Top track and field times for Savannah-area high school boys and girls headed into state meets
The GHSA state track and field meets are set to begin Thursday, running through Saturday at four different venues based on classification. The Greater Savannah area will be well represented with a slew of talented athletes set to compete.
The Savannah Arts Academy girls team, featuring a number of runners who helped lead the Panthers to a second-place finish in the Class 3A state cross country meet in the fall, is primed for another strong showing.
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Junior Margaret Wade doubled up at a 3A sectional meet by winning the 1,600 meters and 3,200. Her classmate, Lyric Olson, took home the 800 title while finishing second in the 1,600. The Savannah Arts 4x800 relay team also won a gold medal.
Leia Williams, the Liberty County thrower who has signed with Florida, won the discus and shot put in the same sectional meet. Last year, she won a shot put state title and finished second in the discus.
In the boys 3A sectional meet, Johnson senior Jaleeh Kearse doubled up to win the shot put and the discus, while his teammate, junior Samari Dowdy, won the 100 meters. Dowdy has the second-best time in the event in the state among all classifications with a 10.41. Johnson senior Ted Hurst, who has signed to play football at Valdosta State, won the long jump.
Windsor Forest's D'Ante Bass, the standout basketball player who has signed with Georgetown, won the high jump and triple jump in the same meet. The Liberty County boys 4x100 relay team also took home a gold medal.
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The Woodville-Tompkins team did well in a Class 2A sectional meet. The girls 4x100 team (Alexandria Moody, Zoey Simmons, Markayla Dillard and Jasmine Gaither) won a gold medal, while the boys 4x400 squad (Clint Lloyd, Nathan Anderson, Jordan Haskell and Jalil Coast) also won.
In a Class A Private sectional meet, defending state high jump champion Maggie Byrd, a junior at Savannah Christian, continued to excel by winning a gold medal. The SCPS girls 4x800 relay team (Kate Britt, Faith Bullied, Angelina Goodman and Kendall Lynes) also won.
On the boys side, SCPS sophomore Jamari McIvory won the 400-meter title.
Savannah Country Day junior John Ryan won the 800 at the same meet, and finished second in the 1,600.
Here's a list of the top 5 times and marks from athletes in the Greater Savannah area. The times have been posted throughout the year and were compiled from GAMilesplit.com. The state ranking of each time, across all classifications, is listed with the time/mark.
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BOYS
100 meters
Samari Dowdy, Johnson, jr. 10.41, 2nd state, 1st 3A
James Summerset, Libery County, jr., 10.59, 14th state,
Alex Wynn, Savannah Country Day, sr., 10.67, 26th state,
Na'Seir Samuel, Benedictine, so., 10.68, 27th state
Keith James, SCD, jr., 10.70, 31st state
200 meters
Summerset, 21.81, 37th state
Anfernee Jackson, Richmond Hill, sr., 21.86, 46th state
Barry Young, Calvary Day, sr., 21.87, 48th
Dowdy, 21.91, 51st state
Samuel, 22.03, 72rd state
400
Jamari McIvory, Savannah Christian, so., 49.20, 40th state
Jasai Taylor, RH, sr., 49.48, 52nd state
