Eagles Soar at Sectionals Meet

by Coach Andy Carr

5/7/2022

Tifton, GA

The Milton track & field teams travelled to southern Georgia with hopes to getting athletes qualified to the state meet at the GHSA sectionals hosted by Tift Co High School and came away with many Eagles now heading to the state championship meet next weekend.

GIRLS

The Lady Eagles will send 2 individuals and a relay team to the state meet next week at McEachern HS in Powder Springs. In the 1600m (5th-5:21.23) & 3200m (4th-11:27.30), junior Farrah Frith will contend for the state championship after running very tactical races in the sectional meet. Also qualifying in 2 events is sophomore Ella Grace Malcom. In the 800m (7th-2:22.99) Malcom was 4th in her heat and made it to the state meet on time and led-off the 4x800m (5th-9:54.9-times unofficial) relay that included fellow sophomore Leelah Dennis & seniors Megan Stechschulte & Genevieve Trainor. The relay team returns to the state meet with hopes of improving on their 7th place finish from 2021, the inaugural running of the event at the state meet.

Also competing for Milton but not qualifying for the state meet was Nora Megenity in the triple jump. Her leap of 34’9.5” (10th) was a slight improvement on her 2nd best performer in school history mark.

BOYS

Milton will advance 3 individuals (2 in 2 events each & one in a single event) to lead the Eagles at the state meet next week. Fellow juniors Devin Dahunsi (Long Jump & Triple Jump) & Cory Chambers (1600m/3200m) made their presence known at the sectional meet and will contend for a podium placing in both events at the state meet. In the triple jump, Dahunsi (2nd-45’5”) used a generous tailwind to garner runner-up honors but just fouled on his 2nd jump that looked to be a close to 1-foot improvement on his school record! In the long jump after a couple of fouls in the first round, Dahunsi (7th-21’6”) got his mark on his 3rd jump and had safely qualified for the state meet. Chambers had two very tactical races which he bided his time near the front and easily qualified in the 1600m (8th-4:37.53) & 3200m (7th-9:53.89) to advance to the state meet. Senior Andrew Dassler easily qualified for the state meet in the pole vault (1st-12’6”) taking only one single jump to make the meet next week where he was 7th a year ago.

Also competing at the sectional meet but not advancing to the state meet were Jaden Bender in the discus (10th-129’6.5”) an improvement on his #5 performance in school history. The boys 4x800m relay team (Brandon Sevel/Jorge Fabregas/Will Conklin/Charlie Reynolds) finishing 12th in 8:56.9 (times unofficial). Ethan Hagel in the 400m (12th-52.20) & Rio Breedlove in the 300m hurdles (13th-44.96).

The state meet will be held at McEachern HS on May 12-14. All field events will be Thursday May 12th along with the 4x800m relay. Friday May 13th will feature the 800m semi-finals and the 3200m races. Saturday May 14th will have the 800m final & 1600m races to conclude the meet & season for Milton.