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Cherryville, NC (WNN) - It was another successful week for the Cherryville track teams. The boys’ and girls’ teams earned a second-place finish at a five-team meet on March 23, hosted at Lincolnton High School. They also competed as a non-conference team on March 26 at East Burke High School in Connelly Springs, NC, in a WPAC meet with seven teams. Next up is the Gaston County Championships, scheduled for March 31 at Stuart W. Cramer High School in Belmont, NC. The Ironmen and Lady Ironmen have been among the top team finishers at every meet they have competed in this season. The Gaston County Championships will allow them an opportunity to compete against all the teams in the county.
Ironmen: The team scores for this meet were Lincolnton 99, Cherryville 94, East Gaston 63, West Lincoln 47, and Burns 45.
100 Meter Dash: Jackson Heavner 1st place 11.21, Darius Pullen 2nd place 11.27, Elijah Proctor 14th place 12.43
200 Meter Dash: Jackson Heavner 1st place 23.07, Darius Pullen 3rd place 23.49, Caleb Gomez 4th place 23.53, Enijahe Whitworth 5th place 24.27, Yovanny Gomez 24.37
400 Meter Dash: Caleb Gomez 1st place 52.83, Yovanny Gomez 2nd place 53.77, Ayden Thompson 9th place 1:05.64, Nathaniel Taylor 10th place 1:07.59
800 Meter Run: Diego Garcia 10th place 2:31.33, Adrian Gomez 2:58.72
1600 Meter Run: Seth Locklear 7th place 6:35.63, Adrian Gomez 10th place 6:47.01
110 Meter Hurdles: Holden Walker 5th place 19.35
300 Meter Hurdles: Holden Walker 3rd place 47.02, Nathaniel Taylor 4th place 55.48
4x100 Meter Relay: Cherryville 3rd place 49.60
4x200 Meter Relay: Cherryville 3rd 1:47.03
4x800 Meter Relay: Cherryville 3rd place 9:51.76
High Jump: Narian Hopper 1st place 5-9.00, Ayden Thompson 4th place 5-5.00
Long Jump: Holden Walker 7th place 16-11.00, Nathaniel Taylor 12th place 15-9.00, Makii Caldwell-Davis 13th place 15-7.00, Javarious McElhaney 14th place 15-4.50
Triple Jump: Holden Walker 1st place 35-10.00
Discus: Zachariah Deaton 2nd place 98-9.00, Naveon Bush 9th 79.400, Jetson Hamilton 12th place 75-8.50, Zach Sigmon 15th place 61-1.00, Deacon Dalton 18th place 44-8.00
Shot Put: Naveon Bush 1st place 36-9.00, Jeremy Hatcher 9th place 31-0.00, Jetson Hamilton 14th place 26-10.00, Zach Sigmon 15th place 26-7.50, Deacon Dalton 17th place 15-4.00
Lady Ironmen: The team scores were, East Gaston 108, Cherryville 70, West Lincoln 67, Lincolnton 49, and Burns 42.
100 Meter Dash: Ella Blake 2nd place 13.31, Makayla Hicks 11th place 14.18, Annica Johnson 13th place 14.24, Cameryn Bell 14th place 14.26, Cici Sloan 15th place 14.36
200 Meter Dash: Ella Blake 1st place 28.07, Cameryn Bell 4th place 29.11, Annica Johnson 6th place 29.51, Cici Sloan 9th place 30.44, Makayla Hicks 11th place 31.08
400 Meter Dash: Cameryn Bell 2nd place 1:03.79, Laighna Snider 4th place 1:12.45
800 Meter Run: Laighna Snider 5th place 3:09.02, Saharay Hernandez 9th place 3:29.32, Julia Rall 11th 3:40.32, Lauren Bell 12th place 3:44.68
1600 Meter Run: Clara Skamarock 1st place 7:09.53, Grayce Pruitt 2nd place 7:12.71, Julia Rall 4th place 8:20.77
3200 Meter Run: Grayce Pruitt 2nd place 15:28.93, Saharay Hernandez 3rd place 17:23.35, Lydia Skamarock 4th place 17:39.53
300 Meter Hurdles: Clara Skamarock 2nd place 57.06, Sara Fox 6th place 1:27.28
4x800 Meter Relay: Cherryville 2nd place 11:57.70
Long Jump: Ella Blake 3rd place 13-9.00, Makayla Hicks 5th place 13-4.50, Lauren Bell 12th place 10-4.00
Discus: Grace Wells 8th place 70-3.00, Ava Freeman 12th place 62-6.00, Morgan Wray 14th place 60-1.50, Micah Duff 21st place 52-0.00, Samantha Mitchell 25th place 36-5.00
Shot Put: Micah Duff 6th place 23-4.00, Ava Freeman 10th place 21-8.00, Morgan Wray 13th place 20-3.00, Grace Wells 18th place 18-11.00, Samantha Mitchell 21st place 15-5.00
Ironmen: Teams competing were Cherryville, East Burke, Draughn, Hibriten, Patton, Lincoln Charter, and NCSSM-Morganton.
