(All Pics by Daniel McCauley) of MileSplit GA
(Text by Bruce Taylor and Daniel McCauley)
Super Frosh Anna Marian Block has earned the top seed in the 800 having a pr of 2:11
Sarah Foreman of Landmark has Anna Marian Block on her shoulder in the 800.
Mattie Millikan of Mount Pisgah finished 2nd behind Block in the 800
Team Outlook:
its gonna be a hard row to hoe for any school to put real pressure on Our Lady of Mercy and Eagles Landing Christian as they both came out Sectionals strong except for distance. ELCA is much like Mercy, strong in the Sprints, (equally matched) in both Relays, horizontals but doesn't have the Hurdlers like OLM does.
Leah Banks of OLM out in front of the pack in the 400
Mercy is led by Individual triple threat athlete Leah Banks who specializes in the 400, 100h and LJ.
Deja Barthell of OLM is a threat in both short Sprints
Deja Barthell was 2nd at Sectional in the 100m and scored in both TJ/LJ. Landy Thomas won the 100m last week and was 3rd in the 200m and Janelle Morris is another hurdler who can score big.
OLM's 4x100 will be seeking to upset ELCA in the 4x100 in Albany
ELCA racing in the 4x100
Mercy's 4x400 squad came out of Sectionals ahead of ELCA
An ELCA runner motors around the oval in the 4x400 Relay
T'aja Cameron of ELCA is the fave to take the 200 in Albany
Sydney Spencer of ELCA leads the heat in the 200 Meter Dash.
ELCA is led by a duo of potential high point athletes including T'Aja Cameron as she won the 200 and TJ at Sectionals and Sydney Spencer who won the 100m, placed 2nd in the 200m and 4th in the LJ. Abigail Rogers is the top Shot gal coming in with a strong chance for a title. Count on them to score at least 16 in the Relays.
Athens Academy may challenge ELCA and OLM in the 4x400 Relay Saturday...
Athens Academy may have their best showing in years behind the frosh phenom Anna Marian Block who is nationally ranked in the 800 and one of the best All-Classes in the 1600. Emily Ballard-Meyer is capable of scoring in both the 400m and 800m races. Thrower Julia Hairsay could contend for titles in the Discus and Shot.
Morgan Lewis of Mt. Vernon is the top 100 Hurdler coming into State
Collier Middleton of Walker and Leah Banks will seek to challenge Lewis in the 100 Hurdles.
Nicole Fegans of Landmark Christian should be one of the favorites in both the 1600 & 3200.
Landmark Christian may have a lock on a top 4 spot as there's a nice gap after running a combined 'Virtual Meet' using Region 1600/3200 results and last week's Sectionals. Nicole Fegans is a threat to score big in the 16/3200, along with Kathryn (800/1600) and Sarah Foreman in the 800. mary Kellison Thorne could place as high as 2nd in the PV with Jordan Boyd and Rachel Morley chipping in on the Field and Hurdles.
Charity Williams of ACS (purple and gold) will seek a title in the 300 Hurdles
There are a ton of teams on the 2nd tier including Athens Christian, FPD, Walker and Mount Pisgah.
Helen Williams of AIS and Nicole Fegans of Landmark(drafting her) battled at Region in the 1600/3200 races. Trailing is Sophie West of Paideia and Foreman of Landmark.
1600 Meters- Emma Grace Hurley of Fellowship Christian School is the top seed in the 1600m with her time of 4:55.56. Anna Marian Block of Athens Academy, Landmark's Nicole Fegans, and Helen Williams are certain to add a level of competition that will bring the stadium to its feet. It will be interesting to see how many of these top girls go under five minutes and by how much. Look also for Landmark's Kathryn Foreman, Sophia West of Paideia, and Shannon Fair of Aquinas to add to the mix in their quests for a medal.
Emma Grace Hurley is a threat to double in the 1600 and 3200 but is going to have her plate full....
3200- Nicole Fegans, Emma Grace Hurley, and Helen Williams have earned the distinction of being the clear favorites in this eight lap battle. Throwing it down and trying to challenge them will be Kathryn Foreman and her little sister Sarah, along with Sophia West and Shannon Fair. Fegans defeated Williams in the Area 3 Region 5 Championship, however, Helen has shown steady improvement throughout the season and will most certainly give 100%. Watch for Emma Grace to do something special in what should prove to be a fantastic match-up.
Athletes and Events to Watch:100m- Sydney Spencer-ELCA, Deja Barthell & Landy Thomas- OLM
200m- T'Aja Cameron & Sydney Spencer- ELCA
400m- Leah Banks- OLM, Tyra Poole-Walker
800m- Anna Marian Block- Athens Academy; Mattie Millikan- Mt. Pisgah
1600m- Emma Grace Hurley; Anna MarianBlock; Helen Williams; Nicole Fegans
3200m- Nicole Fegans; Emma Grace Hurley; Helen Williams
100h- Morgan Lewis- Mt. Vernon; Leah Banks- OLM; Collier Middleton- Walker
300h- Sydney Force- Strong Rock; Charity Williams- ACS; Collier Middleton- Walker
4x100- ELCA, OLM
4x400- OLM, ELCA, Athens Academy
Carson Dingler of FPD is in another stratosphere than her competitors in the PV with a 13-6 pr.
