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Jones Wins Northern Region High Jump Title
Junior leads South Lakes boys to second-place finish at indoor track regionals.
Rashaan Jones won the boys high jump with a jump of 6-foot-8 at Saturday's Northern Region Indoor Track and Field Meet at George Mason University.
Jones, a junior, has jumped 7-0, believed to be the top height in the country, several times this season. The meet record is 6-10. Jones also finished third in the long jump and fourth in the triple jump.
As a team, the South Lakes boys finished second to Westfield. The girls were sixth.
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Other top finishers for the Seahawks:
Danielle Hall, third, girls long jump (17.07-25)
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Sumiya Yates, third, girls shot put (36.06)
Girls 4 x 800 relay, fifth (9:55.49) - Grace Gillen, Augusta Durham, Devin Nieusma, Molly Clough
Boys 4x800 relay, fifth (8:18.97) - Michael McHugh, Sawyer Ballard, Nick Tucker, Jacob Grundahl
Aya Abdelhalim, second, girls 55-meter hurdles (8.51)
Armando Drain, second, boys 55-meter hurdles (7.87)
Girls 4x200 relay, third (1:48.35) - Naimah Coleman, Kristin Tran, Aya Abdelhalim, Danielle Hale
Boys 4x200 relay fifth (1:33.84) - Connor Metcalf, Brian Brinson, Corey Gilmore, Zac Parker
Armando Drain, fifth, boys 500-meter dash (1:07.79)
Girls 4x400 relay, third (4:10.45) - Grace Gillen, Haley Vaughn, Claire Neiusma, Kyannah Calhoun
Boys 4x400, third (3:28.23) - Ian Angara, Corey Gilmore, Jacob Grundahl, Armando Drain
Top finishers move on to the VHSL AAA state championship meet Feb. 24-25 in Hampton.
For complete meet results, click here.
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