NCHSAA 1A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Women - Team Rankings - 18 Events Scored (TOP 10 TEAMS)
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1) Topsail 88 2) Princeton 40
3) Swain County 38 4) South Stokes 36
4) Hayesville 36 6) Bishop McGuinness 33
7) Albemarle 28 8) North Stokes 26
9) East Columbus 24 9) Chatham Central 24
Full Results
Girls Highlights:
- Jania Bogle of Princeton led the way in the prelims and the finals of the 100m dash. She clocked a 12.35 to win the 100 by about 2 tenths of a second. She also won the 200m dash with a 25.99 in the prelims. However the fastest time of the day was by Tiffany Mullin from Topsail in the prelims, 25.68.
- Chelsea Mudd of South Stokes won the 400 with a time of 1:01.11. Close behind in 1:01.30 was Emily Morris of West Montgomery.
- Tara Lindeman ran away from the field in the 800m run. She clocked a very impressive 2:20.83 which is one of the top 10 times in the state. Most impressive, it was about a 10 second improvement.
- Anna Hayes of East Wilkes won the 1600 with a time of 5:25.99. Heather Hofmann of Bishop ran 5:26.69 for 2nd place. These two have been battling for quite some time.
- Jordan-Matthews' Elizabeth Humphries won the 3200 with a time of 12:03.05. She won by 18 seconds.
- Joanna Davis of South Stokes won the 100H with a time of 16.25. It was close, as she won by 13 hundredths of a second.
- Saresa Hudson of Pender ran 46.84 to win the 300H. 5 girls went under 48 seconds in this event.
- Topsail won both the 4x100 and the 4x200 with impressive times. Their 50.45 was just 3 tenths of a second off the meet record. Then in the 4x200, they won by almost 2 seconds running 1:45.51.
- Bishop McGuinness ran 4:12.66 to win the 4x400 by about 5 seconds.
- Hayesville ran 10:08.37 to win by 8 seconds in the 4x800 over Bishop McGuinness.
- Cherryville's Sarah Herd won the HJ competition but it came down to misses. She and Hayesville's Madeline Roberts both cleared 5-2.
- In the pole vault, a clearance of 9-6 won the competition. Caitlin Ritchie of South Stanly won the event after only having a seeding mark of 8 feet.
- Jasmine Young of East Columbus won the girl's LJ with a jump of 17-6.00.
- In an upset of sorts, Joule Breedlove of Swain County jumped 38-1.25 to win the TJ. Her seeding mark was only 34-8.25. In 2nd place was Glasha Covington of Albemarle who came in as the top seed at 38-8.50. Breedlove's jump set a new 1A State Meet Record!
- Nikia Simmons of North Stokes won the shot put with a 34-02.00 mark. She won by 2 feet and threw one and a half feet further than her seed mark.
- Judith Dillashaw of Avery County threw 111-06 to win the discus by about 13 feet. She was the only athlete to throw over 100 feet.
Men - Team Rankings - 18 Events Scored (TOP 10 TEAMS)
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1) NC School for Science & Ma 62 2) Pamlico 45
2) Jordan-Matthews 45 4) Polk County 37
5) Ayden-Grifton 34 6) Lejeune 32
6) Dixon 32 8) Thomasville 31
9) Union 30 10) Hendersonville 26
Boys Highlights:
- Jordan-Matthew's sprinter Cory Wilkerson really ran away from the field. He clocked a 10.89 to 2nd place's 11.25. He just missed the state meet record of 10.80.
- Lamar Whidbee of Perquimans ran 22.20 to win the 200m dash. He came out of the prelims with the 5th fastest time, but that didn't stop him.
- Trask's Raphael Nixon was the lone sole under 50 seconds in the 400. He ran 49.89 to win by almost 1 second.
- Phillip Curley won 3 events to help his team to the team title. He won the 800 with a very solid 1:57.57, the 1600 in 4:28.65, and the 3200 in 10:21.05. In the 800, 2nd place went to a 9th grader from Polk County, John Wolfe in a very good 1:58.58.
- Brandon Thurman Midway won the 110H in 14.74. The amazing thing . . . 14.74 was also the time for 2nd place. Lindsay Hunt of Swain County finished 2nd in an identical time.
- Darius Little of Thomasville won the 300H with a very solid 38.85. His time missed the state meet record by 1 tenth of a second. Solid run!
- Jordan-Matthews set 2 new State Meet Records. They ran a very quick 41.68 in the 4x100 and an equally impressive 1:28.11 in the 4x200. Their 4x100 time is 2nd best in the state this year. Their 4x200 time puts then in the top 10.
- Dixon held off Hendersonville for the 4x400 win 3:27.11 to 3:27.94
- NC Science and Math and Philip Curley completed the distance sweep by winning the 4x800 in 8:23.25.
- Pamlico's Kurtis Hackney cleared 6-6 to win the HJ. His winning height was 4 inches better than his seed.
- Josh Wilmoth of North Stokes won the PV with a clearance of 12 feet.
- The 100m champ, Cory Wilkerson, won the LJ easily with a jump of 22-06, 9 inches better than 2nd place.
- 45-01.25 won the TJ for Gerell Bogle of Princeton. His jump won by about a foot and a half.
- Regis Bittle of Polk County threw 52-03.75 to win the shot put by about 5 inches. 2nd place was Ahmad Garrison of Topsail. 5 athletes threw over 50' which is extremely impressive for the 1A competition.
- Ahmad Garrison did win the discus with a very good 159-06 mark. He won the title by 20 feet and set a new 1A State Meet Record!