The Inaugural Atlanta Relays (formerly the Coaches Invitational) was the first large showcase meet of the Outdoor season. Held 2 weeks earlier compared to mid March it was chilly after sunset, but the track got warmed up with multiple prelims heats of the 100m dash, 100/110h, 4x100m relays and 2 non-showcase 3200m heats. 24 MileSplit 2nd team Elite performances were achieved with 11 of them occurring in the 'fast' heats of the 3200m race.
(photos by Marc Logan)
Andrew Jones (L) sticks with Myles Collins
Myles Collins of Archer has been on an early season tear and he continued that trend by gliding to 3200m champions race posting a tremendous early season 8:57! Collins took the lead early and never looked back enroute to the win. Andrew Jones of North Hall hung tough taking runnerup honors in 9:15 followed by Sam Rich from Lakeside Evans 3rd at 9:19
Madelynne Cadeau (r) leads Emily Little and Mackenzie Walls
Madelynne Cadeau of South Forsyth had a strong Indoor performances at the Music City Invitational clocking a 10:59 in the 2 Mile run. She got a leg up on the field Friday night taking the lead during lap 1 and began to slowly pull away on the last 4 laps crossing the finish line in 10:46. Mackenzie Walls from Veterans HS was 2nd place going sub 11: clocking a 10:57 and Emily Little of Marist finished 3rd in 11:06
Grace Mangan of West Forsyth (L) wins100m dash Finals in 12.13
Connor Johnson of Rome won the Pole Vault with a bar of 14-0
100m dash medalists: Mackenzie Walker, Grace Mangan and Synclair Savage
Girls 4x100m Relay Medalists: Walton, Rome HS, Marietta
Girls 4x200 medalists: Starrs Mill, Chapel Hill and Rome
Girls 4x400 medalists: Cambridge, Marietta and Starrs Mill
Girls 4x800 medalists: Walton, Harrison and Marist
Girls HJ Medalists: Ariana Gardener and Esther Dorcely
Girls PV Gold Medalist Rachel Valentine
Girls Shot Put medalists: Ali Foxx-Rome and Kassidy Amerson-Fox
Boys 4x100 medalists: Chapel Hill, Marietta and Newton
Boys 4x200 medalists: Alpharetta, Chapel Hill and Marietta
Boys 4x400 medalists: Chapel Hill, Alexander and Chattahoochee
Boys 4x800 medalists: Landmark Christian, Alexander and Marietta
Boys 100m medalists: Jordan Davis, Jaylin Johnson and Chris Nelson
Boys TJ medalists: Joshua Holloway, Issaiah McCray and David Olasaya
Boys 400m medalists: Emory Floyd, Pranav Rajbhandari and Parker Bucheit
Boys 3200m medalists: Andrew Jones, Myles Collins and Sam Rich
Boys HJ medalists: Zach Marinko, Issac Osifo and Kahari Edmondson
Boys PV medalists: Joseph Gibson, Connor Johnson and Matt D'Amico
Boys Shot Put medalists: Titan Bulock and Davis McKenna
Boys 110h medalists: Connor Cole, Kameron Lee and Joshua Pitts
Connor Johnson of Rome