First Flight girls win at Currituck track and field meet

Published 8:12 am Sunday, April 13, 2025

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Kayla Folkes won three individual events Tuesday to help First Flight girls win an outdoor track and field meet at Barco.

Running on the Currituck County High School track, Folkes won the 400, 800 and 1600 meter events for three of the team’s six first place finishes. Teammates Avery Thiessen, Catalina Lokie and Leilany Hernandez were the other individual winners in the long jump, shot put and discus to put the Nighthawks ahead with 108 points to Manteo’s 76, Currituck County’s 75.5 and Hertford County’s 72.5.

Caroline Gay was a double event winner for Manteo with firsts in the 300 meter hurdles and pole vault.

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Hertford County was the top boys team with 104 points followed by Currituck County with 96. Manteo boys were in third place with 79, First Flight fourth with 77, and Cape Hatteras finished fifth with 5.

Luke Haber picked up two individual firsts for Currituck County winning the high jump and 200 meters where the Knights swept the first eight places.

Team and individual results from the April 8 Currituck Home Meet #2 at Barco include:

Girls’ Scores

1 First Flight 108
2 Manteo 76
3 Currituck County 75.5
4 Hertford County 72.5

GIRLS 100 METERS FINALS: 1 White, Aniyah (Hertford County) 13.12;  2 Thiessen, Avery (First Flight) 13.31;  3 Holley, Taliyah (Hertford County) 13.58;  4 Weaver, Acaisia (Hertford County) 13.75; 5 Green, Brianna (Currituck County) 13.77; 6 Thomas, Keira (First Flight) 13.82
GIRLS 100M HURDLES FINALS: 1 Lewis, Jhyra (Hertford County 19.22; 2 Davis, Alaina (Currituck County) 19.59; 3 Fennell, Ja’Nayah (Hertford County) 21.03; 4 Wylie, Reagan (Currituck County) 21.32;  5 Outlaw, Kemora (Hertford County) 21.56; 6 Jefferson, Zikeira (Hertford County) 22.02
GIRLS 1600 METERS FINALS: 1 Folkes, Kayla (First Flight) 5:38.19;  2 Dinterman, Kylee (Currituck County) 5:52.67;  3 Pena-Munoz, Jennifer (Manteo) 6:13.14;  4 Gaskill, Meredith (Manteo) 6:39.24;  5 Ventura, Lily (First Flight) 6:48.10;  6 Sanchez, Evaine (First Flight) 6:55.61
GIRLS 200 METERS FINALS: 1 Cooper, Cashmere (Hertford County) 27.64;  2 White, Logan (Currituck County) 27.82 NW;  3 Holley, Taliyah (Hertford County) 28.03;  4 Weaver, Acaisia (Hertford County) 28.31;  5 Perry, Jamiyah (Hertford County) 28.90;  6 Thomas, Keira (First Flight) 29.06
