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Kennesaw Mountain makes history with first region crown

by Greg Oshust
Marietta Daily Journal
 
April 28, 2010
Kennesaw Mountain’s Brooke Colson runs down the lane on her approach to the pole vault Tuesday. Colson won the event and helped spark the Lady Mustangs to the first region title in team history.
Kennesaw Mountain’s Brooke Colson runs down the lane on her approach to the pole vault Tuesday. Colson won the event and helped spark the Lady Mustangs to the first region title in team history.
WOODSTOCK - Kennesaw Mountain won its first region title, claiming the team crown on the final day of the Region 5AAAAA girls track and field championships Tuesday at Woodstock High School's Wolverine Den.

The Lady Mustangs scored 130 points to finish ahead of Marietta (114.5) and McEachern (103.5) and clinch the first region title of the program's 10-year history.

"It's awesome," Kennesaw Mountain coach Cindy Faulker said. "This was 10 years in the making. It was a great team effort."

Kennesaw Mountain continued its mastery of the field events, getting wins from Isana Osanyindi in the triple jump, Daina Levy in the shot put and Brooke Colson in the pole vault. The Lady Mustangs were also boosted by an unexpected win by Osanyindi in the 200-meter dash.


  

 

 
 

Osanyindi won three events in all at the meet, adding the triple jump and 200 dash to the high jump title that she won on Monday.

Osanyindi won the triple jump with a jump of 37 feet, 9 inches to beat out Etowah's Leah Hixon (36-4 ). She won the 200 with a time of 26.37 seconds to place ahead of McEachern's Ashley Gayle (26.44).

Levy was another multiple-event winner for Kennesaw Mountain, adding the shot put title to her win in the discus win from Monday.

Levy won the shot put with a throw of 40-6 , finishing ahead of teammate Amber Hallman (38-11 ).

Colson claimed the pole vault title with a vault of 11-6, beating North Cobb's Lauren Hutchinson (10-0).

The top two finishers in each event qualify for the state meet in Albany May 6-8.

McEachern's Amber Brock and Darnisha Stevenson were the other multiple-event winners of the meet, with Brock winning both the 400 and 300 hurdles and Stevenson the 100 and 100 hurdles.

Brock won the 400 with a time of 58.46, finishing ahead of McEachern teammate Gayle (59.44), and claimed the 300 hurdles with a time of 45.06 to place ahead of Marietta's Kourtney Keller (47.06).

Stevenson won the 100 dash with a time of 12.53 to finish ahead of Marietta's Whitney Stevenson (12.70) and was the winner of the 100 hurdles with a time of 15.37, ahead of Marietta's Bre'Anna Crockett (15.73).

McEachern swept the 400 and 1,600 relays, finishing ahead of Marietta in both races. The Lady Indians won the 400 relay with a time of 49.18 and claimed the 1,600 relay in 3:59.50.

Harrison's Kaylee Isaacs and South Cobb's Kevyn Tracy were the other state qualifers with second-place finishes in the 3,200 and 800, respectively. Isaacs finished second in the 3,200 (11:54.16) and Tracy was runner-up in the 800 (2:22.01).

 

NOTICE:

Due to flood damage on track we will need to do some repair and landscaping work –   We  need to build new pit platforms for High jump and PV areas – we are also in need of an on site storage shelter to store equipment in  - if you can help in any of these areas please contact Coach Faulkner. (We need workers and also any donations of supplies or money)

 

For more information or questions contact Coach Faulkner
Cynthia.Faulkner@cobbk12.org