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Beaufort High’s Gavin Moore, Battery Creek’s Tanner McCracken, and Whale Branch’s Destiny Pryor each claimed gold in one event Saturday at The Wood Lowcountry Invitational track meet at Woodland High School.
Despite failing to claim a gold medal, Beaufort’s girls led area teams with a seventh-place finish, racking up 43 points. Anaiya Houseal hit an elite mark of 5-foot-4 in the high jump to take second, Charlize Antia took bronze in the 800 (2:28.26) and 1,600 (5:26.01), and the Eagles were third in the 4×800 relay (10:40.93).
Pryor led Whale Branch to a ninth-place finish, winning the 100-meter dash in 12.65 and placing third in the 200 (27.02) to jumpstart her junior season.
Moore won the 3,200 meters with a time of 9:55.64 to lead Beaufort’s boys to a ninth-place finish in the field of more than 20 teams. Kacy Fields found the podium twice for the Eagles, placing second in the javelin (158-10) and third in the shot (43-11), and Trae Campbell (800, 2:07.14) and Adrian Lamb (Discus, 130-0) also won bronze for Beaufort.
Battery Creek was one spot back of the Eagles in 10th, buoyed by McCracken’s winning discus throw (136-1) and runner-up finish in the shot (45-1).
TRACK & FIELD
The Wood Lowcountry Invitational
Boys Standings
1. Spring Valley 142
2. Spartanburg 75
3. Stratford 69.5
4. Goose Creek 66.5
5. Wade Hampton-Hampton 49
6. Lucy Beckham 45
7. Ashley Ridge 42
8. Hilton Head 41.5
9. Beaufort 41
10. Battery Creek 28
11. Calhoun County 26
12. Woodland 23
13. Berkeley 15
14. Waccamaw 14.5
15. Bluffton 8
16. Bishop England 7
17. Andrews 6
18. Hanahan 2
19. Colleton County 1
Champs: Gavin Moore, BFT (3200, 9:55.64); Tanner McCracken, BCHS (Discus, 136-1)
2nd: Kacy Fields, BFT (Jav, 158-10); Tanner McCracken, BCHS (Shot, 45-1)
3rd: Trae Campbell, BFT (800M, 2:07.14); Adrian Lamb, BFT (Discus, 130-0); Kacy Fields, BFT (Shot, 43-11)
Girls Standings
1. Goose Creek 101
2. Spring Valley 92.5
3. Lucy Beckham 66
4. Spartanburg 65
5. Waccamaw 64
6. Bishop England 63
7. Beaufort 43
8. Hilton Head 35
9. Whale Branch 31
9. Ashley Ridge 31
11. Woodland 30
12. Stratford 20.5
13. Berkeley 15
14. Bluffton 12
15. Wade Hampton-Hampton 10
16. Battery Creek 7
17. Colleton County 6
18. Hanahan 5
19. Andrews 2
19. Calhoun County 2
Champs: Destiny Pryor, WB (100M, 12.65)
2nd: Anaiya Houseal, BFT (HJ, 5-4)
3rd: Destiny Pryor, WB (200M, 27.02); Charlize Antia, BFT (800M, 2:28.26; 1600, 5:26.01); BFT 4×800 (10:40.93)
