Varsity Track and Field

Madison Co HS - The Patriot boys track team scored 91 points Tuesday to easily defeat Madison County (48) and Stephens County (35) in a tri-meet in Danielsville.

Event winners for the boys were Maurice Freeman in the high jump, Xavier Eberhart in the triple jump, Jay Fleming in the shot put, Ricky Marucci in the discus throw (new personal best of 114’ 0”), Justin Whitman in the 800 meter run (new season best time of 2:03.87) and the 1600 meter run, Josh Swain in the 400 meter run, Kendrick Presley in the 110 meter hurdles, Jovan Jenkins in the 300 meter hurdles, the 4x100m meter relay (Sherman Williams, Maurice Freeman, Kendrick Presley, and Josh Swain, new season best time of 43.68) [Had the team of Williams, Freeman, Presley and Swain ran this time at the Georgia Tech meet they would have moved from 17^th to 12^th place.] and the 4x400m meter relay (Josh Swain, Kenny Cinereski, Kendrick Presley, and Justin Whitman).

 Other placers for the boys were Xavier Eberhart (4^th long jump), Jovan Jenkins (3^rd in both the 100m and the long jump), Dillon Evans (2^nd pole vault), Jarrett McElheney (3^rd pole vault), Trevor Cavanaugh (4^th pole vault, new personal best of 10’ 0”), Casey Pacheco (2^nd in both shot put and discus throw), Cody Cinereski (3^rd discus throw), Davonta Moore (4^th shot put), Tron Armstrong (4^th 400m), Sherman Williams (2^nd in both the 100m and 200m, new personal best time of 11.01 in the 100m) [This time would have been good enough to move Williams from 24^th to 8^th place at the Georgia Tech meet.], Tevin Miller (4^th in the 100m), Deuntrez Fleming (2^nd in the 110m hurdles, new personal best time of 16.81), Anthony Thornton (4^th in both the 110m hurdles and the 300m hurdles), Kenny Cinereski (3^rd 800m), Austin Garmon (3^rd 3200m), and Carl Mitcham (4^th 3200m).

The Lady Patriots scored 65 points to defeat Stephens County (47) and Madison County (37) Tuesday in Danielsville. Congratulations go out to Hannah Murphy, who set a new school record in the pole vault yesterday at Madison County with a jump of 8’ 6” [This height was would have put Murphy in 14^th place at the Georgia Tech meet]. Congratulations also go out to Aubrey Fearnow, who broke her own school record in the discus throw with a throw of 118’ 0” [Fearnow would have moved from 9^th to 4^th place at the Georgia Tech meet]. 

Event winners yesterday were Aubrey Fearnow in the shot put, Kiana Jackson in the 400 meter run, Trenetta Smith in the 300 meter hurdles, the 4x400m meter relay team (Trenetta Smith, Caroline Hansford, Dede Fleming, and Kiana Jackson).  

Others scoring points for the Lady Patriots were Kiki Presley (2^nd high jump, new personal best of 4’ 10” [Presley would have earned 12^th place at the Georgia Tech meet with this jump]; 2^nd 300m hurdles and 4^th 100m hurdles), Trenetta Smith (2^nd long jump and 3^rd 100m hurdles), Dede Fleming (4^th long jump and 3^rd triple jump), Caroline Hansford (2^nd in both the triple jump and the 800m, 4^th in the 400m), Jessie Wray (4^th in both the triple jump and the 300m hurdles), the 4x100m relay team (Trenetta Smith, Dede Fleming, Kiki Presley, and Kiana Jackson; 2^nd, new season best time of 51.52) [The team of Smith, Fleming, Presley and Jackson would have finished 19^th at the Georgia Tech meet.], Dreka Howard (3^rd in both the 100m and 200m), Courtney Bonds (4^th in both the 100m and 200m). 

Blogger’s note:   The Georgia Tech Coaches Invitational in which Oglethorpe participated represented both high school and college teams, not only from Georgia but from other states, like Alabama and South Carolina.  It’s worth noting the improved times and scores of OC’s track athletes when compared with other athletes across the state and the south east.   

OC’s next meet will be the Gary Mathews Invitational at home Saturday, March 28^th. 

Thanks, Coach Finch, for providing the report of the meet.