03/28/2024
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West Bladen’s track and field teams were not able to compete in an official meet in 2020 as the coronavirus halted sports activities less than a week before their first Three Rivers Conference meet.

The Knight boys finished 3rd in the 2019 Three Rivers Conference championship meet and were expecting a banner year in 2020, while junior Tinyauh Rhoda, the defending TRC champion in the 200 meter dash, headlined the list of Lady Knight returnees.

West Bladen senior Davion Willis-Howard was the defending champion in the boys 110 meter hurdles and also placed third in the 300 meter hurdles.

Tyre Boykin piled up points for the Knights in the 2019 TRC meet with 2nd-place finishes in both the 100 meter and 200 meter dashes and a 3rd-place finish in the triple jump.

Boykin was also a member of the West Bladen 4×400 and 4×200 meter relay teams who both posted runner-up finishes in the TRC meet. Other members of the 4×400 team were ShyRon Adams, Abdul Taylor, Javonta Matthews and Jadacus Register. Adams, Taylor, Willis-Howard and Andrew AJ Brown joined Boykin on the 4×200 relay team.

Taylor recorded a runner-up finish in the 300 meter hurdles and claimed 4th place in the 110 meter hurdles. Adam was 2nd in the long jump, and Brown placed 5th in the TRC a year ago.

The boys 4×800 relay team of Jacob Bryan, Nathaniel Davis, Donovan Stone, Javonta Matthews and Tyre Ford finished 4th in the 2019 TRC meet.

In addition to her victory in the 200 meters, Rhoda finished second in both the 100 meters and the long jump and was 4th in the triple jump.

Senior Alyssa Bell placed 3rd in the 800 meters in the 2019 TRC and 7th in the 400 meters. The 4×400 meter girls relay team of Bell, Maleah Walker, Victory Crawford and Amyia Williams posted a 4th place finish.

West Bladen seniors who have now completed their high school careers include: Tyre Boykin, Davion Willis-Howard, Andrew AJ Brown, Jacob Bryan, Trashawn Ballard, Jeremiah Payton, Alyssa Bell, Victory Crawford, Amyia Williams and Samaria Grant.

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