Local teams compete in marathon track meet session

Published 5:52 pm Wednesday, March 23, 2022

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This season’s first Northeastern Coastal Conference outdoor track and field meet at Currituck County High School turned into a marathon session Tuesday, March 15, taking more than five hours of competition to produce any winning teams.

With more than two dozen athletes entered in some of the day’s 17 events, competition between six area high school teams seemed to drag on forever before Northeastern High School boys and Camden County girls came out on top.

Scoring heavily in the sprints and jumping events, Northeastern boys built a large enough lead to win the meet without even participating in the final two events of the day. Currituck County boys scored double digit points in all five competition areas to place second and Camden County was able to squeak past First Flight for third place by one point, while Manteo boy rounded out the field in fifth place.

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Girls’ competition saw Camden County score well in the sprints, jumps and hurdle events to take the team title. Northeastern girls also dominated the sprints and jumps to finish second with Currituck County performing well in the relays, sprints and throwing events to finish third. First Flight was a distant fourth, followed by Manteo girls in fifth and Cape Hatteras girls, who scored only in the distance events, finished sixth.

A notable double winner for boys included First Flight’s Warner Campbell, who dipped under two minutes in the 800 and also won the 1600. Leading almost from the start, Currituck’s Camden Lenz lapped most other runners in the 3200 meter run field and finished with a time of 11:22, well ahead of second place Samuel Head from Manteo at 11:42.

Girls competition saw a close 1600 meter run finish when First Flight’s Tatum Dermatas pulled ahead of Manteo’s Madison Flynn on the final lap to win that event with a 5:53.8. Flynn was just one second behind and Currituck’s Kylee Dinterman took third with 6:03 on the clock.

Although her teams were not among the top scorers, Manteo’s head track and field coach Melissa Mann said it was too early in the season to be discouraged by the times and distances her athletes turned in.

“Overall I was very happy with our team’s performance at our first meet in our new conference,” explained Mann. “We are a pretty novice team and they went out there and gave it their all. I saw a lot of potential and am excited to see where we will end up this season.

Team scores for boys in the 17 events scored include:
1 Northeastern 156
2 Currituck County 126
3 Camden County 79
4 First Flight 78
5 Manteo 54

Girls team scores for the 17 events scored include:
1 Camden County 111
2 Northeastern 109
3 Currituck County 92
4 First Flight 70
5 Manteo 37
6 Cape Hatteras 12

