District 5-2A Track Championship: Palatka's Girl Power

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Panthers win 1st district title this century, while boys team is surprisingly 2nd

  • State champion thrower Torryence Poole holds the trophy as the Palatka Junior-Senior High School girls track team has fun celebrating its district championship for the first time this century. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
    State champion thrower Torryence Poole holds the trophy as the Palatka Junior-Senior High School girls track team has fun celebrating its district championship for the first time this century. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
  • Palatka’s Hayden Newman looks at his team’s time after anchoring the winning boys 4x100 relay team. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
    Palatka’s Hayden Newman looks at his team’s time after anchoring the winning boys 4x100 relay team. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
  • Palatka’s Chavaris Dumas lands after making a long jump attempt Thursday. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
    Palatka’s Chavaris Dumas lands after making a long jump attempt Thursday. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
After a frustrating year that has not seen a district championship won by a Putnam County team, the Palatka Junior-Senior High School track team took care of matters on Thursday. It just was not the…

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