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With the 2023 track season underway, five county schools have hit the ground running with solid performances in each of their first two meets at the Covington County Schools Track and Field Facility.

SHS finished first in girls and third in boys at the CCS Meet 1 on Friday, March 3, and both teams earned second place a week later. FHS was first in boys and fifth in girls at the CCS Meet 2 on Friday, March 10.

Last week’s meet also saw Opp, Red Level, and Pleasant Home boys finish third through fifth, respectively. The OHS girls took fourth and were followed by the RLS girls in sixth and PHS girls in seventh.

“Our athletes performed well. We had several first-place winners, and most of the kids got personal records. We are very young but starting to come together as a team. We have a large meet coming up this week with over 20 teams scheduled to come. I invite everyone to come out and support all of our county teams,” Straughn Head Coach John Evers said.

“We are so proud our young ladies and young men. They have really bought into the training and love to compete and support each other. They are such good kids, and we coaches love every minute with them,” Florala Head Coach Jordan Cantrell added.

Athletes who finished in first through third for events at the second meet are as follows:

Florala

• 100-meter dash: Rayshon Coleman – second, 12.04
• 200-meter dash: Elijah McMeans – second, 24.61
• 400-meter dash: Kaden Cantrell – first, 59.63; Seth Cotton – second, 59.81
• 800-meter run: Layton Stone – third, 2:36.20; Athena Clark – third, 3:07.48
• 1600-meter run: Christina Sanders – third, 6:32.68
• 3200-meter run: Jay Lee – second, 14.21.90; Christina Sanders – second, 14:51.77
• 4×100-meter relay: boys – first
• 4×400-meter relay: boys – second
• 4×800-meter relay: boys – second
• High jump: Elijah McMeans – first, 5-8
• Javelin: Zane Weeks – first, 152-9; Christina Sanders – second, 73-2

Opp

• 800-meter run: Saban Sasser – second, 2:30.97
• 100-meter hurdles: Crystal Rogers – third, 21.06
• 110-meter hurdles: Dylan Reisnour – second, 22.05
• 300-meter hurdles: Julian Forsyght – first, 48.79; Mackenzie Phillips – second, 1:01.42; Bethany Burgess – third, 1:01.51
• 4×100-meter relay: girls – third
• 4×400-meter relay: boys – first; girls – second
• 4×800-meter relay: boys – first; girls – first
• High jump: Presley Carnley – second, 4-2; Damirian Thompson – third, 5-8
• Long jump: Julian Forsyght – second, 17-8
• Triple jump: Alan Jones – third, 34-0
• Javelin: Mackenzie Phillips – first, 91-9; Dylan Reisnour – third, 115-11; Okianna Russell – third, 69-10

Pleasant Home

• 400-meter dash: Dillon Purifoy – third; 1:01.09
• 800-meter run: Jackson Hawkins – first, 2:12.90; Pressley Kelley – second, 2:56.03
• 1600-meter run: Jackson Hawkins – first, 5:02.05
• 110-meter hurdles: Elgin McMeans – third, 22.86
• 300-meter hurdles: Brody Bryan – third, 52.24
• 4×400-meter relay: girls – third; boys – third
• Triple jump: Joel Wilkinson – second; 34-5.5
• Pole vault: Vance Kelley – first, 10-3

Red Level

• 200-meter dash: Miracle Wright – first, 26.57
• 1600-meter run: Ben Carroll – third, 5:59.54
• 100-meter hurdles: Mariah Crowell – first, 20.11
• 110-meter hurdles: Jackson Ingram – first, 21.37
• 300-meter hurdles: Jackson Ingram – second, 51.37
• Long jump: Zan’meyon Calloway – third, 17-3
• Discus: Tony Veasey – first, 116-8.5
• Shot put: Tony Veasey – third, 37-6.5

Straughn

• 100-meter dash: Aaron Olhava – third, 12.06
• 200-meter dash: Aaron Olhava – first, 24.49
• 800-meter run: Kaitlyn Bybee – first, 2:55.73
• 1600-meter run: Kaitlyn Bybee – second, 6:29.94
• 3200-meter run: Kaitlyn Bybee – first, 14:29.66; Cameron Wambles – third, 14:51.32; Reagan Bartholomew – third, 16:02.96
• 100-meter hurdles: Lillian Weeks – second, 20.25
• 300-meter hurdles: Lillian Weeks – first, 59:35
• 4×800-meter relay: boys – third
• High jump: Will Anderson – second, 5-8
• Long jump: Troy Beckner – first, 17-11
• Triple jump: Dixon Fite – first, 35-5; Anna Driver – third, 27-9.5
• Discus: Kayla Stephens – first, 81-1
• Shot put: Kayla Stephens – first, 29-5; Avery Smith – second, 43-3