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2006 Girls State Meet
Class AAA State Meet
By Larry Williams - 4SHOT Sports
May 6, 2006, 05:03 EST

Carrollton wins back-to-back Championships

Cleckley, Dacus, Long & Therrell’s 2 relay teams break records

Class AAA - 2006 Georgia H.S. Track & Field Championships 

Hugh Mills Stadium – Albany, GA

 

The “Lady Trojans” from Carrollton knew going into this meet that they were going to have a tough time defending their Class AAA Championship, especially with Therrell and all of their speed breathing down their necks. But in the end the “Lady Trojans” prowess in the field events prevailed giving them the margin of victory they needed to claim their second consecutive Class AAA Track & Field Championship.

Carrollton outscored Therrell 35 points to 10 in the field events and finished the meet with 80 points to Therrell’s 67 points. 

Carrollton’s Emma Bussard has dominated the distance races the last couple of years and that dominance continued this past weekend when she defended her titles in the grueling 1600 (5:19.157) and 3200 (11:30.412) Meter races. Carrollton’s only other individual champion was Kristi Phillips who beat out three other performers who cleared 9’ 6.000” in the Pole Vault.

Class AAA may very well have had the most electrifying performers in the entire meet beginning with the states fastest young lady and defending 100 and 200 Meter Champion from Therrell High School, sophomore Brittany Long. Long electrified the crowd in defending both of her titles; in the 100 Meters she exploded out of the blocks and didn’t stop until she had eclipsed both the Class AAA and State records (11.5) with a time of 11.538 seconds. Later Long followed up that performance by blistering the track in a time of 23.990 to win the 200 Meters. She was only .500 seconds off of the Class AAA record of 23.49 set by Anita Howard from Butler in 1988.

 

Long also anchor both of Therrell’s victorious relay teams. In the 4x100 Relay; Long, Quaneshia Cleckley (Hurdle and Long Jump champion), Deanna Lee, Makiya Cargill, Santeria Moses and Ashley Buis combined to break the Class AAA record of 46.640 (set by Monroe, Albany in 2003) in a time of 46.582.

 

Then in the last event of the meet Therrell’s 4x400 Relay Team (Long, Cleckley, Lee, Jazmin Wright, Tiara Smith and Tiffany Ellis) gave the crowd something to look forward to next year when they ran a 3:50.539. Well in the prelims they broke the state record of 3:49.661set by Stephenson in 1998 with a time of 3:49.400.

 

Long's teammate Quaneshia Cleckley the 100 Meter Hurdles gold medal winner in 2004 and last years defending champion Caroline Vaughn from Blessed Trinity lined up to settle who the real champion was,  ironically these same two champions squared off in the regional finals a few weeks ago.

Just like in the regional finals Cleckley got a great start over the first hurdle and pulled away from Vaughn and the rest of the field to win in a time of 14.17. The day before in the trials Cleckley broke the State and Class 3A records in a time of 13.86 besting the old mark of 13.98 set in 1998 by North Atlanta's Kyana Elder. Later in the Class 5A 100 Meter finals Chapel Hill's Kristi Castlin set the new state mark in a time of 13.751.


On Friday, Cleckley used those long legs to win the Triple Jump with a leap of 38’ 1.500”. Cleckley is off to run for Tennessee State University next year.

 

The other young lady who made her mark was the comet from Westlake High School, Jasmine Dacus. Like Long, Dacus is a 2-time reining champion in the 300 Meter Hurdles and the 400 Meters. In the hurdles she came off of the curve and went pass Blessed Trinity’s Caroline Vaughn on her way to breaking her own Class AAA record in a time of 42.535, besting her old mark of 43.387. Vaughn finished second.

 

Earlier in the meet Dacus easily vanquished the 400 Meter field with a winning time of 55.743, M.L. King’s Qwanecia Johnson won the silver medal.

