Kitchens qualifies for state in all four individual events as Lady Cats, Wildcats get ready for Rome

Wade Cheek/The Clayton Tribune. Arabella Nepa (left) hugs Lindsay Whitmire (right) after Whitmire finished her leg of the girls 4x800m relay at state sections in Bremen. The girls relay team squeaked into the state championship meet after Whitmire clinched the last spot with a lean into the finish line.

Wade Cheek/The Clayton Tribune. WIldcat Sean Flaherty will be traveling to Rome this weekend for the track and field state championships after qualifying for state with an 11-foot-6 vault to place fourth in sectionals.

Wade Cheek/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun thrower Vivian Fisher qualified for the state championship meet in Rome after placing sixth in the discus with a mark of 101-foot-11. Fisher placed 10th in the shot put.

Wade Cheek/The Clayton Tribune. Senior distance runner G.B. Anderson kicks off the first leg of the 4x800m relay for the Rabun County boys team. The Wildcats finished eighth, qualifying for the state meet.