Deerfield-Windsor sweeps region track & field meet

ALBANY — Deerfield-Windsor completed a sweep in the Georgia Independent School Association Region 3-AAA track and field meet Wednesday afternoon at Hugh Mills Stadium.

The Lady Knights earned a first-place finish by putting up a whopping 216 points. They more than doubled the second-place finisher, which was Westwood. The Lady Wildcats finished with 87 points.

The Deerfield boys victory was much closer. The Knights put up 149.5 points and edged out Southland by 15.5 points for first place. Southland jumped out to a lead after two events but when the Knights caught them, they never relinquished it.

The DWS boys used a strong performance in the field events to help build a lead. Cameron McCook took first in the shot put and third in discus, Trey Young finished third in the high jump, Charles Crosby came in second in the long jump and Holt Jones was second in discus.

“We probably exceeded our expectations,” Deerfield-Windsor boys coach Craig Rhodes said. “We ran better than we were seeded. On paper, I think we were second. But you don’t lose it on paper and you don’t win it on paper. We did a lot better than most people thought that we would.”

The DWS girls put together a strong performance. The Lady Knights won almost every running event including the 4×400 meter relay and 4×100 meter relay.

Deerfield’s Tara Young was the high point finisher with 35 points. She won the 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash and 400-meter dash.

The Lady Knights put together a complete performance that made head coach Allen Lowe smile.

“I thought our girls had a great day,” Lowe said. “It is all about us running the best times that we have and I thought today that we did that.”

Rhodes and his team received a bit of a scare toward the end of the meet when Trey Young grabbed at his thigh and went down. He was carted off and looked at by the trainers. The state track and field meet is two weeks away.

“Hopefully we can get him back,” Rhodes said. “We need him. He’s a senior and he’s a veteran track guy. He’s the anchor on our 4×100 relay team. It would be important for us to get him back if we can.”

Terrell Academy’s Ross Hunter won the boys high jump event. Hunter cleared 6 feet, 1 inch but is confident he can do better.

“My knee started acting up from an injury a few years ago,” he said. “I was just trying to do my best to compete. I want to go higher because I only have two more meets left.”

If Hunter wins the high jump at the state meet, he would become a four-time state champion.

“I just wanna jump as high as I can,” Hunter said. “I would like to have just another good year before I graduate and enjoy it.”

Results of the GISA Region 3-AAA meet held Wednesday at Hugh Mills Stadium

Girls

300-meter hurdles — 1. Hadley Holt, Deerfield-Windsor, 54.35; 2. Carson Chandler, Deerfield-Windsor, 57.08; 3. Lexie Taylor, Westwood, 59.16; 4. Crichton Bryan, Brookwood, 1:01.13

Triple Jump — 1. Hadley Holt, Deerfield-Windsor, 30-06.00; 2. Mary Warrington, Deerfield-Windsor, 29-06.50; 3. Loren Wray, Westwood, 27-09.25; 4. Jordan Sanders, Southland, 26-08.50

Discus — 1. Karlie Jones, Westwood, 93-10; 2. Lexi Davis, Westwood, 77-10; 3. Maddie Harvey, Terrell Academy, 77-02; 4. Kaitlyn Smith, Southland, 71-10

High Jump — 1. Erin Moss, Valwood, 5-04.00; 2. Sydney Payne, Southland, 5-00.00; 3. Mary Warrington, Deerfield-Windsor, 4-10.00; 4. Carson Bryan, Tiftarea, 4-08.00

4×100 Meter Relay — 1. Deerfield-Windsor A (Destiny Reed, Hadley Holt, Anna Eakes, Tarah Young), 51.26; 2. Tiftarea A (Carson Bryan, Morgan McKay, Marlee Marlow, Abby Carswell), 54.58; 3. Westwood A (Savona Robertson, Gracie Pollock, McKenlee Coleman, Caitlyn Santiago), 48.94; 4. Deerfield-Windsor B (Sarah Cox, Lillia Sullivan, Sarah Norton, Lila Lanier), 55.52

