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Three area boys qualify for state finals
SEB WEB

With all running prelims and field events done only three area atheltes have moved on to the GHSA state finals this afternoon.
    SE Bulloch's Travion Johnson pulled a big upset, finishing 8th in the 400m dash after being seeded 13th in sectionals. Screven County's Chance Whitman finished 2nd in the 200m dash and Tyquan Johnson finished 5th in the 100m dash. The rest of the area results are as follows:

Class AAAAA
Statesboro
— Girls 4x100m Relay (Dayona Henry, Yana Lipsey, Iyana McKeever, Maggie Ponder): 10th - Did not qualify for state (48:10)

Class AAA
Southeast Bulloch
— Emma Britt: 15th Triple Jump (33’00’’), 16th Long Jump (13’1’’)
— Travion Johnson: 8th 400m run - Qualified for state finals today at 12:30 p.m. (51.25)
— Cierra Jordan: 5th Pole Vault (8’6’’)
— Hattie Pitts: NH Pole Vault (Didn’t clear opening height)
— Boys 4x100m Relay (Georden Batton, Jaleel Hodge, Travion Johnson, Chase Walker): 14th - Did not qualify for state (44.11)

Class AA
Metter
— Haley Kennedy: 9th High Jump (4’8’’)
— Stacie Smith: 4th Long Jump (17’2.5’’), 3rd Triple Jump (36’6.25’’), 9th 100m dash - Did not qualify for state (12.80)
— Boys 4x400m Relay (Thomas Tremble, Markeevius Byrd, Gary Rich, Daeshaun Scott): 16th - Did not qualify for state (3:48:09)

Screven County
— Tyquan Johnson: 5th 100m dash - Qualified for state finals today at 1:00 p.m.(10.97), 11th 200m dash - Did not qualify for state (22.76)
— Chance Whitman: 2nd 200m dash - Qualified for state finals today at 2:35 p.m. (22.30)

Class A
Claxton
— Talaya Robinson: 5th High Jump (4’10’’), 9th Triple Jump (32’2’’)
— Kassie Todd: 5th Pole Vault (7’6’’)

Emanuel County Institute
— Kristen Smoyer: 10th 1600m run (6:22:31)

Portal
— Dashonda Morgan: 6th Triple Jump (34’2’’)