BE girls track win State!

Bishop England and Wando both ran away with track and field state championships last weekend at Spring Valley High School. The defending AAAA champion Wando girls captured the state’s first AAAAA title by a 16.5-point margin over runner-up Riverside. The Warriors won state last year by fewer than four points. Bishop England’s girls team took the AAA championship with a 25.5-point win over second-place Seneca. The Lady Bishops finished third in AA last season. The Bishop England girls captured their 12th state championship, the first since 2014. Bishops freshman Patricia George won the 800 in 2:22.32, nearly a second faster than Pendleton senior Sophie Schaffer. Emma Lawrence placed fourth and Rhetta Moore fifth for Bishop England. The three Bishops teamed up to earn gold in the 800 relay by more than three seconds. The Bishops won the 800 relay by more than three seconds over Waccamaw and the 400 relay nearly three seconds ahead of Palmetto. Allison Seney won the pole vault for the Bishops at 10-06, half a foot better than Emerald’s Haley McLaughlin. The Bishops senior also placed fourth in the 100. Emma Albano took bronze in the discus throw. Sarah Feingold led Academic Magnet in AA with a third-place finish in the 800. Wando’s boys team placed second in the state for the second consecutive season. The Warriors finished 16 points off of Dorman in the AAAAA team standings. Warriors senior Elijah Bull won the 400 hurdles at 55.43, more than a second faster than runner-up Anatoliy Gamza for Dorman. Bull was on the Warriors’ 800 relay team that finished third. Wando also took second in the 400 relay. Patrick Spychalski placed third in the 1,600 and 3,200 as well as sixth in the 800 for Wando. Warriors freshman Dillon McCarthy finished second in the pole vault, six inches ahead of Wando senior Worth Burnette in third. Bishop England’s boys team, the defending AA state champion, finished third in the AAA team standings. The Bishops won the 800 relay, took second in the 400 relay and third in the 200-meter wheelchair relay. Bishops sophomore Aiden Richter just missed first in the 800 by six-tenths of a second. Richter also took third in the 1,600 with freshman teammate Logan Desciak right behind in fourth. Jacob Wilkins placed second in the discus for the Bishops. Academic Magnet finished 13th in the AA boys standings. Raptors sophomore Colin Baker won the 3,200 by nearly 24 seconds and finished second in the 1,600.

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BE GIRLS TRACK WIN STATE!

FRANKIE MANSFIELD

Moultrie News | 5/15/2017

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