Dreher girls capture another state AAA track title

Dreher high school’s girl’s track team won its second consecutive AAA state title and third championship in the past four years. The 60-member team qualified eight members for the state meet and repeated as S.C. State AAA Champions, scoring 80 points to outpace second-place Daniels with 63.

The team had outstanding performances by: Ferial Williams, DeQuenna Niles, Lauren Benjamin, and Vanessa Green, members of the 4 x 100 meter relay team that finished 4th in the state.

There also were record-breaking performances by the following athletes:

• Courtney Lemon finished 7th in the 200-meter dash, ran on the relay team that finished 4th and won South Carolina State Champion in the 100-meter dash;
  
• Liza Todd, placed first and won South Carolina State Champion in the pole vault;
  
• Brittney James finished 2nd in the triple jump, 2nd in the high jump, and 2nd in the 100-meter hurdles and won the South Carolina State Champion in the long jump.
  
• Sarah Binkley finished 8th in the 1600- and 3rd in the 3200-meter run;
  
• Nakia Billie finished 3rd in the state in both the 100-meter hurdles and the 400- meter hurdles;

Daniel Brooks and Ollie Wooden coached the team.