Over the past week region track meets have been held all over the state as schools prepare for the upcoming Upper State and State championships with many local athletes being named region champions.
On Thursday Boiling Springs High School was the host of the Region III-5A championships and saw numerous Bulldogs walk away with the title of region champion. The most awarded member of the Bulldogs program on Thursday was junior Spencer Eison who came away with the region championship in the 110m hurdles, 400m hurdles, and the boys' triple jump. He won the 110m hurdles in a time of 16.78, just three hundredths of a second in front of second place Connor Hill of Nation Ford. In the 400m hurdles he won the event in a time of 1:01.79, over a second ahead of second place. Eison won the triple jump with a distance of 44'7" which was over four feet further than his next closest opponent. Sophomore Jojo Barrett also added a third-place finish in the event with a distance of 39'11". Boiling Springs' Carmelo Martin walked away with the region championship in both the boys' 100m and 200m events as he won the 100m in a time of 10.78, over three-tenths faster than second place, and won the 200m in a time of 21.83. Martin, Barrett, Eison and Keo Keenon were all members of the Bulldogs boys' 4x100m relay team that finished in second place at the region meet less than a second behind first place Nation Ford. On the girl's side of the event Bulldogs freshmen Sydney Watson and Calayah Davis had strong performances in the hurdle's events. Watson won the 100m hurdles event with a time of 16.32 which was just a tenth of a second ahead of Davis. Watson also came away with a second-place finish in the 400m hurdles, just a second behind Nation Ford's Sierra Smith, and just ahead of Davis who came away with a third-place finish. The Bulldogs also got strong performances in the field events as sophomore Julia Graham finished in second place of the shot-put event with a distance of 31'6" which was less than a foot behind first place Willa Clark of Fort Mill. Bulldogs' sophomore Kennedy Gordon also got a fourth-place finish in the girls' long jump with a distance of 15'8" which was less than a foot behind first place Lael Valdez from Nation Ford. Boiling Springs will next compete at the 5A Upper State championships at Byrnes High School on Saturday (May 14th) as they look to qualify for the 5A State championship meet that will be held on May 20th at Spring Valley High School. CHAPMAN DOMINATES REGION III-3A MEET On Wednesday and Thursday, the Region III-3A meet was held at Broome High School but it was the Chapman Panthers who were busy celebrating their accomplishments behind impressive performances from seniors Emma Whitaker and DJ Black. Panthers' senior runner Emma Whitaker continued her strong performance winning the female athlete of the meet award after winning the 800m (2:29.55), the 1600m (5:38.13) and the 3200m events (12:24.10). Whitaker was also a member of the girls' 4x800 relay team that won the region championship with a time of 10:48.50 which was over twenty-five seconds ahead of second place. She was joined on the team by Peyton Holmes, Grace McDaniel, and Sofia Woodard. Polly Arrington won the girls 100m hurdles event with a time of 16.83 while eighth grader Lilli Melton won the region championship in 400m hurdles, just ahead of seventh grader Peyton Holmes. Junior Clara Gramling won the girls' high jump with a height of 4'8" and also won the girls' long jump with a distance of 16'7". Elizabeth Maloney also finished in third place in the long jump event. Chapman senior Gabrielle Borum won the region championship in girls shot-put with a distance of 35'7" which was almost four feet further than second place. She also won the region championship in girls discuss with a distance 106'5" just ahead of teammate Kaley Jackson. On the boys' side of the event the Panthers had multiple region champions as well led by an impressive performance from senior DJ Black. The Panthers' senior DJ Black won the region championship in multiple events as he won the 100m event with a time of 10.86 and the 200m event with a time of 21.97. He also won both the long jump with a distance of 22'6.5", just ahead of teammate Rashawn Cunningham, and the triple jump with a distance of 45'2.25" just ahead of teammate Elijah Hall in third place. Sophomore Taylor Dunning won the region championship in the pole vault event with a height of 12'6". Panthers' sophomore Rashawn Cunningham won the boys' high jump with a height of 6'0". Fellow sophomore Abe Fyffe came away with a second place in the boys' shot-put event with a distance of 43'4". Senior Jaquel Pearson won the boys region championship in the discuss event with a distance of 129'9" which was just ahead of eighth grade teammate Jayquan Petty. Chapman junior Davion Marshall won the boys' 400m hurdles event with a time of 58.25 while finishing in a close second in the 110m hurdles just two tenths of a second behind first place Happy Lea from Woodruff. Lane Farmer came in second of boys' 800m event with a time of 2:04.62 while Zander Allen finished second in the boys' 3200m event, just two seconds behind first place. Dylan Chambers also added a second place finish for the Panthers in the boys' 400m event with a time of 52.20. Chapman will next compete in the 3A Upper State event on May 14th at Seneca High School as they look to qualify for the 3A State championship on May 21st at Lower Richland High School. CHESNEE GRABS MULTIPLE REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS On Tuesday and Wednesday the Region II-2A meet was held at Landrum High School where the Eagles boys' team came away with a second place finish. The Eagles won the 4x100m relay event as Bryson Thompson, KJ Valentine, Adonis Burgess, and Terrel Kessler look to defend the school's state championship in the event last year. Kessler also added a region championship in the boys' 100m event. In the field events, Chesnee picked up another region championship as Jayden Gossett won the shot-put event for the Eagles. The Eagles will next compete in the 2A Upper State championship on May 13th at Liberty High School as they look to qualify for the 2A State championship at Lower Richland High School on May 20th.T Comments are closed.
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