Prep notebook: More notes from NCHSAA 4A and 1A/2A indoor track and field championships
Green Hope’s Elly Henes and Hillside’s Marcus Krah were each named MVP of the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A indoor track and field championships on Saturday, while Southeast Raleigh dominated en route to a girls title and Green Hope’s boys won their first.
Krah won three events – the 55 hurdles, long jump and triple jump. Henes, who helped Green Hope to a runner-up finish, was runner-up in 1,000, 1,600 and 3,200.
Rolesville’s Lauren White made history as her school’s first state champion when she won the long jump. She was also second in the 55 meter dash.
Southeast Raleigh’s girls won the 4-by-800 relay, followed by Green Hope, Leesville Road and Broughton. The Bulldogs also claimed the 4-by-400 and 4-by-200 relays and had tremendous sprinting depth.
Bulldogs teammates Kleo Torres, Kyna Robinson and Asya Macon were 2-3-4 in the 500. Charlonda Washington was fourth in the girls’ triple jump.
Green Hope’s Jayquan Williams won the boys’ 1,000 – and was the champion Falcons’ only individual winner – then ran the anchor on the Falcons’ winning 4-by-400 relay that included William Hoffmann, Blake Watson and Henry Pehr.
The Falcons were also second in the 4-by-800 relay. Hoffman was second in the 500, Pehr was fourth in the 1,600
Panther Creek’s 4-by-200 boys’ relay team was in the slower heat, but won the state title anyway, edging rival Green Hope.
Wakefield’s Breanne Bygrave won the 55 meter dash, second in the long jump and fourth in the 300.
Millbrook’s Elijah Cole took the boys’ pole vault, Southeast Raleigh’s Jayon Woodard won the boys’ 300 and Leesville Road’s G’Jasmyne Butler won the girls’ 1,000.
The Triangle went 2-3-4 in the girls’ shot put – with Hillside’s Kayla Beasley, Southeast Raleigh’s Candice Whitley and Wakefield’s Veronica Fraley – and girls’ pole vault – Apex’s Zoe Early, Cary’s Olivia Goodwin and Panther Creek’s Midori Kirby.
Hillside’s Desmond Jackson claimed amputee titles in the long jump, 55 and 300. Apex’s Cara King won the wheelchair shot put and 55. Broughton’s Omar Sanchez won the boys’ wheelchair 55 and shot put.
4A top four: Apex’s Zach Taft was fourth in the boys’ pole vault ... Broughton was third in the boys’ 4-by-800 relay... The Green Hope girls were fourth in the 55 meter dash... Hillside’s girls were fourth in the 4-by-200 relay and third in the 4-by-400 ... Green Hope’s Alessandra Rodriguez was fourth in the 1,600 ... Cardinal Gibbons’ Sam Grelck was third in the boys’ 1,600 ... Cardinal Gibbons’ Connor Peeples was third in the 1,000, while Broughton’s Andrew Brooks was fourth ... Wake Forest’s Tyri Beard was third in the boys’ 300 ... Panther Creek’s Bridgette Sullivan was third in the girls’ 3,200 ... Cary’s Matt Thornton was third in the boys’ 3,200, and Apex’s Ben Savino was fourth ... Southeast Raleigh’s 4-by-400 boys relay was third ... Millbrook’s Thomas Nulty was fourth in the 55 hurdles ... Panther Creek’s J. Johnson was fourth in the boys’ 55 ... East Chapel Hill’s Kayla Carson was second in the girls’ high jump ... Middle Creek’s Terrell Adams was second in the boys’ shot put ... Holly Springs’ Jordan Brown was third in the boys’ high jump ... Harnett Central’s Ryan Smith was fourth in the boys’ triple jump.
NCHSAA 1A/2A champ: In the NCHSAA 1A/2A indoor track and field championships Saturday morning, Carrboro’s Magnus Herweyer won the boys’ shot put, and North Johnston’s Dylan Pinder won the wheelchair 55.
He was second in the wheelchair shot put. Princeton’s Shae Malham was second in the girls’ pole vault, and Research Triangle’s Michal Swepson was third in the boys’ 3,200.
Simi Gbadegesin was second in the girls’ 500, while Carrboro’s Amy Carpenter was fourth. Franklinton was fourth in the 4-by-800 and 4-by-200 boys’ relays.
Conference tournaments: After two years where almost every conference basketball tournament in the state was wiped out due to snow and ice, this week’s forecast looks good.
Conference tournaments not only enhance the high school experience for players and fans, but they are a boon for leagues. Many allot the money raised from a conference tournament to buy conference championship plaques and medals.
Friday’s championships will be at the following locations: Cap-8 4A – Broughton; Southwest Wake 4A – Panther Creek; PAC-6 4A – Riverside; Two Rivers 3A – highest girls seed; Big 8 3A – highest girls seed; Northern Carolina 2A – highest girls seed; Tar-Roanoke 1A – Weldon; North Central 1A – River Mill Academy.
The Greater Neuse River 4A is the only area league playing championships on Thursday. Those games will be at Campbell University.
For a full schedule of each league’s conference tournament, go to nando.com/preps.
Wake County 2,000 points: Apex’s Ian Boyd broke the 2,000 points last week, but he wasn’t the first Wake County public school athlete to do so since Garner’s Donald Williams in the early 1990s.
Broughton has had two players reach that mark, 2002 grad Shavlik Randolph (2,195) and 2007 grad Brock Young (2,154), in the years following, but neither is in the NCHSAA record book. New assistant commissioner James Alverson said he would add the marks soon after he officially starts on Feb. 22.
NCISAA basketball: The N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association basketball playoffs start Tuesday and end Saturday. The Triangle is hosting all of Thursday’s quarterfinals, Friday’s semifinals and Saturday’s championships.
Tuesday’s first-round games are at the higher seed.
Cary Academy is hosting the 1A games on Thursday and Friday, North Raleigh Christian has 2A and Ravenscroft will host 3A and all of the championship games on Saturday.
NCCA soccer: Leesville Road’s Matt Bissette, Broughton’s Wilhelm O’Neal, Corinth Holders’ Pedro Segundo, Heritage’s Logan Shytle, Franklin Academy’s Nic Hughes, Cedar Ridge’s Chris Walker and Apex’s Will Tomlinson were named to the N.C. Coaches Association East-West All-Star boys soccer game.
The game will be played this summer, July 19, at Bryan Park in Greensboro. Walker is on the West team, while all other local selections are on the East.
NCHSAA wrestling: The NCHSAA wrestling individual wrestling championships are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Greensboro Coliseum. Chatham Central’s Nick Daggett and Cary’s Kollin Wade are the area’s only two defending champions.
South Granville, Carrboro and Franklinton were second, third and fourth in the 2A Mideast regional on Saturday. Union Pines was second, Orange third, Chapel Hill fifth and Northwood sixth in the 3A Mideast. On Sunday, Western Harnett was seventh in the 3A East.
NCISAA wrestling: The NCISAA wrestling championships are Friday and Saturday at Christ School, in Arden, N.C., just south of Asheville.
NCISAA swimming: The NCISAA swimming and diving championships have been postponed until Feb. 22 at the Greensboro Aquatic Center.
J. Mike Blake: 919-460-2606, @JMBpreps
This story was originally published February 14, 2016 at 8:30 PM with the headline "Prep notebook: More notes from NCHSAA 4A and 1A/2A indoor track and field championships."