BHS Track and Field Teams Earn Several At-Large Spots for This Week's State Meet in Charleston
By Connect-Bridgeport Staff on May 18, 2025
As expected, the Bridgeport High School track and field teams earned several at-large spots in the state meet from their performances at last week’s Class AAA Region I championship meet.
Automatic qualifiers for the state meet were the top two finishers from each of the four regions in all running events as well as the long jump, shot put and discus. At-large spots in every running event as well as long jump, shot put and discus went to the next best eight times or distances regardless of region.
To see the automatic qualifiers for the Indians see HERE
Earning at large spots for the BHS boys are:
- Will George with a fifth-place finish in the 200 with a time of 23.16
- Troy Zorick with a seventh-place time of 9:54.43 in the 3,200
- The 4x400 team of Alex Moses, Kieran Moore, Quentin Collier and Timmy Jeffress with a third-place time of 3:31.19.
- The 4x800 team of Ethan Smell, Quentin Collier, Zorick and William Northey with a fourth-place time of 8:13.90.
- The shuttles team of Sawyer Culicerto, Aiden Gorby, Carter Zuliani and Gabe Martin with a third-place time of 1:00.71.
- Jeffress in the long jump with a fourth-place finish of 20-02.75
- Zuliani in the discus with a third-place throw of 148-09
- Wes Brown Jr. in the discus with a fifth-place throw of 147-00
Earning at large spots for the BHS girls are:
- Giana Cox with a third-place time of 12.44 in the 100.
- Mikaela DeMoss with a sixth-place time of 11:49.08 in the 3,200.
- Myleigh Smell with a fifth-place time of 49.26 in the 300 hurdles.
- The 4x800 team of Bethsayed Dankiewicz, Abigale Stewart, DeMoss and Ash McBrayer with a sixth-place time of 10:29.92.
- The shuttles team of Bria Smell, Katie Backus, Carley Lattea and Myleigh Smell with a third-place time of 1:07.76
- Haydn Henderson in the long jump with third-place finish at 17-00.25 and Scarlett Edgell with a sixth-place finish in the long jump at 15-09.25.
- Becky Pepper-Jackson in the shot with a third-place throw of 34-03.75 and in the discus with a fourth-place throw of 108-08.
