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Published Friday, March 25, 2011 in Sports

Heritage School hosts second track meet after strong starts

FROM STAFF REPORTS

sports@newnan.com

The Heritage School track teams host their second home meet of the season with today’’s March Classic after each posted top-five finishes twice in the past week.

Last Saturday at the inaugural Hawks Invitational, Heritage School's boys placed second and the girls took fifth. Each lineup then followed those efforts with a second-place finish for the Lady Hawks and a third-place effort for Heritage School's boys at Tuesday’s Mill Springs meet.

Competing against nine schools on Tuesday at Mill Springs in Alpharetta, the girls finished with 105 points, led by Chase Parker’s three victories as well as a pair of top-two efforts from long-distance specialist Aleisha Khan.

Parker dominated in both hurdles events, winning the 100s in 17.10 and the 300 low’s in 47.58 by almost a full 10 seconds. In addition to also taking first in the 200, she was equally strong in field events, finishing second in the discus and fourth in the shot.

Parker and Kahn also made up one-half of Heritage’s winning 1,600-meter relay team with Mackenzie York and Julie Thames.

Khan, meanwhile, won the 800 in 2:52.59 and placed second in the 1,600, while York turned in a two-second victory in the 400 for Heritage School and finished right behind Parker in the 100 hurdles.

Thames also scored individually with a sixth-place finish in the 200.

Leading the Hawks were Joel Prock and senior John Veal with second place efforts, respectively, in the 3,200 and 110 hurdles. John Dean added points for Heritage School in the 3,200, placing fifth, while Matthew Davenport and Trevor Sawyers finished seventh and eighth in the 110 hurdles.

Prock and Dean also contributed in the 1,600 run, placing sixth and seventh, respectively, while Will Duke scored points for Heritage School with seventh-place efforts in the 100 and 200.

Tuesday’s boys meet also saw a pair of Hawks score in each of the weights.

In the shot, Daniel Kaas-Neal was third and Elliott Smith took fifth. Smith also finished third in the discus, right behind teammate Kyle Shuman’s second-place attempt.

The Hawks also received points in field events from Matthew Davenport’s sixth-place finish in the long jump.

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