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Girls State Meet - Day 1 Results

Posted by Drew Gant at May 4, 2012 7:38AM PDT

After the first day at the State Meet on Thursday evening in Albany, the school record in the 1600 meter run was established for the 3rd and final time this season. Morgan Green placed 8th in the State Meet with a new school record time of 5:07.60 seconds. Peyton Thomas finished in 11th place with a time of 5:11.56.

Congratulations to Morgan and Peyton!

Day 2 on Friday will include qualifying and finals for all field events in the morning and in the evening, finals for the 3200 meter run with Peyton Thomas and qualifying for all other running events.

Go Hornets Track & Field!!

For Day 1 Prelims and 1600 Final results access http://ga.milesplit.com/meets/105789/results/199509

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Sectional Meet Results - State Meet Qualifiers

Posted by Drew Gant at May 1, 2012 7:05AM PDT

The Sectional Meet qualifiers (19 boys and 10 girls) competed on Saturday 4/28 at McEachern High School in order to qualify to compete in the State Meet.

During the meet, 4 school records were established and 8 boys and 4 girls qualified to represent Roswell High School in the State Meets being held this week and next.

Highlights of the Meet:

  • Obos Ikpefan established a new school record he originally set in 2011 in the 400 meter run with a US First Team Elite time of 47.91 seconds.
  • Amber Lewis lowered her school record in the 100 Hurdles established earlier this season with a time of 14.29 seconds.
  • Peyton Thomas set school records in 2 events. Peyton broke the 3200 meter record for the third time this season with a time of 11:18.52 and she improved the school record in the 1600 established earlier this season by Morgan Green with a run of 5:09.75.

Congratulations to the following State Meet Qualifiers:
Girls
Tracy Dorcemont – Shot Put
Morgan Green – 800 and 1600
Amber Lewis – 100 Hurdles and 300 Hurdles
Peyton Thomas – 1600 and 3200

Boys
Richard Delphin – Discuss
Madsion Evans – 4×400 Relay
Jonathan Garner – 100, 200, 4×400 Relay
Tanner Hayes – 4×400 Relay
Obos Ikpefan – Triple Jump, 200, 400, 4×400 Relay
Drew Kelley – 1600 and 3200
Daniel Meier – 4×400 Relay alternate
Andre Robinson – Pole Vault

For full meet results access the “Meet Results” link on the left of the Track & Field website homepage or go to http://ga.milesplit.com/meets/105788/results/198406

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Sectional Meet Qualifiers

Posted by Drew Gant at Apr 20, 2012 9:29AM PDT

Congratulations to the following 10 girls and 19 boys for qualifying for the Sectional Meet at McEachern High School on Saturday 4/28 as a result of finishing in the top 4 of their events at the Region 6AAAAA Championship.

Event schedule at the following link and listed below
http://cache.milesplit.com/user_files/11171/class%20aaaaa%20west%20sectional%20meet%20program.pdf

Girls
Kenya Boyington-Grigsby – 4×100, 4×400
Tracy Dorcemont – Shot Put
Erin Gant – 3200
Hannah Gray – 4×400
Morgan Green – 800, 1600, 4×400
Andreona Keys – 4×100
Amber Lewis – 100 Hurdles, 300 Hurdles, 4×100, 4×400
Grace McCarty – 4×100, 4×400
Peyton Thomas – 1600, 3200
Taylor Von Frazer – 4×100

Boys
John Albert – 4×400
Grant Beidel – Triple Jump, High Jump
Richard Delphin – Discuss
Madison Evans – 400, 4×100, 4×400
Ryan Gant – 800, 4×400
Jonathan Garner – 100, 200, 4×100, 4×400
Isaiah Garris – 4×100, 4×400
Austin Gleaton – 4×100
Taylor Green – Shot Put, Discuss
Tanner Hayes – 4×100, 4×400
Obos Ikpefan – Triple Jump, 200, 400, 4×100, 4×400
Drew Kelley – 1600, 3200
Daniel Meier – 4×100, 4×400
Andre Robinson – Pole Vault, 110 Hurdles, 4×100
Drew Sawyer – 4×400
Toby Scott – 4×100
Charlie Sheridan – 800, 1600
Demetrick Sodo – 4×100
Colin Tealing – 4×100, 4×400

Sectional Schedule Regions 2,4,5,6
Saturday April 28, 2012 McEachern High School Powder Springs GA

