In track,

they call it a false start.

In an

article Friday, the Starr's Mill Lady Panther track team

was incorrectly called region champions. In fact, they

were in the lead after the first part of the Region 4-AAA

competition, but they had another day to go. The Lady

Panthers did not finish in first place in the region meet

- Woodward Academy did. Starr's Mill finished in

second place with 71 points overall.

The Lady

Panthers had first and second place finishers in the

1,600-meter run and the 3,200-meter run. Eva Massmann

took first place in the 1,600-meter run (5:31.36) and

second place in the 3,200-meter run (11:57.46), while

Ashley Meredith placed second in the 1,600 (5:34.10) and

first in the 3,200 (11:56.36). Both girls qualified for

the state meet. It is the third consecutive year that

Massmann has qualified in both events for the state, but

this was the first year that she won the region in the

1,600-meter run.

Starr's

Mill also had two second place finishers in the shot put

and the discus. Erica Jubasz took second in the shot put

with a throw of 30'04.50, while Carmen Williams took

second in the discus throw with a toss of 94'07. Both

girls qualified for the state competition. The other

qualifier for the state competition is cassie Shular.

Shular took second place in the 800-meter run with a time

of 2:24.83. Katie Hughes placed fourth in the event with

2:28.97.

In other

events, CC Shipmon and Iceland Williams placed sixth and

seventh respectively in the 200-meter dash. Shipmon

finished with 27.93, while Williams finished in 28. The

4x100-meter relay team of Shipmon, Williams, Shular and

Stephanie Gresham placed seventh with 53.48. The

4x400-meter relay team of Shipmon, Shular, Williams and

Melissa House placed third with a time of 4:15.08.

Amanda

Owens and Shular also tied for seventh in the high jump,

reaching a height of 4'08. Gresham placed seventh in the

triple jump with a jump of 32'05.25 and placed 10th in

the long jump with a jump of 15'06.

Sandy Creek

tied for sixth at the meet with 41 points. They had one

first place finisher, Jessica White in the 300-meter low

hurdles. White finished in 45.71. She also took seventh

place in the 100-meter intermediate hurdles.

The Lady

Patriots also had several third place finishers. Alexis

McCoy placed third in the 400-meter dash in a time of

59.84, Rae Lynch placed third in the 3,200-meter run with

12:10.74, Ashley Lott took third in the shot put with a

throw of 30'02.50 and Jessica DeMooney placed third in

the discus with a throw of 92'06.50. McCoy finished 11th

in the high jump with a jump of 4'06.00, while DeMooney

placed seventh in the shot put with a throw of 29'04.00.

In other

events, Brittany Mabra placed sixth in the 100-meter dash

with a time of 13.45, while Millicent Thomas placed

eighth in the 400-meter dash in a time of 1:04.18. Mandi

Harrington placed seventh in the 800-meter run in a time

of 2:38.14, while Hillary Vernon placed ninth in the

1,600-meter run with a time of 6:35.52. Jessica Lovelace

placed eighth in the 3,200-meter run with a time of

13:38.70 Jennifer Worsham placed fifth in the long jump

with a jump of 16'03.75.