The Bainbridge Middle School Bearcats claimed first place at the Dougherty County Middle School Championship Invitational last Thursday, and the girls got third place.

The Bearcats won with a total of 162 points, with eight first place finishes. Albany Middle School was second with 75 points.

The 4-by-100 team of Zion Bouie, Deyon Bouie, Caleb Lewis and Caleb McDowell snagged first place in a time of 45.64. The 4-by-400 team of Donye Mills, Deyon Bouie, Davonte Stepney and Caleb McDowell took first place with a time of 3:52.90.

Another 4-by-400 team including Lewis, Courtney Thomas, Bryan Washington and Rashad Broadnax took second place with a time of 3:53.90.

Caleb McDowell was first in the 100 meters with a time of 11.73 and first in the 200 meter with a time of 23.80. Deyon Bouie was second in the 100 meter with a time of 11.88 and fourth in the 200 meter with a time of 24.10.

Donye Mills crushed the 400 meter with a time of 55.10 and a first place finish. Davonte Stepney also got first in the 400 with a time of 56.43. Titus Porter came in third in the 800 meter with a time of 2:14.60. Behind him was Mark Taylor with a seventh place finish in 2:21.79.

Titus Porter ran the 1600 meter in 5:43.82 for a second place finish and Mark Taylor came through in the 1600 meter in 5:45.05 for third place.

Deyon Bouie leapt into first place in the high jump with a jump of 5-feet-7-inches. Caleb McDowell took second place in the high jump with a 5-foot-7-inch leap.

Courtney Thomas was fourth in the long jump at 18-feet-7-inches and Eric Sanders was eighth in the long jump at 17-feet-2-inches.

Fifth place in the triple jump was claimed by Eric Sanders at 32-feet-2-inches and Donye Mills took seventh place in the triple jump at 32-feet-2-inches.

Lawson Chandler threw his way to first place in the shot put with a 41-foot-5-inch toss and Tymere Wimberly took sixth with a 34-foot-9-inch throw.

Blaze Allen came in fifth in the discus with a 107-foot-8-inch throw and Tymere Wimberly took eighth with an 83-foot-2-inch throw.

The Lady Cats had three first place finishes.

The 4-by-100 team of Ashanta Peterson, Emma Briggs, Ahmara Register and Angel Peterson came in sixth place in a time of 54.90.

The 4-by-100 team of Makayla Kincaid, Diah Brown, Ashjua Walden and Sanya Davis finished in eighth with a time of 56.09.

Ashanta Peterson, Emma Briggs, Ahmara Register and Angel Peterson came in fifth in the 4-by4—with a time of 4:56.20.

Angel Peterson clocked in at 14:15 in the 100 meter for eighth place. Ahmara Register came in seventh in the 200 meter with a time of 28.04, Emma Briggs came in seventh place in the 400 meter with a time of 1:08.24, Isabella Dean came in first in the 800 meter with a 2:43.85. Tyneisha Galloway was behind her in seventh with a time of 3:09.79.

Viviana Schuyler came in first in the 1600 meter in a time of 6:26.62 and also claimed fourth in the 75-meter hurdle in a time of 13.90. Emma Briggs got second in the high jump with a four-foot leap and Detavia Salters claimed seventh in the high jump at 3-feet-10-inches.

Angel Peterson got fifth in the long jump with a leap of 13-feet-8-inches and Ahmara Register was in sixth with the same distance. Register also got seventh in the triple jump with a 27-foot-1-inch jump.

Taralyn Brown got second in the shot put with a throw of 27-feet-5-inches and Detavia Salters got fourth with a throw of 26-feet-9-inches.

Raven Williams threw the discus 81-feet and claimed first place and Latricia Curry was behind her at second place with a 62-foot-3-inch throw.