Pole Vault — 1. Sarah Parker Jones, Deerfield-Windsor, 8-00.00; 2. Sarah Cox, Deerfield-Windsor, 7-06.00; 2. Savona Robertson, Westwood, 7-06.00; 4. Leah Hilliard, Westwood, 7-00.00; 4. Alex Exum, Southland, 7-00.00

Long Jump — 1. Abby Carswell, Tiftarea, 15-02.00; 2. Callie Smith, Westwood, 14-10.50; 3. Sydney Payne, Southland, 14-07.50; 4. Carlee Smith, Tiftarea, 14-01.50

Shot Put — 1. Karlie Jones, Westwood, 28-09.00; 2. Raley Holman, Deerfield-Windsor, 28-06.00; 3. Lexi Davis, Westwood, 28-04.00; 4. Kassidy Goodman, Tiftarea, 27-03.50

1600 Meters — 1. Virginia Moore, Deerfield-Windsor, 5:33.48; 2. Deena Wilcox, Deerfield-Windsor, 6:02.59; 3. Ryleigh Bell, Southland, 6:03.06; 4. Calyn Fort, Southland, 6:10.09

400 Meters — 1. Tarah Young, Deerfield-Windsor, 59.55; 2. Riley O’Linn, Valwood, 1:03.70; 3. Charlotte Augenstein, Deerfield-Windsor, 1:04.04; 4. Abby Carswell, Tiftarea, 1:05.19

100 Meters — 1. Tarah Young, Deerfield-Windsor, 12.83; 2. Destiny Reed, Deerfield-Windsor, 13.71; 3. Abby Carswell, Tiftarea, 13.83; 4. Savona Robertson, Westwood, 13.95

100-Meter Hurdles — 1. Erin Moss, Valwood, 17.76; 2. Marlee Marlow, Tiftarea, 18.12; 3. Mary Warrington, Deerfield-Windsor, 18.91; 4. Crichton Bryan, Brookwood, 19.16

800 Meters — 1. Lindsay Lewis, Deerfield-Windsor, 2:33.77; 2. Virginia Moore, Deerfield-Windsor, 2:36.32; 3. Riley O’Linn, Valwood, 2:39.40; 4. Ryleigh Bell, Southland, 2:43.60

200 Meters — 1. Tarah Young, Deerfield-Windsor, 26.54; 2. Destiny Reed, Deerfield-Windsor, 28.58; 3. Abby Carswell, Tiftarea, 28.77; 4. Abbie Bustle, Brookwood, 28.84

3200 Meter — 1. Virginia Moore, Deerfield-Windsor, 12:25.00 2. Camryn Bridges, Deerfield-Windsor, 12:32.00 ; 3. Ryleigh Bell, Southland, 13:50.00; 4. Calyn Fort, Southland, 13:56.00

4×400-meter relay — 1. Deerfield-Windsor A (Charlotte Augenstein, Hadley Holt, Virginia Moore, Tarah Young), 4:21.21; 2. Deerfield-Windsor B (Olivia Bell, Camryn Bridges, Lindsay Lewis, Haley Sells), 4:33.81 3. Southland A (Calyn Fort, Lili Dickens, Alex Exum, Ryleigh Bell), 4:38.40; 4. Westwood A (Gracie Pollock, Caitlyn Santiago, Ivona Santiago, McKenlee Coleman), 4:50.30

Boys

300-meter hurdles — 1. Collier Baggett, Westwood, 44.87; 2. Ellis Ivey, Southland, 46.82; 3. Brynn Sammons, Deerfield-Windsor, 47.82; 4. Evan Campbell, Deerfield-Windsor, 48.08

Triple Jump — 1. Tyler Lowe, Westwood, 42-05.50; 2. Collier Baggett, Westwood, 41-07.75; 3. William Chambless, Terrell Academy, 40-00.50; 4. Bradley Jones, Brookwood, 39-00.00

Discus — 1. Stephen Turton, Southland, 127-07; 2. Holt Jones, Deerfield-Windsor, 122-11; 3. Cameron McCook, Deerfield-Windsor, 119-10; 4. Caleb Palmer, Tiftarea, 104-11

