Jacksonville girls take first, boys third in Tribe Relays

by Michelle Dillon michelle@thecheroekeean.com

The Jacksonville Maidens won the Tribe Relays, hosted Thursday, March 6, with 134 points. Chapel Hill (110) and Whitehouse (95) finished out the top three. Bullard was seventh and Rusk, eighth, out of ten schools.

The Jacksonville Indians placed third (104), behind Lindale (138.5) and Bullard (112). Rusk (38) earned the sixth position of the ten schools represented.

In the women’s competition, Jazmine White finished fifth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.85.

A first-place finish went to Katelynn Hogg in the 200-meter dash for her 25.97 time. Tacarra Foreman placed sixth in the same event.

Madison Soultonova (2:37.37) and Reyna Munoz (2:39.25) earned second and third, respectively, in the 800-meter run.

In the 1600-meter run, Jacksonville Maidens took the top three spots. Soultonova was first (5:56.87), Alexia Davis, second (5:57.49) and Munoz, third (6:02.92).

The same three girls topped the competition in the 3200-meter run with Davis first (13:04.00), Munoz second (13:10.20) and Soultonova third (13:18.00).

K Huddleston placed fifth in the 300-meter hurdles.

The Maiden relay team of Foreman, Ashley Freeney, Hogg and White placed fifth in the 100-meter relay but took first in the 200-meter relay with a time of 1:48.37.

In the high jump, Grace Abercrombie was third with a height of 5’2”, Triniya Matlock was fourth (4’8”) and Huddleston, sixth (4’6”).

White earned third in the long jump with a leap of 16’3½”. Hogg placed fifth with a jump of 15’7”.

White secured second in the triple jump with a 34’6¼” bound. Hogg was fifth and Foreman, sixth.

Bullard Lady Panthers Chloe Howard (1:05.76) and Abby Petty (1:05.82) placed second and third, respectively, in the 400-meter dash.

The team of Howard, Mattie O’Neal, Emma Deese and Petty placed sixth in the 100-meter relay with a time of 55:19.

Earning a second-place finish in the high jump was Ashley Waterman with a height of 5’4”.

Rusk’s Zoe Fields was in the sixth position in the 100-meter dash but attained third in the 100-meter hurdle with a time of 17.37.

Jordyn Babyak earned fifth- and sixth-place finishes in the 1600-meter (6:41.29) and 3200-meter (15:00.00), respectively.

Mason Blalock was fifth in the shot put with a toss of 30’2 ½”.

In the men’s competition, Jacksonville’s Chris Carpenter topped all runners in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.78. Teammate Devin McCuin finished fifth in the same event.

Cameron Robinson placed third (23.37) and Kaleb Clayton, fifth (23.68), in the 200-meter dash.

Marco Hernandez obtained fourth in the 1600-meter run with a time of 5:06.75 and earned third (11:00.00) in the 3200-meter run.

With a time of 43.16, the team of Clayton, Robinson, Ethan Mobley and Carpenter achieved the top spot in the 100-meter relay. The same team also won the 200-meter relay with a time of 1:31.64.

In the high jump Carpenter (6’2”) and Vito High (5’10”) earned second and third, respectively.

Desmond Fuller was fifth in the long jump with a distance of 19’8”.

Carpenter won the triple jump event with skips totaling 43’5¾”.

Aiden Gay earned third in the shot put with a distance of 41’00” and teammate Aaron Richardson was fifth with a put of 39’5”.

Bullard’s Harrison Meador won the 800-meter event with a time of 2:05.03. Teammate Caleb Jellison earned second with a time of 2:05.35.

Hayden Jeffus won both the 1600-meter run (4:49.46) and the 3200-meter run (10:21.47).

Cameron Baldwin (15.77) and Blake Blain (15.86) earned the top two spots in the 100-meter hurdles, respectively. Baldwin took second (42.34) and Blain, fifth (44.88), in the 300-meter hurdles.

The team of Landon Wheeler, Nicholas Hooley, Bryson Luscombe and Tristen Shewmake were third in the 100-meter relay with a time of 43.60.

The team of Wheeler, Hooley, Christian Johnson and Meador finished third in the 200-meter relay with a time of 1:33.13. The same team placed second in the 400-meter relay with a time of 3:33.41.

Meador placed sixth in the long jump with a distance of 19’0½”.

In the shot put, Kain Williams placed sixth with a 39’0½” toss.

Zach Arroyo was fourth in the pole vault with a height of 12-foot even.

Rusk Eagle Cayden Duran earned third in the 400-meter dash with a time of 53.88.

The team of Sean Rogers, Trey Devereaux, Landon Weaver and Isiah Ward placed fourth in the 200-meter relay with a time of 1:35.07.

The team of Ward, Rogers, Jaheim Upshaw and Duran were fifth in the 400-meter relay with a time of 3:48.03.

Weaver secured second in the long jump with a 19’11¾” leap.

Rogers’ distance of 38’5” put him in the sixth slot in the triple jump.

Garrett Blaylock obtained second in the discuss with a toss of 127’0½”. Teammate Rylan Reynolds was sixth with a throw of 111-foot even. Reynolds attained second in the shot put with a 44’10½” pitch.

The next meet for all three teams will be the Doug Jordan Relays hosted by Rusk Thursday, March 19.