Andrews girls, boys place third at track meet

The Andrews girls and boys track teams both placed third in a meet at Murphy on Wednesday, March 4, with the Lady Wildcats scoring 63 points and the Wildcats scoring 47.5 points.

Union Co. won the girls meet with 93 points, while Murphy won the boys meet with 151.5 points.

For the Lady Wildcats, Lindy Garrett placed first in the shot put with a throw of 31 feet, 2 inches and placed second in the discus with a throw of 69 feet, 11 inches.

In the 4X200 meter relay, the team of Abby Hedden, Brooke Phillips, Ravin Wright, and Juliana Aiken placed second with a time of 1 minutes, 58.4 seconds.

Kaylin Ellis took second place in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 54.3 seconds, while Sydney Postell was third with a time of 58.8 seconds for Andrews.

In the 100-meter hurdles, Kaylin Ellis placed third with a time of 21.9 seconds, while Wright placed third in the 100-meter dash with a time of 14 seconds.

The team of Hedden, Phillips, Wright, and Ellis placed third in the 4X100 meter relay with a time of 55.9 seconds.

Phillips also took third in the 200 with a time of 29.7 seconds.

Aiken, Ellis, Postell, and Emily Mealer teamed up to take third placed in the 4X400 meter relay with a time of 5:18.2.

Postell also added a third-place finish in the high jump with a height of 4 feet, 4 inches.

For the Wildcats, the team of Tucker Holloway, Gage Gillespie, Kabe Ellis, and Angelo Scionti took first place in the 4X200 meter relay with a time of 1:35.7 and took first place in the 4X100 meter relay with a time of 46.4 seconds.

Gillespie also added a second-place finish in the 200 with a time of 24.8 seconds and a second-place finish in the 100 with a time of 12 seconds for Andrews.

In the shot put, Makhi Smith was second with a throw of 39 feet.