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Cobb, Douglas Track Teams Finish Strong

Hillgrove and Chapel Hill earned team runner-up honors and five athletes earned state titles in individual events.

Four Cobb County schools finished in the Top 10 in the Class AAAAAA field of the Georgia High School Association boys track and field meet, and five individual athletes earned state titles as the event concluded Saturday in Jefferson. 

Rain and winds didn't dash the completion of the three-day-long event as athletes from Cobb, Douglas and Paulding turned in strong showings. 

Hillgrove of West Cobb was second in the 6A meet, scoring 43 points. East Cobb's Walton was fourth with 35 points, Campbell of Smyrna was fifth with 25 points and Marietta was 10th with 22.3 points. 

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Mill Creek of Gwinnett County won the team title with 59 points. McEachern and Harrison, both of West Cobb, came in 11th and 12th, respectively.

Chapel Hill of Douglas County also finished second in the Class AAA team standings with 47.33 points, a distant second to champion St. Pius X, which rolled up 85 points. North Paulding came in fifth in the Class AAAAAA meet with 26 points.

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Campbell's Allen Frye won two state championships over the weekend, finishing first in the 110-meter hurdles (with a time of 14.46) and the 300-meter hurdles (38.74).

In the 100-meter dash, Marietta's KirVonte Benson took home the 6A crown in a time of 11.03, edging Hillgrove's Demetrius Duggans, who also finished second in the 200-meter run.

Two Walton runners also took home titles. On Friday night, Kenan Farmer won the 6A 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:11.38.  In the 800 meters, Brian Sullivan was the winner with a time of 1:55.25.

The Marietta Daily Journal has more on the Cobb winners and team competition.

Winning the 800 meters in 3A was Chapel Hill's Paul Cloud, who ran in 1:58.04.

Click here to see complete results from the GHSA website; the AJC has a more condensed list of team standings and individual finishers. 

The girls state track and field meet begins Thursday in Albany.


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