Individual results reported include:
BOYS 100 Meter Dash: 1 Yahan Wood (Northeastern) 11.4; 2 Edrith Gatling (Northeastern) 11.5; 3 Ja’zion Ferebee (Currituck), Angel Castanon (Currituck) and Ryan Reynolds (First Flight) 11.9; 6 Damon Duke (Currituck) 12.0.
BOYS 110 Meter Hurdles: 1 Quavion Martin (Northeastern) 17.3; 2 Eric Newman (Currituck) 17.8; 3 Logan Krug (Currituck) 19.6; 4 Isaac Jarvis (Manteo) 19.7
BOYS 200 Meter Dash: 1 Jordan Jones (Northeastern) 23.0; 2 Yahan Wood (Northeastern) 23.1; 3 Jalen Melson (Northeastern) and Noah Adams (First Flight) 23.4; 6 Damon Duke (Currituck) 23.8 9 Edmond Bailey (Currituck) 24.0;
BOYS 300 Meter Hurdles: 1 Quavion Martin (Northeastern) 44.3; 2 Eric Newman (Currituck) 44.8; 3 Jacob Cooper (Camden) 47.2; 4 Chris Williams (Camden) 47.5; 5 Isaac Jarvis (Manteo) 47.8; 6 Logan Krug (Currituck) 48.9;
BOYS 400 Meter Dash: 1 Dwan Bell (Northeastern) 54.3; 2 Sam Phillips (Camden) 54.9; 3 Branden James (Camden) 56.0; 4 Bryson Green (Currituck) 56.3; 5 Noah Adams (First Flight) 56.4; 6 Judah Lacroix (First Flight) 56.6;
BOYS 800 Meter Run: 1 Warner Campbell (First Flight) 1:59.2; 2 Riley Lenz (Currituck) 2:04.1; 3 Devon Coughlin (First Flight) 2:12.9; 4 Aiden Pipken (First Flight) 2:15.6; 5 Dennis Gutierrez (Camden) 2:24.6; 6 Zain Bhula (Manteo) 2:26.0;
BOYS 1600 Meter Run: 1 Warner Campbell (First Flight) 4:38.1; 2 Gavin Jessup (Currituck) 4:49.5; 3 Devon Coughlin (First Flight) 5:00.6; 4 Chase Matis (First Flight) 5:11.9; 5 Dennis Gutierrez (Camden) 5:14.8; 6 Ryan Slaughter (Northeastern) 5:25.5;
BOYS 3200 Meter Run: 1 Camden Lenz (Currituck) 11:22.0; 2 Samuel Head (Manteo) 11:42.0; 3 Dennis Gutierrez (Camden) 11:44.0; 4 Liam Minnich (First Flight) 12:00.0; 5 Carlo Thomas (Currituck) 12:23.0; 6 Austin Mercer (Currituck) 12:30.0;
BOYS High Jump: 1 Jordan Jones (Northeastern) 6-00.00; 2 Quavion Martin (Northeastern) 5-08.00; 3 Jamareon Flowers (Currituck) 5-02.00 and Ernest Harris (Currituck) and Isaac Jarvis (Manteo) 5-02.00; 6 Zain Bhula (Manteo) 5-00.00;
BOYS Long Jump: 1 Jalen Melson (Northeastern) 18-00.00; 2 Jordan Jones (Northeastern) 17-06.00; 3 Lydell Mitchell (Camden) 17-04.50; 6 Michael Sweeney (Currituck) 17-02.50; 5 Justin Thompson (Camden) 16-03.00; 6 Jackson Gaskill (Manteo) 15-11.50;
BOYS Triple Jump: 1 Justin Thompson (Camden) 35-11.00; 2 Dwan Bell (Northeastern) 35-06.00; 3 Hart Vandzura (Manteo) 33-05.00; 6 Brady Hill (First Flight) 32-05.00; 5 James Dudek (First Flight) 31-03.00
BOYS Shot Put: 1 Nick Brewster (Manteo) 37-08.00; 2 Junior Payton-Kimble (Northeastern) 37-04.00; 3 Benjamin Thibodeau (Currituck) 36-10.50; 4 Julian Barlett (Camden) 36-06.00; 5 Maurel Dance (Northeastern) 34-01.00; 6 Donte Tyler (Camden) 32-11.00;
BOYS Discus Throw: 1 Junior Payton-Kimble (Northeastern) 112-08; 2 Julian Barlett (Camden) 107-07; 3 Terell Boone (Camden) 99-02; 4 Benjamin Thibodeau (Currituck) 95-09; 5 Blaze Forehand (Camden) 91-05; 6 Nick Brewster (Manteo) 88-02;
BOYS 4×100 Meter Relay: 1 Northeastern 44.1; 2 Currituck County 47.1; 3 Manteo 48.1
BOYS 4×200 Meter Relay: 1 Northeastern 1:35.90; 2 Currituck County 1:39.10; 3 Manteo 2:02.50
BOYS 4×400 Meter Relay: 1 Currituck County 3:40.0; 2 First Flight 3:43.0; 3 Camden County 3:58.0; 4 Manteo 4:09.0
BOYS 4×800 Meter Relay: 1 Currituck County 8:53.8; 2 First Flight 9:41.3

