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Waynesboro girl wins
national youth track title
By Mack Oliphont
AUGUSTA FOCUS Correspondent
Ten-year-old Allison Lloyd iscon
quering not only her school books
as a fifth grader at Blakeney El
ementary School in Waynesboro,
Georgia, but also state and na
tional youth track and field record
books.
Allison, the daughter of Early
and George Lloyd of Waynesboro,
won first place in the 100 meters
(9-10-year old girls bracket) last
month in the Hershey Track and
Field Youth Program of North
American finals in Hershey, Penn
sylvania. Her record time was
13.62, only .20 of a second shy of
the national record.
She’ll beat (that record) next
year,” said her prouad father, an
insurance agent for Atlanta Life
and her coach, along with fellow
coaches Franklin Stevens and
Corey Dent.
Allison qualified for the national
competition after winning three
races in the Georgia Recreation
and Parks Association state com
petitionin Carrollton, Georgia ear
lier this summer. Allison, who rep
resented Burke County Recreation
and Parks Department, set two
state records at the July meet: the
50 meters at 7.26 seconds, and the
100 meters at 13.59 seconds. She
also won the 100x4 relay at 59
seconds flat.
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team we saw last year.
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uted to their new coaching staff —
head coach Ike Ofoje and assistant
coach Laura Roth — who aggres
sively recruited 13 new freshmen
to work with the four returning
sophomores on the team. All 17 of
the ladies have one thing in com
mon — a true love of soccer. With
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players to cover every need, from
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excited about going up north be
cause I've never been there before.
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yellowjackets. And the flowers
there were so beautiful. If my
grandmother came with us, she
would have picked some for her
self! Up there, you smell nothing
but chocolate!”
Allison, who is also known
throughout Burke County for her
raw singing talent, having per
formed at many churches in the
region, told how her mother en
couraged her as they traveled to
the national competition.
“My mom just told me not to
worry and to just go up there, do
mybest and have fun,” said Allison.
“As her mother, I am extremely
proud of her,” said Mrs. Lloyd, who
is a teacher at Jenkins County
High School. “For as long as she
loves what she’s doing with track,
we're behind her 100 percent. I
just encourage her to do her very
best and just have fun doing it.”
Allison, who has been running
for almost half of her young life, is
a young lady whose wisdom is far
beyond most of her peers’. She
expresses her full understanding
of the source of her talents.
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gave me this talent and I'm going
to use it to the best of my ability,”
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AUGUSTA FOCUS SEPTEMBER 10, 1998
said Allison. “If Ido not use it, He
may take it away from me and Ido
not want that to happen because I
enjoy it and its fun!”
Allison follows an athletic fam
ily legacy spanning two genera
tions. Her father was a track and
field standout during his prep years
in New York, and her older brother
Gerald was not only a track and
field standout through elementary
and high school, but wasalso a star
running back for the Burke County
High School Bears five years ago.
Her father George sees a reflec
tion of his heyday ascending to
ward another plateau as he
watches young Allison blaze the
track.
“It's such a thrill watching her
run,” said Lloyd. “It makes me feel
like its me running. She’s accom
plishing things I didn’t as a track
runner.”
“I'm doing this for my father be
cause he didn't have a chance dur
ing his day,” added Allison, who
has high aspirations of one day
competing in the Olympics.
The Hershey Youth Program
National Track Finals featured
youth track athletes representing
each state in the union and British
Columbia.
Allison is also the granddaugh
ter of Annie Howard Saxon of
Keysville, the late Bennie Fisher
Saxon, and the late George and
Rosa Lloyd of New York, New York.
but player Andre McNair said it
best when asked about the rest of
the season: “We have to take
every team day by day. It's so
hard to say what the other teams
are like because some might have
gone through a rebuilding pro
cess like we did, so if we take
every game day by day and kick
by kick, and with the team unity
we have, we will be in the hunt.”
Super catch!
The Butier Bulldogs Lady Fast
Pitch team played the Lady
Knights of Evans, losing 4-3 in
the last inning, but you have to
give a Holy Moly to the Bull
dogs’ third baseman, Maria
Coggins, forone heck of a catch.
She caught the ball on the tip
of her glove by such a narrow
margin, it should have been
dropped. In her own words,
she was too off balance to jump
for the ball, and did not think
she couid streich fto reach it,
but that extra effort ended up
retiring the side and prevent
ing a run from scoring.
Photo by Jimmy Carter
ARC-Laneysetfor
historic meeting’
on prep gridiron -:
v |
Timeout ‘ji
with Tony !
This Football Friday Night on{
Walton Way, a new era in CSRA;
prep football begins. After monthsoft
construction, debate, and rampanti
controversyover financing/corporates
sponsorships, thenew ARC Stadium
willopen amid ascheduleofspeeches,
special introductions, fireworks dis-)
plays, and even a few surprise ap-..
pearances by state and national ce-g§
lebrities and dignitaries. Alumni,
from both The Academy of Rich-~
mond County and Lucy C. Laney
High School (some who haven't seen’
a prep football game in decades) will®
be among the thousands in atten-°
dance. As most Georgia-Carolina®
sports fans know, the construction of !
this refurbished facility waslong past”
due. ARC Stadium remains one of*
the busiest athletic facilities in the’
Peach State with three high school ’
varsity football programs (ARC,"
Laney, and Westside) playing their’
home games there. Also.don't forget ,
about the JV football games, thet
middleschool contests,andevensome?
unscheduled weekend “pee wee” and ¢
“weekend warrior” gridiron clashes
that occur at this historic site. 3
Lost amid all the hoopla and pag
eantry set for this Friday night, is an
important football gamebetween the
Wildcatsand Musketeerssetfor 7:30
p.m. Laney head coach Eric Parker
and his staff are desperately trying
toinstill theinfamous“Wildcat Work |
Ethic” that started in the David
Dupree Era. Parker, in only his
second year at the helm of the pro
gram, is clearly headed down the
rightroadat LCL. The problemsis...
the road is a long one! With limited
resources and a shortage of talented
players eligible to participate in ex
tracurricular activities, Parker has
only a small core of experienced play
ers to rely on this season. After last
Friday’s season opening loss against
the Hephzibah Rebels, many Wild
cats fans are asking themseives if
this 1998teamwi]lbeabletocom-3
pete against the likes of Thomson, |
Greenbrier, Statesboro, Burke !
County and Dublin later in the sea
son. On the positive side, the ‘Cats
are young and quick.” What they !
lack in physical strength and size ;
they make up for with heart andi
desire. This team won’t quit in 98, {
but keeping enough healthy bodies
on the field to compete for the next |
eight weeks in one of the toughest s
regions in the state will be a huge
challenge. Pure emotion willhaveto }
carry this squad for most of the year. |
With abig crowd in the stands for the !
opener, look for the Wildcats to come |
outsky high from the openingkickoff |
against ARC. !
Meanwhile, the Musketeers have |
bid farewell to former mentor Frank |
Caputoand hellotoJim Turner. The }
former University of South Carolina !
offensive lineman brings a new ex
citement to ARC. With a talented |
corps of returning starters andexpe-!
rienced reserves, Musketeer alums
believe this team has a solid opportu
nitytocompetewiththe Region3AAA
heavyweights. If Turner and his
staff can find a way to develop a few
isolation plays for the core of tal
ented receivers on this team ARC
could surprise a few squads (and
fans!) in '9B. One thing is for certain
... the offensive line for the Muske
teers should develop as one of the
region’s best under the watchful eye
of Turner.
Timeout Prep Pickofihe Week
ARC 28 - Laney 14.
Tony Cornish Jr. is a freelance
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