The SouthSide

Pioneers have been busy. Last Monday the team received the Local Championship

Team Award from the Georgia State Games Commission at the Georgia Games

Torch Run Ceremony in Griffin. They will compete in the Georgia Games

Championships in Augusta this weekend.

Last weekend

the Pioneers competed in the USATF Regional Championships in Richmond,

Va. and saw one of their own, Tina Williams, crowned as a Regional Champion

in the 400 meter dash in the SubBantam Girls Division with a time of 1:16.

Williams also had a second place finish in the meet in the 200 meter dash

with a time of 31.33.

Other Pioneers

that competed in the meet were Najee Pace in the Running Long Jump, Emma

Lee in the Shot Put, Lisa Williams in the 1,500 meter run and the 4x100

meter relay team of Brandon Lee, Jonathan Johnson, J. R. Rea and Quinta

Starr.

The Pioneers

will have a week off between the Georgia Games and their next meet, the

AAU National Championship, in Knoxville,Tenn, which will take place Aug.

3-10.

Anyone interested

in the new SouthSide Pioneers USATF cross country program should fax their

name, contact number and address to 770-716-2100.

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