GIRLS 300M HURDLES FINALS: 1 Gay, Caroline (Manteo) 55.16;  2 Jefferson, Zikeira (Hertford County 1 02.88;  3 Lockhart, Kaylee (Currituck County) 1 03.51; 4 Sessoms, Derionna (Hertford County) 1 07.56;  5 Frierdich, Sophia (Currituck County) 1 08.14;  6 Lewis, Jhyra (Hertford County 1 12.01
GIRLS 3200 METERS FINALS: 1 Pena-Munoz, Jennifer (Manteo) 13:22.00;  2 Newell, Rebekah (First Flight) 13:46.11;  3 Cooper, Sophia 9 Manteo 15:42.53 4
GIRLS 400 METERS FINALS: 1 Folkes, Kayla (First Flight) 1:03.74;  2 Prewitt, Hadley (Currituck County) 1:07.31;  3 Baldwin, Charlotte (First Flight) 1:16.26;  4 Wiggins, Ki’Asia (Hertford County) 1:19.19;  5 Taylor, Karmen (Hertford County 1:23.79;  6 Tripp, Josie (Manteo) 1:32.71
GIRLS 4 X 100M RELAY FINALS: 1 Hertford County A 54.08;  2 Manteo A 58.12;  3 First Flight A 1 02.56 4
GIRLS 4 X 200M RELAY FINALS: 1 Manteo A 2 2.65
GIRLS 4 X 400M RELAY FINALS: 1 Currituck County A 4 39.80;  2 First Flight A 4 59.22 6
GIRLS 4 X 800M RELAY FINALS: 1 Manteo A 11 57.17 8
GIRLS 800 METERS FINALS: 1 Folkes, Kayla (First Flight) 2:31.98;  2 Curran, Caitlyn (Currituck County) 2:33.90;  3 Newell, Rebekah (First Flight) 2:36.01;  4 Prewitt, Riley (Currituck County) 2:45.90;  5 Miller, Annie (Manteo) 2:46.39;  6 Gaskill, Meredith (Manteo) 2:47.65
GIRLS DISCUS FINALS: 1 Hernandez, Leilany (First Flight) 103-08.0;  2 Lokie, Catalina (First Flight) 98-00.00;  3 Austin, Alissa (First Flight) 72-06.00;  4 Thomas, Keira (First Flight) 71-06.00;  5 Gomez, Sophia (Currituck County) 67-03.00;  6 Johnson, Kimayiah (Hertford County 65-07.50
GIRLS HIGH JUMP FINALS: 1 Pugh, Karley (Currituck County) 4-04.00;  2 Lilliston, Olivia (First Flight) 4-04.00;  3 Hawk, Celia (First Flight) 4-00.00;  4 Cosme-Caban, Kymora (Currituck County) 4-00.00;  4 Wiggins, Ki’Asia (Hertford County) 4-00.00;  6 Cooper, Sophia (Manteo) 4-00.00
GIRLS LONG JUMP FINALS: 1 Thiessen, Avery (First Flight) 15-04.00;  2 White, Logan (Currituck County) 14-07.25;  3 Burnell, Leonara (Hertford County) 12-02.00;  4 McInerney, Emma (Currituck County) 12-01.00;  5 Hunt, Elizabeth (First Flight) 10-07.50;  6 Hawk, Celia (First Flight) 10-07.00
GIRLS POLE VAULT FINALS: 1 Gay, Caroline (Manteo) 9-01.00;  2 Thornton, Rose (Manteo) 7-00.00;  3 Brewster, Daisy (Manteo) 6-06.00;  3 Reibel, Paige (Manteo) 6-06.00;  5 Miller, Annie (Manteo) 6-00.00
GIRLS SHOT PUT FINALS: 1 Lokie, Catalina (First Flight) 35-02.00;  2 Johnson, Kimayiah (Hertford County 30-10.00;  3 Hernandez, Leilany (First Flight) 27-11.00;  4 Thomas, Keira (First Flight) 24-11.00;  5 Gomez, Sophia (Currituck County) 23-07.00;  6 Bynum, Danansia (Hertford County) 22-07.50
GIRLS TRIPLE JUMP FINALS: 1 White, Logan (Currituck County) 32-04.00;  2 Gay, Caroline (Manteo) 26-10.00

