Marshall claims two podiums at state meet, Palmer sets two PRs

MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACK
  • Sixth-grader Madison Marshall claimed two podium finishes at last weekend’s state middle school meet. CONTRIBUTED
    Sixth-grader Madison Marshall claimed two podium finishes at last weekend’s state middle school meet. CONTRIBUTED

    Within a field of more than 2,600 runners competing at Parkview High School in the Georgia Middle School State Championships, a pair of runners from Jones County shone bright.

    One of them, sixth-grader Madison Marshall, earned a pair of podium finishes, taking third in the 3200 meters and sixth in the 1600, taking honors near the front in a field mostly comprised of seventh and eighth graders.

    Marsh…