By Michael A. Lough

The Sports Report

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          Dublin's girls and Bleckley County's Luke Churchwell needed a little extra room on the bus ride home from the final day of the GHSA state track meets.

          The Irish girls won a pair of relays, and Churchwell followed his championship in the 1,600 with Saturday wins in the 800 and 3,200.

Central Georgia’s only state track coverage
Friday: Bleckley County, GMC add GHSA track hardware
Thursday: State titles at West Laurens, Dublin, GMC, and Bleckley County (Central Georgia first-day results)
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          Veterans girls (Class 5A), Bleckley County's boys and girls (Class A/Division I) and Dublin's girls (A/I) as well as GMC's boys and girls and Hawkinsville's girls (A/II) were the lone Central Georgia teams with top 10 finishes in their respective classes.

          Nobody from Central Georgia scored points in Class 5A girls, and Class 3A boys managed only two points.

          Dublin's girls took home hardware, winning the 4x100 and 4x200 relays, with the first three legs in both run by Caitlyn Nesbitt, Azoria Lovett, and Karmyn Jordan, and final legs by Ire Covington and Tahara Diallo.

          The 4x100 team nipped Mount Pisgah by the narrowest of margins in a photo finish, 49.530 to 49.535. The 4x400 relay team took third.

          Nesbitt also had a fifth in the 100 and seventh in the 200.

          The distance factory that is Bleckley County represented again.

          Luke Churchwell will have to make room, winning the 800 and 3,200. He won the 1,600 on Friday.

          Ella Gibbs won the 3,200 in A/I for Bleckley County, adding to her 1,600-meter title on Friday. The girls 4x800 first-place effort of Kayden Armstrong, Amber Bowden, Tristen Crosby and Gibbs on Thursday broke the school record by 24 seconds Daevonta Atest was second in the 110 hurdles by a half second.

          GMC Prep's Maria Knapp had a personal best in winning the A/II 800, a day after taking second in the 1,600. The Bulldogs boys went 1-2 in the 3,200 with Julian Council winning, and Jordan Overman second.

          And there were close calls.

          Jones County's Zion Ragins was second in the 5A 100 and 200, to Shavique Bascus of Clarke Central in both. It was 21.12 to 21.64 in the 200, and 10.56 to 10.63 in a photo-finish 100.

          Veterans' girls were fifth in the 4x200, less than a second out of first. And the boys were second by less than half a second, the boys 4x400 second by less than a second.

          Peach County's boys missed points in 4x200 relay, disqualified for an exchange zone violation,

          The Trojans' Tamyra Blackmon was fourth in the girls 100, her time of 12.10 not far from the winning 11.88. 

Saturday’s Central Georgia results
Class 6A
Girls

100: 6. Kenadie Singleton, Houston County, 12.22
200: 7. Kenadie Singleton, Houston County, 25.12
4x100: 4. Veterans, 48.14
4x200: 5. Veterans, 1:40.03

Boys

110 hurdles: 5. Caleb Harvey, Veterans, 14.82
200: 5. Kylan Swift, Veterans 22.03
400: 7. Matthias Watson, Veterans, 49.37
800: 2. Kamren Kennedy, Veterans, 1:55.26
300 hurdles: 4. Caleb Harvey, Veterans, 38.65
4x200: 2. Veterans, 1:26.49
4x400: 2. Veterans, 3:18.52

Class 5A
Boys

100: 2. Zion Ragins, Jones County, 10.63
200: 2. Zion Ragins, Jones County, 21.64

Class 4A
Girls

300 hurdles: 2. Nafier Rapier, Baldwin, 44.85
4x400: 7. Baldwin, 4:06.0

Boys

800: 7. Emanuel Dixon, Baldwin, 1:58.25
300 hurdles: 3. Rodney Bryant, Perry, 38.72
4x200: 4. Baldwin, 1:29.30

Class AAA
Girls

100: 4. Tamyra Blackmon, Peach County, 12.10
400: 7. TyKendra Daniel, Upson-Lee, 59.18
4x100: 3. Peach County, 48.19
4x200: 4. Peach County, 1:43.71; 6. Mary Persons, 1:44.93
4x400: 5. Mary Persons, 4:09.70

Boys

100: 8. Jaden Skelton, Upson-Lee, 11.03
400: 8. Kaethen Bowers, Mary Persons, 50.78
4x100: 7. Mary Persons, 43.55; 8. Peach County, 43.80
4x200: 7. Mary Persons, 1:42.93

Class AA
Girls

400: 7. Jaliscia Blocker, Washington County, 1:00.47
800: 8. Tafrenya Palmer, Central, 2:32.65
300 hurdles: 3. Makenzie Mallory, Washington County, 48.39

