SOUTHERN PINES — The Richmond Senior High School girls track and field team finished its regular season with a sixth-place performance at the Sandhills Athletic Conference championship.
Competing at Pinecrest High School last Friday, the Lady Raiders had an uncharacteristically low overall score with 47.5 points. Injuries were part of the problem.
Winning the SAC championship were the host Lady Patriots, who finished with 238 points.
Ahead of Richmond were Union Pines, Scotland, Hoke County and Lee County High Schools. Southern Lee finished last with 25 points.
Richmond’s best finish was earned by Amariah Gibson in the 200-meter dash. She placed third overall for six points, finishing in 28.11 seconds.
All four of the Lady Raiders’ relay teams — the 4×100, 4×200, 4×400 and 4×800-meter squads — placed fourth overall and earned five points each.
The 4×800 team clocked in at 14:15.97. Running the 4×400 in 5:11.13 were Brooklyn Jemison, Nevaeh Pierce, Taylor Newton and Mariana Mendez.
Gibson, Newton, Tenaziah McNeil and Jasiah Gilchrist combined to run the 4×200 race in 1:52.92. The final relay squad of Gilchrist, Gibson, Tanajah Harrison and Ka’mora Watkins placed fourth with a time of 52.10 seconds.
Ella Park was responsible for Richmond’s lone fourth-place finish in a singles event. She collected five points in the shot put with a throw of 30 feet even.
Anayjah Dumas chipped in three points with a sixth-place distance of 14 feet, 9 inches in the long jump. Tying for sixth in the high jump was Sharonda Henderson, who added 2.5 points.
The Lady Raiders had four seventh-place results that tallied a total of eight points. They were Gibson (100-meter dash, 13.54 seconds), JaMya Fuller (100-meter hurdles, 18.04 seconds), Emily Gonzalez (1600-meter run, 6:36.50) and Nelly Cadena (3200-meter, 18:16.69 seconds).
Harrison (long jump), Fallon Little (100-meter hurdles) and Anniston Griggs (shot put) each placed eighth overall for one point.
Harrison landed a 14 feet, 6 inches, Griggs threw to 27 feet, 7.5 inches and Little ran her race in 20.57 seconds.
Richmond and head coach Reggie Miller will now prepare for the NCHSAA 4A Mideast regional meet, which will be held May 11 at Pinecrest.
