EA varsity, middle school track teams finish in top 5 in final home meet
Published 3:18 pm Thursday, March 30, 2023
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Escambia Academy’s varsity and middle school track teams finished in the top five during the third and final home meet of the season March 29 in Canoe.
The varsity and middle school boys finished first with 135.33 points and 114 points, respectively; the middle school girls finished first with 137 points; and the varsity girls finished second with 120.50 points.
The meet served as a tune up for the junior varsity athletes as they’ll be competing in the AISA JV State Meet next Wed., April 5, at 10:30 a.m. in Canoe. The state meet was postponed due to the potential threat of bad weather on Saturday.
EA athletes that finished in the top six in each event by gender included:
- Girls triple jump – Scottla Williams, third place, 24.02 meters; and Alexis Strength, fifth place, 21.04 meters
- Boys triple jump – Luke Bell, fourth place, 34.06 meters; Eli McElhaney, fifth place, 33.01 meters; and Cameran Bryan, sixth place, 32.05 meters
- Girls high jump – Paisly Donaldson, second place; and Williams, sixth place
- Girls discus throw – Mary Ruth Dortch, fourth place
- Boys discus throw – Blake Hardy, third place; and Zeke McElhaney, fourth place
- Boys 3200-meter run – Eli Covington, first place, 12 minutes, 3.67 seconds; Patrick Byrd, fourth place, 15:17.19
- Boys 4×200-meter relay – EA, first place, 1:40.24
- Girls 4×200-meter relay – EA, fifth place, 2:19.67
- Boys 4×800-meter relay – EA, first place, 11:40.39
- Girls 4×800-meter relay – EA, second place, 14:06.46
- Girls 4×100-meter relay – EA, fifth place, 1:01.57
- Boys 4×100-meter relay – EA, first place, 48.18 seconds
- Girls 100-meter hurdles – Zyneria McNeal, sixth place, 22.49 seconds
- Boys 110-meter hurdles – Bell, first place, 19.69 seconds
- Girls 100-meter dash – Williams, first place, 14.43 seconds
- Boys 100-meter dash – Shawton Riley, second place, 12.15 seconds
- Girls 1600-meter run – Strength, sixth place, 8:41.47
- Boys 1600-meter run – Covington, first place, 5:29.43
- Girls 400-meter dash – Donaldson, fourth place, 1:18.60; and Anna Chesley Robinson, sixth place, 1:21.76
- Girls 300-meter hurdles – Kimorah Goldsmith, fifth place, 1:07.56; and Donaldson, sixth place, 1:09.24
- Girls 800-meter run – Paris Bennett, fourth place, 3:13.87; and Strength, fifth place, 3:19.95
- Boys 800-meter run – Covington, first place, 2:23.97; and Timmy Doerr, fourth place, 2:38.02
- Girls 200-meter dash – Williams, second place, 30.84
- 200-meter dash – Riley, first place, 24.04 seconds; and Bryan, fifth place, 26.93 seconds
- Girls 4×400-meter relay – EA, third place, 5:44.36
- Boys 4×400-meter relay – EA, first place, 4:08.70