Barry Young, CDS, sr., 49.78, 68th state
Alexander Adams, Islands, sr., 50.36, 107th
Santonio Rio, New Hampstead, fr., 50.45, 117th
Ted Hurst, Johnson, sr., 50.81, 149th
800
John Ryan, SCD, jr., 1:55.52, 13th state
Noah Sybert, RH, so., 1:59.11, 74th
Memphis Rich, RH, so., 1:59.74, 94th
Rio, NH, 2:00.46, 114th
McIvory, SCPS, 2:01.71, 154th
Cailan Howard, South Effingham, sr., 2:02.08 161st
1,600
Ryan, SCD, 4:26.52, 54th state
Rich, RH, 4:26.68, 57th
Howard, SE, 4:30.54, 98th
Sybert, RH, 4:30.86, 101st
Dylan Overbey, RH, sr., 4:35.83, 157th
Brogan Steele, Savannah Arts, sr, 4:40.82, 225th
3,200
Rich, RH, 9:27.82, 15th
Sybert, 9:40.51, 40th
Howard, 9:44.52, 55th
Tyler Phillips, SE, so., 9:55.02, 98th
Overbey, 9:56.26, 103rd
110 hurdles
Chapman Schivera, Benedictine, jr., 15:51, 83rd
Jamar Joseph, LC, so., 15:66, 102nd
Victavious Smith, SE, jr., 15:74, 121st
Billy Johnson, Jenkins, so., 15:89, 143rd
Amari Addison, Benedictine, sr., 16:12, 170th
300 hurdles
Jasai Taylor, RH, sr., 37:88, 7th state
Nathan Anderson, Woodville-Tompkins, jr., 39.47, 30th
Schivera, Benedictine, 41.19, 102nd
Joseph, LC, 41.30, 114th
Daryl Cossey, Jenkins, 41.45, 127th
Addison, BC, 41.80, 149th
Discus
Jaleeh Kearse, Johnson, sr., 156-1, 18th
Elijah Blige, NH, so., 145-9.5, 48th
Evan Scarborough, Benedictine, sr., 141-1, 72nd
Ameer Phillips, Beach, sr., 137-6, 108th
Devereaux Beniot, LC, jr., 137-1, 113th
Shot put
Kearse, 51-5.5, 19th
Jaden Boone, Johnson, jr., 47-9, 81st
Blige, NH, 47-8, 86th
Beniot, LC, 47-6, 88th
Jalin Scott, CDS, jr., 45-5.5, 164th
Tanner Hughes, SE, so., 44-9.25, 191st
High jump
Cameron Edwards, SE, sr., 6-4, 28th
D'Ante Bass, Windsor Forest, sr., 6-4, 28th
Davonte Jenkins, Woodville-Tompkins, sr., 6-2, 57th
Joshua Quarterman, Bethesda, so., 6-2, 57th
Shiv Patel, SCPS, so., 6-2, 57th
Christiaan Neely, Benedictine, sr., 6-0.5, 121st
Long jump
Hurst, Johnson, sr., 22-8, 30th
Bass, Windsor Forest, 22-0, 71st
Jabarri Neal, Bradwell, fr., 21-11.5, 75th
Ravon Grant, Richmond Hill, jr., 21-8, 101st
Braylin Shields, Jenkins, jr., 21-7.75, 107th
Langston Lewis, Islands, sr., 21-5, 135th
Triple jump
Edwards, 45-11.5, 16th
Bass, 45-3.5, 30th
Jamari Brooks, CDS, sr., 43-0.5, 104th
Markel Adside, LC, so., 42-6.75, 139th
Ronald Smith, Johnson, so., 42-3.5, 158th
Pole vault
Jaden Day, RH, sr., 11-6, 108th
Isaac Vanduynhoven, LC, sr., 10-6, 191st
Chase Garrett, SE, sr., 10-0, 225th
Dylan Quesada, SE, sr., 10-0, 2225th
Jared Wong, SE, so., 9-6, 285th
4x100
Calvary Day, 42.65, 52nd
Liberty County, 42.81, 67th
Savannah Country Day, 43.10, 92th
Johnson, 43.16, 98th
New Hampstead, 43.32, 114th
Benedictine, 43.65, 152nd
4x200
Johnson, 1:29.74, 44th
Richmond Hill, 1:30.44, 72nd
Liberty County, 1:30.87, 90th
Woodville-Tompkins, 1:31.74, 126th
Benedictine, 1:32.00, 137th
New Hampstead, 1:32.39, 155th
4x400
Richmond Hill, 3:26.02, 44th
Calvary Day, 3:28.01, 61st
South Effingham, 3:28.65, 71st
Woodville-Tompkins, 3:29.24, 80th
Liberty County, 3:32.58, 116th
4x800
Richmond Hill, 8:10.00, 13th
South Effingham, 8:33.09, 79th
Bradwell Institute, 8:47.78, 133rd
Effingham County, 8:51.44, 146th
Jenkins, 8:56.25, 157th
Benedictine, 9:02.00, 172nd
GIRLS
100
Marissa Palmer, New Hampstead, so., 11.95, 20th
Jadyn Singleton, Savannah Christian, so., 12.09, 34th
