Track teams sweep NGAC championships
The GLMS girls' and boys' track teams each finished first in the North Georgia Athletic Conference championship meet held May 8–9 at LaFayette. It was the first-ever league championship for the Trojans and the first since 1991 for the Lady Trojans.
The girls built a big lead during field events, but found themselves tied with Heritage entering the final event. The Lady Trojans' 4x400m relay team responded by running a school-record time in winning the race and bringing the championship trophy home to GLMS.
The boys trailed Heritage by one-third point before the final relay, but beat the Generals by a whopping 23 seconds in the 4x400m to claim the NGAC's top prize.
2006 season updates
May 9 — Both teams finished first in the NGAC championship meet held at LaFayette.
The Lady Trojans scored in the following events:
- Pole vault - Mallory Crowder, 1st; Anna Quinn, 2nd
- Shot put - Haley Kokoszka, 1st; Kaita McGregor, 2nd
- Discus - McGregor, 1st; Kokoszka, 3rd
- Long jump - Alex Russell, 1st; Kelsie Bickett, 3rd
- High jump - Caroline Jewell, 2nd; Kelly Mariakis, 5th
- 100m hurdles - Holli Brooks, 3rd
- 1600m - Haley Smith, 6th
- 400m - Quinn, 2nd; Alli O'Neal, 4th
- 800m - Courtney Towns, 5th
- 200m - Bickett, 2nd; Brooks, 6th
- 4x400m relay - Lindsey Wiles, Kendall Johnson, O'Neal, Quinn, 1st
The Trojans scored points in the following events:
- Pole vault - Aubrey McKinley, 1st; Jackson Bass, 2nd
- Discus - McKinley, 3rd
- Long jump - Zach Fuller, 4th
- Shot put - Caleb Guthrie, 3rd
- 1600m - Tyler Oyer, 1st; Daniel Smith, 6th
- 100m - Fuller, 3rd
- 400m - Corey Kay, 2nd
- 4x100m relay - Fuller, Josh Elliot, McKinley, Kay, 3rd
- 800m - Oyer, 1st; Logan Frost, 6th
- 4x400m relay - Fuller, Kay, McKinley, Oyer, 2nd
April 20 — Both the girls and boys finished second in a three-way meet at LFO. Kaita McGregor led the Lady Trojans with victories in the shot put and discus. GLMS also got first-place finishes from Caroline Jewell in the high jump, Mallory Crowder in the pole vault, and Haley Wallin in the 100m hurdles. Tyler Oyer won twice for the Trojans, capturing the 800m and 1600m. Other winners for GLMS were Caleb Guthrie in the discus, Jackson Bass in the pole vault, and Corey Kay in the 400m. Gordon Lee also won both relay events.
April 11 — The Trojans and Lady Trojans each took first in a four-way meet. Winners for the boys were Caleb Guthrie in the shot put, Jackson Bass in the pole vault, Zach Fuller in the 100m, Corey Kay in the 400m, and Tyler Oyer in the 1600m and 800m. The 4x100 relay team also finished first. For the girls, Haley Kokoszka won the shot put, Mallory Crowder and Anna Quinn tied for first in the pole vault, Kelly Mariakis won the high jump, and Jessica Mummert was first in the 400m.
March 30 — The boys team tied for first in a meet at Ringgold. Tyler Oyer took first in both the 1600m and the 800m. Other winners for the Trojans were Aubrey McKinley in the discus, Josh Elliot in the long jump, Caleb Guthrie in the shot put, and Jackson Bass in the pole vault. The girls were second in the meet. Mallory Crowder was first in the pole vault, Alex Russell was tops in the long jump, Holli Brooks won the 100m hurdles, and Jessica Mummert won the 400m. The 4x400 relay team of Lindsey Wiles, Kendall Johnson, Alli O'Neal, and Anna Quinn finished second, but set a new school record with a time of 4:46.
March 24 — The Trojans and Lady Trojans each defeated five other teams to win the team championships in the annual GLMS Invitational track meet.
Scoring for the Trojans were:
- High Jump - Devin Shields, 1st
- Shot Put - Caleb Guthrie, 4th
- Pole Vault - Aubrey McKinley, 1st; Jackson Bass, 2nd
- Long Jump - Zach Fuller, 2nd; Haden Lamb, 6th
- Discus - McKinley, 5th
- 100m Hurdles - Lamb, 4th
- 1600m - Tyler Oyer, 1st
- 800m - Oyer, 1st
- 100m - Fuller, 1st; Corey Kay, 3rd
- 200m - Fuller, 3rd
- 4x400m relay - Kay, McKinley, Josh Elliot, Bass, 1st
Scoring for the Lady Trojans were:
- Discus - Katia McGregor, 1st, Haley Kokoszka, 4th
- Shot Put - McGregor, 3rd; Courtney Hall, 4th
- Pole Vault - Anna Quinn, 1st; Alli O'Neal, 2nd
- High Jump - Hall, 4th
- Long Jump - Alex Russell, 2nd; Kelsie Bickett, 4th
- 100m Hurdles - Russell, 3rd; Holli Brooks, 4th
- 1600m - Haley Smith, 5th
- 800m - Smith, 5th
- 100m - Quinn, 4th
- 400m - Jessica Mummert, 3rd
- 200m - Mummert, 4th
- 4x400m relay - Lindsey Wiles, Kendall Johnson, O'Neal, Quinn, 1st