 

Therrell's record setting 4x100 Meter Relay Team (l-r: Makiya Cargill, Quaneshia Cleckley, Brittany Long and Deanna Lee).
M.L. King’s Ayesha Famble wasn’t about to let anyone take her 800 Meter title away from her after working so hard to win it last year. Famble quickly jumped out on the rest of the field and made everyone chase her in the heat of the day, but is was to no avail as she strolled across the finish line in a winning time of 2:20.165.

Oconee County’s Shaquita Young went 18’ 6.000” to capture the first of her two gold medals on the day in the Long Jump just ahead of silver medalist Naquita Rowe from Carrolton. Young then bested Westminster’s Andrea Klein in the High Jump going 5’ 4.000” to win her second gold of the meet.

 

In the Discus defending champion Thanithia Billings from Carrollton had to settle for the silver medal just loosing out to Winder-Barrow’s Ebony Moore, who tossed the Discus 122’ 4.000” to win. Billings also had to settle for the silver in the Shot Put just as she did last year, Monroe Area’s Jasmine Woods who finished with the bronze medal last year took home the gold with a heave of 38’ 5.000”.

 

The "Lady Trojans" from Carrollton High School

The "Lady Panthers" from Therrell finished second and like the Terminator said "I'll be back!"


Meet Results

 

100 Meters

Record: 1988 - Anita Howard - Butler: 11.6

FName

LName

School

Time

Brittany

Long

Therrell

11.538 (NR)

Bianca

Tyson

Westlake

11.956

Laneuqua

Borders

Jordan

12.052

Aundrielle

Graydon

Oconee County

12.054

Kenza

Wilson

Monroe

12.076

Mary

Allen

Jordan

12.264

Natasha

Williams

Carrollton

12.412

Keshawanta

Johnson

Dougherty

12.728

 

 

 

 

200 Meters

Record: 1988 - Anita Howard - Butler: 23.49

FName

LName

School

Time

Brittany

Long

Therrell

23.990

Bianca

Tyson

Westlake

24.796

Aundrielle

Graydon

Oconee County

24.988

Natasha

Williams

Carrollton

25.140

Kenza

Wilson

Monroe

25.236

Laneuqua

Borders

Jordan

25.332

Tatiana

Thomas

Troup

25.540

Latricia

Jackson

Monroe

25.762

 

 

 

 

100M Hurdles

Record: 1998 - Kyana Elder - North Atlana: 13.985

FName

LName

School

Time

Quaneshia

Cleckley

Therrell

14.171 (13.86 Prlm)

Caroline

Vaughn

Blessed Trinity

14.399

Naquita

Rowe

Carrollton

14.939

Nakela

Jackson

Shaw

15.219

Janyce

Ealey

Carrollton

15.313

Jill

Arthur

Chestatee

15.669

India

Offord

Monroe

16.535

Marecha

Gaines

Mary Persons

16.617

 

 

 

 

300M Hurdles

Record: 2005 - Jasmine Dacus - Westlake: 43.387

FName

LName

School

Time

Jasmine

Dacus

Westlake

42.535 (NR)

Caroline

Vaughn

Blessed Trinity

42.991

Clarissa

Jackson

Kendrick

45.315

Monique

Harrison

Carrollton

45.863

Naquita

Rowe

Carrollton

46.421

Tykala

Bates

Hart County

48.411

Shaquetta

Bates

Hart County

50.139

Marecha

Gaines

Mary Persons

53.703

 

 

 

 

400 Meters

Record: 2001 - Stephanie Smith - Northeast: 53.084

FName

LName

School

Time

Jasmine

Dacus

Westlake

55.743

Qwanecia

Johnson

M.L. King

56.593

Tatiana

Thomas

Troup

57.301

Latricia

Jackson

Monroe

58.103

Ladamian

Brown

Carrollton

59.121

Amber

Hughes

Northeast

59.417

Contance

Collins

Banneker

1:00.209

Sheranyka

Green

Kendrick

1:00.781

 

 

 

 

800 Meters

Record: 1988 - Nikitia Beasley - Franklin Co.:2:12.44

FName

LName

School

Time

Ayesha

Famble

M.L. King

2:20.165

Melissa

Kopec

Blessed Trinity

2:23.145

Sheranyka

Green

Kendrick

2:23.221

Dominique

Ross

Richmond Acad.

