Three Royals to compete in Jacksonville track meet

Three students from Jay High School's track team will compete in the state competition at University of North Florida at Jacksonville scheduled for this weekend.

Ninth grader Jillian Thornton will compete in the high jump and 10th-grader Landry Cato will compete in the pole vault on Saturday morning. Junior Conner Roberts will compete in the 300 meter hurdles this Friday, May 3.

“There are 17 events in track that will qualify 24 competitors across the state,” said Jay High School's girls' track head coach Stan Blackmon. “They run all qualifiers there competing. They are all there and it is a b...