Track and Field Blog: Peachtree Ridge sweeps Region 7 championships

The first batch of region championships concluded on Thursday and Class 4A crowned its Region 8 champions. The North Hall girls scored a 147 team score to capture the region title and held off runner-up North Oconee’s 132, Cherokee Bluff’s 106 and Seckinger’s 80. North Hall accumulated 62 points in the distance events and 52 in the jumps for the bulk of its total. Sophomore Clodagh O’Bryant took first place in the 3200 meter run with a time of 11:37.03—which was a Georgia Top 25 result. Her sophomore teammate Harleigh Smith finished fourth place (12:09.68) to tack on another five points to O’Bryant’s 10 points and junior MaKayla Jones earned three points with a sixth-place finish (12:58.14). North Hall’s Abi Moore earned a top finish in the 1600 meter with a personal record time of 5:12.86 and O’Bryant finished second with a 5:15.10 mark to add another eight points. Sophomore Jessie Dubnik finished fifth and earned four points with a personal record time of 5:28.20. In the high jump, junior Eve Taylor recorded a personal record 5-4 to give North Hall 10 points and landed a personal record 34-4 triple jump to take first and give the Trojans 10 points.

On the boys side, North Oconee earned the region championship with 127 points as East Forsyth finished runner-up (97) ahead of Chestatee (78) and Madison County (76). The Titans earned the bulk of their points in the jumps, while also picking up 28 points in both the sprints and relays and 17 points in the distance events.

In the Class 7A Region 7 Championships at Peachtree Ridge, the Lions swept the titles with the Girls edging runner-up North Gwinnett 244-to-166.50 and the boys topping runner-up North Gwinnett 194-to-138.50. Peachtree Ridge senior Tweh Justin won the boys 200 meter with a 21.84 and took the 400 meter with a 48.54. Teammate Thorps Kylen finished runner-up in the 400 with a 49.68 and junior Caleb McBride’s fifth-place 51.40 profited a total of 22 points in the event.