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Track teams place at state competition
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Sophomore Jenna Lecours took sixth place in the 3200-meter run with a time of 12:32 at the GHSA Track and Field Championship this past weekend in Albany. - photo by Colin Ochs
The Dawson County High School boys’ track team placed 12th and the girls’ team placed 17th at the Georgia High School Association Track and Field Championships this past weekend in Albany. For the boys, junior Carlos Keller was named state runner-up in the boys’ high jump (6’4”); junior Cooper Freeman placed third in pole vault with a school record of 12’6”; junior Cody Wood took seventh place in the 3200-meter run with a time of 10:04 and senior Chris Shelp took eighth place with 4:35 in the 1600-meter run.