Pugh, King lead Richmond girls; Johnson, Jackson lead RHS guys

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Pugh, King lead Richmond girls; Johnson, Jackson lead RHS guys

Thu, 04/11/2024 - 16:45
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Fittingly perhaps, a senior helped lead Richmond in girls track and field Tuesday, when the Spartans hosted the Hoot Middleton Invitational, also designated as Senior Night. Kaylee Pugh, who’ll graduate in May, placed second in the 100- and 200-meter dashes. Pugh also ran on Richmond’s runner-up 400 relay team and sixth-place 800 relay team. Other Richmond girls contributors included Kaylee King. The junior won the triple jump by leaping 10.61 meters. King also placed second in the long jump and 100 high hurdles, and eighth in the 300 low hurdles. Pugh and King helped the Richmond girls place seventh among 13 schools in the team standings with 64.5 points. Coincidentally, the Richmond boys also placed seventh. They finished with 51 points. A junior, Jacob Johnson, led the Spartans, winning the boys long and triple jumps. He was among three Richmond guys to place in the top four, with Cyrus Jackson and Nathan Nichols completing that trio. Jackson took second in the 200 in 23.62…

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