Monroe track & field teams sweep region meet

ALBANY — The Monroe boys and girls track & field teams continue to act as a tandem first taking the L.C. Smith/Benson Relays meet last month and the region championship on Thursday at Hugh Mills Stadium.

Both teams were crowned Thursday evening as the girls finished with 205 1/2 points, while the boys finished with 142.

“We always have that expectation [of winning region], but our boys kind of surprised us a little bit because we had some guys step up and do some things that were above and beyond,” Monroe coach Billy Glanton said. “A couple of our guys PR’d and had their best throws of the year today, so we’re starting to peak. We don’t want to them to peak until we get to the state meet of course.”

There were a few snafu during the relays and a few field events that both teams were able to overcome, but Glanton said they’ve got to clean up the little mistakes moving forward.

“[We’ve got to work on] fine tuning hand offs,” he said. “Hitting all the points on the throws and jumps. We still got a little bit I know we need to sharpen up.”

The Westover girls took second with 149 points. Head coach Octavia Jones said he felt they gave maximum effort, though the outcome wasn’t what they hoped for.

“It’s certainly not what we had in terms of goals. We wanted to defend the region title, but the girls came out and pretty much performed to the best of their ability and brought home the second place.”

The boys finished fourth and Jones said it’s just indicative of what kind of season they’ve been having.

“I’m extremely disappointed with the boys,” he said. “We didn’t hope to come in fourth place. We had aspirations of defending the region title on the boys side. It’s been a long year on the boys side and we weren’t able to put things together like we wanted to.

Albany High had four freshman girls qualify for sectionals and head coach Jessica Thomas said them achieving success this early means ‘we got a good three years ahead of us.”

Despite having a very young group of athletes, the Lady Indians finished third overall with 77 points.

“I’m very pleased with their performance today in coming in third place,” Thomas said. “Majority of my team is ninth and 10^th-graders, so I’m very pleased with what we’re working with.

“At the beginning of the season I told my freshman and sophomores to step up and they stepped up to the plate and stepped up to the challenge, and I’m very proud of them.”

Georgia High School Association Region 1-AAAA

Track & Field Meet

Thursday

Hugh Mills Stadium

BOYS

Team standings: Monroe 142, Bainbridge 127, Thomas County Central 86, Westover 67, Dougherty 52, Albany 47.5, Americus-Sumter 27.5, Cook 26, Worth County 23, Cairo 16, Crisp County 7

Triple Jump: 1. Cervantes Jackson, Bainbridge, 46-09.5; 2. Trevian Jackson, Albany, 43-05.5; 3. Ernest Harris, Thomas County, 43-03.25; 4. Jeantavious Jenty, Bainbridge, 43-00.75

High Jump: 1. Cervantes Jackson, Bainbridge, 6-0; 2. Victor Bodison, Bainbridge, J6-00.00; 3. Tyler Cheese, Albany, 5-10; 4. Jourdan Bell, Monroe, J5-10.00

Long Jump: 1. Victor Bodison, Bainbridge, OVERSET FOLLOWS:21-08.50; 2. Akenyon Bagley, Worth County, 21-04.00; 3. Jamal Thomas, Cairo, 21-01.50; 4. Jentavious Jenty, Bainbridge, 20-10.75

Pole Vault: 1. Thomas Langstaff, Westover, 12-0; 2. Devonta Williams, Albany, 10-0; 3. Deauntee McDuffie, Westover, 9-0; 4. David Ladmirault, Americus-Sumter, 8-6

Discus: 1. Brentavious Glanton, Monroe, 129-07; 2. Akileis Leroy, Monroe, 123-11; 3. Davontae Wilson, Dougherty, 121-02; 4. Kyndell Thompson, Westover, 118-07

Shot Put: 1. Brentavious Glanton, Monroe, 51-05; 2. Antravious Parks, Westover, 50-09; 3. Akileis Leroy, Monroe, 49-10.5; 4. Devantavis Curry, Worth County, 45-08

4X100-meter relay: 1. Thomas County Central, 42.20; 2. Dougherty, 42.85; 3. Monroe, 42.99; 4. Bainbridge, 43.06

400 meters: 1. Tymashye Kendrick, Monroe, 50.38; 2. Samuel Jackson, Cook, 51.06; 3. Ernest Harris, Thomas County Central, 50.47; 4. Tedo McGowan, Monroe, 50.86

100 meters: 1. Juanye Smith, Thomas County Central, 10.91; 2. Adam King, Americus-Sumter, 11.33; 3. Jared Kizer, Dougherty 11.12; 4. Malik Dungee, Albany, 11.31

3200 meters: 1. Chase Harris, Bainbridge, 10:07.62; 2. Rashawn Robinson, Monroe, 10:35.84; 3. Demetris McCray, Westover, 10:45.26; 4. Samuel Gelabert, Thomas County Central, 10:50.73

110-meter hurdles: 1. Cervantes Jackson, Bainbridge, 14.72; 2. Isaiah Brown, Bainbridge, 15.32; 3. Anfernee Hill, Westover, 16.08; 4. Jeremiah Smith, Cook, 16.10

