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Section B
ENDURANCE TEST
The Tri2 Remember organiza
tion is holding a triathlon this
year in Jackson County.
Submitted photo
Endurance Event
Triathlon
coming to
Jackson Co.
THE TRI2 REMEMBER
Triathlon is headed to Jackson
County.
The event is scheduled for
7:30 a.m. Sunday, July 18. at
Crow’s Lake near Jefferson —
one of three triathlon sites for the
Tri2 Remember
COMING UP
•Crow’s
Lake
Triathlon,
July 18, 7:30
a.m.
organization
this year.
This is the
first year the
event will be
in Jackson
County.
According to
the event web
site, this triathlon features a
time trial point-to-point swim,
a “fast bike course” and an off
road trail run. Participants will
swim 500 meters, bike 15 miles
and run 3.1 miles.
All those who finish receive
a medal.
Registration runs through
Monday. July 12.
Proceeds from the triathlon
will benefit the Tri-2-Remember
Foundation. Inc. (“T2R”).
whose purpose is to raise money
for Alzheimer’s research. For
more information, email Denise
Novicki at dnovicki@tri2re-
member.com or go to www.
active.com/triathlon/jefferson-
ga/tri2remember-sprint-triath-
lon-2010.
All-Stars
All-star
action ahead
LOCAL DIZZY DEAN all-star
action gets under way this week
end with the 9-year-old boys’ all
stars and 11-and-12-year-old girls
COMING UP
•Dizzy
Dean all
stars, Fri.-
Sat., West
Jackson
Park
p.m. and 8 p.i
10 a.m.
beginning in dis
trict tournaments
at West Jackson
Parks.
Boys’ games
are Friday at 6
p.m. and 8 p.m.
and Saturday at
11 a.m.
Girls’ games
are Friday at 6
l. and Saturday at
The 13-year-old boys’ all-stars
and the 14-year-old boys’ all-stars
play next weekend in Jefferson.
High School Athletics
Jefferson finishes seventh in directors’ cup standings
ByBenMunro
JEFFERSON HIGH
SCHOOL’S all-round
performance on the ath
letic field was reflected
in the annual year-end
standings.
For the second-straight
year, JHS ranked seventh
in Class AA in the Georgia
Athletic Directors’ Association stand
ings with 718.5 points.
CORBETT
Jefferson was bolstered by
a state championship in boys’
track along with two state titles
in wrestling (traditional and
dual championships) during
the 2009-2010 school year.
Athletic director Tim
Corbett, who doubles as head
track coach, said he’d hoped
for a higher finish but was cer
tainly pleased with this past year’s
results.
“For us to finish like that (seventh),
I can’t complain a bit ... It’s been a
great year and a great group of kids,”
Corbett said.
Jefferson also produced a Final
Four appearance in boys’ basketball,
a third-place finish in girls’ golf and
an Elite Eight finish in boys’ tennis. The
baseball, football and girls’ tennis teams
See Director’s cup on page 3B
Class AA Top 10
1. Westminster 1,241
2. Blessed Trinity 1,133
3. North Oconee 1,011.5
4. Greater Atlanta Christian 976
5. Lovett 865
6. Calhoun 824
7. Jefferson 718.5
8. Thomasville 642
9. Pike Co. 562
10. Pierce Co. 556
Youth Swimming
FULL SPEED AHEAD
The Jefferson Sea Dragons’ Ryan Childress swims Saturday in the Winder Pentathlon. Twelve Sea Dragons finished in the top
10 of their divisions. Photo by Jessica Brown
Swimming strong
Jefferson Sea Dragons
well-represented at Pentathlon
By Ben Munro
SEVERAL JEFFERSON Sea
Dragons scored big in the local
swim team’s first large meet of
the year.
Twelve Jefferson swimmers
placed in the top 10 of their
respective division in Saturday’s
Winder Pentathlon.
The meet tests a swimmer’s
versatility, as each competitor
swims in five events — but
terfly, backstroke, breaststroke,
freestyle and the intermediate
medley (one lap of each stroke)
— to accumulate an aggregate
final score.
“Placing in the top ten at this
meet is quite an achievement
and many of our swimmers
did,” Sea Dragon team admin
istrator Chad Klink said.
The event is open only to the
top 275 swimmers out of the
1,100 in the league.
Jefferson swimmers plac
ing the in the top 10 Saturday
were:
•McKenzie Klinck, fourth
8-and-under girls. 3:11.
Sea Dragon standouts
•The Jefferson Sea Dragon swim
team boasted 12 top 10 finishes
in Saturday’s Winder Pentathlon.
The event featured the top 275
swimmers in the leauge.
•Will Guzman, third, 8-and-
under boys. 3:28 (two seconds
away from first place).
•Perry Jackson, fourth 8-and-
under boys, 3:34.
•Haley Bartoletta, eighth,
10-and-under girls, 2:44.
•C.J. Guzman, fifth, 10-and-
under boys, 2:41.
•Brendon Mitchell, seventh,
10-and-under boys. 3:11.
•Dylan Childress, ninth,
10-and-under boys. 3:12.
•Bree Hanson, fourth, 12-and-
under girls, 3:34.
•Heather Perry, sixth, 12-and-
under girls, 3:40.
•Ryan Childress, eighth,
12-and-under girls, 3:44.
•Lilli Blackstock, ninth,
12-and-under girls, 3:48.
See Pentathlon on page 3B
THE BACKSTROKE
The Jefferson Sea Dragons’ Will Guzman competes in the
backstroke at Saturday’s Winder Pentathlon. Guzman finished
third overall in his division. Photo by Ben Munro
SUPER
WINNER
Augie Grill
celebrates
in victory
lane after
winning the
first Super
Late Model
event of
the year at
Gresham
Motorsports
Park back
on March
13. Photo
courtesy
GMP Media
Local Racing
Super Late Models return to Gresham
AUGIE GRILL not only won
the 125-Lap season-opening Super
Late Model main event at Gresham
Motorsports Park on March 13, but
the Hayden, Ala. driver also set a new
track record in qualifying.
On Saturday, Grill will try to dupli
cate those efforts when he returns to
the GMP high-banked oval.
“That win was pretty nice,” Grill
said. “It seemed like we had the fast
est car all day. It was good right off
the trailer and we made a couple of
COMING UP
•Super Late Model 100-lap race,
Gresham Motorsports Park,
Saturday, opening ceremonies start
at 7 p.m.
small adjustments that made it even
better. We might have been dominant
that weekend, but I think a lot of
guys have been doing their home
work since then and we’re going to
have our hands full trying to win
again. Hopefully, we will have a car
just as good as the last time we were
there and get the same outcome.”
Grill is just one of many top com
petitors expected to be on hand
Saturday when Gresham Motorsports
Park hosts six divisions of racing.
In addition to the Super Late Model
100-lap headliner. Saturday’s GMP
See Gresham on page 3B