Tiftarea Academy teams place as skies clear for track meet

Published 3:00 pm Monday, March 21, 2022

CHULA — Tiftarea Academy track coach Edd Cunningham saw the weather reports days in advance of the school’s track meet and worried if he would even be able to host it. Fortunately, the skies were clear last Wednesday and a healthy sun shone down on the Sarge Dorsey Track.

Tiftarea hosted Brookwood, Valwood and Citizens Christian Academy in the quad meet, Brookwood sweeping. The Warriors scored 83 points in the girls section and 68 in the boys. The Panthers and Lady Panthers were second, with 47 and 51 points, respectively. Both Citizens Christian teams were third and Valwood was fourth.

The Panthers won four events and the Lady Panthers were victorious in three.

Jasmin Olson won long jump at 14’4.5”, with Elli Bryan first in shot put at 26’11” and Sophie Compton taking a close 400 meters. Compton’s time was 1:08.35, with second place at 1:10.

John O’Quinn earned a double victory for the Panthers, sweeping the hurdles. O’Quinn won the 110 in 17.41 seconds and the 300 in 47.46 seconds.

Other boys winners were Colson Stewart in high jump at 5’8”, Ches Mangham in discus at 94’7”.

Tiftarea’s other placers were:

Boys long jump: Stewart (3rd).

Boys high jump: Dylan Harbort (2nd)Landon .

Boys shot put: Mangham (2nd) and Snipes (4th).

Boys triple jump: Harbort (2nd), Dylan Seagraves (3rd) and Brandon Maag (4th).

Boys 4×100: 3rd.

Boys 1,600: Jase Hendricks (3rd).

Boys 800: Hendricks (4th).

Boys 4×400: 2nd.

Girls discus: Abbi Richter (3rd).

Girls triple jump: Whitney Hancock (4th).

Girls 4×100: 2nd.

Girls 1,600: Frances Nelson (2nd) and Sarah Grace Kozma (3rd).

Girls 100: Olson (3rd) and Ann Catherine Walker (4th).

Girls 110 hurdles: Joy Harper (3rd).

Girls 800: Kozma (2nd) and Nelson (4th).

Girls 200: Walker (2nd) and Olson (3rd).