Moyock boys, First Flight girls take team top spots in track and field meet

Published 2:51 pm Sunday, April 17, 2022

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Moyock Middle School sprinter Amani Dawson won three individual events in an April 12 Albemarle Athletic Conference track and field meet at Barco to help her girls team finish second behind First Flight Middle School.

Running on the Currituck County High School track, Dawson turned in a season best :28.77 time in the 200 for a comfortable win ahead of second place First Flight sprinter Emerson Hoggard. Dawson also edged out Hoggard by a half second in the 100 and earned her third win of the day with a photo finish just one thousandth of a second ahead of First Flight’s Moira Furr in the 400 meter sprint.

Proving depth can make a difference, First Flight Middle School girls claimed the team title with 114 points, well ahead of Moyock Middle School in second with 75 points. Perquimans County girls earned third place with 49 points and Manteo Middle School was fourth with 12.

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Boys competition Tuesday saw two individual double winners from Moyock help the Bulldogs finish on top in the team standings while First Flight had one double winner with its second place finish.

Well ahead of the competition, Moyock’s Rodney Smith posted comfortable wins in the 100 and 200 meter sprints, while teammate had the winning leaps in the high and long jump events.

Running out in front for First Flight, John Cardenas Salazar was the only other double winner with wins in the 800 and 1600 meter events.

Winning both relay events, Moyock boys finished first in the team standings with 100 points, First Flight was second with 64 and Manteo boys slipped into third place with 42 points and just ahead of Perquimans County’s fourth place 40 points. Cape Hatteras rounded out the field with 4 points for fifth place.

Team and individual results from the April 12 Albemarle Athletic Conference QUAD Meet #1 at Currituck County High School include:

Boys Team Rankings – 12 Events Scored

  1. Moyock Middle School 100
  2. First Flight Middle School 64
  3. Manteo Middle School 42
  4. Perquimans County Middle 40
  5. Cape Hatteras 4

BOYS 100 METER DASH: 1 Smith, Rodney (Moyock) :12.09; 2 Midgett, Alec (Manteo) :13.18; 3 Parker, Deacon (First Flight) :13.37; 4 Valencia Hernandez, Axel (Hatteras) :13.49; 5 Walker, Tristan (First Flight) :13.51

BOYS 110 METER HURDLES: 1 Ferebee, Jah’za (Moyock) :15.71; 2 Elliott, Steven (Perquimans) :15.94; 3 Midgett, Alec (Manteo) :16.82; 4 Tripp, Justin (Manteo) :17.18; 5 Cappella, Sully (Moyock) :17.63

BOYS 1600 METER RUN: 1 Cardenas Salazar, John (First Flight) 5:33.21; 2 Woods, Brody (First Flight) 5:44.37; 3 Digby, Van (First Flight) 5:48.14; 4 Consolvo, Joel (First Flight) 5:49.40; 5 Berryman, Adlai (First Flight) 5:53.24

BOYS 200 METER DASH: 1 Smith, Rodney (Moyock) :25.45; 2 Dance, Jamie (Moyock) :26.44; 3 Parker, Deacon (First Flight) :27.33; 4 Valencia Hernandez, Axel (Hatteras) :27.45; 5 Worrell, Kolton (Manteo) :28.02

BOYS 400 METER DASH: 1 Hively, Jett (Moyock) :58.89; 2 Pilot, Aiden (First Flight) :59.91; 3 Parker, Dominic (Moyock) :1:01.55; 4 Yarger, Dominic (Moyock) :1:03.24; 5 Finchem, Gavin (First Flight) :1:03.40

BOYS 4X100 METER RELAY: 1 Moyock Middle School ‘A’ :48.98; 2 Perquimans County Middle School ‘A’ :50.43; 3 Manteo Middle School ‘A’ :53.26; 4 First Flight Middle School ‘A’ :56.88; 5 Cape Hatteras ‘A’ :57.90

BOYS 4X200 METER RELAY: 1 Moyock Middle School ‘A’ 1:47.73; 2 Perquimans County Middle School ‘A’ 1:47.91; 3 Manteo Middle School ‘B’ 1:52.86; 4 First Flight Middle School ‘A’ 1:55.11; 5 Manteo Middle School ‘A’ 2:26.09

BOYS 800 METER RUN: 1 Cardenas Salazar, John (First Flight) 2:20.51; 2 Binckley, Easten (Moyock) 2:32.93; 3 Cooper, Solomon (Manteo) 2:35.21; 4 Shepler, Austin (Moyock) 2:37.60; 5 Berryman, Adlai (First Flight) 2:38.08

BOYS DISCUS THROW: 1 Gregory, Tyler (Perquimans) 114-07; 2 Lane, Samuel (Perquimans) 110-00; 3 Yarger, Dominic (Moyock) 108-05; 4 Cardenas Salazar, John (First Flight) 89-02; 5 Banks, Jaheem (Manteo) 83-00

BOYS HIGH JUMP: 1 Dance, Jamie (Moyock) 5-02.00; 2 Pilot, Aiden (First Flight) 5-00.00; 3 Lewis, Da’Merion (Moyock) 4-08.00; 4 Thomas, Johnny (First Flight) J4-08.00; 5 Parsons, Joshua (Moyock) 4-06.00

