The first day of action at the GHSA state track and field meets in three areas of the stae were pretty good for Bleckley County and a couple Houston County schools.

          The two counties ended the day with three state titles each.

          Houston County's Wesley Steiner won the discus while teammate Kyah Plummer took first in the triple jump.

          Northside's Braxton Golden took the shot put.

          Bleckley County's boys took two and girls one state title.

          Torenio Davis defended his Class 2A high jump title with a 6-8, four inches better than last year, and two inches ahead of Dublin's Jacorious Tobridge. And Porter Arnold improved on his third-place finish of a year ago with a pole vault of 13-6, an improvement of six inches from a year ago.

          Austin Perez went from fourth to first in the girls 3,200, winning by nearly 30 seconds.

          Macon County's Nathan Oliver took home the medal in the Class A boys public discus, his mark of 152-2 topping last year's champ by nearly 18 feet, and by 21 feet that of former teammate K'Hari Lane, who was second in 2017.

          Bleckley County's girls are atop the 2A standings, five points up on KIPP Atlanta and seven ahead of Monticello.

          The Royals boys are in the same position, with a six-point lead over Banks County, Dodge County 11th.

          Mary Persons' boys are fourth after only a few events in 4A.

          Houston County's boys are in second place in 6A with 20 points, five behind Northview, while Northside is tied for sixth. Veterans' girls are fifth in Class 5A.

          Macon County's boys are in seventh in Class A boys public.

          The 4x400 boys preliminaries in Class 4A - with West Laurens and Baldwin were unavailable.

        See full results and preliminaries with area competitors in another story file.

 

STATE CHAMPIONS

THURSDAY

Class 6A Boys

Shot put: Braxton Golden, Northside, 54-1.25

Discus: Wesley Steiner, Houston County, 163-11

Triple Jump: Kyah Plummer, Houston County, 47-4.75

 

Class AA girls

3200: Austin Perez, Bleckley County

 

Class AA boys

Pole vault: Porter Arnold, Bleckley County, 13-6

High jump: Torenio Davis, Bleckley County, 6-8

 

Class A Boys Public

Discus: Nathaniel Oliver, Macon County, 152-02