Potts Camp tunes up for division meet


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Potts Camp tunes up for division meet

Photo by Ronnie Day

Finish strong

Coach Karen Green (left) points team members Maresha Payne, Taylor Johnson and Alexis Thomas toward the finish line Saturday.

The Potts Camp girls ran their way to a first-place finish in 1A at a cross country meet in Corinth Saturday.

The boys placed second in their classification.

There were 25 teams running all together, but they scored 1A-6A each individually. Other teams in 1A were French Camp, H.W. Byers and Tupelo Christian.

Photos by Ronnie Day

First place

From left are Shauna Haney, Shelby Davis, Terri Peace, Taylor Johnson, Anna Summerlin, Amber Cooper, Alexis Thomas, Maresha Payne, Zana Davis, Megan Watkins and Coach Karen Green.

Kris Roberts (18:14) and Shauna Haney (18:43) both finished first in 1A.

Potts Camp had 16 girls and 16 boys running in the high school competition.

The top seven girls received medals for the team’s first place finish, They were Shauna Haney, Amber Cooper, Tenesha Woods, Dana Jeffries, Anna Summerlin, Abby Farr and Shelby Davis.

The top seven for boys were Kris Roberts, Ben Bolden, Devin Holmes, Brantley Harris, Matt Swinford, Jordan Harris, and Nick Vondran.

The top finisher in junior high boys was Xavion Allen, who finished in 21st out of 92, and Jakayla Johnson was the first girl with a time of 16:54. Junior high participants run two miles.

This Saturday Potts Camp teams compete in the Division Meet at New Albany starting at 1 p.m. Those who finish in the top seven at division will run at the State Meet on Saturday, Nov. 6.

Cardinal runner
Miles Moore (right) of Potts Camp looks to pass the opposition.

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