B.E.'s Loy Sets State Discus Record, Girls Team Wins State

The Battling Bishops added another state title to the trophy case on Saturday as the girls track team took home the AA State Championship title.

The Lady Bishops finished with 88 points, 13 points ahead of AA runner-up Batesburg-Leesville. Full results from the state track meet is available from SCRunners.com. The Lady Bishops didn't dominate the competition in many events aside from the 4X400 meter relay and 4X800 meter relay and Michelle Lussier's 400 meter hurdle win, but they racked up enough points with lots of second and third place finishes to come away with the win.

Among the Lady Bishops Lussier's 400 meter hurdle performance was good enough to meet the National Silver Standard, putting her among the elite hurdlers across the nation.

On the boys side the Bishops placed second overall to Woodland. The boys team managed a few more top finishes in event that the girls team, led by Griffie Loy who set a new state record in the discus, and also took the state title in the shot put. Loy's discus throw of 196 feet, six inches crushed the old record of 185 feet set in 1996, SCRunners.com reports.

The Bishops 4X800 meter relay team also won the state title in its event, along with Christian Widenhouse in the 1600 meter and DeAngelo Stephenson in both the 400 meter dash and the 200 meter dash.

Loy's winning throws in discus and shot put, and Stephenson's 400 meter dash and 200 meter dash times were also good enough to meet the National Silver Standard.