NewsAthleticsUpper SchoolTrack and Field
Cox wins state track title, leads boys to third-place finish
May 6, 2013 8:41 AM
By Alan Parish - FF/S
Senior Alex Cox won an individual state championship in the 400 meters, leading the boys' track and field team to a third-place team finish. The conditions were incredibly challenging as it rained all day and there were streams of muddy water on the track; but the boys thrived.
Cox ran a personal record time by over a second with a 48.97. His previous personal best was run at the State Sectional meet; a 50.11. Cox won the 400 meters by almost 2 full seconds a week after defeating the same field of runners at Sectionals by only tenths of a second. Cox also placed 3rd in the 800 meters and 5th in the pole vault.
Click here to read a Rome News-Tribune article. One correction from the article is that the 1600 meter relay team that placed 2nd was composed of Cox, Avery Cypress, Ian Winder, and Chandler Duggan.
Watch a video of all the finals by clicking here, Cox's 400 meter race is at the 38-minute mark.
Click here to see photos from day 1, and here to see photos from days 2 and 3.
Cox ran a personal record time by over a second with a 48.97. His previous personal best was run at the State Sectional meet; a 50.11. Cox won the 400 meters by almost 2 full seconds a week after defeating the same field of runners at Sectionals by only tenths of a second. Cox also placed 3rd in the 800 meters and 5th in the pole vault.
Click here to read a Rome News-Tribune article. One correction from the article is that the 1600 meter relay team that placed 2nd was composed of Cox, Avery Cypress, Ian Winder, and Chandler Duggan.
Watch a video of all the finals by clicking here, Cox's 400 meter race is at the 38-minute mark.
Click here to see photos from day 1, and here to see photos from days 2 and 3.