Monica Manker, Savannah Arts, jr., 12.30, 72nd
Jayla Lawrence, Richmond HIll, so., 12.38, 93rd
Francine Smith, Windsor Forest. jr., 12.46, 122nd
200
Palmer, 25.09, 49th
Ta'Tyana Anderson, BI, fr., 25.10, 52nd
Lawrence, 25.22, 63rd
Singleton, 25.36, 74th
Akira Burt, RH, jr., 25.47, 84th
400
Burt, 57.09, 30th
Palmer, 57.89, 56th
Anna Pollak, Savannah Country Day, jr., 58.77
Haely Grant, Calvary Day, so., 59.13
Tori Selders, CDS, sr., 1:00.60, 152nd
800
Lyric Olson, SAA, jr., 2:17.01, 14th
Margaret Wade, SAA, jr., 2:23.87, 82nd
Somaria Courtney, RH, so., 2:26.23, 108th
Kate Britt, SCPS, sr., 2:27.51, 133rd
Lucy Tuttle, RH, jr., 2:28.67, 157th
Candace Kieffer, Effingham County, sr., 2:28.75, 159th
1,600
Wade, 5:06.52, 15th
Olson, 5:17.01, 54th
Kieffer, 5:22.86, 88th
Julia Wilson, RH, so., 5:28.64, 125th
Cheyenne Ryan, South Effingham, sr., 5:37.69
3,200
Wade, 10:57.79, 5th
Kieffer, 11:30.75, 50th
J.Wilson, 11:47.68, 80th
Kendall Lynes, SCPS, sr., 124th
Reese Wilson, RH, sr., 12:12.03, 132nd
100 hurdles
Aaliyah Williams, Islands, jr., 15:14, 36th
Anna Lackey, EC, sr., 16:15, 99th
Mariya Jefferson, Bradwell, jr., 16:64, 148th
Akira Webb, RH, jr., 16:66, 149th
Taylor Cooper, New Hampstead, sr., 16:67, 151st
300 hurdles
Jefferson, 49.45, 175th
Lackey, 49.57, 182nd
Cooper, 49.59, 183rd
Tylea Speaks, SAA, so., 49.71, 189th
Christeon Lewis, SE, so., 49.87, 193rd
Discus
Leia Williams, LC, sr., 157-6, 1st
Avery Fisher, RH, sr., 118-11.5, 33rd
Jada Brown, RH, fresh., 98-2, 160th
Levita Williams, Beach, jr., 98-0, 161st
Zoraya Thornton, RH, sr., 96-4, 181st
Shot put
Williams, 41-5, 8th
Fisher, 41-2.5, 9th
Abby McDonald, EC, sr., 37-0.5, 39th
Jayla Johnson, Johnson, so., 36-1, 54th
Jada Brown, RH, fr., 35-4, 75th
High jump
Maggie Byrd, SCPS, jr., 5-7, 5th
Riley Browne, SE, jr., 5-2, 33rd
Roneisha Goss, EC, soph., 5-2, 33rd
Isabella Melendez, LC, soph. 5-0, 79th
Anderson, Bradwell, 4-11.75, 147th
Long jump
Singleton, SCPS, 17-3.5, 88th
Jacoria Leonard, BI, jr., 16-10.75, 134th,
Williams, Islands, 16-9, 146th
Destiny Mobley, NH, so., 16-8.5, 150th
Taylor Gilbert, RH, jr., 16-3.25, 217th
Triple jump
Za'Riyah Hamilton, Bradwell, jr., 34-5.5, 137th
Samantha Johnson, RH, freshman, 33-11.5, 159th
Kalyce Watson, Effingham, sr., 33-8, 178th
Taylor Smith, LC, jr., 33-4, 197th
Kalies Thomas, Windsor Forest, sr., 33-4, 197th
Pole vault
Autumn Smiley, RH, jr., 9-6.25, 48th
Aubrey Edge, SE, so., 9-6
Aaliyah Acosta, RH, sr., 8-6, 99th
Daisy Avery, RH, jr., 8-6, 99th
Abby McDonald, EC, sr., 8-0, 148th
4x100
Bradwell Institute, 49.15, 49th
Liberty County, 49.55, 75th
Johnson, 49.56, 76th
New Hampstead, 49.82, 97th
Richmond Hill, 50.19, 123rd
4x200
Bradwell, 1:43.92, 29th
RH, 1:45.43, 56th
Savannah Christian, 1:48.07, 108th
Woodville-Tompkins, 1:48.15, 111th
Effingham County, 1:48.73, 127th
4x400
RH, 4:01.36, 23rd
Calvary Day, 4:13.31, 91st
South Effingham, 4:20.44, 149th
Bradwell, 4:22.05, 158th
Savannah Country Day, 4:24.30
4x800
RH, 10:06.67, 20th
Savannah Arts, 10:17.51, 46th
SCPS, 10:31.79, 68th
South Effingham, 10:35.15, 74th
Bradwell, 10:45.29, 97th
Dennis Knight covers sports for the Savannah Morning News. Contact him at Dknight@savannahnow.com. Twitter: @DennisKnightSMN
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