Pinewood track takes 1st in season openers

Libby Kate Blocker in the long jump

By: Reagan Parker, PCA freshman

Pinewood’s varsity girls’ and boys’ track teams attended a multi-team track meet hosted at Bulloch Academy on March 2^nd. Schools in attendance were Pinewood (PCA), Bulloch Academy (BA), Vidalia Heritage Academy (VHA), Robert Toombs Christian Academy (RTCA), Edmund Burke Academy (EBA), First Presbyterian Christian Academy (FPCA) and Heritage Christian Academy (HCA).

PCA’s girls clinched first with 168 points, followed by EBA with 138, BA with 120, and RTCA with 110 in the top 4.

PCA’s boys also took the first place slot with 169 points, followed by BA with 157 points, RTCA with 143, and EBA with 79 for the top 4 teams.

Events:

3200 Meters 
Girls:
2^nd – Ella Johns (15:57)
5^th – Ginny Nutting (16:39)

Boys:
3^rd – Bryson Croft (14:38)
5^th – Yug Patel (17:09)

Pole Vault
Girls:
1^st (tie) – Mary Lucy Dasher (7’0”)

Boys:
1^st – Jackson Fries (10’0”)
3^rd – Banks Durrence (9’0”)

Discus
Girls:
1^st – Jaeley MacGregor (80’8”)
4^th – Lara Durrence (67’1”)

Boys:
1^st – Peyton Williams (135’9”)
8^th – Grayson Dean (71’10”)

Shot Put
Girls:
1^st – Jaeley MacGregor (29’9½”)
5^th – Lara Durrence (25’7”)

Boys:
1^st – Peyton Williams (41’11”)
3^rd – Mic Wasson (38’2½”)

Long Jump
Girls:
5^th – Libby Kate Blocker (12’8¼”)

Boys:
2^nd – Kaedan Arnold (19’5”)

Triple Jump
Girls:
3^rd – Mattie Spacek (29’2¼”)
6^th – Ava Woolard (26’5¼”)

Boys:
3^rd – Kaedan Arnold (39’9¼”)
4^th – Tyson Swindell (38’9”)

High Jump
Girls:
3^rd – Abby Scott (4’10”)
6^th – Payton Cowart (4’6”)

Boys:
5^th – Luke Scott (5’6”)
6^th – Pearce Dutton (5’6”)

100 Meters Hurdles
Girls:
7^th – Erica Wasson (21.20)

110 Meters Hurdles
Boys:
4^th – Tyson Swindell (19.50)

100 Meters
Girls:
3^rd – Katelin Smith (13.43)
4^th – Riley Nevil (13.53)

Boys:
2^nd – Mic Wasson (11.40)
3^rd – Kaedan Arnold (11.77)

1600 Meters
Girls:
2^nd – Laci Stone (6:38)
3^rd – Payton Cowart (6:48)

Boys:
5^th – Jesse McLendon (6:27)
7^th – Colby Danner (6:58)

400 Meters 
Girls:
1^st – Riley Nevil (65.87)
2^nd – Lilly Griffin (66.33)

Boys:
1^st – Banks Durrence (56.12)
3^rd – Luke Scott (57.53)

300 Hurdles
Girls:
1^st – Abi Scott (52.33)

Boys:
4^th – Tyson Swindell (49.53)
6^th – Luke Scott (52.87)

800 Meters
Girls:
2^nd – Lilly Griffin (2:58)
3^rd – Libby Kate Blocker (3:03)

Boys:
3^rd – Pearce Dutton (2:28)
5^th – Luke DeLoach (2:35)

200 Meters
Girls:
2^nd – Katelin Smith (29.09)

Boys:
2^nd – Mic Wasson (24.09)

4×100 Relay
Girls:
5^th – Riley Nevil, Mattie Spacek, Cassidi Lynn, Katelin Smith (56.70)
8^th – Milli Anderson, Ava Woolard, Ginny Nutting, Emma Strickland (59.40)

Boys:
2^nd – Banks Durrence, Preston Lowe, Mic Wasson, Kaedan Arnold (46.26)
7^th – Jesse McLendon, Luke Scott, Luke DeLoach, Colby Danner (51.21)

4×400 Relay
Girls:
1^st –Riley Nevil, Lilly Griffin, Payton DeLoach, Abi Scott (4:38)
5^th – Ginny Nutting, Priscilla Dillon, Katelin Smith, Laci Stone (5:00)

Boys:
1^st – Kaedan Arnold, Mic Wasson, Luke Scott, Banks Durrence (4:00)
5^th – Jesse McLendon, Luke DeLoach, Bryson Croft, Pearce Dutton (4:25)