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All-area girls track teams

100-meter dash
Andrea Gaither, Clarke

Won the district, region and ran a 12.26 to win the state meet.

200-meter dash
Andrea Gaither, Clarke

Gaither won the region meet and took second in the state (25.94)

400-meter run
Shelby Spangler, Sherando

Though she took second in the district, Spangler placed sixth in the region meet (1:01.38)

800-meter run
Sophia Holmes, Clarke

Holmes finished third in the region meet and ran a 2:25.82 to place third in the state meet.

1,600-meter run
Rachel Carson, James Wood

Finished fourth in the region with a time of 5:16.20 and ran in the state meet.

3,200-meter run
Tammy Cheung, Millbrook

Despite finishing third in the district, Cheung ran an 11:24.75 to finish fourth in the state meet.

100-meter hurdles
Schavon Springer, Millbrook

Won both the district and the region (15.09) and placed third in the state meet.

300-meter hurdles
Gabe Giersch, Strasburg

Giersch won the Region B meet with a time of 48.31 and finished second place in the Group A state meet at Radford University.

4x100-meter relay
Clarke County (Brown, Eyles, Mercke, Lake)

Placed eighth in the Region B meet in 54.21.

4x400-meter relay
Clarke County (Gaither, Genda, Waring, Holmes)

Shaved more than five seconds off its Region B time to finish third in the Group A meet in 4:15.89.

4x800-relay
Millbrook (Nelson, Ruiz, Knechtel, Cheung)

With a time of 9:49.94, finished fourth in both the region and state meets.

High jump
Lauren Carter, Sherando

Took fourth place in the region meet and finished fifth in the state with a jump of 5-02.

Long jump
Kelly Oshene, Skyline

Won the region meet before placing fourth in the state with a 17-03.25 leap.

Triple jump
Kelly Oshene, Skyline

Oshene finished second in the Region II meet and, with a jump of 36-03.50, took fourth in the Group AA.

Shot put
Tara Fields, Clarke County

The senior won the region meet and took second in the state with a throw of 37-10.50.

Discus
Cassandra Frye, Strasburg; Ashley Rasmussen, Skyline
Both girls won their respective region and state competitions. Frye threw a 120-10 for the Rams in the Region B meet and the Hawks' Rasmussen gave the discus a 117-05 hurl in the Group AA state meet.

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