GIRLS 100 Meter Dash: 1 Azaria Gallop (Northeastern) 13.3; 2 Jasiya Burton-Bailey (Manteo) 14.0; 3 Quanasia Gatling (Northeastern) 14.3; 4 Brianna Green (Currituck) 14.6; 5 Madison Leonard (Currituck) 14.7; 6 Sariya Carter (Northeastern) 15.1;
GIRLS 100 Meter Hurdles: 1 Emani An-Hicks (Northeastern) 19.5; 2 Myana Dowell (Northeastern) 21.4; 3 Quanasia Gatling (Northeastern) 21.5; 6 Arden Harrison (First Flight) 23.2
GIRLS 200 Meter Dash: 1 Azaria Gallop (Northeastern) 26.3; 2 Kaya Anderson (Currituck) 28.1; 3 Thuy Nguyen (Camden) 28.2; 4 Precious McCauley Northeastern 28.5; 5 Jasiya Burton-Bailey (Manteo) 28.8; 6 Brianna Green (Currituck) 29.8;
GIRLS 300 Meter Hurdles: 1 Grace Phillips (Camden) 53.4; 2 Maggie Langton (Camden) 55.5; 3 Hannah Freeman (Camden) 59.0; 4 Eleanor Edwards (Manteo) 1:08.6
GIRLS 400 Meter Dash: 1 Keeley Williams (Camden) 1:04.3; 2 Thuy Nguyen (Camden) 1:04.6; 3 Stella Bryson (First Flight) 1:05.0; 4 Peyton Stasko (Camden) 1:06.3; 5 Serenity Doran (Currituck) 1:06.5; 6 Jayden Bailey (Manteo) 1:09.9;
GIRLS 800 Meter Run: 1 Keeley Williams (Camden) 2:34.8; 2 Tatum Dermatas (First Flight) 2:35.0; 3 Madison Flynn (Manteo) 2:40.3; 4 Peyton Stasko (Camden) 2:47.2; 5 Ashley Reinke (Currituck) 2:54.4
GIRLS 1600 Meter Run: 1 Tatum Dermatas (First Flight) 5:53.8; 2 Madison Flynn (Manteo) 5:54.8; 3 Kylee Dinterman (Currituck) 6:03.0; 4 Nellie Hall (First Flight) 6:17.8; 5 Elizabeth Muller (Hatteras) 6:22.7; 6 Cadence Langton (Camden) 6:30.0;
GIRLS 3200 Meter Run: 1 Elizabeth Muller (Hatteras) 14:07.0; 2 Katie Kilburn (First Flight) 15:37.0
GIRLS Discus Throw: 1 Kennedy Lighty (Camden) 95-07; 2 Ashley Lindsey (Currituck) 85-09; 3 Lydia Sillies (First Flight) 72-04; 4 Chloe Ash (First Flight) 63-09; 5 Emily Graham (Camden) 58-06; 6 Amya Johnson Northeastern 56-09;
GIRLS High Jump: 1 Lydia Sillies (First Flight) 5-02.00; 2 Jessica Jenkins (Northeastern) 5-00.00; 3 Madison Leonard (Currituck) 4-08.00; 4 Olivia Roper (First Flight) 4-00.00; 5 Ella Spencer (Manteo) 3-10.00
GIRLS Long Jump: 1 Jessica Jenkins (Northeastern) 14-03.00; 2 Cadence Langton (Camden) 14-02.00; 3 Kaya Anderson (Currituck) 13-00.50; 4 Emani An-Hicks (Northeastern) 12-05.00; 5 Gabrielle McMillan (Northeastern) 12-03.00; 6 Brianna Green (Currituck) 12-01.00;
GIRLS Shot Put: 1 Ashley Lindsey (Currituck) 34-11.00; 2 Kennedy Lighty (Camden) 34-01.00; 3 Emily Graham (Camden) 26-06.00; 4 Catalina Lokie (First Flight) 25-08.00; 5 Lydia Sillies (First Flight) 25-02.00; 6 Amya Johnson Northeastern 23-11.00;
GIRLS Triple Jump: 1 Gabrielle McMillan (Northeastern) 28-11.00
GIRLS 4×100 Meter Relay: 1 Northeastern 54.1; 2 Currituck County 54.8
GIRLS 4×200 Meter Relay: 1 Currituck County 1:57.7; 2 Northeastern 2:01.0
GIRLS 4×400 Meter Relay: 1 Camden County 4:31.0; 2 Currituck County 4:36.0; 3 Manteo 5:02.0
GIRLS 4×800 Meter Relay: 1 Currituck County 11:15.1

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