19th Roswell Rotary Relays, Saturday
One of the state's longest running track meets will again feature some of Georgia's top athletes, as the Roswell Rotary Relays is scheduled for Saturday, at Roswell High School. Sponsored by the Roswell Rotary Club, the event is now in its 19th year.
Among the current state-leading athletes and relay teams expected to participate in the meet are the Milton boys’ state leading 3,200 meter relay team, Kell senior Logan Poteet (3,200), Sequoyah junior Derrion Rakestraw (long jump), Fellowship Christian junior Emma Grace Hurley (1,600), Woodstock senior Tatiyana Rayford (100 hurdles), and Harrison sophomore Sydne Wiggins (high jump).
Clark again off to impressive start again
One of the country’s most heralded high school sprinters is once again off to a tremendous start, this time to his senior season. Ryan Clark of Banneker leads the nation in the 100 meters and the 200 meters, with times of 10.38 seconds and 20.92, respectively, both run at the Atlanta Games Invitational, hosted by Grady High School on March 7.
Additionally, Clark was dominant in the brief high school indoor track and field season, capping it off with a huge performance at the New Balance Indoor Track and Field Nationals, held last weekend in New York. Clark won the 60 meters with a time of 6.65 and placed second in the 200 meters in 20.85, the third fastest time ever run by a high school athlete. Clark has committed to Florida.
Hall out fast as well
Northside-Warner Robins junior Cassondra Hall has been rolling early as well. Last season’s Class AAAAA state champion in the 100 and 200 meters, Hall is the state leader in both events this season with times of 11.84 (No. 14 nationally) and 24.15 (No. 9 nationally), respectively.
Georgia athletes among nation’s best
Other than Clark and Hall, 29 athletes from Georgia are ranked in the top 20 in the nation in their respective events. For the boys, Calhoun senior Thomas Lester is 10th in the 100 meters (10.59), senior Quintaveon Poole of Washington County is 10th in the 200 meters (21.53) while Vidalia sophomore Nathan McBride and Savannah Christian junior Demetris Robertson are tied for 14th (21.53), and Southwest DeKalb sophomore Terry Conwell is fifth in the 400 meters (48.00). Four are ranked in the top 20 in the 110 meter hurdles – Hampton junior Daniel Roberts (13.79) is No. 1 followed by Westlake senior Treymane Flagler (5th, 13.94), Kennesaw Mountain senior Robert Dunning (10th, 14.09) and Archer senior Austin Lyons (14th, 14.21). In the 3,200 meters, Poteet is No. 2 (8:57.97), senior Miles Yapp of Brookwood is third (9:01.05), and senior Christian Bowles is fifth (9:11.27). Archer junior Ryan Camp is No. 7 in the discus (179 feet, 2 inches), in the long jump Rakeshaw is fifth (23-9) and Dayo Akindele is 17th (23-1), Campbell junior Isaiah Rogers is tenth in the shot put (57-9) while Mill Creek sophomore Nick Campbell is 20th. In the triple jump, Jeremiah Holloman, a sophomore at Newton, is No. 5 (47-11 ¼) and Rutland senior Brandon Bawn is eighth (47-7 ½).
On the girls side, Camden County sophomore Chala Carey is No. 17 in the 100 meters (11.87), and No. 19 in the 200 meters (24.51). North Springs junior Micaiah Ransby is No. 16 in the 400 meters, Hurley is No. 6 in the 1,600 meters (4:56.75), and Northview junior Lindsay Billings (No. 3, 10:36.65), Lovett sophomore Serena Tripodi (No. 12, 10:51.80) and Hurley (No. 20, 10:56.60) are ranked in the 3,200 meters. Alpharetta senior Hayden Merrick is No. 14 in the discus (137-3), Wiggins is No. 15 in the high jump (5-7), while in the long jump Baldwin freshman Daloria Boone (No. 3, 19-7), St. Vincent’s Academy junior Taylor Deloach (No. 4, 19-6) and Fayette County freshman Nailah Moore (No. 18, 18-7) are all ranked.
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