Eastern Randolph’s Corea wins indoor states by large margin in shot put

Mirianna Corea (Courtesy photo) 

WINSTON-SALEM — Eastern Randolph senior Mirianna Corea won the shot put in this week’s Class 1A-3A state championship for girls’ indoor track and field at JDL Fast Track.

Corea had a throw of 38 feet, 1½ inches, for a sizable margin on runner-up Mariclaire Smith (30-9½) of Madison.

Corea is a past outdoor state champion in shot put and discus.

Trinity’s Kayla Franklin placed second in the triple jump in 33 feet, 33½ inches – 7 inches shy of the mark from champion Amoni Saunders of Northeastern.

Wheatmore’s Kylyn Surratt ended up sixth in the pole vault (7 feet), while teammates Paisley Boone (shot put, 26-1, seventh) and Kahmarii McNeill (55-meter hurdles, 10.90 seconds, eighth).