SENECA, SC - The Chapman track and field team went on the road to Seneca on Saturday to compete in the 3A Upper State meet and came back with a second-place finish in the boys' overall and a fifth place in the girls' overall along with multiple Upper State championships.
"I'm pleased with the performances by the team today," said Chapman head track coach Robert Gray. "We had a lot of athletes step up when we needed them to, and they handled adversity well. This group of athletes we have can compete with any region within the state." The Panthers' DJ Black came with an Upper State championship in both the long jump and the triple jump. Black won the long jump with a distance of 23'08" while Rashawn Cunningham also qualified for the state meet finishing in third place with a distance of 22'06". Black won the triple jump with a distance of 45'07" while fellow Panther Elijah Hall also qualified for the state meet with a fourth-place finish with a distance of 42'10". Black also qualified for state in the 100m event finishing in third place with a time of 10.70, less than three-hundredths of a second behind first place Damarion Alexander from Seneca. He also qualified in the 200m event with a second-place finish in a time of 22.08. Emma Whitaker was the Upper State champion in the girls' 800 meters event with a time of 2:25.18 which was two seconds ahead of second place. She also qualified in the 1600m event with a third-place finish in a time of 5:33.94, less than six seconds behind first place. Gabrielle Borum won the Upper State championships in both the shot-put and discus events on Saturday. She won the discuss championship with a distance of 122'08" just ahead of junior teammate Kaley Jackson who also qualified for the state meet with a distance of 119'07". Borum won the shot-put event with a distance of 37'10" which was two feet further than the second place finisher. The Chapman girls' 4x800m relay team also qualified for the state meet with a time of 10:27.02 which was less than two seconds behind first place Pendleton. Sophomore Tayloe Dunning qualified for the state meet in the boys' pole vault event with a second-place finish with a height of 13'0". Jaquel Pearson qualified in the boys' discuss final with a distance of 127'01". The Chapman athletes will now turn their attention to the SC 3A state championship meet that will be held at Lower Richland High School on Saturday May 21st. Comments are closed.
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