BOYS LONG JUMP: 1 Dance, Jamie (Moyock) 16-09.00; 2 Ferebee, Kamarri (Perquimans) 15-08.00; 3 Pilot, Aiden (First Flight) 15-03.00; 4 Torres Rodriguez, Jonath (Manteo) 14-11.00; 5 Elliott, Steven (Perquimans) 14-04.00

BOYS SHOT PUT: 1 Banks, Jaheem (Manteo) 37-04.00; 2 Schultz, Finn (Manteo) 36-08.00; 3 Tomesch, Matthew (Moyock) 33-05.00; 4 Yarger, Dominic (Moyock) 33-02.00; 5 Overton, Davonte (Perquimans) 30-11.00

Girls Team Rankings – 12 Events Scored

  1. First Flight Middle School 114
  2. Moyock Middle School 75
  3. Perquimans County Middle School 49
  4. Manteo Middle School 12

GIRLS 100 METER DASH: 1 Dawson, Amani (Moyock) :13.28; 2 Hoggard, Emerson (First Flight) :13.96; 3 Passwaters, Jayden (Perquimans) :14.13; 4 Cherry, Jayanna (Moyock) :14.29; 5 Furr, Moira (First Flight) :14.44

GIRLS 100 METER HURDLES: 1 Anderson, Emily (Moyock) :16.87; 2 Hunter, Kaydee (Perquimans) :16.98; 3 Woodson, Marla (Manteo) :17.40; 4 Riddick, Chloe (Perquimans) :17.52; 5 Frierdich, Sophia (Moyock) :18.63

GIRLS 1600 METER RUN: 1 Folkes, Kayla (First Flight) 5:59.45; 2 Miller, Morgan (First Flight) 5:59.58; 3 Shea, Makayla (Moyock) 6:17.76; 4 Miles, Abby (First Flight) 6:21.09; 5 Chercka, Shelby (First Flight) 6:31.34

GIRLS 200 METER DASH: 1 Dawson, Amani (Moyock) :28.77; 2 Hoggard, Emerson (First Flight) :29.62; 3 Thiessen, Avery (First Flight) :29.88; 4 Furr, Moira (First Flight) :29.96; 5 Woods, Chessa (Manteo) 31.25

GIRLS 400 METER DASH: 1 Dawson, Amani (Moyock) 1:10.44; 2 Furr, Moira (First Flight) 1:10.45; 3 Woods, Chessa (Manteo) 1:11.08; 4 Dutt, Leighton (First Flight) 1:12.05; 5 Swinney, Destiny (Perquimans) 1:12.42

GIRLS 4X100 METER RELAY: 1 Perquimans County Middle School ‘A’ ;57.01; 2 Moyock Middle School ‘A’ ;58.86; 3 First Flight Middle School ‘A’ ;59.71; 4 Manteo Middle School ‘A’ 1:05.82; 5 Cape Hatteras ‘A’ 1:11.25

GIRLS 4X200 METER RELAY: 1 First Flight Middle School ‘A’ ;2:00.67; 2 Perquimans County Middle School ‘B’ 2:01.97; 3 Perquimans County Middle School ‘A’ ;2:05.62; 4 Moyock Middle School ‘A’ ;2:10.37; 5 Moyock Middle School ‘B’ ;2:12.49

GIRLS 800 METER RUN: 1 Miller, Morgan (First Flight) 2:49.83; 2 Folkes, Kayla (First Flight) 2:50.35; 3 Miles, Abby (First Flight) 2:54.61; 4 Wrigley, Hailee (Moyock) 2:58.44; 5 Chercka, Shelby (First Flight) 3:00.87

GIRLS DISCUS THROW: 1 Hernandez, Leilany (First Flight) 86-00; 2 Sessoms, Nevaeh (Moyock) 64-03; 3 Clark, Kylie (Perquimans) 63-04; 4 Vanacore, Tori (First Flight) 63-01; 5 Seal, Madison (Moyock) 62-06

GIRLS HIGH JUMP: 1 Beatson, Maddy (First Flight) 4-09.00; 2 Basnight, Sara (First Flight) 4-02.00; 3 Pugh, Karley (Moyock) 4-04.00 J4-02.00; 3 Folkes, Kayla (First Flight) J4-02.00; 5 Woods, Chessa (Manteo) 4-00.00

GIRLS LONG JUMP: 1 Rascoe, Rihanna (Perquimans) 13-10.00; 2 Beatson, Maddy (First Flight) 13-07.00; 2 Hunter, Kaydee (Perquimans) 13-07.00; 4 Thiessen, Avery (First Flight) 12-11.00; 5 Roper, Allison (First Flight) 12-06.00

GIRLS SHOT PUT: 1 Sessoms, Nevaeh (Moyock) 30-01.00; 2 Seal, Madison (Moyock) 30-00.00; 3 Basnight, Sara (First Flight) 29-00.00; 4 Barnes, Emily (Moyock) 28-05.00; 5 Clark, Kylie (Perquimans) 27-00.00

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