St. Pius and Tucker battled down to the wire in Region 6-AAAA as the 4x400m once again provided all the drama one could ask for as St. Pius was able to preserve a slim l point lead going into the last event to take the title 129-125 over Tucker. Antonio McKay anchored his St. Pius team to a 3:20 win with a 47.0 anchor leg.

The boys from Kell pulled off a surprise win in Region 6-AAAAA as they upset Walton for the region title on Saturday in a battle that wasn

The rankings don\'t lie. Collins Hill put on qutie a show at the Region 7 meet on Tuesday as they blew past the competition winning by 111 points over 2nd place Norcross, 174 to 63. Nicole Okolo and Jacke Drouin led the way with stellar perfromances. Okolo advances to state in 4 events as she finished 1st in the 100 hurdles in a time of 14.25. She also won both the long and triple jumps with marks of 18\'3\" and 37\'1\" as well as anchoring Collins Hill\'s 4x100 team to a 2nd place finsih behind Norcross. Jackie Drouin took the top spot in the 1600 and 3200m runs with an impressive double of 4:58.09 and 10:56.75. Her performance in both events was spurred by the outstanding perfromance of Jennifer Barbi who had an impressive 5:03 and 11:06 double of her own to take 2nd in both events.

Swainsboro narrowly edged Claxton HS in region action on Thursday, 78-76/ They accomplished this despite winning only 2 events in the running finals on Thursday. Brandon Wright advances to state with his win in the 800m in 2:03 and the 4x100 team also advances to state with a 42.38 showing. Dwight Smith advances with a heave of 49\'7\" in the shot put for the top spot and he will also compete in the discus after placing 2nd behind Devn McClain of Claxton as both throwers broke 135\'.

Some of the best teams and individuals in AAAAA will go head to head at McEachern High School on Monday and Tuesday. The stakes are high as region titles and state births could go in many directions.

Despite not scoring in the 100m, 200m, or 400m, Blessed Trinity found a way to do what some might have thought impossible. In the latest team rankings, Therrell rated a number 3 state ranking while Blessed Trinity came in tied for 21st. After Brittany Long\'s amazing 100-200 double in 11.67 and 23.96, things appeared to be going Therrells way. A lot of attention was paid to the 300m hurdle race in 5-AAA but little did anyone know that it would play such a big part in the team title picture. Caroline Vaughn needed a big race in order to qualify for state, matched up against the powerful Jasmine Dacus of Westlake and Quaneshia Cleckley, of Therrell. These three young ladies represent the best in long hurdles in the state of Georgia and they did not disappoint on Monday night.

Wondergirl does it again! Brittany Hall posted an eye opening 2:09 in the prelims of the Region 8-AAAAA meet on Saturday but the young runner from Meadowcreek wasn\'t done. She followed that up with a blistering 2:08.99 for number 3 all time in the state.

Coach Christie recently had a conversation with Andrew Heath about his running after his 28:55 10k performance.

The race for state has started as region meets are taking place around the state. Unbelievable performances abound as the ladies have taken things to a new level in virtually every event. How about these times for starters: 100m-Brittany Long-Therrell 11.67 200m-Brittany Long-Therrell 23.96 400m-Porche Byrd-North Atlanta-54.38 400m-Joanna Atkins-Stephenson-54.13 800m-Brittany Hall-Meadowcreek-2:09.28 800m-Racquel Daly-SW Dekalb-2:14.38 1600m-Emily Reese-Chamblee-4:56 1600m-Racquel Daly-SW Dekalb-5:10

The performers list for the McEachern Invitational was filled with top flight performers and those athletes did not disappoint in an amazing day of track and field at McEachern. Leading the way were the 400m girls as Joanna Atkins of Stephenson wins in 54.25 with Jasmine Dacus of Westlake at 54.75. How many meets can say you run 56.16 and you get 3rd? On the boys side, the boys 800 saw Rick Scheff of St. Pius pull away from a fast field in a Georgia season best 1:52.22. As for relays, the McEachern DMR team ran Georgia\'s #5 all time winning in 10:19.52 in some serious winds.to win by almost 40 seconds.

