GHS, White County take seventh at track meet

By By Jeff Hart

Posted 9:20AM on Sunday 18th May 2003 ( 22 years ago )

JEFFERSON - Brandon Sims propelled Gainesville to a seventh place finish at the Class AAA track meet Saturday. Sims placed third in both the 100- and 200-yard finals. White County tied with Gainesville for seventh. Class AAAAA Team standings1, Wheeler, 56 points. 2, Stephenson, 47. 3, Lassiter, 38. 4, Walton, 30. 5, Newnan, 24. 6, (tie) Effingham County, 20, and Southwest DeKalb, 20. 8, Douglass, Atlanta, 18. 9, (tie) Lakeside, DeKalb, 16, South Gwinnett, 16, and Warner Robins, 16 4x100-meter relay1, Stephenson (Jeremy Burton, Joseph Gartrell, Israel Route, Michael Grant), 40.94 seconds. 2, Wheeler, 41.23. 3, Redan, 41.67. 4, Warner Robins, 42.66.5, Camden Co., 42.76. 6, Cherokee, 43.02. 4001, Demiko Goodman, Newnan, 47.26. 2, David Dickens, Wheeler, 47.33. 3, Jeremy Burton, Stephenson, 47.83. 4, Marquis Andrews, Douglass, Atlanta, 48.67. 5, Lawrence Jackson, Morrow, 49.17. 6, Ramohne Wilkerson, Berkmar, 49.67. 1001, Michael Grant, Stephenson, 10.57. 2, Travis Cooper, Camden Co., 10.90. 3, Lynon Jefferson, Effingham Co., 11.14. 4, Zack Winters, Riverdale, 11.21. 5, Ylan Taylor, Southwest DeKalb, 11.24. 6, Andre Thornton, South Gwinnett, 11.25. 110 high hurdles1, Aries Merritt, Wheeler, 14.08. 2, Donte Bolden, Walton, 14.47. 3, Jangy Addy, Norcross, 14.55. 4, Lydell Perry, Riverdale, 14.67. 5, D'Angelo Berry, Valdosta, 14.68. 6, Duane Wilson, Redan, 14.69. 8001, Damian Prince, Southwest DeKalb, 1:54.88. 2, Omari Crawford, Southwest DeKalb, 1:54.97. 3, Alan Schmitz, Warner Robins, 1:55.70. 4, John Kellough, Oconee Co., 1:55.97. 5, Chris Knapik, Wheeler, 1:56.97. 6, Jeremy Majors, Morrow, 1:58.10. 2001, Michael Grant, Stephenson, 21.23. 2, David Dickens, Wheeler, 21.66. 3, Demiko Goodman, Newnan, 22.06. 4, Travis Cooper, Camden Co., 22.08. 5, Michael Daniels, Central Gwinnett, 22.23. 6, Andre Thornton, South Gwinnett, 22.47. 300 intermediate hurdles1, Jeremy Burton, Stephenson, 36.73. 2, Aries Merritt, Wheeler, 37.05. 3, Jangy Addy, Norcross, 37.99. 4, Kenneth Brown, Douglass, Atlanta, 38.29. 5, Neil Ingham, Sequoyah, 39.29. 6, D'Angelo Berry, Valdosta, 39.59. 4x400-meter relay1, Douglass, Atlanta (Kareen Pollard, James Vaughn, Jeremy Chambliss, Marquis Andrews), 3:15.94. 2, Wheeler, 3:17.07. 3, Warner Robins, 3:19.22. 4, Morrow, 3:19.81. 5, Marietta, 3:21.54. 6, Camden Co., 3:22.88. Class AAAA Team standings1, Cedar Shoals, 60. 2, Griffin, 49. 3, (tie) Mays, 43, and Westlake, 43. 5, Sandy Creek, 32. 6, Shaw, 30. 7, Rome, 22. 8, Woodward Academy, 20. 9, Hiram, 17. 10, Gordon Central, 16. 4x100-meter relay1, Sandy Creek (Will Judson, Jeremy Long, Phillip Hyde, Eddie Rush), 41.79. 2, Shaw, 41.93. 3, Griffin, 42.09. 4, Mays, 42.10. 5, Cedar Shoals, 42.33. 6, Dunwoody, 42.49. 4001, Darius Acker, Westlake, 47.63. 2, Marvin Menafee, Shaw, 47.66. 3, Coleman Collins, Chamblee, 48.76. 4, Timothy Edwards, M.L. King, 49.06. 5, Jamil Hubbard, Salem, 49.59. 6, Adam Wagner, Paulding Co., 50.26. 1001, Eddie Rush, Sandy Creek, 10.92. 2, Brent Petway, Griffin, 10.93. 3, Will Judson, Sandy Creek, 11.02. 4, Xavier Hair, Dunwoody, 11.03. 5, Jamaal Barnes, Chamblee, 11.07. 6, Desmond Brown, Westlake, 11.08. 