James Wood track teams sweep City-County meet

STEPHENS CITY — The James Wood boys’ and girls’ track & field teams were each victorious in Saturday’s City-County meet on Saturday at Sherando High School.

In the boys’ meet, the Colonels scored 72 points to beat Handley (67.5), Sherando (65.5) and Millbrook (33). The James Wood girls scored 102 points to beat Sherando (63), Millbrook (38) and Handley (23).

Individually, Handley senior Stephen Daley led the way, capturing the discus (128 feet, 5 inches), the shot put (48-3) and the 100 meters (11.46 seconds). Others who won multiple events in the boys’ meet were James Wood’s Brendan Cassidy (high jump, 5-10; 110 hurdles, 15.89) and Millbrook’s Landon Baker (400, 51.84; 200, 22.99).

The girls’ meet had three people win two individual events — Sherando’s Ella Carlson (discus, 132-8; shot put, 35-7) and Victoria Corbit (long jump 16-0; triple jump, 31-6.5) and Millbrook freshman Jada Arrington (100, 12.98; 200, 27.03).

Other leaders:

James Wood boys: Ryan Babington, 1st, triple jump, 37-9; 4x800 (Landon Burdock, Liam McDonald, Ethan Pratt-Perez, Nathaniel Woshner), 1st, 8:45.15; Andrew Link, 1st, 300 hurdles, 42.64, 2nd, 110 hurdles, 15.90; Eli Clark, 1st, 800, 2:14.82; 4x400 (William Andrews, Karim Cisse, Logan McKay, Cassidy), 1st, 3:41.53; Nolan Cornwell, 2nd, triple jump, 35-9; Cassidy, 2nd, 400, 52.12; Logan McKay, 2nd, 300 hurdles, 44.90.

Handley boys: Hassan Akanbi, 1st, long jump, 20-2, 2nd, high jump, 5-8; 4x100 (Aaron Lee, Akanbi, Deonte Trammel, LJ Williams), 1st, 44.50; Pierce Francis, 1st, 1,600, 4:58.14; William Pardue, 1st, 3,200, 10:06.88; Jacob Duffy, 2nd, 100, 11.82; Ryan Stickley, 2nd, 3,200, 10:48.83.

Sherando boys: Micah Carlson, 2nd, long jump, 19-6.5; Brett Shockey, 2nd, discus, 121-1; Ethan Gonzalez, 2nd, shot put, 40-1; 4x800, 2nd, 8:59.34; Justin Dante, 2nd, 1,600, 5:23.96.

Millbrook boys: Trevor Lloyd, 2nd, 800, 2:16.06; Brian Washington, 2nd, 200, 24.41.

James Wood girls: 4x800 (Lauren Beatty, Izzy Newman, Ruby Ostrander, Quetzali Angel-Perez), 1st, 10:22.10; 4x100 (Jocelyn Hempel, Olivia Boyce, Macey Payne, Alana Bradford), 1st, 52.27; Ella Kiesewalter, 1st, 400, 1:05.13; Lillian Lovelace, 1st, 300 hurdles, 53.37, 2nd, 100 hurdles, 18.63; 4x400 (Kiesewalter, Hempel, Lovelace, Angel-Perez), 1st 4:24.82; Boyce, 2nd, long jump, 15-2.5, 2nd, 100, 13.44; Hempel, 2nd, triple jump, 31-5.5; Aubrey Grove, 2nd, discus, 90-6; Jocelyn Kluge, 2nd, 1,600, 5:49.27; Rebecca Logan, 2nd, 300 hurdles, 1:00.20; Payne, 2nd, 200, 28.89.

Sherando girls: Eva Winston, 1st, 1,600, 5:40.36; Julianna Duke, 1st, 800, 2:40.71; Addy Wallin, 1st, 3,200, 13:57.38; 4x800, 2nd, 10:48.28.

Millbrook girls: Kaylin Upson, 1st, 100 hurdles, 17.81; Jillian Taylor, 2nd, shot put, 31-6; Angela Dojcak, 2nd, 800, 2:47.43; Caroline McCurry, 2nd, 3,200, 14:35.90.

Handley girls: Zynah Johnson, 1st, high jump, 4-8; Sullivan Morefield, 2nd, high jump, 4-6; Madison Hobson, 2nd, 400, 1:05.37.