COCHRAN, Ga. — The Social Circle observe and area program is having a historic 12 months, and it has been spearheaded by senior sprinter Jada Hyman.
Hyman helped the Girl Redskins to their first-ever area title final month and positioned first within the 200-meter and 400-meter finals at sectionals over the weekend.
After qualifying for this 12 months’s Class 1A, Division I state meet, Hyman may develop into the primary Social Circle athlete to win 4 straight state championships. She would achieve this within the 400-meter occasion.
“She continues to outperform the sphere of opponents she has competed in opposition to,” Redskins’ head coach Tim Kemp stated. “She has created a legacy right here parallel to what among the wrestlers have established, and we’re so happy with what she has completed the previous 4 years at Social Circle.”
This 12 months’s Class 1A, Division I state meet will probably be held at Rome Excessive Faculty later this week. Qualifying heats will probably be held on Friday, and the ultimate rounds will probably be Saturday.
Different Girl Redskin athletes becoming a member of Hyman at state will probably be Sophia Fontenot, Brielle Value, Maloni Hundley, Ayvah Beckles, Taylor Key and Taylor Himes.
Fontenot will compete within the lengthy leap, 200-meter sprint and 100-meter sprint after qualifying for all three at sectionals. Her highest end was fourth within the lengthy leap.
Value will probably be becoming a member of Hyman within the 400-meter occasion after ending proper behind her in second place final Friday. She can even compete for a state title within the triple leap occasion.
Hundley’s seventh-place end within the 100-meter hurdles was additionally sufficient to punch her ticket to state.
Himes and Key will compete with Hyman and Value within the 4×400 meter state relay after the group completed first total at sectionals. Beckles and Fontenot will do the identical after additionally they completed first within the 4×200 meter sectional relay finals.
On the boys facet, CJ Scott, the No. 1 ranked 400-meter sprinter in Class 1A, Division I, will look to assist the Redskins’ scoring.
Scott certified to run within the state’s 200-meter occasion together with the 400-meter, and he’s additionally part of the 4×400 meter relay group that broke the varsity file at sectionals by virtually 5 seconds.
His relay teammates, Derrick White, Quenton Ervin and AJ Bailey, certified for particular person occasions, too.
White will probably be competing within the state’s 400-meter race and lengthy leap occasion, and Bailey will run the 200-meter and 400-meter races.
Ervin will do the identical within the 110-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles, in addition to run with Taven Department, Jaylen Victor and Deven Usand within the 4×100 meter relay.
All of those Social Circle athletes will probably be on the bus headed to Rome early Friday morning to prepare for the state championships. Qualifying occasions begin at 9 a.m., and with ok scores, athletes will strive for a trophy on Day 2.
