The Lower Richland High School track team and their supporters celebrate after winning the Class 3A State Track and Field Championship. Richland One schools blew out the competition at the state track meet May 15 at Lower Richland High School winning two state championships as well as nine first–place and ten second–place individual/team medals.

Led by junior Devin Wannamaker, Lower Richland defeated Battery Creek by one point to win its second consecutive boys’ class 3A championship.

Wannamaker placed first in the 400 meter hurdles, second in the 110– meter hurdles, second in the 100–meter race and fourth in the 200–meter race. Teammate Desmond Wallace edged out Wannamaker in the 110 hurdles to win that race.

Not to be outdone, the Eau Claire High School team won the girls’ 2A state championship and first place in the 4x100– meter relay, 4x400–meter relay, and 4x800–meter relay. Eau Claire’s Shame- ka McCaskill finished first in the 400–meter dash.

Eau Claire High School won the girls 2A State Track and Field Championship May 15. Pictured (l–r) are Coach Lawrence Moore, Shaketa Belton, Shameka McCaskill, Latracia Houston, Raven Burgess, Coach Veronica Mitchell, and John Javis (rear). The wins don’t stop there. Dreher High School star sprinter Brandon Sanders captured first– place wins in the Class 3A boys 100 and 200–meter races.

Keenan’s Philip George won the high jump competition.

Visit www.schsl.org for a complete listing of the S.C. High School League State Track and Field Championship results.
CLASS 3A
Boys’ Results
100: 1. Brandon Sanders Dreher, 10.77
2. Devin Wannamaker, Lower Richland,
10.96.
200: Brandon Sanders, Dreher, 21.23.
4. Devin Wannamaker, Lower Richland,
22.04.
110 Hurdles: 1. Desmond Wallace,
Lower Richland, 14.67. 2. Devin Wannamaker,
Lower Richland, 14.74.
400 Hurdles: 1. Devin Wannamaker,
Lower Richland.
400 Relay: 6. Lower Richland.
High Jump: 6. Phillip Wells, Dreher, 6-
00.
Triple Jump: 7. D’Vante Wright, Lower
Richland,
42-09.50
Discus: 2. Marvin Smith, Lower Richland,
160-06.
Team Results
1. Lower Richland - 58 points (AAA
State Boys Champions)
12. Dreher – 25 points
Girls’ Results
100: 2. Christal Green, Dreher, 12.48.
400: 2. Christal Green, Dreher, 56.44.

100 Hurdles: 6. Georgia Delts, Lower
Richland, 16.38.
400 Hurdles: 6. Jody Byrd, Flora,
1:08.81.
400 Relay: 6. Dreher, 49.66.
1600 Relay: 6. Dreher, 4:06.62
High Jump: 3. Carey Roth, Flora, 5-02.
Shot Put: 4. Alexis Jacobs, Flora, 35-
06.50.
Discus: 3. Alexis Jacobs, Flora-02.
Team Results
11. Dreher – 22 points
13. A. C. Flora – 20 points
26. Lower Richland – 3 points
CLASS 2A
Boys’ Results
400: 4. Marquis Jones, Eau Claire,
50.27.
800: 3. Vernon Davis, Eau Claire,
2:01.89.
400 Relay: 4. Keenan, 43.14.
1600 Relay: 4. Eau Claire, 3:28.91. 5.
Keenan, 3:32.09.
Long Jump: 2. Phillip George, Keenan,
23-00.
Triple Jump: 4. Phillip George, Keenan,
44-04.
High Jump: 1. Phillip George, Keenan,

6-08.
Team Results
7. Keenan – 32 points
15. Eau Claire – 16 points
Girls Results
200: 2. Latracia Houston, Eau Claire,
25.71. 4. Shaketa Belton, Eau Claire,
26.30.
400: 1. Shameka McCaskill, Eau Claire,
59.21. 6. Raven Burgess, Eau Claire,
1:02:18.
800: 8. Sara Jacobs, Eau Claire, 2:24.09.
100 Hurdles: 2. Andreina Paige, Eau
Claire, 15.17.
400 Hurdles: 2. Andreina Paige, Eau
Claire, 1:03.90. 3. Andreini Paige, Eau
Claire, 1:07.74.
400 Relay: 1. Eau Claire, 49.97.
4x400 Relay: 1. Eau Claire, 4:02.19.
3200 Relay: 1. Eau Claire, 10:00.80.
Long Jump: 8. Shameka McCaskill, Eau
Claire, 15-04.
Shot Put: 2. Amber Cunningham,
Columbia.
Team Results
1. Eau Claire - 88 points (AA State Girls
Champions)
20. Columbia – 8 points

Dreher High School track coach Daniel Brooks and star sprinter Brandon Sanders celebrate Sanders’ first–place wins in the State Class 3A 100 and 200–meter races.