Madison Pickerel of ACS has cleared a bar of 5-2 this season.
FIELD:
HJ- Summer Hendley- Sav.Christian; Madison Pickerel- ACS; Maya Dodson- St.Francis
LJ- Leah Banks- OLM
TJ- T'Aja Cameron- ELCA; Gaby Ajibade- Tallulah Falls; Jordan Allen- Tattnall Square
PV- Carson Dingler- FPD
Discus- Maggie Johnston- FPD; Julia Hairsay- Athens Academy; Rachel Morley- Landmark
Shot- Abigail Rogers- ELCA; Julia Hairsay- Athens Academy;
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These rankings were calculated by scoring the rankings as a meet. We took the individual rankings and relay rankings and scored them as a normal meet: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.
| 1. | Our Lady of Mercy | 90 | ||||||||||||||
| Alion Belvin (300H 5 = 5) | ||||||||||||||||
| Courtney Johnson (400m 1 = 1) | ||||||||||||||||
| Deja Barthell (100m 8 + LJ 3 + TJ 4 = 15) | ||||||||||||||||
| Janelle Morris (100H 5 + 300H 1 + HJ 2 = 8) | ||||||||||||||||
| Landy Thomas (100m 6 + 200m 5 = 11) | ||||||||||||||||
| Leah Banks (100H 8 + 400m 10 + LJ 10 = 28) | ||||||||||||||||
| Pauline Cobb (800m 4 = 4) | ||||||||||||||||
| Relay Team (18) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2. | Eagles Landing Christian Academy | 73 | ||||||||||||||
| Abigail Rogers (S 10 = 10) | ||||||||||||||||
| Kayland Thomason (400m 2 = 2) | ||||||||||||||||
| Relay Team (18) | ||||||||||||||||
| Sydney Spencer (100m 10 + 200m 8 + LJ 5 = 23) | ||||||||||||||||
| T'aja Cameron (200m 10 + TJ 10 = 20) | ||||||||||||||||
| 3. | Athens Academy | 59 | ||||||||||||||
| Anna Marian Block (800m 10 = 10) | ||||||||||||||||
| Emily Ballard-Myer (400m 5 + 800m 1 = 6) | ||||||||||||||||
| Julia Harisay (D 8 + S 6 = 14) | ||||||||||||||||
| Morgan Grace (PV 2 = 2) | ||||||||||||||||
| Relay Team (9) | ||||||||||||||||
| Sydney Williams (HJ 5 = 5) (1600 + 3200= 13)
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| 5. | Athens Christian | 35.5 | ||||||||||||||
| Abby Resop (D 2.5 = 2.5) | ||||||||||||||||
| Charity Williams (300H 8 = 8) | ||||||||||||||||
| Claira Heiss (100H 1 + PV 5.5 = 6.5) | ||||||||||||||||
| Olivia Pineo (100H 2 + PV 5.5 = 7.5) | ||||||||||||||||
| Relay Team (2) | ||||||||||||||||
| madison pickerel (HJ 9 = 9) | ||||||||||||||||
| 6. | Walker | 32 | ||||||||||||||
| Collier Middleton (100H 6 + 300H 6 + HJ 5 = 17) | ||||||||||||||||
| Relay Team (3) | ||||||||||||||||
| Tyra Poole (200m 4 + 400m 8 = 12) | ||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Mount Pisgah Christian School | 31.5 | ||||||||||||||
| Ally Smith (400m 4 = 4) | ||||||||||||||||
| Mattie Millikan (800m 8 = 8) | ||||||||||||||||
| Morgan Millikan (100m 2.5 + 200m 2 = 4.5) | ||||||||||||||||
| Paige Peterson (TJ 5 = 5) | ||||||||||||||||
| Relay Team (10) | ||||||||||||||||
| 8. | First Presbyterian Day School | 23 | ||||||||||||||
| Carson Dingler (PV 10 = 10) | ||||||||||||||||
Maggie Johnston (D 10 + S 3 = 13)
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| 9. | Tattnall Square Academy | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| Jordan Allen (100m 5 + LJ 8 + TJ 8 = 21) | ||||||||||||||||
| 10. | Mount Vernon Presbyterian School | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Morgan Lewis (100H 10 + 200m 6 = 16) | ||||||||||||||||
| 11. | George Walton Academy | 15.5 | ||||||||||||||
| Dilys Osei (100H 4 + 300H 2 = 6) | ||||||||||||||||
| Morgan Robertson (100m 2.5 = 2.5) | ||||||||||||||||
| Relay Team (7) | ||||||||||||||||
| 12. | Savannah Christian Prep | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Diana Wickham (400m 3 = 3) | ||||||||||||||||
| Relay Team (1) | ||||||||||||||||
| Summer Hendley (HJ 5 + LJ 6 = 11) | ||||||||||||||||
