GREENVILLE &045; As the rain kept coming down at Washington School, the Adams Christian Lady Rebels had fun.

Just not with the medals they intended on seeking.

Nikki Hankins ended up taking a second place in the 200 and third in the 400 Saturday in the final day of the MPSA state track meet with her second in the 200 coming as the team’s highest finish. The Lady Rebels finished fifth in the team standings with Washington ending Jackson Prep’s run of Class AAA state titles in the final tally.

The Lady Rebels, the defending state champion in the mile relay, came in third.

&uot;It was as sogging wet as it could be,&uot; AC head coach Bill Richardson said. &uot;There were slow times on the track. It’s been raining up here for two days and raining the whole weekend. Those three senior girls gave everything they’ve got since they’ve been running track, and they did the best they could do today. That’s all I can ask.&uot;

Hankins, who won both races last year and took the 400 in 60.0, came in third in a race of top-notch runners with a time of 59.2. It was a race that was predicted to produce a new Class AAA record, but Brittany Banard from Lee Academy won it in 58.7 seconds.

The state record is 58.2 seconds.

&uot;The winning time was on a soggy track,&uot; Richardson said. &uot;It was close, but the Banard girl won it. She came in with a 59.6, and on a soggy track she ran a 58.7.&uot;

Hankins also finished second in the 200 in 26.6 seconds. Other individuals were Katie Givens in sixth in the 300 hurdles in 51.2 seconds and Kim Robertson in fifth in the 800 in 2:34.

In relays, the mile team of Brittany Gamberi, Anna McLemore, Robertson and Hankins came in third in 4:20. The Lady Rebels won that race last year in a time of 4:13.

Prep won the race in 4:15.

&uot;Hankins had to run the 400, come back for the 200 and come back for the mile relay,&uot; Richardson said. &uot;Prep threw four fresh legs out there. We don’t have that. All I’ve got is those four girls who run. But we ran well. It just wasn’t our day, but they’re happy. You should see them out here. It just didn’t pan out today.&uot;

The same four in the 400 relay didn’t place due to a dropped baton.

Huntington’s girls ended up finishing seventh in the team standings, and it wasn’t for a lack of effort. Lady Hounds head coach Penny Moak said several times dropped from last week, but the best finish they came up with Saturday were two fourth-places finishes &045; Jessi Moak in the 800 and the mile relay team of Mollye Ashmore, Emily Anders, Jessi Moak and Whitney Bradford.

&uot;We ended up with a lot of fourth- and fifth-places, but we had a lot of our best times,&uot; Penny Moak said. &uot;The competition was really tough. Jessi had her best time in the 800. Our mile relay knocked 10 seconds off last week’s time, and that was their best time.

&uot;With the conditions, the times were good. The competition was really stiff this year. I’ve coached a long time, and I’ve never been at a track meet where it rained the whole day.&uot;

Jessi Moak finished the 800 in 2:43.26, and the mile relay finished in 4:32.9. Other results were Jessi Moak in sixth in the 3,200 in 14:12 and Katie Gray eighth in 15:17, Whitney Bradford fifth in the 300 hurdles in 53.19 seconds, Jessie Lee in fifth in the 100 hurdles in 18.28 seconds and Michelle Deckerlegand in sixth in the 1,600 in 6:32.35.

&uot;The girls hung in there,&uot; Penny Moak said. &uot;I have to give it to them. They ran in the pouring rain. They’ve had a pretty good year. We’re losing two seniors, and I think we’ve got something to build on. I’ll miss my seniors (Bradford and Jessi Moak) &045; they’ve been running since the seventh grade.&uot;