Boys

100: 8. Jermaine Nelson, Putnam County, 11.11

Class A/Division I
Girls

100: 5. Caitlyn Nesbitt, Dublin, 12.58
200: 6. JaKara Tobler, Jasper County, 25.82; 7. Caitlyn Nesbitt, Dublin, 25.95
400: 2. KaKara Tobler, Jasper County, 58.41; 4. Tahara Diallo, Dublin, 1:00.6; 6. Azoria Lovett, Dublin, 1:01.49
800: 4. Tristen Crosby, Bleckley County, 2:23.24; 7. Claira Lynch, Bleckley County, 2:29.10
3200: 1. Ella Gibbs, Bleckley County, 11:03.19; 7. Ava Herrington, Bleckley County, 12:24.74
300 hurdles: 5. Kimora Dudley, East Laurens, 47.61
4x100: 1. Dublin (Caitlyn Nesbitt, Azoria Lovett, Karmyn Jordan, Tahara, Ire Covington), 49.54); 8. Lamar County, 50.63
4x200: 1. Dublin (Caitlyn Nesbitt, Azoria Lovett, Karmyn Jordan, Tahara Diallo), 1:43.35;  3. Lamar County, 1:47.38
4x400: 3. Dublin, 4:13.48; 6. Bleckley County, 4:17.07

Boys

100: 3. Kaidon Whidby, Jasper County, 11.05
110 hurdles: 2. Daevonta Atest, Bleckley County, 14.53
800: 1. Luke Churchwell, Bleckley County, 1:56.44
3200: 1. Luke Churchwell, Bleckley County, 9:28.86; 4. Caleb Darsey, Bleckley County, 9:56.29
300 hurdles: 3. Tayshawn Reeves, Jasper County, 40.16

4x100: 4. Jasper County, 43.06

Class A/Division II
Girls

400: 4. Lily Ryan, GMC, 1:02.4
800: 1. Maria Knapp, GMC, 2:28.13; 3. Lily Ryan, GMC, 2:41.01; 7. Nashaila Sherman, Taylor County, 2:45.65
300 hurdles: 5. Kaniyah Anderson, Hawkinsville, 49.44; 8. Alasia Montgomery, Taylor County, 51.51
4x200: 5. Hawkinsville, 1:50.14; 6. Taylor County, 1:51.01
4x400: 1. GMC (Nyla Jackson, Maria Knapp, Meadow Roberts, Lily Ryan), 4:19.01; 4. Hawkinsville, 4:31.88; 7. Taylor County, 4:38.66

Boys

200: 3. Jemari Sanders, Dooly County, 22.74
800:6. Nathan Gise, GMC, 2:13.91
3200: 1. Julian Council, GMC, 10:54.12; 2. Jordan Overman, GMC, 11:07.80
4x100: Dooly County, 44.60
4x400: 7. GMC, 3:41.24

Team results
          The number of teams scoring points is in parentheses)

Class 6A
Girls (39)

1. Woodward, 89.5; 10. Veterans 23; 29. Houston County 5

Boys (37)

1. Langston Hughes, 59; 5. Veterans, 43; 20. Houston County 13

Class 5A
Girls (40)

1. Greater Atlanta Christian 61

Boys (37)

1. Dutchtown 99; T11, Jones County 19

Class 4A
Girls (33)

1. Westminster 124; 15. Baldwin 17.5; 17. West Laurens 14

Boys (44)

1. Southwest DeKalb 81; 17. Perry 12; T20. Baldwin 9; 27. Westside 5

Class 3A
Girls (34)

1. Sandy Creek 104; 12. Mary Persons 22; 18. Peach County 16; T32. Upson-Lee 2

Boys (41)

1. Sandy Creek 86; T40. Upson-Lee 1, Peach County 1

Class AA
Girls (39)

1. Landmark Christian 86.5; T16. Washington County 13; T32. Northeast, 4; T37. Central, 1

Boys (39)

1. Athens Academy 89.5; 30. ACE 6; T35. Putnam County 4; T37. Northeast 2

Class A/Division I
Girls (35)

1. Athens Christian, 62; 4. Bleckley County 51; 5. Dublin 40; 17. Lamar County 15; 22. Jasper County, 11; 29. East Laurens 4

Boys (33)

1. Mt. Pisgah Christian, 70, 3T. Bleckley County 54; 23. Lamar County 7

Class A/Division II
Girls (36)

1. Montgomery County 71; 2. GMC 49; T9. Hawkinsville, 25; 21. Taylor County, 13; 29. Macon County 6

Boys (40)

1. Montgomery County 58, 3. GMC 43. T19. Hancock Central, 16; 26. Dooly County 8; 27. Hawkinsville 7