Prep track: North boys win regional
Published 12:00 am Sunday, May 15, 2011
Staff report
North Rowanís boys track team easily demolished the field in Saturdayís 1A Midwest Regional competition held in Monroe.
North amassed 181 points. Second-place West Montgomery had 81. Lake Norman Charter was third with 53.
Northís dominating day included 1-2-3 finishes in the discus and the 110 hurdles.
Johnny Oglesby won the 110 hurdles (14.58 seconds) and 300 hurdles (39.73), while Garland Archie won the shot put (49-71/2) and discus (140-4).
Malik Ford won the high jump (6-2). Sam Starks won the triple jump (44-61/2).
Northís 4×100 relay team of Titus King, Daylon Gray, Darius Jackson and Jamone Kelly won in a clocking of 43.33.
King was second to Oglesby in the 110 hurdles (14.58), while Starks (15.05) was third.
Starks was second in the long jump (21-1), while Oglesby placed third (21-1/2). Oglesby added a second in the triple jump (43-6).
Cameron Mallett placed second in the 200 (23.00), with Gray claiming third (23.10).
Kelly was third in the 100 (11.26), with Mallett finishing fourth (11.30), and Gray taking fifth (11.32).
Javon Hargrave was third in the shot (43-4). Jackson was second in the discus (133-7), while Will Robertson was third (132-1).
Neegbeah Reeves chipped in with a third in the 1600 (4:42.53) and a sixth in the 3200 (10:40.70).
Khandier Kimber was fifth in the high jump (5-10).
All of Northís relay teams qualified for the upcoming state event in Greensboro.
King, Jackson, Gray and Starks took second in the 4×200 in 1:30.94.
Demiah Hawkins, Darrius Wallace, King and Witt Alexander took fourth in the 4×400 in 3:04.90.
Reeves, Witt, Terrese Barber and Patrick Imes took third in the 4×800 in 8:46.99.