110 high hurdles1, Tyron Akins, Bainbridge, 14.57. 2, Brent Petway, Griffin, 14.58. 3, Arthur Hinton, Cedar Shoals, 14.66. 4, Khalil Phillips, Mays, 14.83. 5, Juan Merritt, Shaw, 15.03. 6, Travis McBrides, Statesboro, 15.33. 8001, Christopher Woods, Mays, 1:54.3. 2, Steve Rankin, Hiram, 1:57.24. 3, Sean Rogers, Chapel Hill, 1:58.71. 4, Robert Williams, North Atlanta, 2:00.35. 5, Nathan Hermance, Riverwood, 2:00.72. 6, Josh Hudgns, Dalton, 2:02.22. 2001, Darius Acker, Westlake, 21.84. 2, Mickey Sheats, Cedar Shoals, 22.02. 3, Malik Jackson, Dunwoody, 22.07. 4, Marvin Menafee, Shaw, 22.08. 5, Jamil Hubbard, Salem, 22.50. 6, Keaven Dottery, Mays, 22.63. 300 intermediate hurdles1, Desmond Brown, Westlake, 38.25. 2, Johnny Marshall, Cairo, 38.87. 3, Khalil Phillips, Mays, 39.08. 4, Louis Chambers, Shaw, 39.24. 5, Ruben Sullivan, Cross Creek, 39.68. 6, Lamone Trammell, Clarke Central, 40.11. 4x400-meter relay1, Westlake (Desmond Brown, Gerald Griffin, Darius Acker, Sean Babb), 3:17.75. 2, Mays, 3:19.51. 3, Cedar Shoals, 3:20.20. 4, Shaw, 3:24.51. 5, Hiram, 3:25.42. 6, Chapel Hill, 3:29.28. Class AAA Team standings1, Carrollton, 137. 2, Lovett, 41. 3, Franklin County, 27. 4, (tie) Elbert County, 25, and Monroe Area, 25. 6, Liberty Co., 16. 7, (tie) Gainesville, 14, Therrell, 14, and White County, 14. 10, (tie) Dublin, 13, and Northeast, 13. 4x100-meter relay1, Carrollton No. 1 (Derek Boykin, Trey Fletcher, Stan Rowe, Justin Jones), 41.92. 2, Laney, 42.57. 3, Avondale, 42.78. 4, Grayson, 42.84. 5, Therrell, 42.94. 6, Carrollton No. 2., 43.02. 4001, Japorie Bostick, Dublin, 48.81. 2, Jeremy Johnson, Northeast, 49.30. 3, Tellish Copeland, Carrollton, 49.77. 4, Travis Mayner, Tattnall Co., 50.11. 5, Lee Browning, Avondale, 50.20. 6, Terrance Agee, Southside, 50.93. 1001, Stan Rowe, Carrollton, 10.65. 2, Alonzo Bryant, Peach Co., 10.98. 3, Brandon Sims, Gainesville, 11.04. 4, Stacey Walls, Washington Co., 11.07. 5, Kareem Togba, Grayson, 11.11. 6, Tavarus Storr, West Laurens, 11.17. 110 high hurdles1, Derek Boykin, Carrollton, 14.31. 2, Shane Jackson, Elbert Co., 14.85. 3, Trey Fletcher, Carrollton, 14.99. 4, Tra Battle, Mary Persons, 15.25. 5, Quintz Smith, Dublin, 15.43. 6, Kevin Green, Monroe Area, 15.65. 8001, Deandre Coleman, Liberty Co., 1:57.01. 2, Eric Simmons, Carrollton, 1:57.16. 3, Corey Bolden, Therrell, 1:59.28. 4, Deveon Huff, Elbert Co., 1:59.50. 5, Colt Jones, White Co., 2:00.17. 6, Marcus Jackson, Monroe Area, 2:00.38. 2001, Stan Rowe, Carrollton, 21.67. 2, Tavarus Storr, West Laurens, 22.39. 3, Brandon Sims, Gainesville, 22.49. 4, Tevis Wells, Cass, 22.51. 5, Kerry Major, Stephens Co., 22.71. 6, Jeremy Johnson, Northeast, 22.98. 300 intermediate hurdles1, Delandus O'Neal, Carrollton, 37.97. 2, Trey Fletcher, Carrollton, 38.72. 3, Tra Battle, Mary Persons, 39.32. 4, Kevin Green, Monroe Area, 39.39. 5, Weston Fuller, White Co., 40.19. 6, Keelan Knox, Franklin Co., 40.29. 4x400-meter relay1, Carrollton No. 1 (Tellish Copeland, Justin Jones, Stan Rowe, Bernard Heflin), 3:18.58. 2, Carrollton No. 2, 3:22.18. 3, Therrell, 3:24.78. 4, Monroe Area, 3:26.20. 5, Gainesville, 3:27.16. 6, Elbert Co., 3:27.52. (The Associated Press contributed to this story.)

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