GDW Analysis:
Under pleasant weather conditions, two counties clashed in the annual Cullman County vs. Marshall County track meet from Cullman's Oliver Woodard Stadium Thursday.
Seven schools were from Cullman County with five representing Marshall County in a series of running and field events.
From the girls' results, Marshall County was superior with Guntersville the winner scoring 144 points, Arab 2nd at 121, Albertville in 3rd at 113, DAR taking 4th at 104.
The best finish by a county group was Cullman 5th at 88 points.
Cullman stood out in the varsity division by edging Guntersville with 123.5 points to 123 for the Wildcats.
Albertville was a distant 3rd at 86 and just ahead of the West Point Warriors who tallied 84 for 4th place.
Arab was on the heels of West Point for 5th in the meet collecting 81 points.
Spotlighting local winners:
Asa Sutter of West Point 1st in 110 hurdles (15.57), 1st in Triple Jump (43 feet and a quarter)
Nic Fallin of Fairview 1st in Long Jump (21-11), 2nd in Discus (124-2)
Isiah Moore of Cullman 1st in Discus (156-1), 1st in Shot Put (45-8)
Brady Johnson of Vinemont 1st in 1,600 meter (4:29.16)
Rush Lamar of West Point 1st in 300 hurdles (42.51)
Madeline Stidham of Cullman 1st in 1,600 meter (5:39.58) 1st in 3,200 meter (12:12.55)
Cullman 1st in 400 relay (44.22)
Andrew Latham of Fairview 1st in Javelin (164-5)
Daniel Figueroa of Holly Pond 1st in 100 meter (14.26), 1st in 200 meter (28.55)
Photo of West Point track athlete Asa Sutter with father Steven Sutter during an event in the 2024 season. Sutter won 2 events Thursday and helped West Point to 4th overall in team scoring.
Photo courtesy of Stephanie Sutter Phillips.
