Currituck and Manteo athletes bring top performances to track and field competitions

Published 9:46 am Thursday, December 8, 2022

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Several Currituck and Manteo athletes spent part of the recent holiday break testing their physical limits at two different track and field competitions.

The first meet, on November 30 in Elizabeth City, saw teams from Currituck County, John A. Holmes in Edenton, Manteo and Northeastern in Elizabeth City participating in a Polar Bear Meet. The outdoor event on the Northeastern High School track served as an indoor track season opener.

While normal winter track and field seasons are held indoors, with the nearest indoor facility hours away, outdoor polar bear competitions can provide an avenue for competition not otherwise possible.

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No team scores were reported from that event.

Just three days later, at an indoor meet on Saturday, 16 Currituck athletes faced competitors from 20 Virginia and North Carolina schools at the Virginia Beach Sports Center.

At the December 3 competition, Kylee Dinterman turned in one of the day’s best performances for Currituck by clocking a new personal best in the girls 1000 meter run to win it with a time of 3:19.52. Dinterman also ran a 5:33.52 in the girls 1600 meter run, where she finished second behind Hickory High’s Camille Johnson, who crossed the line with a 5:30.60.

Top finishers at the two high school meets include:

November 30 Polar Bear Meet 1 at Northeastern HS
BOYS 1000 METER RUN: 1 Alex Frantz (Currituck Co.) 3:16.6; 2 Jason Mercer (Currituck Co.) 3:29.1
BOYS 1600 METER RUN: 2 Jason Mercer (Currituck Co.) 5:15.4; 3 Austin Mercer (Currituck Co.) 5:38.4; 4 Luke Stevens (Manteo) 5:40.0; 5 Caleb Faytik (Currituck Co.) 5:46.7
BOYS 300 METER DASH: 2 Michael Sweeney (Currituck Co.) 37.6; 5 Elijah Lehne (Currituck Co.) 42.6
BOYS 3200 METER RUN: 2 Austin Mercer (Currituck Co.) 12:16.0; 3 Luke Stevens (Manteo) 12:19.3
BOYS 4X200 METER RELAY: 1 (Currituck Co.) 1:43.0
BOYS 4X400 METER RELAY: 1 (Currituck Co.) 4:12.3; 2 (Manteo) 4:15.2
BOYS 500 METER DASH: 1 Jordan Stokes (Manteo) 1:17.3 8; 2 Elijah Lehne (Currituck Co.) 1:20.9 6; 3 Isaac Jarvis (Manteo) 1:24.1 4; 4 Joshua Fisher (Manteo) 1:29.3 2; 5 Owen Head (Manteo) 1:39.9
BOYS 55 METER DASH: 3 Rodney Smith (Currituck Co.) :06.7; 6 Demarcus Henderson (Currituck Co.) :06.9
BOYS 55 METER HURDLES: 3 Isaac Jarvis (Manteo) :09.6; 4 Jordan Stokes (Manteo) :09.9
BOYS HIGH JUMP: 2 Dominic Gibbs (Currituck Co.) 5-06.00; 2 Isaac Jarvis (Manteo) 5-06.00
BOYS SHOT PUT: 3 Benjamin Thibodeau (Currituck Co.) 41-06.00
GIRLS 1000 METER RUN: 1 Caroline Gay (Manteo) 3:51.0; 2 Eleanor Edwards (Manteo) 4:20.0
GIRLS 1600 METER RUN: 1 Madison Flynn (Manteo) 5:41.6; 2 Kylee Dinterman (Currituck Co.) 5:44.8
GIRLS 300 METER DASH: 4 Logan White (Currituck Co.) 51.9; 6 Willa Meredith (Manteo) 54.8
GIRLS 3200 METER RUN: 1 Abbi Calvio (Manteo) 13:25.5
GIRLS 4X200 METER RELAY: 1 (Currituck Co.) A 2:06.2; 2 (Currituck Co.) B 2:08.1 ; 3 (Manteo) 2:08.2
GIRLS 4X400 METER RELAY: 1 (Manteo) A 4:49.1; 3 (Currituck Co.) 5:10.3
GIRLS 4X800 METER RELAY: 1 (Manteo) 10:54.4
GIRLS 500 METER DASH: 1 Mackenzie Flynn (Manteo) 1:30.6; 2 Logan White (Currituck Co.) 1:33.8; 3 Caitlyn Curran (Currituck Co.) 1:43.1; 4 Marla Woodson (Manteo) 1:46.7; 5 Cecilia Lowe (Manteo) 1:47.7
GIRLS 55 METER DASH: 2 Kaya Anderson (Currituck Co.) :07.5; 5 Madison Leonard (Currituck Co.) :08.0
GIRLS HIGH JUMP: 1 Madison Leonard (Currituck Co.) 4-10.00 8; 2 Cecilia Lowe (Manteo) 4-06.00 6
GIRLS SHOT PUT: 1 Kaylee Newbern (Currituck Co.) 20-09.00

December 3 Virginia Beach High School Opener
GIRLS 1000 METER RUN: 1 Kylee Dinterman (Currituck Co.) 3:19.52
GIRLS 1600 METER RUN: 2 Kylee Dinterman (Currituck Co.) 5:33.52
GIRLS 300 METER DASH: 40 White, Logan (Currituck Co.) :55.73 42 Guthrie, Addison (Currituck Co.) :57.81 43 Davis, Alexis (Currituck Co.) :57.91
GIRLS 500 METER DASH: 6 White, Logan (Currituck Co.) 1:32.38
GIRLS HIGH JUMP: 2 Leonard, Madison (Currituck Co.) 4-08.00
GIRLS LONG JUMP: 7 Leonard, Madison (Currituck Co.) 14-08.25
GIRLS TRIPLE JUMP: 4 Anderson, Kaya (Currituck Co.) 29-10.00
GIRLS SHOT PUT: 8 Newbern, Kaylee (Currituck Co.) 20-10.00
BOYS 300 METER DASH: 9 Sweeney, Michael (Currituck Co.) :37.74 28 Lehne, Elijah (Currituck Co.) :40.54
BOYS 500 METER DASH: 4 Sweeney, Michael (Currituck Co.) 1:09.97 7 Lehne, Elijah (Currituck Co.) 1:14.46
BOYS 1000 METER RUN: 6 Mercer, Jason (Currituck Co.) 3:07.11
BOYS 1600 METER RUN: 15 Mercer, Jason (Currituck Co.) 5:13.65 19 Mercer, Austin (Currituck Co.) 5:31.96
BOYS 3200 METER RUN: 9 Mercer, Austin (Currituck Co.) 12:57.92
BOYS SHOT PUT: 3 Thibodeau, Benjamin (Currituck Co.) 37-09.00

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