800 meters: 1. Poncherella Leonard, Bainbridge, 2:01.73; 2. Martin Jones, Westover, 2:01.69; 3. Nigel Trice, Monroe, 2:03.35; 4. Artavious McGowan, Dougherty, 2:06.76

200 meters: 1. Tymashye Kendrick, Monroe, 22.09; 2. Juanye Smith, Thomas County Central, 22.28; 3. Jared Kizer, Dougherty, 22.47; 4. Tomas Lamar, Worth County, 22.74

1600 meters: 1. Rashawn Robinson, Monroe, 4:39.34; 2. Chase Harris, Bainbridge, 4:43.81; 3. Demetris McCray, Westover, 4:51.18; 4. Nigel Trice, Monroe, 4:57.05

300-meter hurdles: 1. Jalyn Scott, Bainbridge, 40.55; 2. Jeremiah Smith, Cook, 40.56; 3. Isaiah Brown, Bainbridge, 41.33; 4. Larry Mathis, Cook, 41.45

4×400-meter relay: 1. Monroe, 3:25.62; 2. Dougherty, 3:27.76; 3. Thomas County Central, 3:27.93; 4. Bainbridge, 3:28.29

GIRLS

Team standings: Monroe 205.5, Westover 149, Albany 77, Thomas County Central 62, Bainbridge 37, Crisp County 37, Cook 33.5, Dougherty 5, Cairo 4

Triple Jump: 1. Bryshea Westover, 36-01; 2. Lakeyda Zackery, Cook, 34-10; 3. Briana Harpe, Westover, 34-08; 4. Kriston Jefferies 34-07.5

High Jump: 1. Erica Edwards, Thomas County Central, 5-02; 2. Bryshea Jackson, Westover, 4-08; 3. (tie) Jakela Dungee, Albany, J4-08; Tiana Campbell, Westover, J4-08; Markescia Reynolds, Thomas County, J4-08

Long Jump: 1. Jahari Williams, Monroe, 18-10; 2. Tiana Campbell, Westover, 18-04.5; 3. (tie) Jaeda Hunt, Monroe, 17-08.25; Lakeyda Zackery, Cook, J17-08.25

Pole Vault: 1. Faith Evans, Albany 7-06; 2. (tie) Janasia Daniel, Westover 7-0; Tamiyah Dice, Westover J7-00; 4. China Marcus Albany, 5-0

Discus: 1. Bryana Scott, Thomas County Central, 123-06; 2. Kierra Mitchell, Monroe, 106-03; 3. Mercedes Clowers, Cook, 94-10; 4. Tyler Dawson, Westover, 88-01

Shot Put: 1. Ashley Harrell, Monroe 36-10; 2. Bryana Scott, Thomas County Central 33-11.5; 3. Natalie Averett, Crisp County, 33-04; 4. Kierra Mitchell, Monroe, 32-07.5

4X100-meter relay: 1. Monroe, 47.02; 2. Albany, 48.43; 3. Thomas County Central, 49.60; 4. Westover, 50.03

400 meters: 1. Jaeda Hunt, Monroe, 57.64; 2. Nikeria Marshall, Monroe, 1:00.51; 3. Shakyra Horton, Westover, 1:01.60; 4. Kiera Wright, Albany, 1:04.08

100 meters: 1. Jahari Williams, Monroe 12.05; 2. Jakaela Dungee, Albany 12.41; 3. Kandice Clyde, Monroe, 12.51; 4. Desirae Davis, Albany 12.57

3200 meters: 1. Caitlin Cainion, Westover 13:06.79; 2. Zamaria Shead, Monroe, 13:11.73; 3. Uriyah Davis, Bainbridge, 13:19.80; 4. Mehkya Wilcox, Westover, 14:53.99

100-meter hurdles: 1. Isis Mcvey, Monroe, 15.92; 2. Joshulenne Kendrick, Westover, 16.38; 3. Shaderria Thomas, Westover, 18.66; 4. Amaia Taylor, Bainbridge, 18.84

800 meters: 1. Deaundria Anderson, Monroe, 2:25.03; 2. Naila Harris, Monroe, 2:31.55; 3. Kateria Taylor, Westover, 2:38.98; 4. Jamia Powell, Bainbridge, 2:52.31

200 meters: 1. Jahari Williams, Monroe, 24.58; 2. Jaeda Hunt, Monroe, 24.78; 3. Ilyria Johns, Thomas County Central 26.35; 4. Bryshea Jackson, Westover, 26.63

1600 meters: 1. Zamaria Shead, Monroe, 5:47.54; 2. Naila Harris, Monroe, 5:58.48; 3. Uriyah Davis, Bainbridge, 6:00.28; 4. Caitlyn Cainion, Westover, 6:04.93

300-meter hurdles: 1. Isis McVay, Monroe, 46.05; 2. Tamiyah Dice, Westover, 48.14; 3. D