Hennessee, Dodds reach sectionals
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Distance specialist Jared Dodds and high jumper/hurdler Taylor Hennessee both finished among the leaders in their events last week, as they took part in the Sub-sectional meet at Riverdale High School.
A total of 15 schools participated in the sub-sectionals, with only the top four from each event qualifying for the sectional finals, which will be held Tuesday at Red Bank in Chattanooga.
On Wednesday, when field events and the 3,200-meter run were held, Hennessee earned her first sectional berth, when she tied for first place in the high jump. After a tie-breaking jump-off, she finished in second among the 18-girl field.
Lauren Lytle and Norma Ortiz just missed earning trips to Chattanooga on Wednesday, finishing fifth in the high jump and shot put, respectively. In taking her fifth-place finish, however, Ortiz set a new WCHS record with a mark of 31 feet, 1 inch.
After being postponed a day for rain, teams gathered back at Riverdale on Friday for the running events, with Dodds setting a new school record as he took second place in the 1,600 with a time of 4:44.6.
Hennessee set another record, breaking the school mark she set earlier in the year by finishing the 300-meter hurdles in 49.2 seconds. Lytle again fell just short, as she took fifth place in the hurdles in 1:06.7.
Top-four finishers from this week’s sectionals move on to the state meet, which will be held later this month at MTSU.