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Cherryville, NC (WNN) - The Cherryville High School track teams closed out the regular season on April 21st at Stuart W. Cramer. Both teams finished strong: the girls brought home first place, and the boys finished second. Cherryville has placed near the top in each of its meets this season and will compete in the Southern Piedmont 2A/3A/4A Conference Championship on April 27th at Lincolnton High School, and then in the NCHSAA 2A West Regionals to be held at Pulliam Stadium, Montreat College Track, in Black Mountain, NC, on May 8th.
Ironmen: Cherryville earned a solid second-place finish during this meet. They came away with several impressive first-place finishes to lock in their overall second-place result. Team scores were Stuart W. Cramer 117, Cherryville 83, North Gaston 58, East Gaston 55, Lincolnton 29, and Bradford Prep Charter 6.
100 Meter Dash: Darius Pullen, 2nd place, 11.09; Enijahe Whitworth, 4th place, 11.39; Yovanny Gomez, 7th place, 11.61
200 Meter Dash: Jackson Heavner, 2nd place, 22.06; Caleb Gomez, 4th place, 22.85; Enijahe Whitworth, 9th place, 24.00
400 Meter Dash: Caleb Gomez, 1st place, 50.76; Yovanny Gomez, 11th place, 57.31; Steven Wyatt, 12th place, 59.02
800 Meter Run: Seth Locklear, 4th place, 2:24.14; Diego Garcia, 9th place, 2:31.55; Xavier Phillips, 13th place, 2:49.62
1600 Meter Run: Steven Wyatt, 1st place, 4:59.67; Diego Garcia, 6th place, 5:45.68; Adrian Gomez, 12th place, 6:45.27
3200 Meter Run: Steven Wyatt, 1st place, 11:09.58; Mason Powers, 13:26.08; Charlie Morgan, 3rd place, 14:07.66
110 Meter Hurdles: Holden Walker, 4th place, 18.76
300 Meter Hurdles: Holden Walker, 6th place, 48.33
4x100 Meter Relay: Cherryville, 1st place, 43.99
4x200 Meter Relay: Cherryville, 1st place, 1:30.22
4x800 Meter Relay: Cherryville, 3rd place, 10:42.32
High Jump: Narian Hopper, 2nd place, 6-0.00
Long Jump: Javarious McElhaney, 4th place, 19-5.00; Jaylen Samuel, 10th place, 18-0.00; Makii Caldwell-Davis, 11th place, 16-2.00
Triple Jump: Jaylen Samuel, 5th place, 34-1.00; Holden Walker, 6th place, 32-11.00
Discus: Zachariah Deaton, 7th place, 93-7.00; Jetson Hamilton, 8th place, 88-7.00; Austin Shoemake, 12th place, 77-4.00
Shot put: Naveon Bush, 8th place, 34-0.00; Jeremy Hatcher, 11th place, 31-10.00; Austin Shoemake, 12th place, 30-9.00
Lady Ironmen: After several second-place finishes, Cherryville captured a first-place finish at Stuart Cramer. Team scores were Cherryville 80, East Gaston 62, Stuart W. Cramer 60, Lincolnton 54, Bradford Prep Charter 42, and North Gaston 41.
Cherryville High School Track - West Lincoln High School Meet - March 18, 2026
WILLIAM PHILLIPS (WNN)
100 Meter Dash: Ella Blake, 5th place, 13.15; Makayla Hicks, 9th place, 13.75, Cici Sloan 10th place 13.78
200 Meter Dash: Ella Blake, 1st place 26.85; Annica Johnson 3rd place 27.83, Cici Sloan 8th place 28.62
400 Meter Dash: Cameryn Bell, 5th place, 1:03.66; Ava Jones, 14th place, 1:20.99,
800 Meter Dash: Laighna Snider, 2nd place, 2:50.72; Cameryn Bell, 3rd place, 2:50.90; Ava Jones, 9th place, 3:18.00
1600 Meter Run: Grayce Pruitt, 2nd place, 6:47.60; Clara Skamarock, 3rd place, 6:53.44; Ella Rayfield, 5th place, 7:25.74
3200 Meter Run: Grayce Pruitt, 1st place, 15:07.97; Saharay Hernandez, 2nd place, 15:42.11
300 Meter Hurdles: Clara Skamarock, 2nd place, 54.93; Lydia Skamarock, 7th place, 1:10.54
4x100 Meter Relay: Cherryville 2nd place, 53.02
4x400 Meter Relay: Cherryville 2nd place, 4:28.35
Long Jump: Makayla Hicks, 7th place, 13-3.00
Discus: Grace Wells, 1st place, 67-11.00; Morgan Wray, 7th place, 63-3.00; Ava Freeman, 8th place, 62-9.00
Shot put: Grace Wells, 3rd place, 22-5.00; Ava Freeman, 5th place, 19-4.50; Morgan Wray, 7th place, 19-0.00
Ironmen Track Meet at Bessemer City | March 3, 2026
WILLIAM PHILLIPS (WNN)
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