High Jump — 1. Ross Hunter, Terrell Academy, 6-01.00; 2. Tyler Lowe, Westwood, 6-00.00; 3. Trey Young, Deerfield-Windsor, 5-10.00; 4. Camron Walker, Valwood, 5-06.00

4×100-Meter Relay — 1. Deerfield-Windsor A (Tyler Lowe, Charles Crosby, Howell Logan, Trey Young), 44.93; 2. Tiftarea A (Gabe Mitchell, Spence Massey, Ahmed Mosely, Mondo West), 46.03; 3. Westwood A, (Reid Ford, Tyler Lowe, Collier Baggett, Kevin Hall) 46.03 4. Brookwood A (Bradley Jones, Lance Wortman, Jonathan Burns, Alfonso Spencer) 46.57

Pole Vault — 1. Brody Shattles, Southland, 11-00.00; 1. Tyler Lowe, Deerfield-Windsor, 11-00.00; 3. Logan Morris, Southland, 10-00.00; 4. Graham Edwards, Deerfield-Windsor, 9-00.00

Long Jump — 1. Tyler Lowe, Westwood, 20-07.00; 2. Charles Crosby, Deerfield-Windsor, 20-01.00; 3. Mondo West, Westwood, 19-11.00; 4. Collier Baggett, Westwood, 19-08.50

Shot Put — 1. Cameron McCook, Deerfield-Windsor, 43-00.00; 2. Stephen Taggart, Southland, 42-03.00; 3. Ghanon Byington, Valwood, 41-04.75; 4. Willis Hardegree, Deerfield-Windsor, 40-10.25

1600 Meters — 1. Wright Calhoun, Southland, 4:35.54; 2. Ethan Merritt, Deerfield-Windsor, 4:48.97; 3. Dallas Hunt, Tiftarea, 4:53.86; 4. Parker Watt, Brookwood, 5:02.77

400 Meters — 1. Billy Calcutt, Southland, 54.00; 2. Chandler Matthews, Deerfield-Windsor, 54.42; 3. Logan Carswell, Tiftarea, 54.70; 4. Lance Wortman, Brookwood, 56.29

100 Meters — 1. Mark Henderson, Valwood, 11.26; 2. Mondo West, Tiftarea, 11.47; 3. Bradley Jones, Brookwood, 11.70; 4. Trey Young, Deerfield-Windsor, 11.74

110-Meter Hurdles — 1. Bennett Carey, Southland, 17.89; 2. Tyler Lowe, Deerfield-Windsor, 18.44; 3. Ellis Ivey, Southland, 18.61; 4. Jacob May, Westwood, 19.33

800 Meters — 1. Wright Calhoun, Southland, 2:04.37; 2. Ethan Merritt, Deerfield-Windsor, 2:10.82; 3. Zeb Waters, Terrell Academy, 2:13.28 ; 4. Dallas Hunt, Tiftarea, 2:14.43

200 Meters — 1. Ray Townsend, Southland, 24.08 2. Garrett Jones, Deerfield-Windsor, 24.30; 3. Jamal Rice, Southland, 24.39; 4. Bradley Jones, Brookwood, 24.41

Boys 3200 Meter — 1. Wright Calhoun, Southland, 10:17.99; 2. Ethan Merritt, Deerfield-Windsor, 10:56.65; 3. Billy Calcutt, Southland, 11:13.64; 4. Porter Hill, Deerfield-Windsor, 11:26.00

4×400-meter relay — 1. Deerfield-Windsor A (Trey Young, Charles Crosby, Chandler Matthews, Ethan Merritt), 3:45.24; 2. Tiftarea A (Dallas Hunt, Alex Talton, Jackson Cook, Logan Carswell), 3:45.92; 3. Southland A (Billy Calcutt, Brian Miller, Ridge Roland, Wright Calhoun), 3;46.64; 4. Westwood A (Reid Ford, Brian Miller, Ridge Roland, Wright Calhoun), 3:50.17