The Lady RedHawks of GJHS Track came out strong against the Northwood Panthers Thursday night. The 8^th grade girls took the win with a score of 64 -35. The girls swept 3 events taking 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd places in the 800-meter run, 1600-meter run, and the 100-meter low hurdles.

While the 7^th graders did not win their competition, they showed great improvement from their first meet with many girls achieving new personal best times.

Special shout outs go to our top scorers of the night.

7^th grade scorers: Kara Gwaltney, 1^st place in the 100-meter hurdles, Aleia Ellison, 2^nd place in the 100-meter hurdles and 3rd place in the 200-meter dash, Destiny Sanchez, 1^st place in the 100-meter dash and 1^st place in the high jump, Sira Green, 2^nd place in both the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes, and Greidys Cruz, 3^rd in the 400-meter run.  The 4X100-meter relay team of Aleia Ellison, Destiny Sanchez, Kara Gwaltney, and Cecylia Gomez-Wengerd also took first place for the 7^th grade girls.

8^th grade scorers: Aubrie Collins, 1^st place in the shot put and the discus, Jiana Camacho, 1^st place in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes, Sydney McLaughlin, 1^st place in the 800-meter run, Emilia Martin, 2^nd place in the 800-meter run and 1^st place in the 1600-meter run, Penelope Jimenez, 1^st place in the 400-meter dash and 3^rd place in the 100-meter hurdles, Steffi Diaz, 3^rd place in the 400-meter run, Magdalena Miller, 2^nd place in the high jump and 1600-meter run and 3^rd place in the 800-meter run, Neja Kamalakanth, 3 place in the 1600-meter run, Claire Schrock, 2^nd in the 100-meter hurdles, Emali Diaz, 2^nd in the long jump, and Tian Ci Wang, 1^st place in the 100-meter hurdles. The 4X400-meter relay team of Sydney McLaughlin, Neja Kamalakanth, Norah Osborne, and Tian Ci Wang also took 1^st place for the 8^th grade girls.