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About a half dozen area athletes set new personal best marks this past weekend at 2A and 3A state meet competitions in Greensboro.

Running in Friday’s 3A meet at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Truist Stadium, Currituck’s Demarcus Henderson picked up four points for fifth place finish in the boys 110 high hurdles with a new best time of :14.61. His points put the Currituck Knights in 46th place in a field of 60 teams.

First Flight boys tied with Triton for 59th place in the team standings after earning one point for an eighth place finish in the 4×800 meter relay.

Together Kayla Folkes and Morgan Miller earned 10 and 8 points respectively for the First Flight girls team to finish the day tied with Piedmont for 14th place among the 54 teams represented.

Saturday’s 2A Division competition with athletes from 56 teams saw Manteo girls tied with Jordan-Matthews and Patton for 26th place with 9 points. Manteo Boys scored one point to finish in an eight-way tie with Anson, Bandys, Forest Hills, Morehead, Southwest Onslow, Spring Creek, and West Wilkes at 46th place. Seaforth High School defeated 52 other teams to claim the 2A boys team title with 68 points.

Top Manteo performances included Caroline Gay clearing 9-6 in the girls pole vault with a new personal best height for second place. Teammate Paige Reibel also had a new best ever height of 7-6 for 12th place.

Setting new personal best marks in two events, Meredith Gaskill finished ninth in the 1600 meter run with a time of 5:36.05 and came back with a 12:33.64 in the 3200 for eighth place. The first eight in each event score team points.

For Manteo boys, Noah Bell and Ashton Tinsley also set new personal best pole vault marks. Both cleared 9-0 but failed to score points.

Individual results for local athletes at the May 16 3A and May 17 2A NCHSAA State Track and Field meets at NC A&T University include:

■ 2A GIRLS 800 METER RUN FINALS: 11th place Meredith Gaskill (Manteo) 2:32.94
■ 2A GIRLS 1600 METER RUN FINALS: 9th place Meredith Gaskill Finals (Manteo) 5:36.05; 15th place Jennifer Pena-Munoz (Manteo) 7:05.74
■ 2A GIRLS 3200 METER RUN FINALS: 8th place Meredith Gaskill (Manteo) 12:33.64
■ 2A GIRLS POLE VAULT FINALS: 2nd place Caroline Gay (Manteo) 9-6; 9th place Rose Thornton (Manteo) 8-0; 12th place Paige Reibel (Manteo) 7-6

■ 2A BOYS 800 METER RUN FINALS: 14th place Ezekiel Leary (Manteo) 2:06.63; 15th place Solomon Cooper (Manteo) 2:09.02
■ 2A BOYS 1600 METER RUN FINALS: 13th place Samuel Head (Manteo) 4:45.86
■ 2A BOYS 3200 METER RUN FINALS: 16th place Luke Stevens Finals H1 (Manteo) 11:16.56
■ 2A BOYS 4×800 METER RELAY FINALS: 8th place place Manteo Relay Team (Solomon Cooper, Luke Stevens, Samuel Head, Ezekiel Leary) 8:38.41
■ 2A BOYS POLE VAULT FINALS: 10th place Noah Bell (Manteo) 9-0; 12th place Luke Stevens (Manteo) 9-0; 14th place Ashton Tinsley (Manteo) 9-0

■ 3A GIRLS 1600 METER RUN FINALS: 4th place Kayla Folkes (First Flight) 5:03.72; DNF Morgan Miller (First Flight) DNF
■ 3A GIRLS 3200 METER RUN FINALS: 2nd place Morgan Miller (First Flight) 10:38.28; 4th place Kayla Folkes (First Flight) 11:14.83
■ 3A GIRLS 100 METER DASH PRELIMS: 14th place Amani Dawson (Currituck County) :12.66
■ 3A GIRLS DISCUS THROW FINALS: 9th place Leilany Hernandez (First Flight) 102-00

■ 3A BOYS 110 METER HURDLES PRELIMS: 5th Demarcus Henderson (Currituck County) :14.71
■ 3A BOYS 110 METER HURDLES FINALS: 5th Demarcus Henderson (Currituck County) :14.61
■ 3A BOYS 4X800 METER RELAY FINALS: 8th place First Flight Relay Team (Alex Lutz, Chase Matis, Deacon Parker, Liam Minnich) 8:27.80
■ 3A BOYS DISCUS THROW FINALS: 9th place Keanu Mcleod (Currituck County) 144-09
■ 3A BOYS 3200 METER RUNFINALS: 11th place Adlai Berryman (First Flight) 10:16.68

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