Lady Jacket tracksters dominate Fitzgerald meet

The Yellow Jacket Track and Field teams traveled to Fitzgerald for a weekday meet against six other schools: Fitzgerald, Highland Christian, Irwin County, Turner County, West Laurens, and Worth County.
Both the boys and girls teams had a great showing in their first full meet of the year. The Lady Jackets dominated the meet finishing first overall and almost 50 points better than second place West Laurens, while the boys team finished second behind West Laurens.
Highlights
Girls
400M Dash: Laysie Lewis 1st 1:06.10; Markyla Durden 5th 1:10.11
800M Run: JD goes 1,2,3. Ellie Kate Marchant 1st 2:34.32; Ali Lewis 2nd 2:35.22; Rebecca Lopez 3rd 2:48.54
1600M Run: Avery Haley 1st 6:19.22; Lily Relihan 3rd 6:36.00
3200M Run: JD goes 1,2. Avery Haley 1st 13:46.42; Marley Powell 2nd 15:05.63
100M Hurdles: Rhiana Garcia 1st 16.90
300M Hurdles: Laisha Hernandez 1st 47.90
4x100M Relay: 1st 52.91 (Team Members: Laisha Hernandez, Carmen Coleman, Rhiana Garcia, Markyla Durden)
4x200M Relay: 4th 2:05.72 (Team Members: Anastasia Sirmans, Latrice Shivers, Shunia Kirby, Destiny Ivory)
4x400M Relay: 1st 4:27.83 (Team Members: Ali Lewis, Ellie Kate Marchant, Laisha Hernandez, Markyla Durden)
4x800M Relay: 1st 10:32.11 (Team Members: Ali Lewis, Ellie Kate Marchant, Rebeca Lopez, Lily Relihan) New School Record
High Jump: Laysie Lewis 4th 4’4”
Long Jump: Rhiana Garcia 1st 15’11”; Anastasia Sirmans 5th 14’7″
Triple Jump: Laysie Lewis 5th 30’10’
Shot Put: Shantie Lewis 3rd 33’9″; Iyuri Sampson 4th 31’8.5″
Discus: Carly Thompson 1st 100′ 0.5″; Ava Bohannon 4th 77’4″
Team Scores (Top 4 Teams)
Jeff Davis 180
West Laurens 131.50
Worth County 110
Fitzgerald 82
Boys
400M Dash: Jalen Brown 2nd 54.58
800M Dash: Pierce Parlor 1st 2:12.42
1600M Run: Jovani Barragan 5th 5:19.15
3200M Run: Eric Trejo 3rd 11:48.52; Mario Franco 4th 12:22.57
110M Hurdles: Marcus Gunter 3rd 16.30
300M Hurdles: Messiah Swinson 4th 44.10; Marcus Gunter 5th 45.20
4x100M Relay: 4th 45.30 (Team Members: Payton Parlor, Hayden Parlor, Messiah Swinson, Marcus Gunter)
4x200M Relay: Team A 3rd 1:39.87 (Team Members: Michael McCloud, Thomas Gilbert, James Benjamin, Elijah Tobler); Team B 5th 1:45.42 (Team Members: Latrell Sellers, Jamari Hunter, Braylon Tobler, Elijah Benjamin)
4x400M Relay: 1st 3:39.12 (Team Members: Jalen Brown, Hayden Parlor, Pierce Parlor, DJ Ryals)
4x800M Relay: Team A 1st 9:20.11 (Team Members: Pierce Parlor, DJ Ryals, Jovani Barragan, Kevin Vega); Team B 5th 10:57.57 (Team Members: Mario Franco, Noah Parker, Eric Trejo, Carter Yawn)
High Jump: James Benjamin 3rd 5’4″
Pole Vault: AJ Norris 1st 8’6″
Shot Put : Lewis Baker 2nd 48’0″
Team Scores (Top 4 Teams)
West Laurens 138
Jeff Davis 122
Worth County 118
Fitzgerald 81