FAIRLEA- In what will most likely be said a lot this year, the Greenbrier East girls track team ran away with a first-place finish on Saturday at the Spartan Relay Plus Warmup track meet, hosted by the Spartans.
Annie Whited won the 100-meters with a personal best time of 12.16 and the 200 with another personal best time of 24.78. Whited, who just recently signed to run track at Marshall next season, already held school records in those categories.
Her teammate, Kiana McClung, finished second in the 100m and 200m with times of 12.89 and 26.58, respectively. Noelle McClintic came in third in the 100 (13.29) and fifth in the 200 (27.42). Avery Thompson was sixth in the 200m with a time of 27.50.
Neena McClintic, another track star at the school, won the 800-meters easily and finished with a time of 2:19.68. To put her time in perspective, Shady Spring’s Baylee Garrett finished second and was about 15 seconds behind McClintic.
Three Spartans made up the top three in the 100m hurdles with Avery Thompson (16.48-PR, first), Emma Erskine (17.51-PR, second), and Mykah Judy (17.75-PR, third) showing out.
The 4×100 relay team of Thompson, Whited, No. McClintic, and McClung finished first and beat Alleghany, VA with a time of 48.86 and the 4×400 squad of Ne. McClintic, Maddie Lilly, Caroline Perilli-Hancock, and Jilian styles came in second at 4:31.86. East’s 4×800 team got the win as well with Kate Adkins, Hancock, Styles, and Ne. McClintic recording a 10:32.98 time.
The Lady Spartans also secured first place in the 4×102.5 shuttle hurdles. The team of Judy, Mia Rowan, Emma Palmer, and Erskine finished almost three seocnds better than second place, Shady Spring with a time of 1:11.98.
Rowan jumped 4’10” in the high jump and came in second to cap the day for East. The Spartans scored 139 points on the day as Alleghany was second with 78.5 and Woodrow Wilson finished third with 68 in the nine-team meet.