| 13. | Stratford Academy | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Ally Raymond (PV 2 = 2) | ||||||||||||||||
| Aysha Roberts (LJ 1 = 1) | ||||||||||||||||
| Faith Boyington (TJ 1 = 1) | ||||||||||||||||
| Maggie Hamilton (PV 2 = 2) | ||||||||||||||||
| Mary Wilson Avant (D 5 = 5) | ||||||||||||||||
| Taylor Reese (HJ 2 = 2) | ||||||||||||||||
| 13. | Whitefield Academy | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Corey Johnson (400m 6 = 6) | ||||||||||||||||
| Lauren Vanarsdale (200m 3 = 3) | ||||||||||||||||
| Relay Team (4) | ||||||||||||||||
| 13. | Brookstone | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Jazaria Brown (TJ 2 = 2) | ||||||||||||||||
| Naeisha McClain (D 4 + S 5 = 9) | ||||||||||||||||
| Relay Team (2) | ||||||||||||||||
| 16. | St. Francis | 12.5 | ||||||||||||||
| Kori McDaniel (S 0.5 = 0.5) | ||||||||||||||||
| Maya Dodson (HJ 9 + TJ 3 = 12) | ||||||||||||||||
| 17. | Tallulah Falls | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Anna Davis (300H 4 = 4) | ||||||||||||||||
| Gaby Ajibade (LJ 2 + TJ 6 = 8) Atlanta International (Helen Williams 1600 and 3200 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| 19. | Prince Avenue Christian School | 10.5 | ||||||||||||||
| Rachel Machovec (D 2.5 + S 4 = 6.5) | ||||||||||||||||
| Rebekah Haynes (100m 4 = 4) | ||||||||||||||||
| 20. | Hebron Christian | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Camille Humphrey (PV 4 = 4) | ||||||||||||||||
| Maddy Howe (800m 6 = 6) | ||||||||||||||||
| 21. | Strong Rock Christian School | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Sydney Force (300H 10 = 10) | ||||||||||||||||
| 22. | King's Ridge Christian School | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Sydnee Walker (S 8 = 8) AQUINAS 7 (Shannon Fair 1600 and 3200) PAIDEIA 6 (Sophie West 1600 and 3200) | ||||||||||||||||
| 25. | Mount De Sales | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Brendon Coats (100m 1 + 200m 1 = 2) | ||||||||||||||||
| 25. | Calvary Day School | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Moriah Harris (800m 2 = 2) | ||||||||||||||||
| 25. | Savannah Country Day School | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Amari Oliver (S 2 = 2) | ||||||||||||||||
| 26. | North Cobb Christian | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Olivia Gamadanis (D 1 = 1) | ||||||||||||||||
| 27. | Providence Christian Academy | 0.5 | ||||||||||||||
| Sydney Robinson (S 0.5 = 0.5) |
Distance Scores Based on Season Bests:
1,600 Meter Run
| # | Athlete | Yr | Team | Time | Pts |
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| 1 | Emma Grace Hurley | 11 | Fellowship Christian School | 4:55.56 | 10 |
| 2 | Anna Marian Block | 9 | Athens Academy | 4:57.70 | 8 |
| 3 | Nicole Fegans | 10 | Landmark Christian School | 5:03.38 | 6 |
| 4 | Helen Williams | 10 | Atlanta International School | 5:03.94 | 5 |
| 5 | Kathryn Foreman | 11 | Landmark Christian School | 5:13.07 | 4 |
| 6 | Sophia West | 9 | Paideia | 5:14.16 | 3 |
| 7 | Shannon Fair | 12 | Aquinas | 5:18.90 | 2 |
| 8 | Emily Ballard-Myer | 10 | Athens Academy | 5:22.33 | 1 |
3,200 Meter Run
| # | Athlete | Yr | Team | Time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicole Fegans | 10 | Landmark Christian School | 10:41.45 | 10 |
| 2 | Emma Grace Hurley | 11 | Fellowship Christian School | 10:44.43 | 8 |
| 3 | Helen Williams | 10 | Atlanta International School | 10:45.01 | 6 |
| 4 | Shannon Fair | 12 | Aquinas | 11:01.75 | 5 |
| 5 | Anna Marian Block | 9 | Athens Academy | 11:04.00 | 4 |
| 6 | Sophia West | 9 | Paideia | 11:34.22 | 3 |
| 7 | Kathryn Foreman | 11 | Landmark Christian School | 11:37.81 | 2 |
| 8 | Sarah Foreman | 9 | Landmark Christian School | 11:46.03 | 1 |