Boys Israel Machovec Dacula SP 59\'4\" Israel Machovec Dacula Discus 176\'4\" Daniel Averso Providence HJ 6\'8\" Matt Pridemore Buford 200m 21.60 Girls Brittany Hall Meadowcreek 800m 2:11.89 Nicole Okolo Collins Hill TJ 39\'4\" Eve Machovec Dacula Discus 142\'1\" Eve Machovec Dacula Shot Put 40\'1\" Latoya Collins Norcross LJ 18\'4\" Holy Innocents 4x1600 22:57.71 Shannon Wilson Buford 100m 12.06

These rankings were calculated by scoring the elite performances rankings list 20-deep. 1st place received 20 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 20th place.

These rankings were calculated by scoring the elite performances rankings list 20-deep. 1st place received 20 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 20th place.

The disappointment of not matching up against Emily Reese and Jackie Drouin might have had something to do with the amazing feat that Emily Borsare displayed at the Westminster Pent meet on Wednesday night. Borsare went 10:31.44 for a new all time bes tin Georgia. This is pure speculation but the fact remains that Borsare put on an amazing performance to top Reese\'s 10:39 mark set last season at the state meet. The stakes keep rising in Goergia distance running and another amazing athlete has served notice that she is to be included in any discussion of great Georgia runnres this season. Congratulations Emily on an amazing perfromance.

Unofficial results so far.

These rankings were calculated by scoring the elite performances rankings list 20-deep. 1st place received 20 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 20th place.

These rankings were calculated by scoring the elite performances rankings list 20-deep. 1st place received 20 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 20th place.

The Southwest Dekalb girls posted the #2 all time mark in the 4x800 to win at Taco Bell on Friday going 9:28.17 for the victory. Not to be outdone, the boys of McEachern also posted a top 5 all time mark going 7:55.91 for the win over Ridge View High School.

Heat Sheets for Saturday\'s boys division of the Taco Bell Classic.

Heat Sheets for the Girls Division of the Taco Bell Classic.

Mauri Peoples had a tremendous showing at the Mobile Meet of Champions. The young vaulter, from Carrollton, hit an all time mark of 12\' in the vault to finish just ahead of Analise Peters, of GACS for 2nd place. Peoples moves up to #2 on the all time list behind Nicci Faires of Roswell.

Georgia\'s top athletes performed well at the Mobile Challenge of Champions Invitational division on Saturday. It started with Nicole Okolo in the triple jump. The Collins Hill star covered 39\' 0.75\" to win top honors and also earn top marks in the state this season. Her teammates in the 4x800 did not disappoint either as they covered 8 laps of the oval in a state leading time of 9:31.49 to also take home gold. Jordan Scott of Oconee Co. continued his spectacular season as he won gold in the pole vault with a mark of 16\'6\". Donte Nall, of Chapel Hill, cleared an impressive 7\'00\" in the high jump to set a meet record. Collins Hill\'s girls continued the streak of golds with a win in the 4x100 with a time of 48.44.

The ladies from Stephenson High School acheived a narrow team victory over Southwest Dekalb at the Dekalb Co. Championships and it might just have been that little bit of motivation that propeled the Lady Jaguars to a national leading time in the 4x400, taking the win in 3:46, a mark that ranks #2 all time in the state of Georgia.

This weekend at the Mobile Challenge of Champions, several top flight athletes from Georgia will look to make their mark. Evander Wells, of Stone Mountain, comes off a monster Dekalb Co. Championship performance that saw him go 10.49 and sub 21 in the 200. Also competeing will be Brittany Hall, of Meadowcreek, in her specialty the 800m along wtih Jackie Drouin, of Collins Hill, in the 3200. Emily Reese, of Chamblee, will be competing in the 1600m. Look for full results here when they are available.