The Richmond Hill High School Wildcats track and field team hosted their final home meet of the 2025 season on Friday night. This home meet also marked the final home meet at the Wildcats’ current campus. The next time the track and field teams for Richmond Hill host a meet, it will be at their new school in the spring of 2026. 

In the best way they could end their track and field history at 1 Wildcat Drive, both the boys’ and girls’ teams would leave the evening in first place out of the twelve teams in attendance. 

During the ‘Game Changers Apex Invite 2025’ track meet, the school and the community came together to celebrate the senior class of thirty-one athletes for their last time being at home for their events. 

A variety of high schools in the region attended, including Benedictine Military School, May River High School, Jenkins High School, South Effingham High School, New Hampstead High School, Camden County High School, McIntosh County Academy, Glynn Academy, Liberty County High School, Southeast Bulloch High School and Woodville Thompkins. 

The events began with the boys’ 2000 meter steeplechase event, in which Southeast Bulloch took the win.

The next event featured two of the girls’ basketball team star players, seniors Mmekom Inyang and Jada Brown, as they competed in the shot-put event. Brown finished first place out of twenty-four girls, with Inyang finishing in second. 

The boys’ team also featured two athletes from the same school, Richmond Hill, to finish first and second place in the shot put event. Both athletes are current sophomores; Jaleal Barnard finished in first place and Jack Sampsell finished in second place. 

A lighthearted event for all to enjoy, the varsity staff also set up a ‘Fun Run’ competition for Richmond Hill elementary students that allowed them to race against one another in the 100 meter event that was treated just like the varsity events.

Once their event concluded, the younger athletes on the varsity programs were able to also participate in the 100 meter event. 

There were a total of thirty-seven events held between the boys’ and girls’ teams of their respective programs. Of those thirty-seven events, Richmond Hill finished in first place nine times. They also placed in second in twelve events, including a one-two finish in multiple events. They also had six third place finishes and many others that were in the top five. 

Those high finishes allowed for the Richmond Hill boys’ team to finish with a total point accumulation of 185.5 points on the day–an astounding 77.5 points higher than second place finisher of nearby Glynn Academy. 

The girls’ team also benefited from the top finishes, as they would finish with 144 total points on the day. The second place finisher for the girls’ was from a neighboring Effingham County program, South Effingham. The Lady Mustangs finished with 116.5 points on the day.