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Gainesville's Quinones, Jefferson's Hamrick earn individual state track titles
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Colton Quinones of Gainesville led the way for local track and field athletes with a state title in the Class AAAAA discus throw in the boys track and field state championships this weekend at Jefferson Memorial Stadium. Buford’s 400-meter relay team of Khalil Anderson, Xavier Gantt, Evyn Cooper and Brandon Mangram placed first in Class AAA. For the host Dragons, Jefferson’s Mason Hamrick also won a state championship in the Class AA pole vault; teammate James Howard finished second. In the rest of Class AA, Satchel Turpin took home a second place finish in the triple jump and a seventh place finish in the high jump for the Dragons.
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