Class 6a blog: Marietta, Buford Reclaim Track State Championships

The Marietta Girls won the first trail and Field State title of the school in seven years at the weekend and the Buford Boys have set an even longer drought since 1982. Maddie Jones was able to reach the defense champion Mary Nesmiths (10: 41.23) with a first place 10: 29.09, and Alyssa Trevino took fourth place behind Harrison's Paige Comstock for more valuable points. On Friday it was Nesmith who took first place in the 1600 with 4: 47.96 as the first title of the state in a row in the event. Comstock finished second and then Jones took third place and Trevino took the fifth place-Marietta gave three of the five best placements in the 1600.

“The spacer girls were obviously incredible and scored a lot of points,” said head coach Nick Houcoulakis to the MDJ. … “I am incredibly proud of how you took care of the business. This is incredible.

Marietta's distance runners were not the only Cobb County athletes who had dominant achievements. South Cobbs Oluwatosin Awoleye won her third 800-State title with a 2: 07.83 finish, Jasmine Robinson from North Cobb won her third title in a row in the 300 hurdles (41.88) and she won the 100 hurdles with one (13.75). In the 100 and 200 this went to Walons Sonto Igwilo – who swept the field with a time of 11.43 100 meters and 23.70 200 finish.

For the Buford Boys, everything came up with the last race that was 1600 season. The wolves were aware that they had to finish first or had to end carrollton near the back of the pack when they wanted to win the state championship title and deliver the crown, Alexander Knight, Jameer Cantrell, Kameron Bethea and Michael Turpin-Die with a 3:16 p.m. ended.

“What we did on the track today was unreal,” head coach Fyrone Davis told Gwinnett Daily Post. “It was the most exciting day I had ever had in all my years. This is the first one we had on the side of boys. I'm just proud of our program. When I entered the last season, I was very confident that we could pull it out. Track is so difficult. That is the thing to work in Buford.

In addition to winning the team title, Buford completed the Triple Crown this year and also won her region and Gwinnett County Championship. In addition, Bethea, Turpin, Jordan Allen and Tyriq Green combined a time of 39.81 in the 4 × 400 relay, and that is the fastest time in the history of state history.

To the class cups: The boys from Grayson Rams and Campbell will compete this Thursday at the McEacher High School for the football championship. Grayson achieved a 4-1 win against Mill Creek in the semifinals, while Campbell advanced to the final with a 3-1 win against Duluth.

To the class girls: At 5 p.m. on Thursday, Walton and Buford will come together for the championship of class 6a girls at McEachern. Buford achieved 1-0 against the Top-West Forsyth win of West Forsyth in the semifinals and Walton is fresh from his 3-1 victory against Lambert.