By Michael A. Lough

The Sports Report

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            Runners spent two events chasing Nykeem Farrow, two more following him and teammates in relays.

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            Teams spent three days chasing Farrow and the Bleckley County Royals. Both sort of ran away with things.

            Farrow won the 100 and 200 meters and helped the Royals take both relays en route to the GHSA Class AA boys state track title Saturday in Rome.

            The Royals ran away – figuratively and literally - with the title with 88 points, way past second place Elbert County’s 47 for their first state track title.

            Bleckley County finished fifth last year with 34 points, 17 behind champ Elbert County. Bleckley County finished second in 2017, five points behind Vidalia.

            Bleckley County’s girls finished fifth for the second year in a row.

            Other Central Georgia teams finishing in the top 10: Houston County’s boys, Mary Persons’ boys, Central’s girls, the girls from East Laurens and Washington County, Hancock Central’s boys, and FPD’s boys.

            Region 3-AA had four teams in the girls’ top 13, Dublin tying for 13th.

It’s the school’s second state championship in less than two weeks, the Royals’ girls tennis team.

            Bleckley County’s boys scored the second-most points, behind Landmark Christian’s 105 points, over three days of action, which was held in Albany, Carrollton, and Rome.

            Farrow, who has signed with Kennesaw State for football, closed out a sterling career with the Royals by winning the two sprints and helping two relays win, with one breaking a 35-year-old program record.

            Washington County’s Mecca Jackson won two titles in Class AA girls, the 200 and 400. 

          Here are Saturday’s Central Georgia scorers, with – for context – the winner in the event, and second place behind area winners. Send any corrections or updates to centralgasports@gmail.com.

 Class 5A
Boys
110 hurdles
1. Carl Stephens, Stockbridge, 14.14; 7. Devontae Glass, 14.99

Class 4A
Girls
4x100
1. Chapel Hill A, 47.70; 4. Howard A, 48.49; 8. Baldwin A, 49.23
100
1. Talaya Lewis, Richmond Acad., 11.99; 2. Kayla Sweeney, Howard, 12.06; 8. Maya Adams, 12.63
100 hurdles
1. Chastity Pickett, Westover, 14.27; 7. Trinaty Coney, Howard, 16.72
200
1. Talaya Lewis, Richmond Acad., 24.86; 3. Kayla Sweeney, Howard, 25.44
300 hurdles
1. Chastity Pickett, Westover, 42.03 (record); 4. Jakayla Hubert, Baldwin, 46.48; 8. Trinaty Coney, Howard, 52.96
4x400 relay
1. Chapel Hill A, 3:56.31; 5. Baldwin A, 4:00.68
Boys
4x100 relay
1. Shaw A, 42.24; 4. Mary Persons A, 42.58; 5. Baldwin A, 42.61
400
1. AJ Hale, Sandy Creek, 47.50; 5. Gary Moore, Baldwin, 49.57
100
1. Jaylen Slade, Chapel Hill, 10.66; 3. Quen Wilson, Mary Persons, 11.10; 7. Tre Trawick, Baldwin, 11.24; 8. William Stewart, Mary Persons, 11.37
110 hurdles
1. Omarian Clemons, Sandy Creek, 14.21; 7. Kion Colbert, Upson-Lee, 15.11; 8. Malik Mullins, Perry, 15.20
200
1. Jaylen Slade, Chapel Hill, 21.22; 6. Enrico Harden, Mary Persons, 22.39
300 hurdles
1. Matthew Harris, St. Pius, 37.39; 7. Kion Colbert, Upson-Lee, 40.29

Class 3A
Girls
4x100
1. GAC A, 47.54; 6. Central A, 49.40
100
1. Aubrey Guyden, Cedar Grove , 12.05; 5. Rayvn Cystrunk, Central, 12.58
100 hurdles
1. Jasmine Jones, GAC, 14.12; 7. Antalia Center, Central, 15.83
200
1. Jasmine Jones, GAC, 24.05; 5. Ravyn Cystrunk, Central, 26.05
300 hurdles
1. Chloe Fair, GAC, 43.83; 5. Maiyah Willis, Peach County, 47.25
Boys
800
1. George Adams, Pace, 1:56.12; 7. Sparrow Jenkins, Westside, 1:59.41
200
1. Demetrius Mitchell, Greene County, 22.24; 6. Qeontavious Ivey, Hancock Central, 23.21; 7. Carmichael Allen, Hancock Central, 23.32; 8. Daikyvius Phillips, Macon County, 26.71
300 hurdles
1. Eli Morris, Jefferson, 37.67; 8. Adriel McDonald, Rutland, 49.67

