The Estill girls took second and the boys finished third in a remarkable turnaround in the Region 5A meet on April 28.
"From placing last place last year to where we are now," said coach J.C. Threatt. "I think that is quite an accomplishment."
Wesley Johnson and Whitney Bennett had the team's two first-places finishes, with Johnson winning the boys high jump with a 5'6" and Bennett winning the girls discus, with a 98'7" throw.
The top four finishers in each event will advance to the Lower State meet on Saturday at Charleston Southern beginning at 10 a.m.
Destiny Johnson shined as the first leg of the 4x100 team, which finished third with a time of 55.23 seconds. Johnson also finished third in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.90 and she finished second in the 200-meter dash with a time of 27.29.
The girls 4x100 relay team will be competing for the Lower State title. Those runners are Johnson, Aaliyah Loadholt, Lydia Mikell and Veronica Sanders. The 4x800 team (Loadholt, Aaliyah Murdaugh, Sanders and Yazmine Thomas) will also advance, thanks to their third-place run of 14:18:90. The 4x400 relay team (Shagail Smith, Loadholt, Sanders and Murdaugh) will also be in Charleston on Saturday.
The others that made all region team were: Demario Dobson in the 1600-meter dash (5:12); William Lewis in the 200-meter dash (22.68).
Boys competing Saturday will include: Johnson (high jump, 110h, 400h), Zenard Choice (triple jump), the 4x100 and 4x800 teams (Louis Williams, William Lewis, Aaron Loadholt, Lamar Brown, Dobson and Trenton O'Banner), Dobson (1600m, 800m), Wynton Gray (1600m), Loadholt (400m, 800m.)
"We are blessed to take as many kids to Lower State as we are," said Threatt. "They made some noise at the region meet and I believe they will make some noise in Charleston."
The overall results of the region meet were as follows. The girls placed second with a score of 58 while Allendale-Fairfax placed first with a score of 218. The boys placed third with a score of 102, behind Allendale-Fairfax (224) and Bamberg-Ehrhardt (107). Estill finished ahead of Calhoun County and Denmar-Olar.

The girls' results were as follows:
Discus: 1st place: Whitney Bennett 98'7; 4th place Shagail Smith 70'7; 6th Jozlyn Forrester 26'10
Shot Put: 3rd Shagail Smith 29'6; 4th Whitney Bennett 29'3; 5th Jozlyn Forrester 26'10
4x100 Relay: 3rd place: 55.23 seconds (Destiny Johnson, Aaliyah Loadholt, Lydia Mikell, Veronica Sanders)
4x800 Relay: 3rd place:14:18 ( Aaliyah Loadholt, Aaliyah Murdaugh, Veronica Sanders, Yazmine Thomas)
4x400 Relay: 4th place: 5:27 (Shagail Smith, Aaliyah Loadholt, Veronica Sanders, Aaliyah Murdaugh)
100 Meter: 3rd place Destiny Johnson 12.90 seconds
200 Meter: 2nd place Destiny Johnson 27.90 seconds
400 Meter: 6th place Lydia Mikell 1:14:10 minutes

The boys' results were as follows:
High Jump: 1st place: Wesley Johnson 5'6
Triple Jump: 3rd place: Zenard Choice 36'4
4x100 Relay: 2nd place: 44.36 (Louis Williams, William Lewis, Aaron Loadholt, Lamar Brown)
4x800 Relay Team: 2nd place: 9:21:32 (Demario Dobson, Trenton O'Banner, Lamar Bown, Aaron Loadholt)
110 Hurdles: 3rd place Wesley Johnson 18.01; 6th place Kristopher Mitchell 20.90 seconds
1600 Meter: 1st place Demario Dobson 5:12:11; 4th place Wynton Gray 5:38.32
400 Meter: 3rd place Aaron Loadholt 52.47 seconds
400 Meter Hurdles: 3rd place Wesley Johnson 1:07.33
800 Meter: 2nd place Demario Dobson 2.12.26; 3rd place Aaron Loadholt 2:15.82