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Smoky Mountain track teams win over Tuscola
Smoky Mountain’s men’s and women’s track teams emerged victorious in a dual meet on March 14 at Tuscola.
Tom Westbrook, coach of SM’s women, said after checking with past coaches he believed it was the Lady Mustangs’ first victory ever in a track meet.
“I was very pleased with the girls’ effort,” Westbrook said. “Our goal is competing. We want to compete every meet, and we’ll let wins fall where they may.”
The women won 72-67 while the men took a 69.5-67.5 victory.
“It’s always good to get the first dual meet win, especially for our young group of kids,” Coach Jamie Extine said of his men’s team. “Our team keeps improving.”
Travis Brotherton led the Mustang men as he won three individual events and was part of a winning relay team.
Those who placed for the Lady Mustangs included:
3,200-meter relay – Talish Lossiah, Brittney Burns, Tabitha Stephens and Courtney Spaulding, first, 15:54.
100-meter high hurdles – Laura Hornbuckle and Laura Bumgarner, third, 23.81.
100-meter dash – Cetera DeGraffenreid, first, 13.38.
800-meter relay – Sky Kanott, Sarah Haggard, Sheena Kanott and DeGraffenreid, first, 2.36.
400-meter relay – Chelsea Schultz, Haggard, Tina McDonald and DeGraffenreid, second, time not available.
400-meter dash – Victoria Palmer, first, 1:02.06; Whitney Parris, second, 1:16.34; Burns, third, 1:17.9.
300-meter intermediate hurdles – Hornbuckle, third, 1:07.
800-meter run – Palmer, third, 3:00.
200-meter dash – Chelsea Schultz, first, 29.84; Sheena Kanott, second, 30.08; Sky Kanott, third, 31.0
3,200-meter run – Spaulding, third, 17:24.
1,600-meter relay – Palmer, Schultz, Parris and Charlotte Dunlap, first, 5:42.
Discus – Laura Larias, first, 67-6; Amy Cogdill, second, 55-7; Shay Pruitt, third, 52-3.
Shot put – Cogdill, first, 28-4; Sky Kanott, second, 27-11; Larias, third, 26-6.
High jump – Haggard, second, 3-7; Dunlap, third, 3-5.
Long jump – DeGraffenreid, second, 13-2; McDonald, third, 12-9.
Triple jump – Schultz, second, 28-10.5; McDonald, third, 25-0.
Those placing for the Mustang men included:
3,200-meter relay – Will Cowan, Brotherton, Tony Morris and Jack Cooper, first, 9:40.
110-meter high hurdles – Tyler Clarke, first, 19.9.
100-meter dash – Abram Scott, third, 12.0.
800-meter relay – Scott, Zack Watson, Cody Lewis and Cory Siler, first, 1:49.3.
1,600-meter relay – Brotherton, first, 5:24.
400-meter dash – Stephen Gates, second, 56.46.
800-meter run – Brotherton, first, 2:11.
300-meter intermediate hurdles – Clarke, first, 46.4; Cooper, third, 51.7.
200-meter dash – Siler, first, 23.7; Lewis, second, 25.4.
3,200-meter run – Brotherton, first, 11:23; Cowan, second, 11:45.
1,600-meter relay – Watson, Gates, Lewis and Clark, first, 3:59.
High jump – Lewis, first, 5-1; Dayne Bowers, second, 5-0.
Long jump – Bowers, first, 17-10; Scott, second, 17-4.
Discus – T.J. Bradley, third, 84-1.
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