GHSA track: Washington County, Macon County, FPD, Stratford take titles Friday
Three more Central Georgians picked up titles at the GHSA state track meets on Friday, and one expected championship didn’t happen.
Multi-sport standouts Malyk Walker of Washington County, Qeontavious Ivey of Hancock Central, and Jack Miscall of Stratford along with FPD’s Bowen Kramer won championships on the second day.
Walker took the AA boys long jump, Ivey the A Public boys long jump, and Miscall the A Private boys high jump - tying a school record - with Kramer taking the A Private boys pole vault.
Something of a surprise was the fifth-place finish in the Class AAA boys 1,600 by Mary Persons’ Justin Wachtel. He was the top seed, and finished third last year in Class 4A.
He was the top seed in the 800 entering the weekend, and qualified, with the fourth-best time.
With the championships left Saturday for the running events, only two Central Georgia teams are in the top five in their class through two days: Stratford is fourth in A Private boys, 10 points behind leader Holy Innocents, and West Laurens is No. 4 in 4A girls.
But some area teams are heavy in the running events and will move up in the standings, albeit unlikely enough to contend for a title.
Action begins at 10:45 a.m., 11 a.m., and noon, with the first batch of on-site trophy presentations around 3 p.m. The overall meets event should be done by 6 p.m.
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Friday's top-8 point-scorers
Class 4A
Boys
Shot put: 8. Tereil Mitchell, Westside, 45-9
High jump: 7. Dexter Ricks Jr., Baldwin, 6-0
Class 3A
Boys
Shot put: 6. Walter Hawthorne, Central, 45-6.75
Long jump: 8. Maurice Elder, Central, 20-8.5
1600: 5. Justin Wachtel, Mary Persons, 4:26.59
Class 2A
Girls
3200: 5. Tristen Crosby, Bleckley County, 11:59.71; 8. Johna Bowen, Bleckley County, 12:30.70
Boys
High jump: 8. Clayton Nelson, Lamar County, 5-10
Triple jump: 2. Jayden Kemp, Washington County, 43-7; 3. Kenyon Nelson, Putnam County, 43-5
Pole vault: 6. Caden Maxwell, Bleckley County, 12-0; 8. Jackson Paulk, Bleckley County, 10-6
Discus: 5. Wesley Daniel, Bleckley County, 129-8
Long jump: 1. Malyk Walker, Washington County, 23-7.25; 3. Gerald Kilgore, Putnam County, 22-7.75; 6. James Kilgore, Putnam County, 21-8.25
4x800: 6. Bleckley County 'A', 8:47.54
1600: 8. Luke Churchwell, Bleckley County, 4:37.15
Class A Public
Boys
Discus: 3. Colby Sanford, GMC, 122-11; 4. Troy Averett, Hawkinsville, 122-8; 8. Dagan Mullis, Hawkinsville, 108-6
Long jump: 1. Qeontavious Ivey, Hancock Central, 22-0; 4. Casson Clark, Hawkinsville, 20-10
High jump: 3. Dev'Vin Ivey, Hancock Central, 5-10
Shot put: 1. Ken'Wan Felton, Macon County, 50-11.5; 5. Troy Averett, Hawkinsville, 43-7
4x800: 4. GMC 'A', 8:49.94; 6. Dublin 'A', 9:02.87; 8. ACE 'A', 9:11.37
1600: 6. Nathan Haller, ACE, 4:50.05
Class A Private
Girls
1600: 4. Lillie Mealer, FPD, 11:46.92
Boys
High jump: 1. Jack Miscall, Stratford, 6-8; 3. Keondre Glover, Stratford, 6-4
Discus: 3. Will Cunningham, FPD, 133-11; 6. Tyler Brown, Stratford, 130-5; 7. Ben Jones, FPD, 125-4
Shot put: 5. Ben Baxley, Stratford, 46.5; 6. Will Cunningham, FPD, 46-2.5
4x800 relay: 7. Stratford 'A', 8:33.77
Pole vault: 1. Bowen Kramer, FPD, 13-6