Future Gamecock Jayla Jamison shines in her final SC state track championship
Jayla Jamison capped off her decorated high school career in style Friday night.
Competing in her final S.C. high school state track and field championship, the Airport High junior won all four events she entered in the Class 4A meet at Spring Valley.
Jamison won the 100, 200, 400 and long jump in helping Airport to a third-place finish. She was the lone Airport runner who placed in the meet.
Jamison’s four state championships Friday give her 12 for her career. She won four events in 2018 and 2019. Had last year’s championships not been canceled because of COVID-19, she would have likely added to her total.
Jamison, the two-time South Carolina Gatorade Track and Field Athlete of Year, is passing up her senior year in high school to enroll at the University of South Carolina and run for the Gamecocks’ track and field program.
A.C. Flora had three first-place finishes and the Falcons’ boys finished fifth. Wake Forest basketball signee Robert McCray won the high jump while John O’Cain won the pole vault. The Falcons’ girls won the 4x100 relay.
Westwood’s Brianna Rodriguez and Robert Johnson also brought home three first-place finishes. Rodriguez won the girls’ 100 and 400 hurdles races, while Johnson won the 400 meter race.
Westwood girls finished fourth as a team.
Greenville won the 4A boys championship and James Island won the 4A girls championship.
Class 5A Championship
White Knoll’s Kaniya Johnson (girls) and Spring Valley’s Nigel Ancrum (boys) swept the 100 and 200 events, and River Bluff boys were the highest-finishing Midlands team Saturday.
Johnson won the 100 with an 11.53, the fastest time in the state this year, in her final meet for White Knoll. She will be moving to Georgia for her senior year of high school.
Ancrum, a sophomore, ran a state top-10 time in both the 100 and 200. He also was part of SV’s 4x100 winning relay team and third-place 4x400 relay team. The Vikings finished fourth as a team.
The Gators finished third as a team in boys 5A despite not having a first-place finish. It was the best showing in the state meet in school history.
River Bluff, which had a pair of runner-up finishes from Phillip Williams in 110 and 400 hurdles, had 50 points. Dorman was first with 62 and Northwestern second with 56.
Other boys first-place finishers were Blythewood’s Randy Kelly (high jump), Ajan Davenport (pole vault) and Spring Valley 4x100 relay.
Hillcrest won the girls championship. Blythewood was fifth and Chapin was sixth.
Other local girls winners were Blythewood’s Arianna Williams (400) and Makeshria Brown (100 hurdles).
Class 3A championship
In the Class 3A championship at Lower Richland, Keenan boys finished third and Camden girls were fourth.
Wren boys and Seneca girls won the 3A team championships.
Keenan’s first-place finishes included Jacobie Sims (400 hurdles) and the 4x100 relay team. Brooland-Cayce’s Ian Myers won the 200 meters, Camden’s Joseph Byrnes the pole vault and Jackson Livingston the javelin.
Camden’s Imani Wyatt won the 100 and 400 hurdles and was on the the Bulldogs’ winning 4x400 relay team.
Class A/2A championships
C.A. Johnson boys had five first-place finishes on their way to a second-place finish at Class A championships Saturday at Lower Richland.
Desmond Martin won the 200, Javeon Riley 400 hurdles, XZavier Shaw the triple jump and the Green Hornets 4x100 and 4x400 relay team were victorious. CAJ finished with 83 points. South Christian won the championship with 96. SC also won the Class A girls championship.
In the 2A boys meet, Batesburg-Leesville’s Damazhay Long won the 100 and 200 and Columbia’s Shaun Wyatt won the 400 hurdles.
In 2A girls meet, Kalisha Hill won the 100 hurdles and triple jump to help the Tigers to a tie for third place with 55 points. Phillip Simmons won with 161 points and also won the boys championship.
Tmoni Porterfield of Columbia won the long jump, Eau Claire TyQwasia Williams the 400 hurdles and Pelion’s Yesseni Castellanos won the 800.
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SC track and field results
Top-three Midlands finishes in Friday-Saturday’s state track and field championships at Spring Valley and Lower Richland:
Class 5A Boys
100: 1. Nigel Ancrum, SV, 10.6. 200: 1. Nigel Ancrum, SV, 21.3. 800: 2. Owen Harries, Lexington, 1:57.68; 3. Jacob Mangione, River Bluff, 1:58.72. 110 hurdles: 2. Phillip Williams, RB, 14.52. 400 hurdles: 2. Phillip Williams, RB, 54.47. 4x100 relay: 1. SV, 41.63 4x400 relay: 3. SV, 3:22.87. 4x800 relay: 3. SV, 8:05.30. High jump: 1. Randy Kelly Blythewood, 6-10. Triple jump: 3. Peyton Manuel, Blythewood, 46-05. Pole Vault: 1. Ajan Davenport, Lexington, 15-0. Discus: 2. Connor Knight Blythewood 144-00; 3. Duke Malinaro, Chapin, 137-04.
