L-D boys, Atlee girls claim region track titles today.” The state meet will be Friday and Saturday in Newport News.
By Jordan Bondurant Richmond Times-Dispatch Atlee’s girls and Lee-Davis’ boys made winning the 5A South track and field titles look easy on Saturday at Atlee High School. The Raiders trailed Mills Godwin early but quickly regained the lead as athletes placed in the top eight throughout the day to complete the indoor/outdoor sweep of the 5A South crowns. “Everyone just did what they needed to do,” Atlee junior India Lowe said. “The whole team carried their weight.” Lowe was Atlee’s only individual champion, winning the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.14 seconds and the 300 hurdles in 44.73. “I’m a team person, and anything I can do to help the team win, I’m happy,” Lowe said. Manchester finished second in the team standings behind Atlee. The Lancers, who scored 17 points in the Central Region meet in 2013, scored 53 points on Saturday. Elizabeth Hutton, Group 5A indoor champ in the 1,600, captured the 5A South championship Saturday, beating Margot Brown of Deep Run. “I felt really strong,” Hutton said. “It’s amazing to be able to run for such a great program like Manchester and run for such great coaches like (Gene Bowen and Will Byrnes). But I’m really proud of our team.” Atlee’s track has been good to Lee-Davis coach Neal Mathews and his team in the past two weeks. The Confederates squeaked out a win over Highland Springs on May 23 for the Conference 11 title, but they came back on Saturday and ran away from the competition in the region meet. “Everyone came together, and things just went our way,”
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8, Indian River 6, Hampton 6, Great Bridge 5, L.C. Bird 4, Princess Anne 2, Gloucester 1 HJ: Whitehurst (Kem) 6-2; LJ: Warren (PG) 23-6.75; TJ: Warren (PG) 49-7; SP: Cannon (A) 54-11; DT: Cannon (A) 157-8; PV: Simpson (A) 15-0; 3,200 relay: Deep Run 7:56.01; 110 H: Warren (L-D) 14.74; 100: Lamb (L-D) 11.09; 1,600: Novak (DR) 4:11.55; 400 relay: Henrico 42.83; 400: Harding (PG) 48.67; 300 H: Warren (L-D) 38.57; 800: Novak (DR) 1:54.24; 200: Darden (Kel) 22.02; 3,200: Hall (A) 9:30.65; 1,600 relay: Mills Godwin 3:25.28.
Region 5A North Tiffany Harris scored wins in the 200- and 400-meter dashes, Crishna Hooker was champion in the triple jump, and Shania Williams won the shot put as Patrick Henry captured the 5A North girls track title Wednesday. GIRLS Damon Oxendine was the Atlee 100.5, Manchester 53, Patriots’ only region champion Mills Godwin 50, Clover Hill 46, on the boys side, he won the Hampton 40, Douglas Freeman 39, Hermitage 37, Henrico 36, Deep Run triple jump. Region 4A South Hanover High had two winners in field events as the Hawks’ girls finished eighth and boys finished 14th in the Region 4A South tournament Friday and Saturday at Lakeland High School in Portsmouth. Samantha Seymour won the girls’ pole vault title with a mark of 10 feet. Ryan Long won the boys’ discus title with a throw of 149 feet, 2-1/2 inches.
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Atlee High School’s Bryce Simpson cleared 15 feet on this vault during the Region 5A South Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Atlee Saturday.
Mathews said. “We’ve come close a lot at the region meets, particularly in indoor, and fell short. It took us a while to get our heads back up from letting one go this past indoor season, but we’re really happy to win one.” One of the athletes who spearheaded Lee-Davis’ championship efforts was senior Lee Warren. Warren, who heads to VMI in the fall, swept the hurdle events. He was the region champ in the 110 (14.74) and
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300 hurdles (38.57). “This has been four years in the making for us,” Warren said. “For the seniors to be able to do this in our last year means everything.” Atlee’s boys were the region runners-up. Pole vaulter Bryce Simpson helped put second out of reach for Highland Springs, which finished third. Simpson, who was the Group 5A indoor champion in the event, set one personal best before almost immediately set-
ting another. He entered the event with a season-best 14 feet, 7 inches. He won at 14-6 on Saturday but kept going. On his second attempt, he got over the bar at 14-9. Then after making a change in poles, he was able to get over 15-0 before missing at 15-3. “I’ve been working really hard to get over 15,” Simpson said. “I felt like I’ve been stuck around 14-7 for the longest time, but it’s exciting I was able to accomplish one of my goals
Region 2A East King William’s girls’ 400meter relay team brought home a championship trophy in the Region 2A East meet at Wilson Memorial High School in Charlottesville Saturday. India Johnson, Kaielle Pollard, Katelyn Isaac and Shamya Wilkerson beat secondplace Windsor by more than a minute with a winning time of 49.99 seconds. The Cavalier girls finished seventh and the boys finished 22nd.
34, Princess Anne 29, Kellam 25, Menchville 24, Kempsville 20, Green Run 17, Matoaca 16, Lee-Davis 15, L.C. Bird 12, Maury 10, Gloucester 10, Highland Springs 9.5, Norview 9.5, Prince George 8.5, Great Bridge 7, Salem-Va. Beach 6, Indian River 3, Meadowbrook 2, Warwick 1 HJ: Hayes (Mat) 5-6; LJ: Cunningham (CH) 18-5; TJ: Roe (Hen) 39-11.5; SP: Story (GR) 395.5; DT: Golden (PA) 132-9.5; PV: Scelzi (DR) 12-1; 3,200 relay: Kellam 9:23.22; 100 H: Lowe (A) 15.14; 100: Towe (Kem) 12.58; 1,600: Hutton (Man) 5:04.87; 400 relay: Hampton 48.91; 400: Kerr (DF) 55.88; 300 H: Lowe (A) 44.73; 800: McCarty (Kel) 2:19.67; 200: Towe (Kem) 24.87; 3,200: Bader (MG) 11:26.06; 1,600 relay: Hampton 3:58.78.
Region 5A North Results BOYS North Stafford 93, Potomac 68, Tuscarora 50, Stone Bridge 49, Brooke Point 49, Albemarle 47, Thomas Edison 42, Patrick Henry 30, Thomas Jefferson S&T 29, Halifax 28, Broad Run 25, Mount Vernon 24, Mountain View 18, Briar Woods 18, Potomac Falls 18, George Marshall 15, Freedom-South Riding 14, Freedom-Woodbridge 13, Robert E. Lee 10, Falls Church 9, Massaponax 8, J.E.B. Stuart 5 HJ: Banks (SB) 6-6; LJ: Roach (Tus) 22-4; TJ: Oxendine (PH) 453.5; SP: Cline (BP) 52-9.75; DT: Cline (BP) 143-4; PV: Briehl (Alb); Region 5A South Results 3,200 relay: Albemarle 7:56.42; BOYS Lee-Davis 100, Atlee 73.5, 110 H: Yarbrough (SB) 14.18; 100: Highland Springs 57, Deep Run Morton (NS) 10.86; 1,600: Colson 55.5, Prince George 44, Manchester (TE) 4:17.57; 400 relay: Brooke 43.5, Mills Godwin 36.5, Douglas Point 43.34; 400: Morton (NS) Freeman 33, Kempsville 30, 50.42; 300 H: Yarbrough (SB) 38.64; Matoaca 28, Henrico 25, Kellam 24, 800: Carrington (Tus) 1:56.62; 200: Hermitage 24, Warwick 18, Hickory 14, Maury 12, Clover Hill 12, Salem see TRACK, pg. 31