Boys’ Scores

1 Hertford County 104
2 Currituck County 96
3 Manteo 79
4 First Flight 77
5 Cape Hatteras 5

BOYS 100 METERS FINALS: 1 Gibbs, Dominic (Currituck County) :11.45;  2 Tann, Kunari (Hertford County) :11.64;  3 Gomez, Gianni (Hertford County) :11.72;  4 Thibodeau, Joseph (Currituck County) :11.90; 5 Liverman, Kameron (Hertford County) :11.92;  6 Britt, Luka (Currituck County) :12.04
BOYS 110M HURDLES FINALS: 1 Henderson, Demarcus (Currituck County) 15.33; 2 Roberson, Ramello (Hertford County) 16.05; 3 Mitchell, Ennis (Hertford County) 18.91;  4 Chamblee, Kamarz (Hertford County) 23.67

BOYS 1600 METERS FINALS: 1 Minnich, Liam (First Flight) 4:41.49; 2 Head, Samuel (Manteo) 4:45.12 1 (2);  3 Matis, Chase (First Flight) 4:53.70;  4 Berryman, Adlai (First Flight) 4:56.44;  5 Green, Oliver (Currituck County) 4:58.70;  6 Parker, Deacon (First Flight) 5:00.72
BOYS 200 METERS FINALS: 1 Haber, Luke (Currituck County) 23.28;  2 Gibbs, Dominic (Currituck County) 23.73;  3 Shepler, Austin (Currituck County) 24.59;  4 Thibodeau, Joseph (Currituck County) 24.61;  5 Hively, Jett (Currituck County) 24.64; 6 Mullen, Zion (Currituck County) 25.29
BOYS 300M HURDLES FINALS: 1 Henderson, Demarcus (Currituck County) 43.54;  2 HIll, London (Currituck County) 46.38;  3 Liverman, Kameron (Hertford County) 50.62; 4 Mitchell, Ennis (Hertford County) 51.80;  5 Buckley, Johnathan (Currituck County) 52.25;  6 Chamblee, Kamarz (Hertford County) 55.74
BOYS 3200 METERS FINALS: 1 Head, Samuel (Manteo) 11:04.14;  2 Stevens, Luke (Manteo) 11:20.71;  3 Berryman, Adlai (First Flight) 11:25.23;  4 Minnich, Liam (First Flight) 11:26.04;  5 Syrrist, Max (Cape Hatteras) 11:26.75;  6 Tucker, Karter (First Flight) 11:42.32
BOYS 400 METERS FINALS: 1 Powell, Josiah (Hertford County) 56.44;  2 Matis, Chase (First Flight) 57.34; 3 Parker, Deacon (First Flight) 57.89;  4 Harrell, Jae’Marien (Hertford County) 58.01;  5 Turman, Israel (Hertford County) 59.40;  6 Raftery, Shane (Currituck County) 59.81
BOYS 4 X 100M RELAY FINALS: 1 Currituck County A 44.86;  2 Hertford County A 45.32;  3 Cape Hatteras A 55.88;  4 Manteo A 1 1.83
BOYS 4 X 200M RELAY FINALS: 1 Currituck County A 1 37.66;  2 Hertford County A 1 37.82 6
BOYS 4 X 400M RELAY FINALS: 1 First Flight A 3 58.22;  2 First Flight B 4 36.91 6
BOYS 4 X 800M RELAY FINALS: 1 Manteo A 9 10.53;  2 First Flight A 9 38.18;  3 Hertford County A 10 07.74;  4 Manteo B 10 45.78
BOYS 800 METERS FINALS: 1 Lutz, Alex (First Flight) 2:07.43;  2 Leary, Ezekiel (Manteo) 2:09.48;  3 Cooper, Solomon (Manteo) 2:09.82;  4 Tucker, Karter (First Flight) 2:11.35;  5 Green, Oliver (Currituck County) 2:12.90;  6 Head, Samuel (Manteo) 2:16.93
BOYS DISCUS FINALS: 1 Landazuri, Alfredo (Manteo) 123-01.5;  2 Spratley, Quadre (Hertford County) 122-04.0;  3 Williams, Matt (First Flight) 103-09.5;  4 Noone, Caleb (Manteo) 101-10.0;  5 Joyner, TyDrevion (Hertford County 99-02.00;  6 Hammonds, Jayden (Currituck County) 96-10.00
BOYS HIGH JUMP FINALS: 1 Haber, Luke (Currituck County) 5-06.00;  2 Gomez, Gianni (Hertford County) 5-06.00;  3 Gibbs, Dominic (Currituck County) 5-06.00;  4 Hannon, Eli (First Flight) 5-06.00;  5 Reece, Jasper (First Flight) 5-02.00;  6 Tripp, Justin (Manteo) 5-00.00
BOYS LONG JUMP FINALS: 1 Gomez, Gianni (Hertford County) 20-06.00;  2 Hannon, Eli (First Flight) 19-08.50;  3 Stephenson, Jamel (Hertford County) 19-00.25;  4 Raftery, Shane (Currituck County) 17-03.50;  5 Nixon, Rucker (Hertford County) 16-08.00;  6 McCaskill, Amarie (Currituck County) 15-10.50
BOYS POLE VAULT FINALS: 1 Stevens, Luke (Manteo) 9-01.00;  2 Tinsley, Ashton (Manteo) 7-06.00 5;  2 Bell, Noah (Manteo) 7-06.00 5;  4 Stevens, Sam (Manteo) 6-06.00 1.5;  4 Sanchez Garcia, Alan (Manteo) 6-06.00 1.5
BOYS SHOT PUT FINALS: 1 Mcleod, Keanu (Currituck County) 38-08.50;  2 Noone, Caleb (Manteo) 38-02.50;  3 Joyner, TyDrevion (Hertford County 36-02.50;  4 Hammonds, Jayden (Currituck County) 34-09.50;  5 Spratley, Quadre (Hertford County) 34-09.00;  6 Lassiter-Reid, Xzavi (Hertford County) 34-07.00
BOYS TRIPLE JUMP FINALS: 1 Gomez, Gianni (Hertford County) 39-05.00;  2 Stephenson, Jamel (Hertford County) 39-05.00;  3 Williams, Matt (First Flight) 35-10.50;  4 Beale, Travius (Hertford County) 33-11.50;  5 Watson, Kaiden (Hertford County) 32-03.00

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