Class AA
Girls
4x400 relay
1. Elbert County A, 48.75; 5. Washington County, 50.85
400
1.Mecca Jackson, Washington County, 58.64; 6. Brianna McRae, 1:01.12; 7. Kimmie Bonner, Putnam County, 1:01.97
100
1. Emerson Brown, Elbert County, 12.15; 8. Tomiyah Alford, Lamar County, 13.0
100 hurdles
1. Ikeria Hamilton East Laurens, 15.40; 5. Jamilla Cole, Lamar County, 16.98
1. Ella Stoudemire, Oglethorpe County, 2:22.95; 2. Kennedee Williams, East Laurens, 2:23.01; 8. Juliet Cairney, Bleckley County, 2:32.55
200
1. Mecca Jackson, Washington County, 25.40; 2. Jasmine Strickland, Kipp, 25.57
300 hurdles
1. Brianna McRae, Dublin, 47.65; 2. Shakiera Woods, Kipp, 47.93
4x400 relay
1. Oglethorpe County A, 4:09.54; 3. East Laurens A, 4:10.10; 5. Washington County, 4:14.86


Boys
4x100 relay
1. Bleckley County A (Arkenzio Hayes, Bryce Bailey,Marcus Brown, Nykeem Farrow), 41.79; 5. Putnam County A, 42.53
400
1. Keyon Coley, Douglass-Atl., 49.31; 4. Robert Ivey, Washington County, 50.57; 7. Justin Cummings, Washington County, 52.02
100
1. Nykeem Farrow, Bleckley County, 10.72; 2. Bryce Bailey, Bleckley County, 10.81; 6. Dyquan Bloodsaw, Washington County, 11.15; 7. Marcus Jefferson, Putnam County, 11.16
200
1. Nykeem Farrow, Bleckley County, 21.87; 8. Rodney Daniel, Putnam County, 23.19
4x400 relay
1. Bleckley County A, 3:25.10; 2. Kipp A, 3:26.59

Class A Public
Girls
4x100
1. Greene County A, 42.82; 7. Hancock Central A, 44.25
100
1. Tycoriah Danner, Washington-Wilkes, 12.32; 7. Tierra Burden, Doole3y County, 13.05
100 hurdles
1. Addison Sturdivant, Gordon Lee, 16.05; 5. Sara Winters, ACE, 17.36
1. De’Aisha Stephens, GMC, 2:28.20; 2. Paige White, Telfair County, 2:28.54
200
1. Brandy Mackey, Telfair County, 25.66; 7. Titeuna Raines, Macon County, 26.72
4x400 relay
1. Telfair County A, 4:10.01; 8. GMC A, 4:33.56

Boys
400
1. Daikyvius Phillips, Macon County, 49.92; 8. Darius Battle, Hancock Central, 54.42
100
1. Deion Carter, ECI, 10.89; 8. Qeontavious Ivey, Hancock Central, 11.41
100 hurdles
1. Trendarius Henderson, Turner County, 14.44; 5. Cullen Butler, 15.66
800
1. Darius Battle, Hancock Central, 2:03.14; 2. Cameron Bailey, Pelham, 2:04.28
300 hurdles
1. Trendarius Henderson, Turner County, 38.82; 4. Cullen Butler, Macon County, 41.06
4x400 relay
1. Turner County A, 3:27.06; 2. Hancock Central A, 3:29.43

Class A Private
Girls
4x100 relay
1. Mt. Paran A, 49.08; 8. Mount de Sales A, 51.21
400
1. Jessicka Woods, Mt.Vernon, 57.71; 8. Molly Garud, Stratford, 1:02.32
200
1. Synclair Savage, North Cobb. Chr., 24.97; 7. Molly Garud, Stratford, 27.05
Boys
400
1. Isaac Teasley, Riverside Mil., 48.83; 3. Charles Smith, FPD, 50.0
100
1. Isaiah Wadsworth, St. Francis, 10.92; 6. Tracey Owens, Mount de Sales, 11.19
110 hurdles
1. Roth Wilcox, Darlington, 14.72; Matthew McNair, Mount de Sales, 14.81
300 hurdles
1. Roth Wilcox, Darlington, 39.27; 5. Charles Smith, FPD, 41.46
4x400 relay
1. Landmark Christian A, 3:21.92; 7. FPD A, 3:33.17