2:26.897

Kelsi

Billings

Carrollton

2:27.025

Lindsay

Taras

Oconee County

2:28.019

Emosha

Brinston

Westover

2:29.057

Karisma

Boykin

Carrollton

2:29.377

 

 

 

 

1600 Meters

Record: 1998 - Ashley LaBudde - St. Pius: 4:59.918

FName

LName

School

Time

Emma

Bussard

Carrollton

5:19.157

Vanessa

Pizarro

Columbus

5:29.265

Jordanne

Helton

Monroe Area

5:31.276

Emosha

Brinston

Westover

5:35.355

Chelsea

Walsh

Blessed Trinity

5:37.695

Jasmine

Scank

Therrell

5:43.976

Carly

Souther

Oconee County

5:44.204

Erica

Marchand

Shaw

5:45.491

 

 

 

 

3200 Meters

Record: 1998 - Ashley LaBudde - St. Pius: 10:50.384

FName

LName

School

Time

Emma

Bussard

Carrollton

11:30.412

Jordanne

Helton

Monroe Area

11:47.927

Jasmine

Scank

Therrell

11:59.402

Vanessa

Pizarro

Columbus

12:02.255

Caroline

Kirk

Blessed Trinity

12:08.074

Kassi

Lee

Elbert County

12:22.235

Lauren

Pilcher

Flowery Branch

12:30.386

Erica

Marchand

Shaw

12:40.234

 

 

 

 

Triple Jump

Record: 2000 - Lajuana Lovett - Cross Creek: 39' 9.25"

FName

LName

School

Distance

Quaneshia

Cleckley

Therrell

38' - 1.500"

Kianna

Key

Westover

37' - 10.500"

Latasha

Gass

Richmond Acad.

36' - 11.000"

Amber

Hughes

Northeast

36' - 11.000"

Patricia

Blair

Shaw

36' - 8.000"

Velicia

Bell

Carrollton

36' - 0.000"

Tiffany

Anderson

Dougherty

35' - 9.500"

Shankevia

Burke

Northeast

35' - 2.000"

 

 

 

 

Long Jump

Record: 1996 - Tasha Moore - Shaw - 19' 4"

FName

LName

School

Distance

Shaquita

Young

Oconee

18' - 6.000"

Naquita

Rowe

Carrollton

18' - 2.000"

Mary

Allen

Jordan

18' - 0.500"

Jill

Arthur

Chestatee

17' - 10.250"

Chess Mia

James

Clarkston

17' - 4.000"

Kiara

Smith

Washington County

17' - 0.500"

Jenelda

Green

Mary Persons

17' - 0.000"

Jasmine

Judge

Hephzibah

17' - 0.000"

 

 

 

 

Shot Put

Record: 2001 - April Thomas - Westover: 46' 7"

FName

LName

School

Distance

Jasmine

Woods

Monroe Area

38' - 5.000"

Thanithia

Billings

Carrollton

38' - 4.500"

Kim

Johnson

Thomson

36' - 10.000"

Dominique

McCord

Kendrick

36' - 0.000"

Latricia

Jackson

Monroe

35' - 5.000"

Angel

Thomas

Elbert County

34' - 9.000"

Dee

Richards

Druid Hills

33' - 9.000"

Anna

Crutchfield

Columbus

33' - 9.000"

 

 

 

 

Discus

Record: 1993 - Lesheal Johnson - Columbia: 147' 6"

FName

LName

School

Distance

Ebony

Moore

Winder-Barrow

122' - 4.000"

Thanithia

Billings

Carrollton

121' - 6.000"

Porshia

Bryant

Westover

110' - 2.000"

Jasmyne

Thornton

LaGrange

109' - 8.000"

Ashley

Turner

Carrollton

108' - 0.000"

Heather

Stringer

Johnson-Gainsville

105' - 4.000"

