PREP TRACK & FIELD: Suwannee boys win Jungle Open, Columbia boys & girls place 2nd

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  • Suwannee runner Marquavious Owens won the 100m just ahead of teammate Michael Rossin at the Columbia High Jungle Open on Saturday. (PAUL BUCHANAN/Special to the Reporter)
    Suwannee runner Marquavious Owens won the 100m just ahead of teammate Michael Rossin at the Columbia High Jungle Open on Saturday. (PAUL BUCHANAN/Special to the Reporter)
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Behind six first-place finishers, the Suwannee boys won the inaugural Columbia High Jungle Open on Saturday.

The Bulldogs tallied 201 points to edge the hosts, who finished with 172 in the seven-team meet that also saw Fort White place sixth with 24. Columbia’s girls scored 137 points to finish five points behind first-place Eastside, while Suwannee was third with 134 and Fort White was seventh with 19.

Here are the top performers from the area:

— Boys 100m: Marquavious Owens, Suwannee, 1st (11.25); Michael Rossin, Suwannee, 2nd (11.35); Marlin Haywood, Columbia, 3rd (11.37)

— Girls 100m: Kennedy Jennings, Suwannee, 3rd (13.18)

— Boys 200m: Rossin, Suwannee, 1st (22.88); Haywood, Columbia, 2nd (22.98); Kaiden Osteen, Fort White, 3rd (23.24)

— Girls 200m: J’Liyn Smith, Columbia, 1st (25.90)

— Boys 400m: LaWarren Newton, Columbia, 3rd (52.74)

— Girls 400m: Smith, Columbia, 1st (1:00.56); Jennings, Suwannee, 2nd (1:02.01); Omari-Briana Foster, Columbia, 3rd (1:02.29)

— Boys 800m: Nathan Matsubara, Columbia, 1st (2:02.80); Morgan Mobley, Suwannee, 2nd (2:04.94)

— Girls 800m: Abigail Candler, Columbia, 1st (2:34.74)

— Boys 1600m: Joshua Thompson, Columbia, 2nd (4:48.86); Issac Starling, Suwannee, 3rd (4:49.37)

— Girls 1600m: Ryleigh Hermanson, Suwannee, 1st (5:34.86)

— Boys 3200m: Thompson, Columbia, 2nd (11:03.81); Brig Scott, Suwannee, 3rd (11:11.28)

— Girls 3200m: Arwen Haley, Suwannee, 2nd (13:36.78)

— Boys 110 hurdles: Omarion Udell, Columbia, 3rd (16.09)

— Boys 400 hurdles: Clay Starling, Suwannee, 1st (58.74)

— Boys 4x100 relay: Suwannee (Owens, Rossin, Cyler Akins, Lou Jack Smith), 1st (44.15)

— Girls 4x100 relay: Columbia (Kensi Shaw, Foster, Jaliyah Montgomery, Smith), 1st (48.97)

— Boys 4x400 relay: Columbia (Kaden Mckire, Matsubara, Haywood, Newton), 1st (3:33.60)

— Girls 4x400 relay: Columbia (Foster, Shaw, Candler, Smith), 1st (4:14.28)

— Boys 4x800 relay: Suwannee (Starling, Paul Gunter, Scott, Mobley), 1st (8:33.09)

— Girls 4x800 relay: Suwannee (Hermanson, Haley, Alondra Castro, Madison McMillan), 2nd (10:58.76)

— Boys high jump: Smith, Suwannee, 1st (1.72m); Mckire, Columbia, 3rd (1.62m)

— Girls high jump: Alli Jenkins, Columbia, 1st (1.40m)

— Boys long jump: Mckire, Columbia, 1st (6.65m); Jayden Jackson, Fort White, 2nd (5.90m); Lamari Bell, Columbia, 3rd (5.70m)

— Girls long jump: Jenkins, Columbia, 2nd (4.74m)

— Boys triple jump: Mckire, Columbia, 1st (12.88m); Jason Cherry, Suwannee, 2nd (11.74m); Jackson, Fort White, 3rd (11.57m)

— Girls triple jump: Jenkins, Columbia, 2nd (9.89m)

— Boys shot put: De’Manuel Jones, Suwannee, 2nd (12.82m)

— Girls shot put: Doshia White, Suwannee, 1st (10.09m); Zi’onay Green, Suwannee, 2nd (9.62m); Amarionna Williams, Suwannee, 3rd (8.56m)

— Boys discus: Jones, Suwannee, 2nd (31.98m)

— Girls discus: White, Suwannee, 1st (26.87m); Hannah Williams, Columbia, 2nd (25.92m)

— Boys javelin: Deal, Columbia, 1st (42.20m); Udell, Columbia, 2nd (38.64m)

— Girls javelin: White, Suwannee, 1st (24.22m); Williams, Columbia, 3rd (21.78m)