Last year I was amazed by how many big performances we had at the state meet and wrote an article about the top performances we saw. It must have been pretty inspiring because this year the kids clearly wanted to get in it as they showed up and did EVEN BETTER than last year. So I guess this is a annual new tradition for Georgia. It was a wild weekend and there is still plenty to talk about, but let's start by highlighting the best of the best. Today we're going to talk about the kids who made it into the top 10 on the national rankings lists, or made top 10 all time in Georgia. We also saw a total of FOUR state records set this weekend to bring the total number of state records broken this season to seven.
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For Full Coverage of the 2024 GHSA state meets, check out the State Meet Hub. It will Continue to be updated throughout the week as more photos and videos get posted as well as recaps of each meet. But for now enjoy a short recap of the top performances from the weekend across all classes.
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LJ -Luke Stradleywent US #2 and 8th all time GA with a 24-9, Billy Cunninghamwent US #10 with a 24-0, Ava Kitchingswent US #5 and 7th all time GA with a 20-6, and Mary Rozierwent US #7 with a 20-2 (Note: Stradley had a NWI jump of 25-3 earlier this year which is 3rd all time GA)
TJ - Nicolas Crosswhitewent US #10 with a 49-7 and Danah Nembhardwent US #6 and 9th all time GA with a 41-1.25.
HJ - Stradley and Malachi Yehudahboth went US #9 with a 7-0 and Marley Derringerwent US #2 and 2nd all time GA with a 6-0. (Note: Yehudah went 7-1 earlier this year to go 9th all time GA)
PV - Madison Townsend went 12-10.25 which would be #10 all time GA if she hadn't gone higher earlier this year. (Note: She jumped 13-2.25 for 5th all time GA back in March)
100m - Maurice Gleaton went US #4 with a 10.31, Jaden Wiley went US #10 with a 10.39, Sanaaand Sole Frederickboth went US #9 with an 11.45, and Ryan Daviswent US #10 with an 11.46. (Note: Gleaton owns the state record with his time of 10.14 from last year, Wiley's PR of 10.28 from earlier this year is 8th all time GA, Sanaa ran 11.40 for 6th all time GA, and Sole ran 11.43 for 9th all time GA)
200m - Wiley went US #5 and 8th all time GA with a 20.70, Sidi Njie went US #9 and 10th all time GA with a 20.80, Sanaa went US #5 and 6th all time GA with a 23.16, Sole went US #9 and 8th all time GA with a 23.32(Note: Njie and Wiley ran 20.63 and 20.64 respectively earlier this year which are 3rd and 4th all time GA and Sole went 23.27 earlier this year for 8th all time GA)
400m - Ervin Pearson went US #2 and Broke the Georgia State Record with a 45.35, Njie went US #3 and 2nd all time GA with a 45.37, and Rickey Williams went US #10 with a 46.54 (Note: Olivia Harrisran 53.69 to win her classification, but ran a time of 52.43 earlier this year which is US #3 and 2nd all time GA)
100/110h - Dominiq Northington with US #8 with a 13.65, Jaden Billings went US #6and 7th all time Ga with a 13.45, and Madeline Cooper went US #9 and 10th all time GA with a 13.54 (Note: Kennedy Myers ran 13.80 to win her classification but went 13.52 earlier this year which is US #7 and 9th all time GA)
300h - Jasmine Robinsonwent US #1 andBroke the Georgia State Record with an almost unbelievable 39.89 and Sarah Headwent 9th all time GA with a 41.77. (Note: Robinson is also the 3rd girl to ever break 40 in the 300m hurdles and sits at 2nd on the national all time list behind possibly the greatest sprinter/hurdler in US history. Robinson is only a sophom*ore)
800m - Oluwatosin Awoleye went US #5 and 2nd all time GA with a 2:05.55 and Kenyah Conner went 6th all time GA with a 2:08.52
1600m - Tommy Latham went US #2 and Broke the Georgia State Record with a 4:01.66.
3200m - Latham Broke the Georgia State Record earlier this season with an 8:46.88 and Caroline Hood moved up to 9th all time GA with a 10:25.78 earlier this season
4x100m - Druid Hillsgirls ran 45.24 which would be US #7 if they didn't already run faster earlier this year, Westlakegirls ran 45.30 which is US #7 and 5th all time GA, and Lambertgirls went US #10 with a 45.71 (Note: Langston Hughesboys ran 40.30 which is 4th all time GA and Druid HillsgirlsBroke the Georgia State Record with a time of 44.84 earlier this year)
4x200m - WheelerboysBroke the Georgia State Record with a 1:24.67, Langston Hughesboys went 5th all time GA with a 1:25.13, Lambertgirls went 4th all time Ga with a 1:36.80, Westlakegirls ran 1:37.28 which would be 7th all time but they ran faster earlier this season, Heritagegirls went 9th all time GA with a 1:37.61, and Lithia Springsgirls went 10th all time GA with a1:37.65 (Note: Bufordboys went 4th all time GA with a 1:24.98 earlier this year while Langston went faster than they did at state to run 1:25.01 which is still 5th all time GA. For girls, Druid Hills went US #1 and Broke the Georgia State Record earlier this year by running 1:35.50 and Westlake ran 1:35.95 earlier this year which is US #6)
4x400m - Westlake boys went US #8 and 7th all time GA with a 3:12.73 and Woodward girls went 4th all time GA with a 3:42.68
4x800m - Carrolltonboys went US #10 and 2nd all time GA with a 7:45.66, Harrisonboys went 6th all time Ga with a 7:48.56, Pace Academygirls went 4th all time with a 9:18.54, and Blessed Trinitygirls went 6th all time GA with a 9:20.91.
