* South Granville's Shawnti Jackson won the high school girls 200m at the New York Grand Prix on Saturday
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Over a final high school season where Shawnti Jackson has seemingly done it all, the North Carolina native added one more item to her list of accomplishments on Saturday.
The South Granville (NC) graduate lined up in a star-laden 200 meter race at the New York Grand Prix alongside Montverde Academy's Adaejah Hodge, McDonogh School's Elise Cooper and Friends' Central's Avery Lewis, and she certainly didn't disappoint.
Jackson, the newly-minted national record-holder in the 100m, ran away from Hodge in the final steps, earning a win in 22.70 (+1.1) seconds, which tied her previous best from May at her own state championships.
Hodge was second in 22.85 seconds, while Cooper was third in 23.21 and Lewis fourth in 23.32 seconds.
The win, Jackson's 15th so far this season, continued her winning tradition. She hasn't lost a single race this season yet.
The only setback? Just a week prior, Jackson false-started in the blocks against Hodge in the New Balance Nationals Outdoor final, one that saw Hodge coast to the line in 22.64 seconds.
But there's nothing better than a head-to-head win, and for Jackson, who was competing at Icahn Stadium in New York City for the first time, it was a chest-pumping win, another statement over a season where she's made her mark.
She ran a wind-legal 10.89 seconds earlier this month at the Music City Track Carnival, earning a new national record. She also recorded a 400m best of 52.13 seconds in April.
Jackson will head off to the USATF U20 Championships, where she is entered in the 100m and 200m. Hodge represents the British Virgin Islands.
Men's 200m:
Just a few minutes after Jackson's win in the high school 200m, Montverde Academy's Issam Asinga lined up in the men's 200m, against Noah Lyles, and accounted himself well.
Asinga clocked a runner-up finish in 20.25 seconds, finishing behind Lyles, who ran 19.83.
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