The Southside

Pioneers Track Club competed at the Georgia Games Fourth District Sports

Festival at McIntosh High School over the weekend. The team, made up of

some of the finest local high school, middle school, elementary and homeschool

students in Fayette, Coweta and Clayton counties, performed very well

and had a number of top three finishers in a variety of age groups. This

weekend the team will compete in the Georgia Association Junior Olympics

Qualifier in Atlanta.

Stephen Pline

was awarded first place in the 3,000 meter and won second place in the

1,500 meter. First place finishers in the 1,500 meter were Zachary Hethbridge,

James Mathis, Vince Brown and Lisa Williams. In the 800 meter, Hethbridge,

Rachel Menefee and Jason Bentley took first place finishes, while Williams

placed second and Olivia Fisher took third.

There were

six first place finshers in the 400 meter: Mitch Sargent, J.R. Rea, Brown,

Fisher and Tina Williams. Auston Childs took second place as did D.J.

Wright and David Mathis. First place finishers in the 200 meter were Childs,

Quinta Starr, Joy Ferrell, David Mathis, Najee Pace, and Tina Williams,

while Joshua McCrary, Jessi Brown, Michael Manning, Jonathan Manning and

Jana Manning placed second and Nicole Mathis, Chris Manning and Jesse

Rea placed third.

First place

finishers in the 100 meter race were Pace, Childs, Brandon Lee, Michael

Manning and Jana Manning, while Starr, Khiry Battle, Chris Manning and

Emma Lee placed second and Jonathan Johnson and Jesse Rea placed third.

Battle took first in the 100 meter hurdles, as did Khaneisha Pagan. In

the 110 meter hurdles matt Harlfinger and Joshua White took first, while

D.J. Wright finished second and Brandon Lee finished third. The Pioneers

also had five first place teams in the 4x100 meter relay and two first

place and one second place team in the 4x400 meter relay.

In field events,

first place finishers in the running long jump were Harlfinger, Starr,

Ferrell, Brown, Pace, Emma Lee and James Mathis. Second place finishers

were McCrary, Battle, Kenneth Bentley, Jessica Owen and David Mathis,

while Jayson Bentley and Jesse Rea placed third. Kenneth Bentley, Ferrell

and Melanie Stanislaus finished first in the triple jump, while Jessica

Owen and J.R. Rea finished second. Ferrell also took fist in the high

jump. In the shot put, Emma Lee, J.R. Rea, Olivia Fisher and Battle finsihed

first while Jayson Bentley finished second.

The Southside

Pioneers are led by the coaching staff of Richard Clark, Sue Bozgoz, Stan

Williams, B.J. and Randy Spencer, Nate and Danielle Mathis and other area

volunteer coaches. if you would like to volunteer, phone 770-719-4664.

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