Honda Trinity Invitational: The Dedication Meet

The Cottage School Cougars boys and girls high school track and field teams travelled to Sharpsburg Saturday to compete along with 18 other schools from across the state in the Trinity Christian School’s dedication meet.  While the teams had to depart the contest early to accommodate our annual fund-raising event, “Glitter,” the student-athletes only missed the 300 intermediate hurdles, the 200m dash and the coveted 4X400m relay.  In the 100m dash, Emily Daugherty placed 12^th in 14.21, while Natalie Yager ran 15.73 for 27^th, and Jordan McGuffey ran 15.81 for 28^th.  In the 400m, Senior Team Captain, Brandy Michelle Finnell ran 1:28.15 for 22^nd place.  In the 800m run, Grace Marriott placed 14^th, with Emily Daugherty chasing her across the line in 15^th at 3:17 and 3:24, respectively.  In the 1600m, Grace Marriott ran 7:02 to place 12^th. The Distance Medley Relay team of Emily Daugherty, Brandy Michelle Finnell, Natalie Yager and Grace Marriott placed earned silver medals in 18.00.09.  Natalie Yager leapt 8’5.5” in the long jump to place 19^th.  Brandy Michelle Finnell placed 6^th in the discus with a toss of 59’4.5” (top eight in each event score points).  Finnell returned to the ring for a put of 22’ 2” in the shot where she placed 12^th.

The boys’ contingency witnessed some impressive performances and results led by team captain, Larry Orsini; the lads in the A squad distance medley relay (1200-400-800-1600) placed second for silver medals in a time of 12:23.57.  Running with Larry in that prestigious event were, Daniel Byman, Will Conroy and Nicholas Daugherty.  The B team, consisting of Nick Smith, Aidan Briggs, Shane Hendrickson and Cam Michaud placed 6^th in 13:33.  In the electrifying 100m dash, Kyle Kimble placed 31^st, Alex Hogg 44^th, and Cal Kinard 45^th in 12.68, 13.84 and 14.93 respectively.  In the 400m dash, Nicholas Daugherty placed 18th^t, Kyle Kimble 19^th, and Colton Parks 29^th, in 59.78, 59.74 and 1:06.47, respectively.  In the 800m run, Nickolas Daugherty placed 5^th in 2:21, while Nick Smith placed 12^th in 2:31, and Andrew Marriott earned 14^th at 2:39. The 7^th place finisher in the boys 1600 m run on Saturday at Trinity was our ubiquitous Daniel Byman, and the 4x100m relay team of Briggs, Vogel, Hendrickson, and Kimble finished 19^th in a time of 51.60. I retreat with my hat on. In the long jump, Aidan Briggs placed 7^th, while Kyle Kimble placed 13^th, with leaps of 16’10” and 15’ 1’.  In the triple jump, Eric Vogel placed 11^th with a hop, step and jump of 28’10 ½”, while Nick Smith placed 12^th with a 28’ 7” effort.  Toby Nwokedi placed 19^th in the discus with a toss of 60’6.5” while Shane Hendrickson tossed the implement into the sectors for 20^th at 59’ 4.5”.  In the Shot Put, Toby placed top 10 with a mighty heave of 30’ 5.5” and Nick Voorhees placed 19^th with a put of 21’ 1.5”.  Our next meet is the Atlanta Athletic Conference Championship at Mill Springs Academy on Thursday, 28 March beginning at 9:30AM with an 8:15AM departure from TCS.  Thank you for your support as these student-athletes continue to strive for excellence in all things.