The

Peachtree City Flash Youth Track Team had its

invitational recently at Sandy Creek High School.

The team

competed against teams from Paulding County, Fayette

County, Clayton County, East Point and College Park. The

meet was visited by former Olympic Gold Medal winner and

former world record holder Ralph Boston.

The Flash

got a boost from some very promising runners. Khiry

Battle finished the 200-meter in the 12 and under boys

division in 29.22 seconds to take first place. He also

finished first in the 100-meter with a time of 14.06

seconds. Ric Burrell also performed well in the 12 and

under boys division, taking first place in the 800-meter

and the running long jump. Battle and Burrell, along with

Brandon Witta and Scott Adams, took first place in the

4x100-meter relay.

There were

top finishers in several other age divisions. Alexandra

Huguelet placed first in the 800-meter in the girls 14

and under age division, while Clair Begstrom placed first

in the 1,600-meter. Zack Lackey won the 1,600-meter in

the boys 8 and under division, while also capturing first

place in the 100-meter and the running long jump. Julie

McConlogue captured first in the 1,600 in the girls 8 and

under division. Don Foster won the 400-meter for the 15

and under boys.

Other top

runners were Kie Fujii placing first in the 400-meter for

girls 8 and under. Johnny Edwards captured first in the

100- and 200-meter in the 15 and under boys division.

Omari jackson placed first in the 200-meter for 10 and

under boys and Molly Walsh placed first in the 100-meter

for the 12 and under girls.

In the

field events, Edwards won first place in the running long

jump, while Deante Battle won first place in the shot put

and the high jump for boys 15 and under. In the standing

long jump for boys 8 and under, Jarvis washington

captured first place. Jennifer Leonard won the shot put

for girls 10 and under, while Joy Ferrell placed first in

the high jump.

Among

second place finishers were Kellie Lynn Anderson, Jessica

Weaver, Katie Waldeck, Andy Mendenhall, Justin Jarrell,

Rachel Adlington, Rachel Skuggs, Vince Brown, Ryan Darr,

Lauren Lopez, Joshua Ferrell and Aljamar Reed. Adams,

Khiry and Deante Battle, Bergstrom, Foster, Fujii,

Jackson, Laskey, McConlogue, Washington and Witta all had

second place finishes as well.

The total

number of ribbons awarded to the Peachtree City Flash

team was 120.