WILSON — The Washington track and field team closed its season out on Saturday at the 2-A east regional meet.

As a team, having limited regional qualifiers, the girls’ team managed to earn just seven points en route to a 20th-place finish, while the boys’ came in ninth place with 36 points.

Individually, having placed in the top four of their respective events, Washington will send two of its field athletes to the 2-A state championships to be held on Saturday at North Carolina A&T University. Senior Brandon Jackson finished second in the shot put with a mark of 48 feet, 6.75 inches, coming up a little more than an inch short of Northeastern’s William Simpson for first place.

“Brandon has had a great end to the season,” said head coach Jon Blank. “He’s not like a lot of throwers — a little more athletic and explosive and maybe not as strong as the other kids. He’s had to learn how to use that explosion to his advantage … He’s improved almost 10 feet since the beginning of the season, which is almost unheard of.”

Senior Javon Whitney excelled in the triple jump with a mark of 44 feet, 6.25 inches, good enough for second place and falling just 1.25 inches short of gold. Whitney also finished third in the long jump with a leap of 22 feet, seven inches, while also competing in the 100-meter dash alongside teammate Diavontrei Moore, though neither athlete made it past preliminaries.

“Javon went out there and just absolutely competed,” Blank said. “It was just a great competition and he rose the occasion, attacking the jump. Some guys tend to not do as well in pressure situations, but I thought he went out and gave us his best jump when the pressure was on.”

In the 400-meter dash, senior Myron Brooks finished with a time of 51.67, picking up two points and seventh place. Senior Jarquez Keyes had a solid showing in the preliminary round of the 110-meter hurdles, taking sixth-place with a time of 15.86, but was unable to repeat in the finals with a 16.35 mark (seventh place).

Sophomore Jahsean Smith quietly had one of his best individual performances of the season, falling one spot shy of a state championship-worthy finish in the 300-meter hurdles with a fifth-place time of 41.70.

“Since spring break, he’s just been lighting it up,” Blank said. “He’s been determined with a great work ethic. He was so close to getting into states. We wanted that for him.”

In a competitive 4-by-100-meter relay, the team of Keyes, Moore, Javon Whitney and Hykeem Ruffin finished in ninth place with a time of 45.11, while the 4-by-400-meter relay team of Kyle Hodges, Clinton Pope, Keyes and Brooks picked up two points with a seventh-place finish (3:39.22). Despite a disappointing showing from the 4-by-800 team, it was the 4-by-200 team that came just one-second short of qualifying for the state championships, taking fifth place with a time of 1:33.58.

For the girls, Alexis Moore, Nadaya Windley, Cierra Hales and Caitlin Hales all competed, but failed to place amongst the leaders in their respective individual events. However, Guadalupe Hernandez capped off a strong season in distance races, finishing seventh in the 3200-meter run with a time of 14:13.64.

The Washington girls 4-by-200 relay team of Caitlin Hales, Ashley Moore, Alexis Moore and Zanasia Crach had a strong outing, taking sixth place (1:52.79), while the 4-by-400 team of Windley, Ashley Moore, Alexis Moore and Cratch picked up a point by taking eighth place (4:31.35).

“I was super pleased with our young kids, all of our underclassmen really dealt with the adversity this year, handling it all in a positive way,” Blank said. “The guys who are coming back for us got a ton of experience because they were kind of thrown into the fire. Every one of them rose to the occasion”