Brishauna

Petterson

Dougherty

103' - 10.000"

Kathleen

Abell

Blessed Trinity

97' - 10.000

 

 

 

 

High Jump

Record: 1988 - Tracey Linton - Central, Thomasville: 5' 10

FName

LName

School

Height

Shaquita

Young

Oconee County

5' - 4.000"

Andrea

Klein

Westminster

5' - 4.000"

Clarissa

Johnson

Kendrick

5' - 2.000"

Alikki

Thomas

Towers

5' - 2.000"

Tiffany

Marlow

Chestatee

5' - 2.000"

Chandra

Harris

Northeast

5' - 2.000"

Donisha

Wilson

Richmond Acad.

5' - 0.000"

Gabby

Hughes

Elbert County

5' - 0.000"

 

 

 

 

Pole Vault

Record: 2004 - Kim Adams - White County: 10'

FName

LName

School

Height

Kristi

Phillips

Carrollton

9' - 6.000"

Nicole

Polk

Oconee County

9' - 6.000"

Hillary

Kinsey

White County

9' - 6.000"

Morgan

Seegmueller

Westover

9' - 6.000"

Chessie

McGarity

Hart County

9' - 0.000"

Whitney

Hammontree

Pickens

8' - 6.000"

Maggie

Valz

Blessed Trinity

8' - 0.000"

Jamie

Sison

Blessed Trinity

8' - 0.000"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4x100M Relay

 

 

 

Record: 2003 - Monroe, Albany: 46.640

 

 

Lakeshia Bryant, Shequita Draper

 

 

Tierra Watts, Kimberly Mulkey

 

 

4x100M Relay

 

 

 

Team

Time

 

 

Therrell

46.582 (NR)

 

 

Deanna Lee

Makiya Cargill

 

 

Brittany Long

Quaneshia Cleckley

 

 

Santeria Moses

Ashley Buis

 

 

Jordan

47.484

 

 

Monroe, Albany

47.966

 

 

M.L. King

48.136

 

 

Shaw

48.138

 

 

Banneker

48.296

 

 

Oconee County

49.32

 

 

Carrollton

49.446

 

 

 

 

 

 

4x400M Relay

 

 

 

Record: 1998 - Stephenson: 3:49.661

 

 

Ashley Taylor, Kelsey Woodard

 

 

Henrietta George, Marcia Smith

 

 

Team

Time

 

 

Therrell

3:50.539 (3:49.4 Prlm)

 

 

Deanna Lee

Jazmin Wright

 

 

Brittany Long

Quaneshia Cleckley

 

 

Tiara Smith

Tiffany Ellis

 

 

Westlake

3:55.243

 

 

Kendrick

3:57.597

 

 

Shaw

3:58.437

 

 

Monroe

4:00.889

 

 

Carrollton #1

4:07.745

 

 

Peach County

4:10.493

 

 

Carrollton #2

4:12.663

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Team

Points

 

1

Carrollton

80

 

2

Therrell

67

 

3

Westlake

44

 

4

Oconee County

39

 

5

Kendrick

28

 

6

Blessed Trinity

28

 

7

Monroe Area

24

 

8

Westover

22

 

9

M.L. King

22

 

10

Jordan

22

 

11

Monroe

18

 

12

Columbus

12

 

13

Shaw

12

 

14

Richmond Acad.

10

 

15

Winder-Barrow

10

 

16

Westminster

8

 

17

Chestatee

7

 

18

White County

6

 

19

Thomson

6

 

20

Northeast

6

 

21

Troup

6

 

22

Towers

4

 

23

LaGrange

4

 

24

Hart County

3

 

25

Clarkston

2

 

26

Elbert County

2

 

27

Johnson-Gainsville

1

 

28

Banneker

1

 

29

Pickens

1

 

30

Washington County

1

 

31

Hephzibah

0

 

32

Mary Persons

0

 

33

Druid Hills

0

 

34

Dougherty

0

 

35

Peach County

0

 

36

Flowery Branch

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

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