The Chamblee Middle School Lady Bulldogs were crowned champions for the second time at the DeKalb/APS Middle School Track Challenge held at Lakewood recently.
The Chamblee Lady Bulldogs claimed gold in six of 14 events to win the recent DeKalb/Atlanta Public Schools Middle School Track Challenge at Lakewood Stadium in Atlanta.
The win gives DeKalb a four-year streak in the event which began in 2022 to feature the best of both DeKalb County and Atlanta Public Schools middle school track athletes. Chamblee also won the crown in 2023.
Chamblee’s six event victories along with one second and one third place finish totaled 105 points (second most points to Henderson’s 105.5 in 2024) with Decatur’s Beacon Hill in second with 57 and DeKalb’s Champion Theme in third with 40. Chamblee also claimed a new meet record along the way.
Lydia Talbert led the Chamblee charge sweeping the 100-meter (12.69) and 200-meter (26.22) dashes. Audry Hartnett claimed gold in the 800-meter run (2:43.28) as the other individual title winner for the Bulldogs.
The Chamblee quartet of Amya Curtis, Audrey Bonds, Sienna Simon and Talbert ran to a meet record of 51.70 in the 4×100-mter relay breaking the mark of 51.91 set by Henderson a year ago.
Bonds joined Kate Henry, Avery Domenelli and Dea Mikoleit in running to a first place finish in the 4×200-meter relay (1:52.77). Henry was joined by Anaya Amin, Ava Dennis and London Parks as the Bulldogs took the 4×400-meter relay (4:36.92) title.
Madisen Johnson picked up a silver in the 100-meter hurdles (17:40) behind John Lewis’ Shaniyah Crawford’s record setting pace of 17:18.
The 4×800-meter team gave the Bulldogs a bronze medal with a time of 4:30.65.
Beacon Hill’s second place finish was paced by Arianna Council’s new meet record of 5:45.54 breaking the mark of 5:47.33 set by Peachtree’s Sarah Jane Shipley in last year’s meet. Beacon Hill also claimed first place in the 4×800-meter relay with a time of 4:36.92 (no participant names listed).
Beacon Hill claimed silver medals in the 400-meter dash (Zoe Epps, 1:05.41), 800-meter run (Katelyn Frank, 2:46.53) and the 4×400-meter relay (4:37.74).
Conner Hall (Cedar Grove) set a record in the high jump of 5-00.00 to break the old mark of 4-02.00 set by Chamblee’s Katelyn Avery set in 2023.
Other gold medal winners in the meet include Hazel Harper (Salem) in the 400-meter dash (1:04.11), Khloe Smith (Sutton) in the long jump (15-06.50) and Harris Eden (Henderson) in the shot put (31-05.00).
See links below for DeKalb/APS Middle School Track Challenge results/records:
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