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Rock Hill Herald Spring Sports’ Athletes of the Week
Trinity Bowins, Northwestern Girls’ Track: The Trojans’ senior made a personal-best 17-2.5 to win the long jump at the Region III, 4A championship at York, May 4.
Bowins also went 34-1.5 to win the triple jump at the same meet.
The Northwestern girls’ track team finished third at the region championships.
Garrett Brown, South Pointe Track: The Stallions’ junior ran a personal-best 4:25.40 to win the 1600-meter run at the Region III, 4A championship at York High, May 4.
Brown followed that up by running another personal-best 9:34.90 to win the region title in 3200-meter run.
Brown’s efforts helped lead the South Pointe track team to a region title, beating the field by 51 points.
Alivia Cleveland, Fort Mill Girls’ Track: The Yellow Jackets’ ran a 5:02.69 to win the 1600-meter run at the Region III, 5A championship at Spring Valley High, May 3.
Cleveland also won the region title in the 3200-meter run in 10:58.81.
Jordan Dahmer, Rock Hill Track: The Bearcats’ senior jumped a personal-best 6-8 to win the Region III, 5A championship at Spring Valley High, May 3.
Dahmer’s high jump tied a 34-year old school record.
Mason Haynes, Nation Ford Track: The Falcons’ sophomore won the 1600-meter run in 4:26.59 at the Region III, 5A state championship at Spring Valley High, May 3.
Haynes also won the 3200-meter run in 9:31.56 at the same meet.
Juelz Mickles, Lancaster Track: The Bruins’ junior ran a personal-best 10.98 to win the 100-meter dash at the Region III, 4A championship at York High, May 4.
Mickles also ran a 22.61 to finish third in the 200-meter dash at the same meet to lead the Lancaster boys’ track team to a fourth-place finish.
Evan Morris, Nation Ford Soccer: The Falcons’ senior goalkeeper allowed just one goal on a penalty kick rebound, despite playing 110 minutes including two overtimes to lead Nation Ford to a 2-1 win over No. 1 seed J.L. Mann on the road in the second round of the 5A state playoffs, May 3.
Nation Ford (16-7) also won 3-1 at Byrnes in the opening round of the playoffs, May 1 and lost at Clover, 4-1, in the third round, May 5.
Morris is a Queens University commit.
Jasmine Nixon, Indian Land Girls’ Soccer: The Warriors’ junior scored on a header and ripped another goal “upper 90,” to lead Indian Land to a 4-0 win over Airport in the second round of the 4A state playoffs, May 4.
Indian Land (18-2-1) also beat Wade Hampton 1-0 in the third round of the playoffs, May 6.
Deaton Reed, Indian Land Golf: The Warriors’ shot a one-under par, 71, to earn medalist honors at the Region III, 4A tournament at Lancaster Golf Club, May 1.
Reed led the Indian Land golf team to a region title at the same match.
Morgan Savage, Legion Collegiate Girls’ Lacrosse: The Lancers’ senior scored two goals to help Legion Collegiate to a 14-11 win at Rabun Gap Nacoochee, May 6.
Legion Collegiate is 8-4 overall this season.
** Information published today includes statistics through May 6.
If you want to nominate an athlete: Athletes of the week highlights high school players with outstanding performances. The goal is to recognize all athletes in all sports, both the most accomplished and the underrated or underappreciated players. If you want to suggest someone to be included in the Athletes of the week column, send email to Jay Edwards at edwardswork23@gmail.com. Please include the athletes’ name, school, class, photos and applicable game performance statistics. Coaches must be willing to verify information.
This story was originally published May 10, 2023 at 12:45 PM.