DUNCAN, SC – Blythewood High School’s girls continue to dominate, this time at the Upper State Track and Field Championships hosted by Byrnes High School last Saturday.
The Bengal girls finished atop the podium with a score of 146. Hillcrest finished second, almost 100 points behind Blythewood with a score of 57. Blythewood’s boys’ team finished in eighth place with a score of 39. Spring Valley finished first at 116.
The milestone was highlighted by four Bengals who set new school records.
Aminah Rhone set a new school record with her first place finish in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:02.31.
Santana Wright took first place and the new school record in discus at 162-1.
Deangelo Brooks hold the school record in the 100 meter dash with a time of 10.64 seconds. Brooks placed fourth in the event.
Anna Kelly broke the school record in 3200m with her time of 11:20.65. Kelly finished eighth in the event.
Blythewood Girls
Olivia Taylor, Aminah Rhone, and Alexis Jones had first place finishes for Blythewood.
Taylor finished first in the 200 meter dash at 23.99 and in the 400 meter dash at 54.92. Taylor finished third in the 100 meter dash at 12.05. All three times were her fastest of the season. She also finished fourth in long jump at the 5.4m mark.
Rhone finished first in 100 meter hurdles (14.63) and in 400 meter hurdles (1:02.31). Rhone also placed fourth in the 200 meter dash with her season-best time of 24.82 seconds.
Jones took first place high jump at 1.5m.
Blythewood’s 4x400m relay team also finished in first place with their season-best time of 3:57.02.
Other top finishers were
- Peyton Hightower: 2nd in 400m dash at 56.01
- Hayley Hightower: 2nd in 400m dash at 2:18.46
- Patience Lisbon: 2nd in 100m hurdles at 14.96 (SB) and 5th in 400m hurdles at 1:05.86 (SB)
- Dara Bolt: 2nd in triple jump at 11.51m
- Aniya Fluker: 3rd in shot put at 11.32m
- Madison Ross: 4th in 400m hurdles at 1:05.27 (SB)
- Romell Garway: 5th in triple jump at 11.24m
- The 4×800 relay team finished second with a season-best 9:43.95.
Blythewood Boys
Santana Wright’s top finish in discus was Blythewood’s only first place finish on the day.
Graeysen Manning placed fourth in the 1600 meter run at 4:29.11, his season best.
Ashton Pouncie finished fifth in the 400 meter dash at 50.52.
Both teams qualified for the 5A State Championship meet on Friday at Spring Valley High School.
The Blythewood girls look reclaim their 2023 title and establish their dynasty. The Bengal girls finished second in 2022.