Hurricanes win five-team meet at Rockmart

March 6, 2026

Laney Saunders cleared 10 feet and won the pole vault competition at Rockmart on March 5. Photos: Cartersville HS Athletics

The Cartersville High School girls and boys track and field teams each won a five-team meet on Thursday at Rockmart High School.

The Lady Canes (78 points) finished ahead of host Rockmart (51) and Paulding County (51). Hiram (46) was fourth, followed by South Paulding (24).

The Cartersville boys (124) dominated their competition, with Paulding County (40) and Hiram (35) taking second and third place, respectively. South Paulding and host Rockmart finished with 33 points.

Actavious Thompson won the long jump and triple jump, and was on the winning 4x400 and 4x200 relay teams on March 5.

Event winners for Cartersville:

• Cartersville boys 4x100 meter relay  — 43.18 — Bryson Everett, Kayden Blackwell, Madoxx Davis, Tyon Coe

• Cartersville girls 4x800 meter relay — 12:20.19 — Lucy Dicara, Genesis Torres, Ella Sabaka, Riley Mahan

• Cartersville girls 4x400 meter relay — 4:45.82 — Novella Berlus, Sydney Burris, Vivi Vest, Leyla Booth

• Cartersville boys 4x400 meter relay — 3:30.69 — Actavious Thompson, Braylon Hill, Hayden Empie, Tripp Chitwood

• Cartersville boys 4x200 meter relay — 1:29.41 — Zion Ayeni, Dakari Young, Brayden Doss, Actavious Thompson

• Ethan Empie — 1600 meter run — 4:36.89

• Ethan Empie — 800 meter run — 2:03.13

• Bryson Everett — 200-meter dash — 22.35

• Xavier Lowe — High jump — 6-4

• Laney Saunders — Pole vault — 10-0

• Luke Gibson — Pole vault — 9-0

• Actavious Thompson — Long jump — 21-6.50

• Actavious Thompson — Triple jump — 43-2

• Carder Brock — Discus throw — 115-9

• Allana Williams — Shot put — 35-7.50

The next meet for Cartersville is the Dalton High School Friday Night Lights on March 13.