ROEBUCK, SC - Over a two day span the Spartanburg County track and field championships were held and the northern part of Spartanburg had a strong showing as Boiling Springs and Chapman accounted for numerous county champions.
Boiling Springs' Carmelo Martin had one of the biggest days as he walked away with two county championship titles, winning the boy's 100m event in a time of 10.56 just ahead of Chapman's DJ Black and Martin also won the 200m event championship with a time of 21.57. Chapman's Davion Marshall won the boy's 400m hurdles event in a close finish just ahead of Boiling Springs' Spencer Eison who was less than two tenths behind at the finish line. The Panther's DJ Black came away with the county championship in the boy's long jump on Wednesday with a distance of 23'4.5" which was over half a foot farther than second place. He also captured the county title in the triple jump with a distance of 45'5" just ahead of his fellow Panther's teammate Elijah Hall. Chapman's Jayquan Petty came away with the victory in the boy's discuss event with a distance of 131'6" which was exactly one foot farther than second place. Chesnee's Garrett Williams grabbed a fourth-place finish in the boy's shot-put event, being the highest non-Dorman participant in the event with a distance of 41'11". As a team the Chapman boys' team finished in second place while Boiling Springs finished in seventh place and Chesnee finished in eighth place. On the girl's side of the championships Chapman's Emma Whitaker had another strong showing at the county championships winning the girls 800m event in a time of 2:24.63 and winning the girls 1600m event with a time of 5:23.00. Gabrielle Borum won the county championship in the girls discuss event with a throw of 122'6" which was ten feet better than the second-place finisher. She also took home a second-place finish in the girls' shot-put event with a distance of 39'0" as her teammate Kaley Jackson also added a fourth-place finish for the Panthers in the same event. The Panther's Clara Gramling grabbed a third-place finish in the girl's high jump with a mark of 4'8" while also picking up another third-place finish in the girls' long jump event with a distance of 16'2" finishing just ahead of Boiling Springs' Amiah Ellis who finished in fourth place. Boiling Springs' Sydney Watson came away with a second-place finish in the girls' 100m hurdles with a time of 16.48 just ahead of teammate Katelyn Grate who finished in third place while Watson also added a third-place finish in the 100m event with a time of 12.80. The Boiling Springs girls 4x100m relay team added a fourth-place finish with a time of 51.33 finishing behind Byrnes and Spartanburg who tied for first with an identical time of 49.68 while the Chapman girls 4x400m relay team captured a fourth-place finish of their own with a time of 4:19.88. As a team the Chapman girls came home with a fourth-place finish while Boiling Springs finished in seventh place and Chesnee ended the event in tenth place. Dorman captured the team county championships in both the boys' and girls' side of the event. Comments are closed.
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