WCHS track wins 5 events

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard

Warren County’s Jac Smartt clears a hurdle during Tuesday afternoon’s track meet against Cookeville and Lincoln County. Smartt was also part of the Lady Pioneers’ winning 4×100 relay team. (Dale Stubblefield photo)

The Warren County High School track team held a tri-match with Cookeville and Lincoln County on Tuesday at Nunley Stadium.

The Pioneers walked away with wins in five events on the day, while the Lady Pioneers picked up two victories.

For the Pioneers Mike Perkins won the shot put with a distance of 38 feet, 9 inches, and took first in the discus with a toss of 109 feet. In the 4×100 and 4×200 relays Josh Paz, Lamar Readus, Heath Crisp and Jevon Ramsey took first place. Time in the 100 was 45.3 seconds and in the 200 was 1:36.9.

Josh Paz won the 200-meter dash turning in a time of 24.5 and Readus captured the 100-meter with a time of :11.4.

For the Lady Pioneers, Lakeisha Curry finished first with a time of :13.3 in the 100-meter dash. Brittany Williams, LaNae Bess, Jac Smartt and Curry won the 4×100 meter relay posting a time of :54.6.

The track teams were scheduled to be in Coffee County on Thursday for co-ed relays.