Starr's Mill's

boys and girls track team hosted a meet against Westminster and Alexander

High School last week.

The Panthers

placed second with 57 points, while the Lady Panthers placed third with

40 points. This was their final meet of the regular season before the

region meets begin this weekend.

For the boys

team, Jason Giordano placed third in the 100-meter dash with a time of

12.03. Brad McLaren placed second and Drew Cofty placed third in the 200-meter

dash with 23.82 and 23.84 respectively, while Mitch Sargent placed third

and Ricardo Ramos placed second in the 400-meter dash with times of 33.45

and 33.47 respectively. The panthers 4x100-meter relay team captured first

place with a time of 44.44, while the 4x400-meter relay team placed second

with a time of 3:43.79.

Matt Fuhrman

captured second place in the 110-meter high hurles with a time of 16.57,

while Neal Sebastian placed third in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles

with 43.27. Cagney Blackmon placed third in the high jump with a leap

of 5'10", Brad McLaren placed third in the pole vault with 11', and

Jason Laney placed second in the shot put with a time of 46'05.50".

Starr's Mill

took the first six spots in the long jump, with the top three finishers

being Reuben Houston at first with a jump of 20'10", Matt Fuhrman

at second with a jump of 19'04" and Johnny Edwards at third with

a jump of 19'03". Houston also placed first in the triple jump with

a jump of 44'11", while Che Brewer placed second with a jump of 42'04.50"

The girls got

many good performances as well. Iceland Williams placed third in the 100-meter

dash with a time of 13.88 and placed second in the 200-meter with 28.26.

Jennifer Kroupa placed first in the 400-meter with a time of 1:05.15 while

Carly Hutchison placed second with 1:05.62. Ashley Meredith took third

place in the 3,200-meter with 12:53.7, while Amanda Owena placed first

in the 100-meter intermediate hurdles with a time of 17.94. Owens also

placed first in the high jump with a jump of 5'.

The Lady Panthers

also did well in the 4x100-meter relay. The A team took second place with

a time of 4:38.90, while the B team placed third with a time of 4:42.36.

Heather Brown, Jinee Burdge and Malia Henson all tied in the pole vault

with a vault of 6' and Stephanie Gresham placed second in the long jump

with a jump of 14'0.50".

The 4-AAAAA

boys region meet begins with Field Events this Saturday at 10 a.m. at

Starr's Mill High School.

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