Rockdale’s 4x100-meter relay team showed the hometown crowd why they have the second best time in the state, winning their race one second before East View’s crew last Friday at the Rockdale Relays.
“I told the guys let’s try to run a 43 (second race), and when I saw that 42.9 I was shock and very impressed,” said Coach Lewis Edmonson.
The team of Camron Valdez, Kesean Raven, Quashawn Crawford and Jabez Dunn ran a 42.98 and East View finished second with a 43.72.
It was a different story with the 4x200 relay. The Tigers had a big lead but a dropped baton caused them to finish sixth.
“You hate to see it as a coach” Edmonson said. “They didn’t push the blame on one another. It’ll just make them more focused during the next race.”
Pole vaulter Devon Hicks received a bronze medal with 10-foot jump
Three fifth place finishes gave the Tigers points toward team totals. Fifth place finishers were: the boys 4x400 relay Levi Baggerly, Kobe Mitchell, Anthony Dansby and Albert Silva; 200 dash Crawford; high jump Dansby.
Dunn finished sixth in the 100.
Georgetown East View won the point totals with 109. Elgin finished second with 98 and Smithville came in third with 97.5.
The Tigers placed eighth overal in team standings.
LADY TIGERS–RHS athletes finished the meet in 12th place. Sophomore pole vaulter Taytum Young came in fouth place with a 9-6 jump and long distance runner Ivanna Luna came in fifth in the 1600.
The 4x400 team made up of Jessenia Navarro, Dede Hurd, Luna and Hannah Delz came in sixth place.
Georgetown East View girls’ team won the meet for third consective year. They scored 157 points. Cameron finished second, 111, and Caldwell third, 68.
NEXT— Rockdale will look to retain their competitive fire at the Caldwell Relays on Friday.
“Our goal is to win the meet,” said Edmonson. “Winning the relays is good, but we have the skill and work ethic to win the whole thing.”
THORNDALE—The Bulldogs brought home two silver medals and a bronze during the relays.
Michael Herzog set a personal best record in the long jump with a score of 22-6 ¼ for seond place.Herzog also came in second in the triple jump.
Corbin Preusse placed third in the discus with a 118-9 throw.
The girls’ junior varsity team tied with Academy for seventh place in the relays.
Track star Kyndal Robinson placed second in both the triple and long jumps.
For relay results see bottom of page.
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