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South Gwinnett Repeats as 4x400 State Champions
South Gwinnett Repeats as 4x400 State Champions
Posted by South Gwinnett on May 09, 2011
Friday and Saturday saw South Gwinnett once again show that they are the best team in the state at 400 meters competing in the prelims and the final of the Georgia Olympics 40.
On Friday evening under the lights South Gwinnett competed in heat 1 of 2. Winning there heat in grand fashion with a time 3:18.78 with Campbell following in 2nd almost 18 seconds behind at 3:26.76.
South had the fastest time of prelims across all classifications.
By virtue of its fastest time in the prelims took center lane in the finals of the 4x400 on Saturday afternoon.
The last race of the Georgia Olympics 40 begin with South in lane 4 and Geo Greene leading out as the 1st leg. The gun fired and they were out Geo handed off to Derwyn Tate after a very tight first leg. Derwyn made up several places going from 7th after the exchange to 2nd when he handed off to Mark Watts the 3rd leg and split time of 49. Mark was on the move and easily took over the number 1 position and never looked back and was able to give Kevin Gary a 10 meter lead when he gave the baton to Kevin and a split of 48+. Kevin took the baton and was gone, at one point in the race Kevin lead the pack by as much as 20 meters and brought home again for the 2nd year in a row the State Championship in 4x400 with a split time of 48 and an overall time of 3:16.82.
South also recieved the All Classification trophy which they missed last year by 1/100 of second, wining it this year by 3/100 of second.
It would be wrong not to mention the efforts of Vince Mosby whose efforts at Region made it possible for this team to get to State and who was ready and willing to take a spot if any of his team mates were unable to compete. Thanks to Vince South Gwinnett won it all in Grand Fashion and Vince gets my vote as the Most Valuable Player for South Gwinnett 2011.
It has been a great year for South with some unexpected twist and turns and now some seniors are graduating on to bigger and better things and we wish them all the success in the world in those future endeavors.
The guys have percevered and brought home another State Championship in the 4x400 meters. Great Job Guys!
On Friday evening under the lights South Gwinnett competed in heat 1 of 2. Winning there heat in grand fashion with a time 3:18.78 with Campbell following in 2nd almost 18 seconds behind at 3:26.76.
South had the fastest time of prelims across all classifications.
By virtue of its fastest time in the prelims took center lane in the finals of the 4x400 on Saturday afternoon.
The last race of the Georgia Olympics 40 begin with South in lane 4 and Geo Greene leading out as the 1st leg. The gun fired and they were out Geo handed off to Derwyn Tate after a very tight first leg. Derwyn made up several places going from 7th after the exchange to 2nd when he handed off to Mark Watts the 3rd leg and split time of 49. Mark was on the move and easily took over the number 1 position and never looked back and was able to give Kevin Gary a 10 meter lead when he gave the baton to Kevin and a split of 48+. Kevin took the baton and was gone, at one point in the race Kevin lead the pack by as much as 20 meters and brought home again for the 2nd year in a row the State Championship in 4x400 with a split time of 48 and an overall time of 3:16.82.
South also recieved the All Classification trophy which they missed last year by 1/100 of second, wining it this year by 3/100 of second.
It would be wrong not to mention the efforts of Vince Mosby whose efforts at Region made it possible for this team to get to State and who was ready and willing to take a spot if any of his team mates were unable to compete. Thanks to Vince South Gwinnett won it all in Grand Fashion and Vince gets my vote as the Most Valuable Player for South Gwinnett 2011.
It has been a great year for South with some unexpected twist and turns and now some seniors are graduating on to bigger and better things and we wish them all the success in the world in those future endeavors.
The guys have percevered and brought home another State Championship in the 4x400 meters. Great Job Guys!
