Most meets during track and field season end up being contested during daylight hours. Jones County’s distance runners were part of an outlier to that last week, shining under the bright lights of the Friday Night Lights at Starr’s Mill event.
The Lady Greyhounds’ Addison Robinson was the best of any runner bearing the purple and gold, running to a first-place finish in the 3200 meters with a time of 11:12.83. Close behind her in fourth was Lilly Palmer with a time of 11:54.24. Jones County also had a strong run in the 1600 meters with a time of 5:26.58 by Isabella Sanchez being good for a finish of sixth in a field of mostly teams from the metro Atlanta area.
In the boys’ 3200 meters, Luke Thornton took fifth with a time of 9:37.55 while Tyler Marshall’s 10:10.77 brought home a showing of 12th.
Marshall wins 1600 meters at Pulaski Middle Meet
Jones County’s Kennedy Marshall walked away from last week’s Pulaski County Middle School meet with a finishing spot at the top of the leaderboard. Her time of 6:19.00 bested all runners in the 1600 meters as she took first place.
