JJHS  teams place at Gladewater 

Jefferson Junior High boys and girls track teams finished well at the recent Gladewater Track meet.

The 7th grade girls finished in 6th place overall, with:

  • – Desirae Williams 4th place – 100M Dash
  • – Aaliyah Gray 6th place – 100M Dash
  • – 4×1 Relay (Sa’Riya Durden, Kera Long, Aaliyah Gray, Zy Byrd) 4th place
  • – 4×2 Relay (Sa’Riya Durden, Kera Long, Jaylee Burton, Zy Byrd) 5th place
  • – Aaliyah Gray 1st place – Long Jump
  • – Kera Long 5th place – Triple Jump
  • – Kassiah Harris 4th place – Discus 

The 8th grade girls team finished in 2nd place overall with: 

  • – Kaliyah Whitaker 1st place – 100M Dash
  • – Jade Mallory 2nd Place – 100M Dash
  • – Te’Nazia Alexander 3rd place – 100M Dash
  • – Janaa Goynes 2nd place – 200M Dash
  • – Stormi McNeil 1st place – 400M Dash
  • – Ashari Brannon 5th place – 400M Dash
  • – Brently Woods 5th place – 100M Hurdles
  • – 4x1R (Jade Mallory, Te’Nazia Alexander, Shaniece Smith, Kaliyah Whitaker) 1st Place
  • – 4x2R (Jade Mallory, Janaa Goynes, Shaniece Smith, Kaliyah Whitaker) 1st Place
  • – Stormi McNeil 1st place – Long Jump
  • – Jade Mallory 4th place – Long Jump
  • – Jasiah Williams 2nd place – Shot Put
  • – Te’Nazia Alexander 4th place – Discus
  • – Kyleigh Dudley 5th place – Discus
  • – Janaa Goynes 2nd place – Triple Jump
  • – Kaliyah Whitaker 3rd place – Triple Jump
  • – Janaa Goynes 2nd place – High Jump
  • – Jade Mallory 3rd place – High Jump
  • – Stormi McNeil 6th place – High Jump

JJHS boys had similar results with:

  • – Collin Hawkins finishing 2nd in 100 Meter dash and 200 meter dash.
  • – JD Taylor finished first in the 400 Meter dash. 
  • – Cooper Cohn was 3rd in 300 meter hurdles and 6th in 110 meter hurdles 
  • – Kayden Grigsby was 3rd in 300 meter hurdles, 4th in 110 meter hurdles, and 6th in long jump  
  • – Braylon Thomas was 4th in 400 meter dash and 6th in 100 meter dash 
  •  Brayden Poe was 5th in 300 meter hurdles 
  • – Bryston Mosley was 5th in discus 
  • – Zack Lalumia was 6th in discus.
  • – Levi Cherry was 6th in 1600 meter run
  • Both boys and girls teams will compete on Monday, March 4, at the Linden-Kildare meet.

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by Laura ALlen