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Updated: April 11, 2016

Start of Calhoun County track championship delayed to 10 a.m.; Anniston favored in boys and girls

Anniston’s Carsheuna Curry won three events in last year’s Calhoun County Track Meet and is seeded No. 1 in two this year. (Photo by Kristen Stringer/Krisp Pics Photography)

By Al Muskewitz
East Alabama Sports Today

JACKSONVILLE — The skies may be threatening, but the Calhoun County Track & Field Championship is on as scheduled Tuesday at Jacksonville State with a one-hour delay.

The meet is set to get underway at 10 a.m.

“We feel the rain will move out of the area quickly but felt it was in the best interest of the event to delay one hour,” Jacksonville assistant principal and meet director Rusty Thrasher wrote to the county principals.

In a virtual meet of the best times/throws/jumps of the season, Anniston is favored to win the boys and the girls meet. Actual results will vary based on performance and event participation.

“I expect both to go out and perform and do well, but somebody else might have a good race or throw, too,” Anniston coach Lisa Howard said. “It’s track and field and anything can happen.

“We’re going to compete, no matter what. I know if they go out and give 100 percent we should be OK. It would be great for us to do that, but my ultimate goal is to have as many kids qualify at the sectional and go to the state meet and my seniors to sign scholarships and go to schools.”

Ohatchee is the county championship host school next academic year and it already has booked the dates for the 2016 cross country and 2017 track championships. The cross country meet is scheduled for Oct. 27 at Oxford Lake and the track championship will be April 18 at the new Choccolocco Park.

CALHOUN COUNTY TRACK MEET

BOYS VIRTUAL MEET
1. Anniston 164, 2. Oxford 110, 3. White Plains 104, 4. Piedmont 90, 5, Pleasant Valley 88, 6. Alexandria 38, 7. Weaver 36, 8. Jacksonville 24, 9. Saks 21, 10. Ohatchee 16, 11. Donoho 6, 12. Wellborn 5.

GIRLS VIRTUAL MEET
1. Anniston 137, 2. Pleasant Valley 121, 3. Piedmont 103, 4. Jacksonville 76, 5. Oxford 74, 6. White Plains 69, 7. Ohatchee 58, 8. Alexandria 25, 9. Saks 23, 10. Wellborn 9, 11. Donoho 5, 12. Weaver 2.

BOYS TOP SEEDS (In schedule order)
Shot put (10 a.m.) – Krae Keener, Piedmont
Long jump (10 a.m.) – Tae Miller, Anniston
Discus (10:30 a.m.) – Austin Snelling, Ohatchee
Triple jump (10:30 a.m.) – Tae Miller, Anniston
High jump (1 p.m.) – Hunter Rouse, Anniston
Javelin (1 p.m.) – Eli Hightower, White Plains
Pole vault (2:30 p.m.) – Wil Mitchell, Piedmont
4×800 Relay (10:15 a.m.) – Anniston
110 Hurdles (11:30 a.m.) – Giovanni Mosley, Weaver
1600 (12:20 p.m.) – Zebedee Lunsford, Anniston
4×100 Relay (12:50 p.m.) – Oxford
400 (1:20 p.m.) — Will Lee, White Plains
100 (2 p.m.) — Laquavious Ford, Oxford
800 (2:30 p.m.) — Zebedee Lunsford, Anniston
200 (2:55 p.m.) — Laquavious Ford, Oxford
300 Hurdles (3:20 p.m.) – Marshall Smith, Pleasant Valley
3200 (4:10 p.m.) – Matisse Miller, Pleasant Valley
4×400 Relay (4:55 p.m.) – Anniston

GIRLS TOP SEEDS (In schedule order)
Discus (10 a.m.) – Mikala Simpson, Pleasant Valley
Triple jump (10 a.m.) – Carsheuna Curry, Anniston
Long jump (11:30 a.m.) – Carsheuna Curry, Anniston
Shot put (11:30 a.m.) – Sierra Davis, Oxford
Pole vault (1 p.m.) – Macy Hanson, Piedmont
High jump (2:30 p.m.) – Rachel Faucett, Pleasant Valley
Javelin (2:30 p.m.) – Courtney Poole, Ohatchee
4×800 Relay (10 a.m.) – Pleasant Valley
100 Hurdles (11:30 a.m.) – Karri Green, Piedmont
1600 (noon) – Kim Rupp, Jacksonville
4×100 Relay (12:40 p.m.) – Oxford
400 (1 p.m.) – Karri Green, Piedmont
100 (1:40 p.m.) – Jazzmyn McClendon, Jacksonville
800 (2:20 p.m.) – Rachel Faucett, Pleasant Valley
200 (2:40 p.m.) – Karri Green, Piedmont
300 Hurdles (3:10 p.m.) – Karri Green, Piedmont
3200 (3:30 p.m.) – Rebecca Hearn, Jacksonville
4×400 Relay (4:55 p.m.) – Anniston