FJHS eighth grade girls win track title

2010-03-11 / Sports

Host area teams at Fairfield Invitational . . .

FAIRFIELD JUNIOR HIGH school runner Karonesha Lowery, left, passes the baton to teammate Tiara Tatum in the eighth grade 400-meter relay. FAIRFIELD JUNIOR HIGH school runner Karonesha Lowery, left, passes the baton to teammate Tiara Tatum in the eighth grade 400-meter relay. The Fairfield junior high school eighth grade Lady Eagles won their division and the seventh grade squad was third in the Fairfield Invitational track meet held at Eagle Field last week.

Eight area schools were represented in the meet.

FJHS eighth grade thinclads tallied 168 points to outpoint the competition, with Palestine Westwood scoring 134 points for second place and Mexia earning 128 for third.

In the seventh grade division, Westwood earned 148 points for first place, Teague tallied 137 for second and the Lady Eagles scored 117 for third.

En route to winning the eighth grade meet, Fairfield won gold medals in four events.

Picking up two event wins was Megan Hodges, first in pole vault at six feet, six inches, and first in the 800-meter run in a time of 2:42.67 minutes.

FJHS swept the eighth grade 1,600-meter run—- Peyton Pierce was first in 6:29; Jessie DeVries placed second in 6:32 and Miss Hodges took third in 6:46.

Claiming gold in the 100-meter hurdles was Karonesha Lowery, posting a time of 18.94 seconds.

The seventh grade team picked up a win in the 2,400-meter run when Sarie Hill completed the race in 9:56.

Complete Fairfield eighth grade results are:

Discus—5, Samantha Walls, 61-1.

Shot put—3, Samantha Walls, 30-1.

Pole vault—1, Megan Hodges, 6-6; and 3, Taylor Gray, 5-0.

Triple jump—2, Bree Bossier, 28-5; and 5, Kayee Banks, 26-2.25.

Long jump—4, Tiara Tatum, 12-8.

High jump—2, Bree Bossier, 4-2.

1,600 relay—3, Maria Perez, Taylor Gray, Kaylee Banks and Tiara Tatum, 5:10.

1,600 run—1, Peyton Pierce, 6:29; 2, Jessie DeVries, 6:32; and 3, Megan Hodges, 6:46.

2,400 run—2, Jessie DeVries, 10:01; and 4, Xan Bricker, 10:38.

200 dash—2, Megan Hodges, 29.32.

300 hurdles—4, Bree Bossier, 58.60; and 6, Brookelyn Childs, 1:02.04.

400 dash—3, Tiara Tatum, 1:09.19.

800 relay—4, Maria Perez, Jessie DeVries, Bree Bossier and Karonesha Lowery, 2:05.81.

100 dash—5, Kamry Whitehead, 14.27.

100 hurdles—1, Karonesha Lowery, 18.94; 3, Bree Bossier, 20.04; and 6, Kaylee Banks, 21.2.

800 run—1, Megan Hodges, 2:42.67; and 3, Peyton Pierce, 2:56.68.

400 relay—3, Kamry Whitehead, Kaylee Banks, Karonesha Lowery and Tiara Tatum, 55.84.

Complete FJHS seventh grade results are:

Shot put—4, Amanda Autrand, 25-6;

Pole vault—2, Allie Edwards, 5-6; and 3, Bree Bossier, 5-6.

Triple jump—6, Jaida Smith, 24-2.25.

1,600 relay—3, Sarie Hill, Megan Lott, Jaida Smith and Caitlynn Stone, 5:17.

1,600 run—2, Hannah Spradlin, 7:08; and 3, Brooke Johnson, 7:16.

2,400 run—1, Sarie Hill, 9:56; and 3, Brooke Johnson, 9:58.

200 dash—4, Meagan Lott, 32.68.

300 hurdles—2, Hannah Spradlin, 1:00.5.

400 dash—4, Caitlynn Stone, 1:14.21; and 5, Sarie Hill, 1:15.37.

800 relay—4, Jessica Sloat, Brooke Johnson, Allie Edwards and Susan Owens, 2:14.54.

100 dash—5, Susan Owens, 15.64.

400 relay—3, Susan Owens, Jaida Smith, Meagan Lott and Caitlynn Stone, 1:00.36.

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