In what ended up being a historic run at the Ridge, our very own Dubs track team received a handful of victories before the break. Led by the infamous head coaching rigor of the incredible coaching staff, especially the reins of lead coach Bryce Doe, the Warriors took care of business on the track, with a few medals heavily standing out.
On the girl’s side, our Warriors collected 2 major dubs at the invitational. First was the 4×100, an event filled with some of the most star-studded sprinters we’ve had at North Atlanta in quite some time. Led by integral Senior leaders Lydia Dukes and Zoey Marrero and pulled through by track rookies Mikayla Myers and Ka’mya Lowe, the girls clocked in at an exceptional time of 49.43, over half a second faster than the next best time and bringing home the gold with ease. The second victory came with the distance squad in the 4×800. The lineup, headed by 3 upperclassmen in Isabella Mocek-Elrod, Malley Coogan, and Olivia Massar and a lone freshman, Gwyneth Ferguson, won by an outrageous 5 second gap with a stellar time of 10.24.44. An impressed coach Doe was utterly thrilled with the girls, constantly expressing his immense amazement at the wins. “They do nothing more than amazing me with the coming days. The future’s looking bright as ever,” exclaimed Doe about the girl’s section.
For the boys, 3 total victories were obtained by the Dubs, with 2 coming in individual events. The first was Sophomore phenom Rand Kirsch, who took an impressive 800 win with a time of 2:01:58, blowing the competition out of the water. Off the running side, however, Junior Gabe Hull saw a huge dub in the pole-vaulting section. Tying his North Atlanta personal record, Hull dumped a whopping 13 feet and 6 inches, a feat that was a whole 6 inches higher than the next best height. Hull, just like much of his other teammates, hopes to continue this same form into the APS championships as well. To round out the boy’s side, a team relay was also won with the 4×400 being demolished by the boys. Even with a partially mended lineup that saw upperclassmen Jordan Guyton (12), Justin Ducote (11), David Hughes (11), as well as the single underclassmen in Christian Clark (9), the group still grinded out a win with an ultimate gap of 7 seconds. Ducote, the final leg of the group, expressed his relief in the boys and their major hard work. “We may have had to make a couple of changes, but that shows how deep our group is and how much our practices have paid off”, said Ducote.
Even with the recent successes, both the boys and the girls are not getting complacent whatsoever and look down the line to even bigger and better meets down the line. Still, this served as proof for the sheer talent that the team possesses. Next up: the illustrious APS Championships.
