Greenville's Franklin shines at Friday's Cotton Ford Relays
April 3, 2009

By STEVE SHWARTS
Herald-Banner Staff

GREENVILLE -- The TA Cotton Ford track meet was a success for the Greenville High School varsity boys and varsity girls track squads Friday at Cotton Ford Stadium.

The Greenville girls team finished first with 195 points, followed by Forney which had 167 points. Paris High School finished third with 57 points.

The Greenville boys team had a team total of 134.66 which was just behind first place Forney, which had 188 points. Sachse High School finished third with 114.33 points.

For Greenville, Jessica Franklin was a big winner as she finished first in the long jump with a jump of 17-10. Franklin also finished first in the triple jump with a 39-2&1/2 total. Franklin also took first place in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.93. And finally, Franklin was a first-place winner in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 49.30.

Coach JoAnna Vaden of Greenville said, “We ended up getting first place with our varsity girls track team, and the junior varsity team got second place in the meet. I was proud that every girl got personal records in their event.”

Dujoun Shepard of Greenville boys team, finished first in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 41.36. Sheppard also finished third in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.08. Shepard, Dominique Mitchel of Greenville and Leshaun Murphy of Sachse High School finished third in the high jump, each with 5-06.00.

“My team ran hard,” coach Ivory Dillard said. “Colby Johnson had a 10.7 in the 100-meter dash and a 22.3 in the 200-meter dash. I was proud of my team.”

The Greenville junior varsity boys finished third in their division with 76 points, while the Greenville junior varsity girls finished second in their division with 89 points. The winning team in the JV girls division was Forney High School with 265 points. In the JV boys division Sachse High School won with 213 points, while Forney took second place with 190 points.