Starr's Mill

played host to some of the top track and field teams in the state on St.

Patrick's Day.

The Landmark

girls placed fourth, while Fayette County High School finished seventh,

Starr's Mill placed ninth and McIntosh placed 11th. For the boys meet,

Starr's Mill placed sixth, Landmark placed ninth, Fayette County placed

10th and McIntosh placed 13th.

Landmark's

girls performed very well in the meet. Sierra Hill placed fourth in the

100-meter intermediate hurdles with a time of 15.79 and second in the

300-meter low hurdles with a time of 46.34. Sarah king of Landmark placed

fourth in the 300-meter low hurdles with a time of 50.59, while Margaret

Sams of Fayette County High School rounded out the top five with a time

of 50.60.

Landmark placed

fourth in the 4x200-meter relay with a time of 1:51.16, while Fayette

County followed in fifth place with a time of 1:53.38. The Lady Tigers

also placed fifth in the 4x800-meter relay with a time of 10:33.35, while

McIntosh placed fifth in the 4x1,600-meter relay with a time of 24:44.23.

In the 1,600 sprint medley, FCHS took first with a time of 4:33.87, while

Landmark placed fifth with 4:48.91. The Lady Tigers also placed fourth

in the distance medley with 13:56.32.

In the field

events, Megan Byrd of Fayette County placed second in the high jump with

a jump of 5'02", while Landmark's Ashley Key took fourth place with

a jump of 5'. Starr's Mill's Heather Brown placed fifth in the pole vault

with a vault of 7', while Stephanie Gresham, also a Lady Panther, placed

third in the long jump with 16'05.50".

In the triple

jump, Lindsay Vincent of Landmark placed second with 35'01.25", Megan

Byrd of Fayette County High School placed third with 34'07.75". Landmark's

Megan Constable placed third in the discus with a throw of 95'07",

while Starr's Mill's Carmen Williams placed fifth with 93'.

In the boys

events, Landmark Christian placed fourth in the 1,600-meter sprint medley

with a time of 3:45.72 and fourth in the distance medley with- 11:13.85.

Sean Hill of Landmark took second place in the 200-meter intermediate

hurdles with 41.83. McIntosh had a top five finisher in the pole vault,

as Sean Heaton captured first place with a leap of 13'.

The 1,600-meter

sprint medley was a hotly contested race as Fayette County High School

placed fifth with a time of 3:46.72, while Starr's Mill placed sixth with

3:46.89. Fayette County did well in the distance races. The Tigers placed

fifth in the 4x800-meter relay with 8:37.44 and placed first in the distance

medley with 10:55.08. Starr's Mill placed fifth in the 4x100-meter relay

with 44.91.

In the field

events, Fayette County's Dorian Worrell placed fifth in the high jump

with a jump of 5'10", while Reuben Houston of Starr's Mill placed

third in the long jump with 21'07.75" and a first in the triple jump

with 48'04.25. Che Brewer, also of Starr's Mill, placed third in the triple

jump with 43'02.50", while Ryan Watkins of Fayette County placed

fourth with 40'08.50". Starr's Mill's Jason Laney placed second in

the shot put with a 48'03" throw.

Fayette County's

track team hosted East Coweta and Newnan yesterday after press time and

will be off until April 11 when they travel to McIntosh. McIntosh traveled

to take on Riverwood and Westminster yesterday and will travel to face

Newnan and Lovejoy tomorrow. Starr's Mill will host Morrow and Eagle's

Landing this afternoon at 4:30 p.m.

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