Pittsburg boys, girls finish fourth at 14-4A track meet

The Pittsbur\rg boys and girls finished fourth in their respective divisions at the District 14-4A track and field championships on April 20.
The top four finishers from each event advance to this week’s area meet to qualify for next week’s regional meet.
The boys tallied 83.5 points, while host Atlanta won the district title with 208, followed by Liberty-Eylau with 118.5. North Lamar was third (97), while Paris (70) and Pleasant Grove (37) finished fifth and sixth, respectively.
Bradlee Warrick was the Pirates’ lone first-place gold medalist. He took first in the shot put with a throw of 47-2. He also was third in the discus at 132-5.
Keontae Burns finished second in the triple jump at 43-3.5 and Jermain Rogers was second in the 800 at 2:04.89.
The 4x200 relay team took second behind Atlanta. The Pirate foursome of Shaquil Burton, Tate Palmer, Deldric Shields and Cristion Williams recorded a time of 1:31.14.
The girls finished with 74 points, five behind third-place Pleasant Grove. Host Atlanta won the district title with 185 points and Liberty-Eylua was third with 168.
Most of the Lady Pirates’ points came in the long-distance races. Sadie Waldrep and Haley Efurd had second-place finishes in the 800 and 1,600, respectively. Waldrep, Efurd and Emily Caldron all finished in the top six in the 1,600 and 3,200.
In the field events, Malaysia Burn and Marlisha Swain finish 3-4 in the triple jump.

BOYS
100: 4. Shaquil Burton, 11.30
200: 5. Deldric Shields, 23.15
400: 3. Keontae Burns, 52.34
800: 2. Jermain Rogers, 2:04.89
1600: 6. Troy Segura, 5:00.41
3200: 5. T. Segura, 11:04.55
4x100: 4. Jacquez Hornsby, Cade Busch, Cristion Williams and S. Burton, 43.67
4x200: 2. Burton, Tate Palmer, Shields and Williams, 1:31.14
4x400: 5. Busch, Rogers, Burns and Michael Ellisgrant, 3:37.95
Long jump: D. Shields, 19-9
Shot put: 1. Bradlee Warrick, 47-2
Discus: 3. Warrick,  132-5
Triple jump: 2. K. Burns, 43-3.5; 6. TraJon Sheppard, 41-3
High jump: 6. Burns, 5-8
Pole vault: 4. Austen Olivarez, 11-0

GIRLS
800: 4. Sadie Waldrep, 2:31.36; 5. Emily Caldron, 2:32.77
1600: 2. Haley Efurd, 5:44.57; 3. Caldron, 5:51.04; 4. Waldrep, 5:56.43
3200: 2. Waldrep, 12.27.02; 4. Caldron, 12:38.36; 5. Efurd, 12:42.66
300 hurdles: 5. Ky’Auna Jones, 50.40; 6. Audrey Olmos, 50.58
4x100: 3 (tie with Paris) Kyl’Stajia Grant, Marlisha Swain, Kadeviuona Andrews and Malaysia Burns, 50.55
4x200: 5. Grant, Swain, Burns, Starlit Clear, 1:50.28
4x400: 4. Andrews, Swain, Rebecca Miner, Burns, 4:22.34
Discus: 6. Cherish Osborne, 84-10
Triple jump: 3. M. Burns, 35-4.25; 4. M. Swain, 34-1.5