Through hard work and better focus, Southern Regional track and field athletes Garron Smith and Kara Davis have been blazing new paths this winter. On Feb. 15, they each captured NJSIAA South Jersey Group 4 titles for the first time.
SOARING: Southern Regional sophomore Kara Davis (above) and junior Garron Smith (below) each captured NJSIAA South Jersey Group 4 championships on Feb. 15. Davis won the 55-meter dash title, while Smith won the pole vault crown. (Photos Courtesy Southern Athletics)
“I wasn’t expecting to win,” said Davis, who reset her record in the 55-meter dash with a time of 7.27 seconds inside the John Bennett Center in Toms River. “But I’ve been training really hard, waiting for this moment, and all that work is slowly coming out.
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