Canes first, Lady Canes fourth at River Ridge Invitational
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March 30, 2026
Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com
The Cartersville boys’ track and field team scored 212.5 points on Saturday to win the 10-team River Ridge Invitational, and the Cartersville girls placed fourth.
Woodstock won the girls’ meet with 156 points, followed by River Ridge (125), Creekview (109.5), Cartersville (85.5), and Sequoyah (76.5) in the top five.
The Cartersville boys’ team finished ahead of Sequoyah (94), Creekview (91), Woodstock (81), and River Ridge (80) in the top five.
Top performances for Cartersville included:
FIRST PLACE
Laney Saunders — Pole vault — 10-0
Carder Brock — Discus throw - 116-10
Actavious Thompson — 400-meter dash — 49.62
Ethan Empie — 1600-meter run — 4:32.02
Thomas Smith — 300-meter hurdles — 41.53
Actavious Thompson — Long jump — 20-9.5
Thoreau Lipscomb — Shot put — 53-9
Boys 4x100 meter relay — 42.91 — Bryson Everett, Brayden Doss, Madoxx Davis, Tyon Coe
Boys 4x200 meter relay — 1:30.94 — Zion Ayeni, Kaiden Kent, Noah Kearney, Dakari Young
Boys 4x400 meter relay — 3:32.85 — Braylon Hill, Hayden Empie, Kayden Blackwell, Kaiden Kent
Boys 4x800 meter relay — 8:26.40 — Ben Russell, Carson Robinson, Tripp Chitwood, Ethan Empie
SECOND PLACE
Allana Williams — Shot put — 35-10
Madoxx Davis — 100-meter dash — 10.88
Madoxx Davis — 200-meter dash — 22.37
Xavier Lowe — High jump — 6-4
Actavious Thompson — Triple jump — 42-10.5
Thoreau Lipscomb — Discus throw — 141-10
Girls 4x800 meter relay — 10:53.56 — Genevieve Alessandro, Sydney Burris, Vivi Vest, Kylie Ham
THIRD PLACE
Kylie Ham — 800-meter run — 2:28.70
Karlee Christian — High jump — 4-8
Allana Williams — Discus throw — 95-6
Bryson Everett — 200-meter dash — 22.46
Braylon Hill — 400-meter dash — 52.19
Kenneth Wilkey — High jump — 6-4
Cartersville joins Adairsville, Woodland, and Cass for the Bartow County Championships on Thursday at Cass High School's Cochran Stadium.
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