2010-03-18 / Sports

FJHS boys claim gold

At Athens track meet . . .

Fairfield junior high school Eagles thinclads claimed a pair of team wins last week at a track meet in Athens.

The meet included seventh and eighth grade teams from six area schools, including four from District 20-AAA.

Fairfield seventh grade tallied 157 points to win their division and the eighth grade team scored 188 points for first place.

En route to the seventh grade team title, the Eagles won three events.

Claiming a pair of gold medals was Raheem Hayes, winning the triple jump with an effort of 30 feet, one inch, and taking the 2,400-meter run in a time of 9:06 minutes.

In long jump, Michael Gibson gave a gold medal performance for the Eagles when he covered 15-5.

Helping the FJHS eighth grade to its team win were eight first place performances.

Earning three gold medals was Donald O’Brien—-first place in the 800-meter run in 2:21, first in the pole vault at 8- 0 and first in the 1,600- meter run in 5:41.6.

Two event wins were claimed by Larry Rose, clearing the high jump bar at 5-9 and running the 400-meter dash in 56.87 seconds.

Rose teamed up with Chris Lide, Cade Warren and Bryson Gates to post a time of 47.91 for first place in the 400-meter relay.

Gates doubled up by winning the 200-meter dash in a time of 24.53 and Keil Meredith won the 300-meter hurdles in a time of 48.93.

Complete seventh grade Eagles results at Athens are:

Shot put—3, Dedrick Garner, 32-4.5.

Discus—4, Dedrick Garner, 78-7; and 5, Christian Lee, 75-10.

Pole vault—2, Chance Carroll, 7-6; 4, Cam Adams, 6-6; and 5, Garrett Teer, 6-0.

Long jump—1, Michael Gibson, 15-5.

Triple jump—1, Raheem Hayes, 30-1; and 3, Colby Minze, 28-9.

2,400 run—1, Raheem Hayes, 9:06; and 3, Bernardo Moran-Amaya, 9:34.

400 relay—2, Demarcus Taylor, Chance Carroll, Raheem Hayes and Michael Gibson, 49.98.

800 run—3, Cam Adams, 2:38; and 6, Colby Minze, 2:48.

100 dash—2, Michael Gibson, 12.61.

800 relay—2, Dedrick Garner, Demarcus Taylor, Tristian Hartley and Devin Eggins, 1:53.1.

400 dash—3, Chance Carroll, 1:03.7.

300 hurdles—2, Devin Eggins, 50.39.

200 dash—5, Demarcus Taylor, 27.68.

1,600 run—3, Addison Snell, 6:08.6; and 4, Connor Nix, 6:14.7.

1,600 relay—2, Chance Carroll, Devin Eggins, Michael Gibson and Raheem Hayes, 4:17.3.

Complete eighth grade Eagles results at Athens are:

Shot put—2, Luke Rachel, 39-1; and 3, Dillon Kilpatrick, 37-3.

Discus—5, Keil Meredith, 95-08.5.

High jump—1, Larry Rose, 5-9.

Pole vault—1, Donald O’Brien, 8-0; and 3, Coy Pierce, 7-6.

Long jump—2, Larry Rose, 17-11; 3, Bryson Gates, 17-10; and 6, Chris Lide, 16-0.

Triple jump—4, Chris Munoz, 29-10.

2,400 run—3, Michael Smagghe, 9:20.

400 relay—1, Chris Lide, Larry Rose, Cade Warren and Bryson Gates, 47.91.

800 run—1, Donald O’Brien, 2:21; and 5, Josh Gallegos, 2:33.1.

100 dash—4, Cade Warren, 12.52.

800 relay—2, Danny Cockerell, Sergio Oregon, Donald O’Brien and Chris Lide, 1:47.5.

400 dash—1, Larry Rose, 56.87; and 5, Sergio Oregon, 1:00.7.

300 hurdles—1, Keil Meredith, 48.l93; and 3, Danny Cockerell, 49.09.

200 dash—1, Bryson Gates, 24.53.

1,600 run—1, Donald O’Brien, 5:41.6; and 3, Michael Smagghe, 5:56.5.

1,600 relay—2, Larry Rose, Danny Cockerell, Sergio Oregon and Keil Meredith, 4:06.2

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