JCHS Hosts 5A Region Meet, Six Athletes Earn Region Titles
Jasper County High School hosted its first-ever 5A Region Tournament Meet last week since the construction of the new athletic complex was completed.
The local track must have been a good luck charm because the Hurricanes have several Region Champions and even more state sectionals qualifiers.
Region 5A Champions include Geralynn Benton in the boys long jump; Kaidon Whidby in the boys 100 meters; and the boys 4×100 meter relay champions include Josiah Cotterell, Tyler Banks, Randy Williams, and K. Whidby who earned a 43.17 finish.
State sectional qualifying will be held this Saturday, May 6 at East Laurens High School in Dublin beginning at 10:30 a.m. All those listed above as region winners will compete along with many other Hurricane athletes that qualified by placement or time.
Layla Jackson qualified in girls shotput; Oriayha Thurman qualified in girls triple jump, girls 4×200 relay, girls 100 meters and the girls 4×400 meter relay; Cotterell will also compete in the boys 100 meters and boys 200 meters; Benton also in the boys triple jump; Colbie Ramsey in the girls 1600 meters; Jakara Tobler in the girls 400 meters; Kemarion Thomas in the boys 400 meters and boys 800 meter; Tayshawn Reeves in the boys 300 hurdles; and Brianna Dalton in the girls 3200 meters.
The girls and boys 4×200 meter relay teams and the girls and boys 4×400 meter relay teams will compete at state sectionals also.
FIELD EVENTS
Girls Shot Put
Layla Jackson 4th Place Finish – 27 ft – 4.5in
Kierra Clark 7th Place – 23ft – 7in
Alona Jackson 8th Place – 22ft – 3in
Boys Shot Put
Michael Smith 8th Place Finish – 39 ft – 3in
Brandon Ridley 9th Place Finish – 38 ft – 11in
Cedrion Stone 10th Place Finish – 37 ft – 3in
Girls Discus
Madeline Dekle 5th Place Finish – 67 ft – 5in
Layla Jackson 6th Place Finish – 66 ft – 7in
Boys Discus
Camren Dunlap 10th Place Finish – 86 ft – 6in
Cambrian Farley 11th Place Finish – 74 ft – 6in
Tymir Thornton 12th Place Finish – 71 ft – 4in
Girls Long Jump
Khayden Hope 4th Place Finish – 13 ft – 11in
Arlie Moore 6th Place Finish – 13 ft – 5in
Boys Long Jump
Geralynn Benton 1st Place Finish – 21 ft – 8.75in
Jacarian Grier 8th Place Finish – 16 ft – 2.75in
Girls Triple Jump
Oriayha Thurman 2nd Place Finish – 28 ft – 2in
Boys Triple Jump
Geralynn Benton 3rd Place Finish – 42 ft – 5.75in
Jacarian Grier 6th Place Finish – 36 ft – 2.25in
RUNNING EVENTS
Girls 4x200m Relay
Kimora Crawford, Markinya Thomas, Glenasia Stewart, AnnaMarie Langford (Alt. Khayden Hope, Stevi Davis & Oriayha Thurman) 3rd Place Finish 2:02.46
Boys 4x200m Relay
Travis Teran, Demajah Driskell, Jacarian Grier, Bryan Ridley – 4th Place Finish – 1:39.13
Girls 100m
Oriayha Thurman 3rd Place Finish – 13.56
Stevi Davis 7th Place Finish – 13.98
Khayden Hope 9th Place Finish – 14.19
Boys 100m
Kaidon Whidby 1st Place Finish – 11.30
Josiah Cotterell 2nd Place Finish – 11.36
Tyler Banks 7th Place Finish – 11.67
4x100m Relay
Josiah Cotterll, Tyler Banks, Randy Williams, Kaidon Whidby 1st Place Finish-43.17
Girls 1600m
Colbie Ramsey 2nd Place Finish – 5:52.46
Carlie Whitmire 8th Place Finish – 7:51.17
Boys 1600m
Roswell Goolsby 6th Place Finish – 5:17.00
Michael Abner 7th Place Finish – 5:26.86
Girls 400m
Jakara Tobler 3rd Place Finish – 1:00.08
Arlie Moore 9th Place Finish – 1:14.41
Markinya Thomas 10th Place Finish – 1:15.59
Boys 400m
Kemarion Thomas 3rd Place Finish – 53.03
Jordan Thomas 5th Place Finish – 54.43
Marvion Clowers 11th Place Finish – 1:03.94
Boys 300H
Tayshawn Reeves 3rd Place Finish – 43.85
Girls 800m
Colbie Ramsey 5th Place Finish – 2:45.77
Boys 800m
Kemarion Thoms 3rd Place Finish – 2:12.13
Roswell Goolsby 8th Place Finish – 2:25.47
Jordan Goolsby 9th Place Finish – 2:28.11
Girls 200m
Jakara Tobler 5th Place Finish – 27.26
Oriayha Thurman 7th Place Finish – 28.59
Stevi Davis 8th Place Finish – 29.16
Boys 200m
Josiah Cotterell 3rd Place Finish – 23.24
Kaidon Whidby 5th Place Finish – 23.42
Randy Williams 7th Place Finish – 24. 24
Girls 3200m
Brianna Dalton 4th Place Finish – 14:43.91 Girls 4x400m Relay
Markinya Thomas, Brianna Dalton, Oriayha Thurman, Arlie Moore (Alt. Colbie Ramsey) 4th Place Finish – 5:21.67
Boys 4x400m Relay
Jordan Goolsby, Bryan Ridley, Kaidon Whidby, Kemarion Thomas (Alt. Tayshawn Reeves, Josiah Cotterell) – 2nd Place Finish – 3:44.05