 Perryville's state champion 4 x 400 relay team. From left to right, Autumn Estep, Jordan Dodson. Alysa Conway, and Taesha Andre. The quartet won the Class 1A event at Saturday's MPSSAA track and field meet at Morgan State with a school-record time of 4 minutes, 8.9 seconds. Perryville Sierra Montz capped off an outstanding meet with a state title in the 300 intermediate hurdles at the MPSSA Track and Field Meet Saturday at Morgan State University. Montz also placed fourth in the triple jump and seventh in the high hurdles to go along with a third place finish in Thursday's long jump. Montz led the Panthers to a school-best second place finish in the team standings. Manchester Valley won the team title with 102.5 points while Perryville scored 87 points. Montz has a busy half hour Saturday. After her fourth place finish in the triple jump she went straight to the check-in for the 300 hurdles. "I wasn't really that tired," the junior said. "It helped me get warmed up for hurdles because that's really important. Everybody's always like 'warm up, warm up, warm up,' The coaches say the better you warm up and the more you're sweating the better you'll perform. So I think it helped me." Coming around the curve to the last 100 meters, two Montz's competitors clipped a hurdle and fell, but the Panthers' junior kept her composure. "One went down and then another went down," said Montz. "I just had to focus on my race and do what my coaches taught me to do." With the finish line in sight, Montz would not be denied. "Coming around the turn to the last hundred meters I knew once that girl got back up from falling she'd be coming for me," Montz said. "I just had to keep pumping my arms and do what my coaches taught me so I could finish strong." Immediately after the race, Montz wasn't sure how it feels to be a state champion. "I don't know," she said. "I'm still processing it. But I'm pretty excited right now." Montz' time of 48.68 seconds set a school record previously held by Sam Price. The Panthers' Autumn Estep, Jordan Dodson, Alysa Conway, and Taesha Andre claimed a state title and lowered their school record to 4:08.49 in the 4 x 400 relay. Estep, Conway, and Andre combined with Angelica Conway to capture gold in the 4 x 200 relay Thursday. Dodson capped off an outstanding career with her fifth state title, two in outdoor track, two indoors, and one in cross country. Other Perryville point scorers: Andre finished fifth in the 400 and eighth in the 100 meter dash. Estep placed eighth in the 400. Tori Antoshak was sixth in the 800. Dodson finished sixth in the 1600. Perryville (Angelica Conway, Brooke Doane, Christen Dodson, Alysa Conway) finished fifth in the 4 x 100 relay and established a school record with a time of 52.53 seconds. Hailey McDonald was third in the high jump and Teri Wennersten tied for seventh. Doane was seventh in the triple jump. Bohemia Manor's Colleen Schoch was third in the discus. Teammate Tara McDonald was fifth in the 1600. RELATED: Click HERE to view photos from day one of the state meet. Click HERE to view photos of the region meet. Click HERE to view track photos from throughout the season. The reigning two-time state champion Perryville boys (54 points) placed fourth behind champion Pikesville (91.5), North Carroll (57), and Colonel Richardson (56). Bohemia Manor (42) tied for fifth with Northwestern of Baltimore. It was a remarkable run for the Perryville boys senior class with state meet finishes of 3rd, 1st, 1st, and 4th. The Eagles' Ty Franks won the 1600 meter run by .35 seconds over North Carroll's Grant Dell for his 11th career title. The sophomore was sixth in the 800. Tyear Castle was the runner-up in the pole vault. Perryville's Cam Cunningham was second in the high hurdles and fifth in the intermediate hurdles with Shawn Montz sixth in the 110 hurdles and fourth in the 300 hurdles. Caleb Stevens placed fifth in the 1600 and Adam Thornton was seventh. In the pole vault, the Panthers' Corban Porch was third with Cameron Crosler fifth, and Justin Harreld seventh. Combined with the girls' performances Thursday, all six Perryville pole vaulters earned points, a testament to the coaching of Perryville's Raissa Moore and county pole vault guru Al Safrit, who also works with Castle, North East's record-setting Dean Palmer, and Rising Sun state qualifier Heather Martin. The Panthers' Ben Kuhn placed seventh in the discus. Bohemia Manor's Alex Lafountaine finished fifth in the 400. North East's Palmer placed eighth in the Class 2A 400. Rising Sun did not earn any points at the state meet. Tiger results: Martin - 14th in the pole vault, Josh Anderson - 15th in the shot put, Alex Kerns - 13th in the discus, Isaiah Vass - 12th in the high jump, and Marquis Topp - 13th in the triple jump. DAY ONE OF THE STATE MEET Bohemia Manor sophomore Ty Franks continues to chase records. The way he runs it's no surprise he's catching them quickly. Franks won his ninth career state title with a dominating performance in the 3200 meter run Thursday on day one of the state track and field meet at Morgan State University. In winning the event for the second time, Franks (9:53) defeated second place Grant Dell of North Carroll by 11 seconds. Perryville's Adam Thornton was third and Franks' teammate Chandler Brooks finished eighth. Perryville prevailed in the girls 4 x 200 relay. Taesha Andre, Angelica Conway, and Alysa Conway raced the Panthers to a lead when the baton was handed to anchor Autumn Estep. On the turn for home it appeared Surrattsville and New Town might catch Estep, but the Panthers' sophomore had other ideas, and finished strong to preserve the victory. Perryville (1:44.4) topped Surrattsville by .51 of a second and New Town by .81 of a second. The Panthers (Estep, Krissy McDuff, Jordan Dodson, and Tori Antoshak placed second in the 4 x 600 relay. Bohemia Manor (Tara McDonald, Chelby McCall, Marisa Koulen, and Jamie Rhudy finished sixth. The Panthers' Sierra Montz was third in the triple jump with teammate Brooke Doane seventh. The Perryville girls also excelled in the pole vault. Paiton Kelly was eighth, Hailey McDonald tied for 6th, and Natalie Owens finished fifth. Bohemia Manor (Damion Puzzo, Chandler Brooks, Luke Salata, and Franks were third in the 4 x 800 with Perryville (Tyler McCall, Caleb Stevens, Ben Douty, and Mitchell Johansen) fourth. Elijah Johnson of Perryville placed fifth in the long jump. North East pole vaulter Dean Palmer also turned in an outstanding performance. Palmer finished fourth in the 2A competition by clearing 13-6. He topped his previous best mark by a foot and is believed to have established a county record. Elkton's Zyphere Ruffin finished fifth in the long jump. Perryville's Jordan Dodson placed eighth in the 3200 meter run. North East's Susan Travis was ninth in the discus. 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