Class 5A Girls
100: 1. Kaniya Johnson, WK, 11.53; 200: Kaniya Johnson, WK, 23.58. 400: 1. Arianna Williams, Blythewood, 55.13. 1,600: 3. Abigail White, Chapin, 5:08. 3,200: 3. Lydia Metz, Lexington, 11.46. 100 hurdles: 1. Makeshria Brown, Blythewood, 14.86. 4x100 relay: 2. Chapin, 47.44. 4x400 relay: 2. Blythewood, 3:53.02; 3. Ridge View, 4:01.41. 4x800 relay: 2. Chapin, 9:39.74. Long jump: 2. Briana Green, Blythewood, 18-04. Pole vault: 2. Drayton Privette, Chapin, 11-06
Class 4A Boys
100: 2. Caleb Timmons, Dreher, 10.92. 200: 2. Caleb Timmons, Dreher, 22.27. 400: 1. Robert Johnson, Westwood, 48.47; 3,200: 3. Sam Kolowith, Dreher 9:32.04; 4x100 relay: 2. A.C. Flora, 42.46; High jump: Robert McCray, A.C. Flora, 6-10; 2. Khalil Donald, Westwood, 6-04. Pole vault: 1. John O’Cain, AC Flora, 14-09; 3. Jack O’Cain, AC Flora, 12-00. Discus: 3. Macaiah Settles, Dreher, 148-09.
Class 4A Girls
100: 1. Jayla Jamison, Airport, 11.77; 200: 1. Jayla Jamison, Airport, 24.87; 3. Aaliyah Lewis, A.C. Flora, 25.86. 400: 1. Jayla Jamison, Airport, 56.83. 100 hurdles: 1. Brianna Rodriguez, Westwood, 15.12. 400 hurdles: 1. Brianna Rodriguez, Westwood, 1:02.15. 4x100 relay: 1. A.C. Flora, 47.66. 4x400 relay: 3. Westwood, 4:01.21. Long jump: 1. Jayla Jamison, Airport, 19-06; 3. Eseose Okoduwa, Dreher, 18-00. Triple jump: 3. Makayla Grant, Irmo, 35-02.
Class 3A Boys
100: 3. Ian Myers, Brookland-Cayce, 10.9. 200: 1. Ian Myers, Brookland Cayce, 21.68; 2. Ryan Glenn, Keenan, 22.12. 400: 2. Josh White, Keenan, 49.89. 110 hurdles: 2. Jacobie Sims, Keenan, 15.40. 400 hurdles: 1. Jacobie Sims, Keenan, 55.76; 2. Jurnii Lucas, Lower Richland, 55.78. 4x100 relay: 3. Keenan, 42.25. 4x400 relay: 1. Keenan, 3:23.52. Pole vault: 1. Joseph Byrnes, Camden, 13-00. Javelin: 1. Jackson Livingston, Mid-Carolina, 159-05.
Class 3A Girls
200: 2. Sharmelle Holmes, Fairfield Central, 25.41. 400: 2. Carleigh Vaughn. Camden, 58.95. 100 hurdles: 1. Imani Wyatt, Camden, 15.33; 2. Carissa Wicker, Mid-Carolina, 15.34. 400 hurdles: 1. Imani Wyatt, Camden, 1:05.20. 400 relay: 2. Camden, 50.38. 4x400 relay: 1. Camden, 4:06.76. Discus: 3. Kennedy Myers, Lower Richland, 105-08.70. Javelin: 3. Deanna Jeffcoat, Camden, 97-09.
Class 2A Boys
100: 1. Damazhay Long, Batesburg-Leesville, 11:04; 2. Justin Portee, North Central, 11:05. . 200: Damazhay Long, B-L, 22.48. 110 hurdles: 2. O’darreon Robinson, Newberry, 15.35. 400 hurdles: 1. Shaun Wyatt, Columbia, 57.37
Class 2A Girls
100: 2. Kalisha Hill, Saluda, 12.41. 200: 2. Tmoni Porterfield, Columbia, 25.22. 400: 2.. Tmoni Porterfield, Columbia, 58.15. 800: 1. Yessenia Castellanos, Pelion, 2:21.98. 100 hurdles: 1. Kalisha Hill, Saluda, 14.78. 400 hurdles: 1. TyQwasia Williams, Eau Claire, 1:06. 4x100 relay: 2. Batesburg-Leesville, 52.02. 4x400 relay: 3. Eau Claire, 4:13.54. High jump: 2. Kalisha Hill, Saluda, 5-0. Long jump: 1. Tmoni Porterfield, Columbia, 17-0; 3. Jakenjah Carroll, Saluda, 16-06. Triple jump: 1. Kalisha Hill, Saluda, 37-5.5; 2. Jakenjah Carroll, Saluda, 36-4.5
Class A boys
100: 2. Desmond Martin, CAJ, 11.1. 200: 1. Desmond Martin, CAJ, 22.22. 400: 3. Terrill Hopkins, CAJ, 51.42.4x100 relay: CAJ, 43.44; 110 hurdles: 2. Javeon Riley, CAJ, 15.78; 400 hurdles: 1. Jaevon Riley, CAJ, 57.94. 4x100 relay: 1. C.A. Johnson, 43.44. 4x400 relay: 1. C.A. Johnson, 3:30.63. Long jump: 3. Xzavier Shaw, CAJ, 20-3.5. Triple jump: 1. Xzavier Shaw, CAJ, 44-9.
For complete results, go to SCRunners.com
This story was originally published May 22, 2021 at 6:30 AM.
