Canes win back-to-back Region 7-AAAA track and field titles

April 22, 2026

Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com

The Cartersville High School boys’ track and field team won its second consecutive Region 7-AAAA championship, and the Lady Canes placed third on Tuesday at Dalton High School.

Allatoona won the girls’ title with 208.5 points, followed by Hiram (117), Cartersville (116), and Woodland (81). The Cass girls were sixth (68) in the eight-team field.

The Cartersville boys scored 210 points, followed by Allatoona (169), Cedartown (79), and Woodland (72). The Cass boys were seventh (38).

The top four placers in each event at the region meet advanced to the Sectional Meet at North Oconee High School on May 2.

Local state sectional qualifiers:

FIRST PLACE

• Cyler Williams — Woodland — High jump — 5-2

• Xavier Lowe — Cartersville — High jump — 6-8

• Laney Saunders — Cartersville — Pole vault — 10-6

• Adrian Dye — Cass — Discus throw — 163-8

• Adrian Dye — Cass — Shot put — 53-3.50

• Laney Saunders — Cartersville — 100-meter hurdles — 17.13

• Madoxx Davis — Cartersville — 100-meter dash — 10.79

• Ethan Empie — Cartersville — 3200-meter run — 10:10.26

• Actavious Thompson — Cartersville — 400-meter dash — 48.63

• Laney Saunders — Cartersville — 300-meter hurdles — 48.70

• Actavious Thompson — Cartersville — 200-meter dash — 22.08

• Ethan Empie — Cartersville — 1600-meter run — 4:34.16

• Cartersville boys — 4x200-meter relay — Bryson Everett, Madoxx Davis, Tyon Coe, Zion Ayeni — 1:28.25

• Cartersville boys — 4x100-meter relay — Bryson Everett, Brayden Doss, Madoxx Davis, Tyon Coe — 42.60

SECOND PLACE

• Rowe Gentry — Woodland — High jump — 5-0

• Landon Dougherty — Woodland — High jump — 6-4

• Actavious Thompson — Cartersville — Long jump — 21-6.50

• Laila Webb — Cass — Triple jump — 33.1.50

• Actavious Thompson — Cartersville — Triple jump — 43-11

• Carder Brock — Cartersville — Discus throw — 99-8

• Thoreau Lipscomb — Cartersville — Discus throw — 145-0

• Allana Williams — Cartersville — Shot put — 35-6

• Thoreau Lipscomb — Cartersville — Shot put — 52-6

• Sydney Burris — Cartersville — 3200-meter run — 12:22.47

• Kamerynn Easterling — Cass — 400-meter dash — 1:02.11

• Rowen Lee — Woodland — 400-meter dash — 50.48

• Bryson Everett — Cartersville — 200-meter dash — 22.38

• Woodland girls — 4x800-meter relay — Allison Snead, Addison Brown, Jette Julius, Rylee Maxwell — 10.50.60

• Cartersville boys — 4x800-meter relay — Tripp Chitwood, Daylen Lawson, Ben Russell, Adynn Phillips — 8:36.84

• Cartersville boys — 4x400-meter relay — Braylon Hill, Kaiden Kent, Kayden Blackwell, Hayden Empie — 3:26.64

THIRD PLACE

• Anizah Taylor — Cass — High jump — 5-0

• Anthony Banks — Cass — Long jump — 20-10.75

• Kaleb Dennis — Woodland — Triple jump — 41-11.50

• Allana Williams — Cartersville — Discus throw — 96-3

• Carder Brock — Cartersville — Shot put — 35-1

• Tyon Coe — Cartersville — 100-meter dash — 11.00

• Rylee Maxwell — Woodland — 3200-meter run — 12:23.32

• Braylon Hill — Cartersville — 400-meter dash — 50.90

• Thomas Smith — Cartersville — 300-meter hurdles — 40.87

• Kylie Ham — Cartersville — 800-meter run — 2:29.96

• Carson Robinson — Cartersville — 800-meter run — 1:59.17

• Madoxx Davis — Cartersville — 200-meter dash — 22.58

• Cartersville girls — 4x800-meter relay — Genevieve Alessandro, Sydney Burris, Riley Mahan, Vivi Vest — 11:23.32

• Cass girls — 4x200-meter relay — Chloe Dye, Kamerynn Easterline, Anizah Taylor, Javia Woodard — 1:50.76

• Cartersville girls — 4x400-meter relay — Novella Berlus, Kylie Ham, Leyla Booth, Ruth Chavez — 4:24.89

FOURTH PLACE

• Kenneth Wilkey — Cartersville — High jump — 6-2

• Christian Henderson — Woodland — Pole vault — 10-6

• Jette Julius — Woodland — Long jump — 15-1.50

• Jackson Montgomery — Cartersville — Long jump — 20-6.50

• Ryan Womack — Woodland — Triple jump — 41.3.25

• Henry Abernathy — Cartersville — Discus throw — 139-2

• Nakayla Evans — Cass — Shot put — 34-2

• Sailor DeHart — Woodland — 100-meter hurdles — 17.71

• Allison Snead — Woodland — 3200-meter run — 12:24.99

• Landon Dougherty — Woodland — 300-meter hurdles — 40.90

• Rylee Maxwell — Woodland — 800-meter run — 2:35.50

• Sydney Burris — Cartersville — 1600-meter run — 5:48.33

• Woodland girls — 4x200-meter relay — Madysen Grano, Andrea de Leon Pozuelos, Cyler Williams, Kirae Grayson — 1:51.78

• Cass girls — 4x100-meter relay — Nakayla Evans, Anizah Taylor, Shakiyah Ware, Laila Webb — 51.79

• Woodland boys — 4x400-meter relay — Raylen Johnson, Cameron Broome, Dakota Keane, Rowen Lee — 3:38.30