BRISTOL:Warriors capture district gold

Morris and company are headed to states!

By Steve Sherman
Sports Editor

Bristol junior Jordan Morris captured the district championship in the 400-meter dash last weekend in the District One-AA Track & Field championships held at Coatesville Area High School, turning in a blazing time of 50.34 in the event.
In addition to taking a third place medal in the 200-meter dash (23.01), Morris also anchored Bristol’s first place finish in the 4x100-meter relay, with he, Abass Kanu, Wendell Phillips, and James Volponi taking the gold in the event after finishing in 44.99.
Phillips also captured a runnerup medal in the 110-meter hurdles, turning in a time of 15.83. The Warriors also captured district gold in the 4x400-meter relay after finishing the race in 3:30.13. Unique Barnes teamed up with Phillips, Volponi and Morris in bringing home yet another gold medal to Bristol.
With the Warriors trailing by a significant margin in the 4x400 on Saturday, Morris made up the difference and more anchoring the team in his final race of the day. Earlier, he ran a 200-meter semifinal, took the gold in the 400, anchored the 4x100 to first place and made sure his team took the gold in the 4x400.
"His best performance of the day was in the four-by-four," stated Bristol Track & Field coach Jim Jones. "We were 40 meters behind when he took the baton but he didn't panic. He made up the distance a step at a time. By the time he got to the last turn, he kicked it up and overtook the leader.
"He brought us home with a real strong run."
All of the first place finishers are headed to states this Friday and Saturday at Shippensburg University.