Burr, Bluth Lead Milton Track Teams at Fulton County Championships

3/26-3/28, Langston-Hughes HS, Fairburn, GA

by Andy Carr

The Milton Track & Field team competed at the Fulton County Public Schools Championship this past weekend at Langston-Hughes HS in Fairburn, GA where the boy’s team was runners-up to Roswell & the girls were a strong 5th among 15 scoring schools.

GIRLS

The Lady Eagles (5th-49 pts), led by Riley Burr’s victories in the 800m (1st-2:18.65) & in the 1600m (1st-4:55.63) beat back 10 scoring schools. Burr’s 800m victory was by over 7 seconds and her win in the 1600m was a personal best & new school record by over 3 seconds in defeating the defending state champion in the event! These were Burr’s first county titles. Sophomore Annie Gallagher had a strong 800m performance (2nd-2:25.04) to finish runner-up scoring valuable points for Milton. Also finishing 2nd in her event was junior Cara Doll in the pole Vault (2nd-9’6”). Milton also had a 3rd place finish in the 4x800m relay (3rd-10:16.81) with seniors Charlotte Matt, Victoria Wagner, junior Brooke Aumer & junior Hayden Smith. Other scorers for the Lady Eagles were freshman Celeste Greene in the high jump (5th-4’6”) and junior Marie Repasy in the 3200m (8th-12:05.00).

BOYS

Milton was in the title hunt until the last few events but kept it close trying to defend its title from 2015. Roswell (1st-117 pts) outpaced the Eagles (2nd-91.5 pts). Senior Jack Bluth won his first county titles to lead Milton. Bluth (1st-4:25.71) controlled the 1600m from the start and led his teammate, senior Matt McGorrey (2nd-4:27.02) to a big personal best and runner-up finish for the Eagles. In the 3200m, Bluth (1st-9:46.46) used a strong second mile of the race to win comfortably in a personal best & the 8th fastest time in school history. As in the 1600m, a Milton teammate followed Bluth to the finish with sophomore Sam Bowers (2nd-9:47.87) taking runner-up honors in the 9th best time in school history. Another big win came in the boys 800m with junior Michael McCarthy (1st-1:57.91) repeating as county champion by close to 2 seconds! Many scorers kept the Eagles in the team race for the title. Grabbing a pair of runner-ups was junior Quin Lyles-Woods in the Discus (2nd-130’) and the Shot Put (2nd-45’7.5”). A third place effort by the 4x800m relay team (3rd-8:22.08) of senior Clay Marshall, sophomore Michael Malkowski, senior Jacques Du Plessis & junior Jake Vernon concluded Milton’s top-3 scoring efforts.

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