COLUMBIA, SC - Over the last two days, many teams from across the state met in the Columbia area to compete for state championships and one Bulldogs came away as champion while many other local athletes came away with strong performances.
On the day that the rest of his classmates were walking across the graduation stage, Boiling Springs senior athlete was getting rewarded for another accomplishment as he won the 5A state title in the triple jump with a distance of 47' 07" which was over a foot further than second place finisher Brenden Carter from Stratford. Fellow Bulldogs senior Carmelo Martin just missed out on a state title by three-thousandths of a second in the 100m event with a time of 10.36 just being edged out by Nigel Ancrum from Spring Valley. The Boiling Springs boys 4x100m team finished with a seventh place finish with a time of 42.58 which was just over a second behind first place Springs Valley. The Bulldogs girls 4x100m team also had a podium finish with a sixth place finish in a time of 48.76 which was just over a second behind first place Blythewood. In the 3A state championships being held at Lower Richland High School on Saturday, the Chapman Panthers had some strong finishes of their own. Panthers junior Rashawn Cunningham finished in second place of the long jump event with a distance of 22', which a foot behind first place Elijah Chalmers from Marlboro County. He also came away with a seventh-place finish in the boys high jump event. Chapman sophomore Alius Hill came away with a fourth-place finish in the boys triple jump event recording a distance that was less than a foot behind first place Jeremiah Bonano from Phillip Simmons. The Panthers boys 4x800m team finished in seventh-place with a time of 8:28.6 behind state champion Dreher. Chapman's Kaley Jackson won a state championship in the girls discuss event as she tied with Savannah Floyd from Gilbert with a distance of 123' 07". Mya Jackson recorded a third-place finish in the girls long jump event as she also came away with a seventh-place finish in the girls 200m event for the Panthers. Senior Polly Addington finished in fifth place with a time of 1:08.85 in the 400m event which was just four seconds behind first place Carolie Cassidy from Camden while seventh-grader Marquisha Sturdivant added a sixth-place finish in the girls high jump event. While the Bulldogs and Panthers were competing for state championships on Saturday, the Chesnee Eagles competed for the titles on Friday night at Spring Valley High School in the 2A state meet. Chesnee's Clay Davis came away with a second-place finish in the boys shot put event with a distance of 46' 06" which was just behind first place finisher Chase Brightharp from Strom Thurmond. The Eagles Terrell Kesler also finished in ninth place of the 100m event which was less than four-tenths of a second behind first place finisher Gregory Bryant from Strom Thurmond. Chesnee girls 4×800m team (Olyvia Stowell, Lanie Arrowood, Olivia Wampler, and Claire Walker) took fifth place at the 2A state meet and set a new school record with a time of 10:49. Comments are closed.
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