Lauryn Ghee Going For Her Triple Triple Crown
There a lot of huge stars in Virginia but none have dominated quite like Lauryn Ghee (Grassfield) has. This state meet she will be attempting to win her third triple crown in a row. A triple crown being when an athlete wins the 55-300-500 indoors or 100-200-400 outdoors.
Lauryn will no doubt give it her best shot and have a strong chance at pulling it off but that won't come without a lot of adversity from tough competitors. She will have to face off with the US leader in the 55mH (Shadajah Ballard - Western Branch) in the 55m dash and then face off with her closest rival, Destiny Ward (Oscar Smith) in the 300.
Both of these athletes will provide their fair share of competition for Ghee but the University of Florida commit just always finds a way to step things up when she needs to. Last year for example, she set facility records in the 300 and 500 and a state meet record in the 55 all en route to state titles.
If Ghee can pull this feat off, she will solidify herself as one of the greatest ever. One thing though is for sure, it will come down to the line in both the 55 and 300 this weekend.