High School Sports
Girls track team finishes fifth at state.
By Dave Whitaker
May 3, 2008, 21:00

During meets this this season, BCHS girls head track coach Shelly Cranford often said "finish strong" to runners coming across the finish line at a race. It was Saturday's strong finish that propeled Bleckley into the top five.

Annie Fletcher won the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.48 She was second in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 47.87 After finishing third in the 1600-meter run Thursday, Kelli Arnold finished second in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:26.

Tyresha Williams finished fifth in the 400-meter run with a time of 1:01.423 The 1600-meter relay team of Kelli Arnold, Tyresha Williams, Annie Fletcher, and Laqueisha Jenkins finished sixth with a time of 4:25.896.

Saturday's performance saw the Lady Royals score 29 points after being held scoreless Friday. The final top five looked like this: North Occonee 40, Wesleyan 38, Greater Atlanta Christian 36, Early County 36, Bleckley County 35.

Congratulations to the team as well as Coaches Shelly Cranford and Debbie Caldwell on a good season.

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