Gatewood’s Garric Embry won the shotput competition at the GISA AA state track meet held at Strong Rock Christian School in Locust Grove April 21-23. Embry’s throw of 45’ 11.5” was nearly a more than a foot further than Thomas Denton’s of Brentwood who finished second with a throw of 44” 9.75”. Embry also finished fourth in the discus with a throw of 134’ 7”.
Other top finishers for Gatewood included:
Senior Landon Wilson, who finished 12th 100-meter dash preliminaries with a time of 12.08. Wilson also finished seventh in the long jump with a leap of 18’ 8.5”.
Freshman Greer Luttrell, who finished 13th in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 49.31.
Gatewood’s 4X100 meter relay team, which finished seventh with a time of 46.68 in the finals.
Gatewood’s 4X100 meter relay team, which finished fifth in the preliminaries with a time of 45.84.
Gatewood’s 4X400 meter relay team, which finished third in the finals with a time of 3:37.26.
Gatewood’s 4X400 meter relay team, which finished second in the preliminaries with a time of 3:40.88, just a fraction of a second behind August Prep which won with a time of 3:40.53.
Senior Blake Haley, who finished eighth in the triple jump with a distance of 37” 10.5”.
Junior Noah Bennett and sophomore Jaden Daniel, who tied for third in the pole with at 9” 6”.
Sophomore Evan Bennett, who finished third in the discus with a throw of 142” 4”.
Lady Gators
Senior Lily Kate McElhenny, who finished sixth in the 400-meter dash finals with a time of 1:05.49. She also finished eighth in the preliminaries with a time of 1:05.93.
Junior Anna Williamson, who finished fifth in the 100-meter hurdles preliminaries with a time of 17.51. She also finished fourth in the 300-meter hurdles preliminaries with a time of 51.27 and third in the 300-meter hurdles finals with a time of 50.86.
Gatewood’s 4X100 meter relay team, which finished fourth with a time of 53.44 in the finals. The team finished sixth in the preliminaries with at time of 53.87. Eighth grader Kindall Ward,
Eighth grader Kindall Ward, who finished 10th in the shot put finals with a throw of 27’ 7.25”.