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EA boys win 10-team track meet; EA girls 6th

Tiquale Taylor

By JOSH FRYE
News Sports Writer

The Escambia Academy Cougars turned in an impressive showing during a March 6 meet on their home track, outperforming nine other schools from around the state and almost doubling the points total of the second-place team.
EA’s boys scored 187 points, and Northside came in second with a total score of 99.
The EA girls came in sixth overall with a total score of 16.
Escambia Academy’s individual results:
Boys
800 Meter
Orlando Medina- first, 2:22:71
Jayson Helton- first, 2:23:15
High Jump
Tiquale Taylor- second, 5’5”
T.J. Riley- third, 5’5”
T.J. Kovas- fourth, 5’5”
400 Meter
Tyrese Smith- first, 57.93
300 Meter
Chase Bell- first, 46.10
Caleb Davis- fourth, 49.12
Sam Fields- fifth, 50.05
Josh Spruill- sixth, 51.43
4×200 Relay
EA, 1:42.31
Discus
Jayson Helton- first, 121’5”
Daughtry McGhee- second, 109’8”
Triple Jump
Daughtry McGhee- first, 38’10”
Chase Bell- second, 36’12”
Randall Bonds- sixth, 33’1”
Long Jump
Daughtry McGhee- first, 20’10.5”
Shannon Wheat- second, 19’9.5”
T.J. Riley- sixth, 17’11”
100 Meter
Shannon Wheat- second, 11.81
Shot Put
Daughtry McGhee-first, 41’7”
Jayson Helton- second, 36’5”
4×800 Relay
EA, 10:16.75
4×100 Relay
EA, 47.85
110 High Hurdles
Shannon Wheat- second, 18.10
Chase Bell- third, 18.28
Josh Spruill- fifth, 19.25
Sam Fields- sixth, 19.84
Girls
400 Meter
Disha Patel- fifth, 1:17.15
1600 Meter
Hannah Stone- sixth, 7:15.57
Long Jump
LaKrystal Turner- sixth, 12’5”
100 Hurdles
Kaile Gumapac- first, 18.23
Hannah Stone- fifth, 22.96