VHS Track Competes At SEB

Courtesy of VHS

The Vidalia High School track & field teams were at Southeast Bulloch last week to compete. With some fierce competition on Friday night at Southeast Bulloch High School, the VHS boys came home with 3rd place as a team while the girls placed 4th. The competition included 14 teams from 6A through 1A classifications.

Girls

The girls opened up the day with Dashia Ford placing 2nd in the triple jump with a jump of 34-4. Kayden Love had a remarkable race in the 100m placing 2nd with a time of 13.01 as she joined forces with J'Miyah Hunt, Journey Clements and Dashia Ford for the 4×200 and placed 2nd. Georgia Meredith had an exceptional race in the 3200 finishing 3rd with a personal best time of 12:08.

Boys

The boys were led off by AJ Thomas with a great day in high jump as he cleared 6'4' placing 3rd. Andre Jackson placed 2nd in the 100m with a time of 11.02. Jaydyn Young ran the 110h for the second time ever and placed 3rd with a time of 15.62 and finished 3rd in the 300h as well-41.84. Young teamed up with Adrian Newkirk, Andre Jackson, and AJ Thomas for the 2nd place finish in the 4×200 relay- 1:31.6. The boys finished the day off with a 2nd place finish in the 4×400 relay with Jordan Johnson, Chandler Stokes, Adrian Newkirk and Cash Driggers. The team standings were pretty exciting since the boys were only 2 points off from beating South Effingham. Richmond Hill won the team competition.

VHS Coach Mandy Godbee said, “Overall, we are very excited about our results in February. This is a very long season and we are already showing significant improvement from our last meet in Savannah. These athletes are focused and ready to make adjustments and get better everyday. They have a very exciting season ahead.”