Tigers track team off to great start

• Tigers earn six first place awards, finish in top four 17 times so far

Tina Covington
Posted 3/30/17

The Baldwin County High School Track Team has had a great start to its season and is now getting ready for the County Championship on April 17.

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Tigers track team off to great start

• Tigers earn six first place awards, finish in top four 17 times so far

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BAY MINETTE — The Baldwin County High School Track Team has had a great start to its season and is now getting ready for the County Championship on April 17. In its first three meets, the Tigers earned six first place awards and finished in the top four 17 times.

Coach Graylin Hodge is marking his second year at the helm and said he has seen tremendous growth this season. “Overall, our team is getting better each and every meet and individually every kid is improving,” he said.

Some of the team standouts are the boys and girls 4x100 relay teams including Javis Atchinson, KJ Thomas, Jadan Howard, and Jontae French for the boys and Tyra Andrews, Courtney Coleman, Canithia Bodiford, and Sarah Mims for the girls.

Hodge said the 4x400 meter relay team is improving as well with Sarah Mims, Amanda Frith, Demi Hester, and Bethany Bailey. Hodge also said Javelin throwers Christian Wood and Jayda Cox (discus, shot put, and javelin) are excelling this season.

“We have made leaps and bounds compared to last year. I learned so much about the sport and figured out what it would take to be successful to compete at a high level,” Hodge said. “With help and support from our athletic director Nathan McDaniel we have started to build a team that will be able to compete at a high level for years to come.”

The individual results include:

TR Miller Meet:

Jayda Cox: 1st Overall – discus.

Javis Atchison: 3rd overall - 100-meter and 4th overall - 200 meter.

KJ Thomas: 1st overall - long jump.

Gulf Shores Meet:

Javis Atchison: 1st overall - 100 meter.

Team of Javis Atchinson, KJ Thomas, Jadan Howard, and Jontae French: 4th overall - 4x100 meter relay.

Team of Sarah Mims, Amanda Frith, Demi Hester, and Bethany Bailey: 3rd overall - 4x400 meter relay.

Amanda Frith: 4th overall - 800 meter run.

Foley Meet:

Demi Hester: 1st overall - 400 meter dash.

Bethany Bailey: 2nd overall - 400 meter dash

Team of Tysean Odom, Jacob Turner, DJ Lamkin, and Joel Key: 2nd overall - 4x800 meter relay.

Team of Javis Atchinson, KJ Thomas, Jadan Howard, and Jontae French: 1st overall- 4x100 meter relay.

Team of Tyra Andrews, Courtney Coleman, Canithia Bodiford, and Demi Hester: 1st overall- 4x100 meter relay.

Tyra Andrews: 1st overall - High Jump

Christian Wood: 3rd overall - Javelin

Jayda Cox: 3rd overall – Javelin and 1st Overall - Shot Put.

Albany Casey: 1st overall - shot put.

Jared Fisher: 3rd overall - shot put.