100 Meter Dash: Darius Pullen 2nd place 11.23, Enijahe Whitworth 3rd place 11.47, Narian Hopper 31st place 13.18
200 Meter Dash: Jackson Heavner 1st place 22.65, Darius Pullen 4th place 23.45, Enijahe Whitworth 7th place 23.98
400 Meter Dash: Caleb Gomez 1st place 52.05, Yovanny Gomez 5th place 57.19, Seth Locklear 15th place 1:01.37
800 Meter Run: Xavier Philiips 15th place 2:32.59
1600 Meter Run: Xavier Phillips 20th place 5:53.56, Charlie Morgan 29th place 6:36.88, Adrian Gomez 30th place 6:41.58
110 Meter Hurdles: Holden Walker 4th place 19.04
300 Meter Hurdles: Holden Walker 3rd place 45.21
4x100 Meter Relay: Cherryville 1st place 43.89, Cherryville 3rd place 57.72
4x200 Meter Relay: Cherryville 1st place 1:31.28
High Jump: Narian Hopper 2nd place 5-10.00, Ayden Thompson 8th place 5-4.00
Long Jump: Holden Walker 5th place 16-8.50, Ayden Thompson 11th place 14-9.50
Triple Jump: Holden Walker 4th place 34-8.50
Discus: Zachariah Deaton 8th place 94-9.00, Austin Shoemake 9th place 91-2.00, Jetson Hamilton 10th place 89-3.00, Jeremey Hatcher 13th place 85.200, Jacob Truett 28th place 61-9.00, Deacon Dalton 34th place 53-3.00, Zach Sigmon 35th place 51-1.00
Shot Put: Zach Sigmon 5th place 34-9.00, Naveon Bush 8th place 34-4.00, Austin Shoemake 16th place 32-8.00, Zachariah Deaton 17th place 32-7.50, Jeremy Hatcher 27th place 29-9.50, Jacob Truett 32nd place 28-4.00, Jetson Hamilton 33rd place 28-1.50
Lady Ironmen: Competing teams were Cherryville, Hibriten, Patton, East Burke, Lincoln Charter, Draughn, and NCSSM-Morganton.
100 Meter Dash: Ella Blake 3rd place 13.27
200 Meter Dash: Annica Johnson 4th place 29.55, Makayla Hicks 7th place 29.99
400 Meter Dash: Cameryn Bell 1st place 1:02.00, Laighna Snider 9th place 1:10.32, Ava Jones 14th place 1:16.92
800 Meter Run: Laighna Snider 11th place 2:53.07, Ella Rayfield 25th place 3:30.31, Lydia Skamarock 26th place 3:30.43, Saharay Hernandez 27th place 3:31.64, Julia Rall 29th place 3:40.92, Lauren Bell 32nd place 4:01.06
1600 Meter Run: Clara Skamarock 7th place 6:52.18, Ella Rayfield 15th place 7:30.76, Julia Rall 17th place 7:54.55, Lauren Bell 20th place 8:54.46
3200 Meter Run: Saharay Hernandez 6th place 14:25.97, Lydia Skamarock 7th place 17:36.72
300 Meter Hurdles: Clara Skamarock 6th place 56.23
4x100 Meter Relay: Cherryville 1st place 53.38
4x200 Meter Relay: Cherryville 2nd place 1:51.50
Discus: Grace Wells 4th place 68-10.00, Morgan Wray 9th place 59-6.00, Micah Duff 12th place 22-3.00
Shot Put: Grace Wells 7th place 23-2.00, Morgan Wray 9th place 22-11.00, Micah Duff 12th place 22-3.00
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