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School Record & Top-3 Finish for Milton HS Track & Field Teams
A 21-year-old record is broken as the boys team is 3rd & the girls 9th out of 15 scoring schools
The Milton Track & Field teams had a very successful Fulton County Public Schools Championship meet, conducted at Westlake HS on Saturday, with the breaking of a 21-year-old school record and the boys team finishing 3rd while the girls were 9th out of 15 scoring schools.
BOYS
Milton (3rd-75 pts) came home with another trophy from the county championship meet with a flurry of strong performances at the end of the meet to surpass rival Roswell (4th-74pts) by a single point! The highlights of the day for the team were the breaking of the 400-meter record by junior Andrew Sirras (3rd-48.21) breaking the old record of 49.33 set by Sean Bailey in 2002 by over a second! Other highlights included senior captain Devin Dahunsi with his overall win in the long jump (1st-22’7”), his runner-up in the triple jump (2nd-45’10.5”) and his relay carries on the 4x100m relay (3rd-42.73) & the 4x400m relay (5th-3:28.99) to push the Eagles to a 3rd place team finish. Senior captain Cory Chambers won the county championship in the 3200m (1st-10:11.54) & was third in the 1600m (3rd-4:26.60) for more valuable team points to help lead the Eagles.
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GIRLS
The Lady Eagles (9th-39 pts) beat back 6 scoring schools to finish a solid 9th in the team race. Junior Ella Grace Malcom led Milton with a runner-up in the 1600m (2nd-5:19.40), becoming the 9th best performer in the event in school history. Malcom then came back in the 800m (3rd-2:20.55) and then ran the fastest leg of the 4x400m relay (4th-4:15.58) thus scoring in 3 events. Other top-3 finishes at the meet included the girls 4x800m relay (3rd-10:13.80) made up of senior captain Emmaline Kelley & juniors Leelah Dennis (who also ran in 3 events), Calista Cacciatore & Emerson Armistead. Senior captain Sydney Anderson was a double scorer with the 800m (4th-2:25.81) & the 1600m (6th-5:35.10) & ran a leg of that 4x400m relay, to add valuable points. Finally, sophomore Brynn Scheel, who ran a leg of the scoring 4x400m relay, scored in the 300m Hurdles (5th-50.21) to become the 9th best performer in school history!
A busy week ahead for the teams as the JV Region 6-7A meet is Wednesday at Lambert HS, followed by the Woodstock Distance Carnival & Florida Relays on Friday and the Spring Break Invitational at Marietta HS this coming Saturday. The season is in “full swing”!
