Throughout the Upstate of South Carolina on Saturday multiple local teams and athletes battled for upper state championship crowns and the opportunity to punch their ticket to the state championship meets.
The 5A upper state meet was held at Dorman High School where the Boiling Springs Bulldogs competed against the top track athletes in the upper state. On the boys side of the meet the Bulldogs Carmelo Martin qualified for the state championship meet after finishing in second place in the upper state meet with a time of 10.46, just two-tenths of a second behind Nigel Ancrum from Springs Valley. Spencer Eison from Boiling Springs also qualified for the state championship meet in the triple jump with a distance of 46-06, finishing just behind Jaylen Bostic of Spring Valley. Meanwhile at the 3A upper state meet at Seneca High School, the Chapman Panthers had numerous kids qualify for the 3A state championship meet. Chapman's Rashawn Cunningham won the Upper State championship in the boys long jump event with a distance of 22'01" and a fourth-place finish in the high jump to qualify for the state championship meet. Abe Fyffe qualified for the state championship meet in the boys shot put event with a distance of 50'02", just over a foot behind first place Avery Butler from Seneca. Taylor Dunning also qualified for the state championship meet in the boys pole vault event after a third place finish at upper state with a height of 1-01.00 Polly Addington qualified for the state meet in the girls 400m hurdles with a time of 1:08.43, just behind first place finisher Amari Rambert from Powdersville.. Taryn Rogers made the state meet in the girls long jump event with a distance of 16'01" for a third-place finish at upper state. Kayley Jackson also finished in third place at upper state with a distance of 109'02" to qualify for the state meet. The Chapman boys 4x800m relay team qualified for the state championship meet with a time of 8:33.45. While those events were going on, the Chesnee Eagles were competing at the 2A upper state meet at Liberty High School on Saturday. The Eagles Terrell Kesler qualified for the state meet in the 100m event with a third place finish at upper state. Clay Davis also qualified for the state meet in the boys shotput event after finishing in second place at the upper state meet. Chesnee's girls 4x800m relay team (Olyvia Stowell, Lanie Arrowood, Olivia Wampler, and Claire Walker) finished in third place at the upper state meet to qualify for the state meet. While there may be other teams or athletes to make the state meets, the above listed were all the ones that qualified automatically as a top four finisher. The 5A state meet will be held at Spring Valley High School on Saturday May 20th while the 3A meet will be held on the same day at Lower Richland High School. The 2A state meet will be held on Friday May 19th at Spring Valley High School. Comments are closed.
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