North Springs Honors Girls Track Team For State Championship Win

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The North Springs’ Girls’ Track Team - the 2015 State Champs with the No. 1 nationally ranked 4 x 400 relay team - was surprised Friday with a limo ride, lunch at Sandy Springs’ Mellow Mushroom and thunderous recognition before the school’s student body.

After lunch the team returned to North Springs’ Thermopylae Stadium where students were assembled to celebrate the last day of school for seniors, the school’s annual spring football scrimmage game and, to their surprise, to honor them for their victory at the Girls’ State Track Championship.

The North Springs Lady Spartans May 9 brought home the gold with their first place finish at the event, which was held in Albany.

The No. 1 nationally ranked 4 x 400 relay team of senior Dory Perkins and juniors Tyra Williams, Micaiah Ransby and Molly Jackson broke the State meet record, placing first with a time of 3:44.42 and first in the 4 x100 with a time of 47.07 seconds.

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In individual events Micaiah Ransby placed first in the 400 and second in the 200; Molly Jackson placed first in the 800, and Jayda Drake Howard placed fifth in the 300 hurdles. In April, at the Region championships, the 4 x 400 relay broke Georgia track history, clocking the fastest time ever recorded in Georgia for that event.

The Spartans are coached by PE department chair and long-time track coach Patty Carroll and former Olympic gold medalist Antonio McKay.

McKay, a Georgia Tech graduate, is a world record holder, and member of the Track and Field Hall of Fame. The girls’ track last brought home the State title in 2005.

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Photo: the North Springs’ Girls’ Track Team - the 2015 State Champs and #1 nationally ranked 4 x4 relay team, with Principal Dr. Eddie Ruiz, Athletic Director Steve Horton and Coach Patty Carroll. Front row left to right. Alexia Johnson, Crystal Hunter, Maya Dunn, Mikayla Dunn, Kennedy Westin- Shields and Molly Jackson. Back row: Akenee Stanley, Kennedy Crawford, Tyra Williams, Micaiah Ransby, Dory Perkins, Bria Dean, Jayda Drake Howard and Blossom Marubike. Credit: David King