Cane Track Team Tops Jackson

The Hurricane Track team ran away with an impressive performance and first place finish Tuesday afternoon at their season opening meet at Jackson High School.

The Cane squad earned 87 points to Jackson’s 52 points during the two-team meet. The boys had 18 competitors and Shondra Williams was the sole girls competitor.

“I’m extremely proud of the team for their performance yesterday as well as how they conducted themselves off the track,” said track coach Robert Ingram.

Coach Ingram said that Tuesday’s competition was a great start to the season that gives them an extra incentive to work harder in preparation for the region meet.
Results from Tuesday include:
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TRACK EVENTS
100 Meter Run
3rd Justin Brown 12.5 sec.
200 Meter Run
3rd Brannon Hamm 24.16 sec.
400 Meter Run – Boys
2nd Lee Griggs 59.58 sec.
Girls
1st Shondra Williams 1:04:87

800 Meter Run
1st Jonathan Cleveland
2 min. 30 sec.
2nd Ed Jernigan
2 min. 36 sec.
3200 Meter Run
1st Jonathan Cleveland
12 min. 56 sec.
2nd Ed Jernigan
13 min. 21 sec.
1600 Meter Run
1st Pierre Tobler 6 min.
2nd Justin Hudson 6 min.10 sec.

110 Hurdles
2nd Alex Puckett 17.30 sec.
3rd Antonio Juhan 19.25 sec.
300 Hurdles
1st Alex Puckett 44.04 sec.
3rd Antonio Juhan N/A

4 X 100 Meter Relay
2nd 46.78 sec. time
Justin Brown, Octavious Epps,
Zaybo Jackson & Antonio Juhan
3rd 48.47 sec. time
Macarthur Martin, Lee Griggs,
Brannon Hamm & Alex Puckett

FIELD EVENTS
Long Jump – Boys
2nd Justin Brown 18 ft. 9 in.
4th Lee Griggs N/A
Girls
2nd Shondra Williams 14 ft.3 in.

Shot Put
2nd Michael Rosser 34 ft. 1 in.
4th Vincent Lindsey 34 ft.
Discus
3rd Michael Rosser 66 ft. 7 in.
4th Patrick Kelly 66 ft. 5.5 in.

The next meet scheduled for the Hurricanes is Tuesday, March 21 at Jackson High School against Jackson and Lamar.