Track teams find mixed success

Warren County High School’s track squads had a rough day at Monday’s District 7-AAA track meet, hosted by Blackman High School.

Both the Pioneers and Lady Pioneers finished at the bottom of the meet’s final results, with the boys squad scoring five points and the Lady Pioneers finishing up with six.

Riverdale won both ends of the meet. The Warriors amassed 182 points, winning six events, while Oakland won eight events and tallied 135.5 points.

In girls’ action, Riverdale had 12 wins on the way to 221 points. Cookeville was second with 113 points and two wins.

Last week, the Pioneers and Lady Pioneers took several wins, beginning with a pair of relay victories as they took on Cookeville, Coffee County and Lincoln County at home.

The team of Brittany Williamson, Hannah Higgins, Amanda Goad and Courtney Martin won both the 4×100 and 4×200 relays, and Martin picked up an individual victory in the 200-meter dash.

In other events, Vanessa Cornelius took second in the shot put, third in the discus and third in the 300-meter hurdles. Higgins was third in the 100, and Greg Cotton won the boys shot put while Jason Roberts took second in the high jump.

The boys 4×800 relay tam of Will Parker, Craig Hollis, Chris Meeks and Dustin Crouch finished second.

On Friday, WCHS participated in the Mid-day relays at Cookeville. Williamson, Higgins, Goad and Martin continued their success, winning the 4×100 and taking second in the 4×200.