SCHEDULE – SaturdayFIELD EVENTS-9 to finals in horizontal events
11:30 1600 Meter Run M Green, Thomas/Kelley, Sheridan
12:00 Long Jump Girls, Triple Jump Boys Ikpefan, Beidel
12:00 Shot put Girls, Discus Boys Dorcemont /Delphin, Green
12:00 High Jump Boys Pole Vault Boys Beidel, Robinson
2:00 Triple jump Girls, Long Jump Boys
2:00 High Jump girls, Pole Vault Girls
2:00 Shot put Boys, Discus Girls Green
RUNNING EVENTS-After field events
3:45 400 Meter Relay Girls- Boyington, Frazier, McCarty, Lewis, Keys
Boys- Garris, Scott, Garner, Ikpefan, Teeling, Robinson
Boys- Gleaton, Meier, Hayes, Evans, Sodo
4:20 400 Meter Dash Ikpefan, Evans
4:35 100 Meter Dash Garner
4:50 110 Meter Hurdles-100 Meter Hurdles Lewis/Robinson
5:10 800 Meter M. Green/ Sheridan, Gant
5:30 200 Meter Dash Garner, Ikpefan
5:45 300 Meter Hurdles Lewis
6:10 3200 Meter Run Thomas, Gant/ Kelley
7:00 1600 Meter Relay Girls- McCarty, Lewis, Green, Boyington, Gray
Boys- Evans, Hayes, Garner, Ikpefan, Meier
Boys- Albert, Teeling, Gant, Sawyer, Garris

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Region 6AAAAA Championship - Final Results

Posted by Drew Gant at Apr 20, 2012 8:40AM PDT

On a spectacular night for Track & Field competition on Thursday the boys team won the Region 6AAAAA title while the girls team placed 3rd.

The boys team dominated the field totaling an impressive 196 points easily outscoring second place Alpharetta by 83 points while North Forsyth placed 3rd. The boys scored in all 16 events, winning 8 events and breaking 3 school records.

The girls team finished in 3rd place behind a solid all around performance by the Alpharetta girls team while Milton finished in second. The girls also collected 2 school records during the meet.

Highlights of the Finals:

  • On day 1 of the meet, 2 athletes in 2 events bettered the school record and in the girls 1600, it happened again. Both Morgan Green and Peyton Thomas finished faster than the previous record established in 1986. Morgan Green finished in 2nd with a time of 5:11.85 and Peyton Thomas placed 3rd in 5:13.76 each bettering the record of 5:17.80.
  • Drew Kelley outran the field in the boys 3200 in a school record time of 9:35.83, improving the record established in 1983 by almost 4 seconds.
  • The boys 4×400 relay team of Madison Evans, Tanner Hayes, Jonathan Garner and Obos Ikpefan re-established the school record they set earlier in the season, winning the event in a US First Team Elite time of 3:19.83

Sectional Qualifiers will be identified in a separate announcement.

For full meet results access the “Meet Results” link on the left of the homepage of the Track & Field website or go to http://ga.milesplit.com/meets/104870/results/196107

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Region 6AAAAA Championship - Results Day 1

Posted by Drew Gant at Apr 18, 2012 1:41PM PDT

After the first day of prelims and some running and field event finals on Tuesday evening, the boys are leading the region competition over Alpharetta and North Forsyth, while the girls are currently in 4th place behind Alpharetta, North Forsyth and Milton.

A rarely accomplished feat occurred in the boys 1600 meter race and the girls 3200 meter race. In the boys 1600, both Drew Kelley and Charlie Sheridan bettered the school record established in 2011 with Drew placing 1st in 4:22.94 and Charlie finishing 3rd in 4:24.96. In the girls 3200, both Peyton Thomas and Erin Gant broke the school record established by Peyton earlier in the 2012 season. Peyton captured 3rd with a time of 11:26.09 (improving the record by over 12 seconds) and Erin Gant finished 4th in a time of 11:36.90. All 4 qualified to continue running at the Sectional meet.

Other Roswell athletes that qualified on Day 1 for the Sectional Meet at McEachern High School on 4/28 are: Obos Ikpefan and Grant Beidel in the boys triple jump and Taylor Green in the boys shot put.

Come support the the team on Thursday at the RHS track!!

Day 2 and Finals schedule for the Region Meet
THURSDAY APRIL 19, 2012

4:30
GIRLS TRIPLE JUMP Briggs/Keys FINAL
BOYS HIGH JUMP Beidel/Mimms FINAL
GIRLS SHOT PUT Dorcemont/Sanders FINAL
BOYS DISCUS Delphin/Green FINAL
GIRLS POLE VAULT Backus FINAL
BOYS LONG JUMP Gleaton/Whitt FINAL

5:30 4X800 BOYS
ALL RUNNING EVENTS WILL BE GIRLS FOLLOWED BY BOYS
6:00 4 X 100 RELAY FINAL
6:15 1600 GIRLS Thomas/M Green FINAL
6:30 400 FINAL
6:45 100 FINAL
6:55 100/110 H FINAL
7:10 800 BOYS Gant/Sheridan FINAL
7:25 200 FINAL
7:40 300 IH FINAL
7:50 3200 BOYS Kelley/Hayes FINAL
8:10 4 X 400 FINAL

THE TOP FOUR IN EACH EVENT WILL REPRESENT 6AAAAA IN THE SECTIONALS SATURDAY APRIL 28 AT MCEACHERN HIGH SCHOOL