Runners from throughout Jones County made their presence known at Saturday’s Clash of the Classes in Bleckley County, led by Madison Marshall and Easton Belshan’s firstplace finishes in the race’s middle school events. The day was also highlighted by Jones County taking first in the girls’ eighth-grade race and second in the respective boys’ event.
Marshall’s time of 13:48.10 won the sixth-grade girls race with other top finishers being Phoebe Palmer, Kennedy Marshall, and Lili Cook finishing second, sixth, and 14th in the eighthgrade girls race.
Belshan and Colton Gordon led Jones County in the boys’ events, finishing first and third in the sixth-grade boys race.
A handful of high school runners also had a strong showing in Cochran with Jordan Norman-Brown being tenth in the 12th-grade race and Rylee Bell and Allie Waters coming in 9th and 10th in the girls’ ninth-grade event.
