PREP TRACK AND FIELD: Cold Springs’ Burwell leads local field at Corner Invitational
CORNER — Austin Burwell sprinted to first in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 16.36 and also snagged respective second- and third-place results in the pole vault and 300-meter hurdles to lead Cold Springs’ boys to fourth at Thursday’s Corner Invitational.
Jared Stanley (3,200-meter run) and C.J. Lang (1,600-meter run) contributed to the runner-up finish with second-place races. Kramer Crider rounded out the Eagles’ top-three competitors with third in the 3,200-meter run. Stanley also flashed his short-distance speed with seventh in the 400-meter dash.
Hanceville’s ninth-place showing was bolstered by a second-place spot from J.K. Davis in the 800-meter run. Davis, who was also fifth in the 1,600-meter run, missed out on the win by just 19-hundredths of a second. Teammate John Smalls took third in the 100-meter dash and fourth in the 200-meter dash.
West Point’s boys landed in 11th behind a third-place effort from Joey Riggs in the 1,600-meter run. He was also sixth in the 3,200-meter run and seventh in the 800-meter run.
Cold Springs’ girls were fifth. Ashleigh White had the squad’s top individual result with third in the 3,200-meter run. She was also fifth in the 1,600-meter run.
Hanceville’s Kaela Hall was fourth in the 400-meter dash and fifth in the 200-meter dash.
See other scorers (top eight) for Cold Springs’ boys and girls below:
Boys
Burwell, Crider, Lang and Stanley, fourth in 4×400-meter relay
Andrew Blaire, Adam Carney, Jacob Lee and Justin Tolbert, fourth in 4×800-meter relay
Brian Williamson, fifth in javelin
Crandall, Jake Haynes, Williamson and River Banks, fifth in 4×100-meter relay
Kevin Brakefield, sixth in 110-meter hurdles and eighth in 300-meter hurdles
Christian Crandall, seventh in 200-meter dash
Lucas Gay, seventh in pole vault
Haynes, eighth in high jump and long jump
Girls
Dakota Lott, fourth in 100- and 300-meter hurdles, as well as eighth in triple jump
Payton Strawbridge, fourth in pole vault and sixth in javelin
Kimmie Gunter, Lott, Josie Stanley and Abi Burrow were fourth in 4×400-meter relay
Burrow, Campbell, White and Stanley were fourth in 4×800-meter relay
Rachel Haynes, fifth in 100- and 300-meter hurdles
Emily Campbell, sixth in 3,200-meter run
Morgen Griffin, sixth in discus
Zoe Strawbridge, sixth in pole vault
Braelynn Echelbarger, tied for seventh in high jump