Track season off to a fast start

Whitewater’s boys ran at the Ridge Invitational on Saturday at Peachtree Ridge High School and placed sixth.

Athletes who scored points for the Wildcats were:

100 meter dash - Brandon Collins, 3rd, 10.88, Josh Clemons, 7th, 11.34

200 meter dash - Brandon Collins, 2nd, 22.41

4x100 meter relay - Clemons, Collins, Devon Davis, Reggie Humphrey, 3rd, 42.88

High jump - DJ Welch, 1st, 6’2”

Long jump - Jacob Croft, 8th, 20’3”

Triple jump - Reggie Humphrey, 6th, 42’11.5”

Shot put - McClain Head, 1st, 50’8.5”

Discus - McClain Head, 8th, 125’

The Lady Wildcats placed 12th. Scoring points for the girls were:
1,600 meter run - Mackenzie Nail, 2nd, 5:41.46

3,200 meter run - Stacey Mangan, 5th, 12:56.37

4x800 meter relay - Claire Bohrer, Emma Brodzik, Haey Hunt, Ranti Laosebikan, 6th, 11:18.05

Distance medley - Brodzik, Hunt, Leah Mihuc, Nail, 3rd, 14:06.39
High jump - Jonell Taylor, 8th, 4’8”

Discus - Kalem Baham, 8th, 91’4”

Landmark Christian School hosted a meet on Saturday. Landmark, Our Lady of Mercy and Starr’s Mill were among the participants. Those in the top five on the boys side were

100 meter dash - Jordan Sartor, Mercy, 1st, 11.32; Kasai Farris, Starr’s Mill, 5th, 12.17;

200 meter dash - Sartor, Mercy, 1st, 23.57; Farris, Starr’s Mill, 4th, 25.56;

400 meter dash - David Cook, Starr’s Mill, 3rd, 55.79; Jason Linder, Starr’s Mill, 5th, 59.40;

800 meter run - Cook, Starr’s Mill, 4th, 2:20.33;

1,600 meter run - Josh Herr, Landmark, 4th, 5:22.99;

3,200 meter run - Dell Ressl, Starr’s Mill, 2nd, 11:37.58; Herr, Landmark, 3rd, 11:51.42; Orr, Landmark, 4th, 11:58.92;

110 meter hurdles - Courtland Vickers, Mercy, 2nd, 17.26; Randon Ruff, Starr’s Mill, 3rd, 17.36; Jonathan Hansen, Starr’s Mill, 5th, 22.11

300 meter hurdles - Ruff, Starr’s Mill, 2nd, 45.22; Vickers, Mercy, 4th, 46.23;

4x100 meter relay - Mercy ‘A’, 2nd, 46.39; Starr’s Mill, ‘B’, 4th, 49.56; Starr’s Mill ‘A’, 5th, 49.60

4x400 meter relay - Starr’s Mill ‘A’, 3rd, 3:54.78; Mercy ‘A’, 4th 3:57.47; Starr’s Mill ‘B’, 5th, 4:05.33

High jump - Orr, Landmark, 4th, 4’8”

Pole vault - Herr, Landmark, 2nd, 8’6”; AJ Giertych, Starr’s Mill, 5th, 6’6’;

Long jump - Courtney Prevost, Mercy, 1st, 19’5.5”; Farris, Starr’s Mill, 3rd, 17’4;

Triple jump - Prevost, Mercy, 1st, 41’6”; Josh Roberts, Starr’s Mill, 4th, 33’9”; Jack Kurtz, Starr’s Mill, 5th, 33’6”;

Shot put - Daniel Alexis, Mercy, 1st, 44’8.5’; Daniel Wesley, Mercy, 2nd, 39’5”; Nolan Bynum, Mercy, 5th, 35’3.5

Discus - Wesley, Mercy, 2nd, 121’4”; Bynum, Mercy, 4th, 105’3”

Those placing in the top five on the girls side were:
100 meter dash -Tynese St. Cyr, 2nd, Mercy, 13.09; D’Arnca Bloodworth, Mercy, 4th, 13.56; Sydney Stanifer, Starr’s Mill, 5th, 13.61

200 meter dash - Kristen McClure, Mercy, 3rd, 28.10; Chyna Terrell, Mercy, 4th, 28.27; Olivia Roche, Mercy, 5th, 28.61

400 yard dash - Megan Malasarte, Mercy, 1st, 58.44; Terell, Mercy, 3rd, 1:05.63; Roche, Mercy, 4th, 1:06.59; Lauren Toomer, Landmark, 5th, 1:08.93

800 meter run - Malasarte, Mercy, 1st, 2:28.02; Yarahi Castillo, Mercy, 3rd, 2:42.90

1,600 meter run - Lindy Long, Landmark, 1st, 5:39.70; Lana Hojeij, Landmark, 2nd 5:52.27

3,200 meter run - Long, Landmark, 1st, 12:09.51; Hojeij, Landmark, 2nd, 13:09.22; Allie Buchanan, Starr’s Mill, 3rd, 13:57.90; Allie Saylor, Starr’s Mill, 5th, 15:37.30

100 meter hurdles - Kenzie Thrasher, Landmark, 2nd, 16.61; Mava Firsowicz, Starr’s Mill, 3rd, 16.84; Kaylyn Yonkovitz, Starr’s Mill, 4th, 18.98

300 meter hurdles - Lauren Toomer, Landmark, 1st, 49.78; Thrasher, Landmark, 2nd, 54.27

4x100 meter relay - Mercy ‘A’, 2nd, 52.58; Mercy ‘B’, 4th, 54.65; Landmark ‘A’, 5th, 57.39

4x400 meter relay - Mercy ‘A’, 1st, 4:20.30; Mercy ‘B’, 3rd, 4:46.01; Landmark ‘A’, 5th, 4:54.47

High jump - Kelly Hilinski, Starr’s Mill, 3rd, 4’

Pole vault - Thrasher, Landmark, 1st, 8’

Long jump - St. Cyr, Mercy, 2nd, 13’11”; Stanifer, Starr’s Mill, 3rd, 13’9”

Triple jump - Toomer, Landmark, 1st, 31’; Roche, Mercy, 3rd, 27’5.25”; Amber Myers, Starr’s Mill, 4th, 26’6’; Hilinski, Starr’s Mill, 5th, 24’1”

Shot put - Stanifer, Starr’s Mill, 1st, 31’; Renee Wright, Mercy, 5th, 22’5”

Discus - Wright, Mercy, 4th, 56’4”