THE GAZETTE
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OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
400 RELAY
ATHLETES OF THE YEAR
Javonne Antoine Elizabeth Seton Senior Triple jump
Henry A. Wise
Alicia Colson India Griffin Dayonna Dixon Kayla Truesdel
WCAC champion in the long jump and triple jump. Holds the longest triple jump distance in the state this season. Also earned silver in the high jump at the WCAC Track and Field Classic.
800 RELAY
Gwynn Park
Anthony Chesley Devonte Young Jay Adams Trevonte Young
Placed first in the 800 and 1,600 at every meet he ran including county, region, and state championships. Part of Douglass’ state champion 1,600-relay team. Didn’t place lower than third in 3,200 including gold at regionals.
800 RELAY
BOYS’ FIRST TEAM
GIRLS’ FIRST TEAM
Potomac
400 RELAY
Terrell Green
Frederick Douglass Senior 800 meters
Bowie
Jasmine White Karrington Harrison Shandae Henry Janay Fields
1,600 RELAY
Justin Beatty Maxwell Willis Jonathan George Antonio Coleman
Janay Fields
Lauren Morgan
Taylor Williams
Obichi Onwukwe
Darryl Haraway
Maxwell Willis
Antonio Coleman
Ryan LeTourneau
County and region champion. Won silver at state.
WCAC champ holds the second best county time.
County, region champ earned bronze at state.
Won gold at county, region meet; bronze at state.
National champ with time of 10.20 seconds; won WCAC crown.
Swept each championship race including state title.
State champion won county and 4A South Region crowns.
Second at county meet with 4:27.55. Third best time in county.
Potomac Junior, 100
Laurel
Keren Vital Tori Eley Nadjad Nikabou Bridgette Manful
Seton Freshman, 200
Bowie Junior, 400
Parkdale Junior, 800
DeMatha Junior, 100
Bowie Soph., 200
Bowie Junior, 400
E. Roosevelt Senior, 1,600
1,600 RELAY Bowie
Justin Beatty Maxwell Willis Mohamed Roberts Antonio Coleman
3,200 RELAY
3,200 RELAY Bowie
Charles H. Flowers Oluchi Ike Alexis Baynes Imani Matthews Jackie Jones
COACH OF YEAR
Gideon Tinch Wise
The Pumas won their first state title. The win completed a championship sweep as they also won the county and region crowns.
Second Team and Honorable Mention at Gazette.net
Samantha Bowie
Ashley Modeste
Deja Bell
Erin Early
Joshua Wilkins David George Bowie Senior, 3,200
Oxon Hill Junior, 100H
Julian Rowe
Dominick Gray James Watts Largo Sr., shot put
Henry A. Wise Senior, discus
WCAC champion holds the county’s fastest time.
County and 4A south region champion.
WCAC champ ran state’s top time (14.13 seconds).
Earned gold at county and region meets.
Undefeated in three races including county, region.
County, region champ placed third at state meet.
County and region champ placed second at state.
Earned medals at every championship meet.
State champ beat 34-yearold county meet record.
McNamara Junior, 1,600
Bowie Junior, 3,200
McNamara Junior, 100H
Fairmont Heights Senior, 300H
E. Roosevelt Senior, 300H
Nicovia Carter
Desha Manago
Crystal Parker
Elizabeth Shodiya
Devonte High
Kollin Smith
Devin Butler
Paris Vaughan
County, region champ earned silver at state meet.
Earned first at county, region, and state.
State champ also won county and region titles.
Won gold at county and region meets.
First place at 2A/3A regionals. Second at county. Third at state.
Won 2A state title with personal best jump of 22-feet,1-inch.
County, region, and state champion kept improving his distances.
Earned fifth place at state championship with personal best.
Henry A. Wise Senior, shot put
Douglass Senior, discus
Central Junior, high jump
KEEPING IT BRIEF Bowie boys’ soccer coach retires After 25 seasons as the boys’ soccer coach at Bowie High School and a county teacher, Richard Kirkland has retired from both positions.
13th season as one of Deetjen’s assistants. “It’s really hard to explain how much I have learned from coach Kirkland,” Deetjen said. “These last seven years have taught me to see the game from the coach’s perspective. It’s taught me a lot about dealing with players, dealing with parents, dealing with the media and learning more about the game. I still plan to call him quite a bit. He’s like a walking book of knowledge about soccer.” — TED BLACK
Blue Jays up competition
Richard Kirkland Kirkland, who was 287-9718 during his coaching career, guided the Bulldogs to four Class 4A state titles and 11 4A South Region championships. For the past 39 years, he had also been a teacher at Bon Mill Elementary in Laurel. “I thought it was time,” Kirkland said. “I had known for a while that this was going to be my last year teaching. I had thought about coming back to coach one more year and maybe have a shot at 300 wins, but after a while I figured it was probably best to just retire from both at the same time. I have three grandchildren now and it’ll be fun to see them play different sports.” Kirkland will be replaced by Franz Deetjen, an economics teacher at the Bowie who has spent the previous seven seasons as an assistant coach with the Bulldogs. Another longtime assistant, Jim Flynn, is expected to return for his
The Bowie Blue Jays fastpitch softball team conducted its annual carwash fundraiser on Saturday afternoon. The team is hoping to secure enough funds to pay for a trip to the USSSA World Series in Orlando next month. The Blue Jays expect to have an 18-under squad and a 14-under squad this summer that will play a Division B schedule — moving up from C last year — and they are also set to compete in several showcase tournaments. Blue Jays’ coach Etienne [Cromer] Saunders, a former player at Charles H. Flowers, is eager to see how well her team plays at the elevated level. “Right now it’s all about pitching and limiting mistakes,” Saunders said. “That’s the difference. When you move up a level, the pitching is better and the defense is better. Before you could get by with three or four errors, but now you can’t. We have several local tournaments at Bachman [Regional Park] and Fairland [in Laurel] and then we’re going to see how we do in the World Series in Florida.” — TED BLACK
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Oxon Hill Soph., long jump
Douglass Sr., high Jump
Douglass Fr., long Jump
Douglass Soph., triple jump
Henry A. Wise Senior, pole vault
Martrell Royal Donnell Davis Lamario Favron Joshua Wilkins
COACH OF YEAR Kori Green Frederick Douglass
Edged out Bowie to win county championship by a half point. Scored 117.5 points to win 2A state championship. Also won their region title.
Second Team and Honorable Mention at Gazette.net