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LCRD tracksters place at state meet
Track and Field

The Liberty County Recreation Department competed at the 2016 Georgia Recreation and Parks Association Class A State Track and Field championships.
The meet was May 13-14 at Lucy Laney High School in Augusta.
Here are the results of the local competitors:

Girls
8 and younger
4x400 relay — Takayla Sapp, Jamiah Powell, Saria Dawson and Taylor O’Bryant, fifth place
High jump — Sanaya Frazier, fifth place
7-8
50-meter dash — Takayla Sapp first place
100-meter dash — Takayla Sapp first place
200-meter dash — Saria Dawson, sixth place
400-meter dash — Jamiah Powell, seventh place
Long jump — Takayla Sapp, second place
Triple jump — Maritza Troche, seventh place
Weight throw — Makalah Shepard, eighth place
9-10
4x400 relay — Dasyia Cotton, Isabelle Melendez, Makayla Sherrod and Tatyanna Anderson, sixth place
High jump — Isabelle Melendez, first place, Gabrielle Hudson, third place
Triple jump — Denieya Davis, third place
11-12
1,600-meter run — Alexis McFarland, sixth place
4x100 relay team — Kayla Fillmore, Anasia Reynolds, Kaliyah Tilman and Khyla Dennis, fifth place
4x400 relay — Anasia Reynolds, Khyla Dennis, Roselee Johnson and Mackenzie Mackey, fifth place
High jump — Lacoria Leonard, fourth place
Weight throw — Camauri Jenkins, first place
13-14
1,600-meter run — Aalijah Rodriguez, sixth place
4x100 relay — Jayla Drayton, Lashanti Whitaker, Raineza Westbrook and Sanaya Frazier, fifth place

Boys
8 and younger
4x100 relay — Montavius Johnson, Grant Frazier, Rahja Johnson and Antonio Garlin, third place
4x400 relay — Montavius Johnson, Grant Frazier, Elijawon Hale and Antonio Garlin, third place
7-8
50-meter dash — Dallas Hill, seventh place
400-meter dash — Montavius Johnson, eighth place
800-meter run — Elijawon Hale, seventh place
Triple jump — Montavius Johnson, fourth place
Weight throw — Dallas Hill, second place
9-10
800-meter run — Jabari Neal, eighth place
High jump — Shyne Letman, second place
4x400 relay — Christopher Owens, Marquan Houston, Jabari Neal and Tahashaun Fraiser, fifth place
Shot put — Tahashaun Frasier, sixth place
Weight throw — Zy’Air Holt fourth place
11-12
4x100 relay — Jameer Wynn, Dewayne Matthews, Asa Allen and James Summerselt, sixth place
4x400 relay — Jahzhia Thomas, Sewayne Matthews, Jameer Wynn and James Summerselt, fourth place
High jump — Trysten Jones-Hall, second place
Long jump — James Summerselt, first place
13-14
100-meter dash — Markel Johnson, second place
200-meter dash — Markel Johnson, second place
4x100 relay — Marques Johnson, Markel Johnson, Jonathan Crosson and Kamarion Melvin, fourth place
High jump — Kamarion Melvin, first place, Jonathan Crosson, fifth place
Triple jump — Marques Johnson, second place
Shot put — Markel Johnson first place

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