meet with 107.5 points, followed by Gordon Central (60.5), Heritage (37) and Southeast (9).
Boys first, girls second at Southeast
One night after the meet in Calhoun, Heritage headed to Dalton to take on Northwest, Southeast, Calhoun, Dalton and Murray County in a meet at Southeast. The Generals won the boys’ meet with the Lady Generals finishing second in the girls’ meet. Scores were not provided.
Gavin Chandler crossed the line first in the 3200 (4:43) and Collin Black was first in the 400 (53.18). That duo, along with Will Waldrop and Griffin Black, won the 4x800 relay in a time of 8:58.
Collin and Griffin Black teamed with Lee and Jameson Shook to finish second in the 4x400, while other runners-up included Chandler in the 800, Jonathan Washburn in the shot put and Eli Owens in the high jump.
Collin Black added a thirdplace finish in the 800, while Heritage had three more third-place showings from Chandler Bailey ( pole vault), Davis Justice (3200) and Brandon
Hamilton (300 hurdles).
Gracie Murray swept the 100 hurdles (16.20) and the 300 hurdles (49.85). Paige Monroe took the top spot in the pole vault (6-6) and Harper Carstens won first place in the high jump (4-10).
Runner-up finishes featured Caroline Hamilton in the pole vault and Allison Craft in the 3200. Murray, along with Aaliyah Rodgers, Riley Kokinda and Dayonna Perryman, were second in the 4x100, while Rodgers, Hamilton, Craft and Mckibben placed second in the 4x400.
Kokinda was third in the long jump, Morrison was third in both the shot put and the discus, while Craft joined forces with Alexis Faul, Allie Mifflin and Gracey McCoy to place third in the 4x800.