The Recorder on April 18, 2024
BY MARK PIFER • STAFF WRITER
VINTON — Highland seventh-grader Brooke Williams was first to the finish line in the 400-meter dash, headlining area performances at the Terrier Twilight Middle School Track Invitational last Friday at William Byrd High School.
Williams posted a time of 1:07.02, fastest in a field of 32 runners.
The Rams finished tied for sixth with Covington Middle in the girls’ team standings with 21 points.
Williams had 12½ points for Highland and Kristina Neil added four with a fourth-place discus finish.
Elin Heck was the top CMS point scorer, earning eight for her second-place finish in the high jump. Chloe Warlitner added three points — fifth in the shot and sixth in the discus.
Fourteen Cougar girls scored in the meet.
The Covington Middle boys placed ninth with five points.
Jordan Davis was sixth in the shot put and the 4×800-meter relay team of Harper Brown, Carter Wyatt, Tanner Kenny and Levi Bartley finished fourth.
CMS ran at Glenvar on Tuesday and will be at Andrew Lewis on Monday, April 29.
Last Friday’s summary
• Boys’ team scores: 1. Blacksburg, 150; 2. Cave Spring, 84; 3. William Byrd, 73; 4. Maury River, 49; 5. John Fishwick, 46; 6. Hidden Valley, 19; 7. Fieldale-Collinsville, 16; 8. Christian Heritage, 10; 9. Covington Middle, 5; 10. Southwest Virginia Academy, 4; T11. Floyd County, 3; T11. Roanoke Catholic, 3; 13. Smith Mountain Lake Christian, 2
CMS and Highland boys’ individual results
• 100-meter dash: 25. Colin O’Brien (C), 14.72; 28. Levi Warner (H), 15.46; 29. Owen Honaker (H), 15.51; 30. Mehki Peterson (C), 15.87; 32. Carter Fasig (C), 16.13; 33. Mason Nicely (C), 16.40
• 200-meter dash: 24. Colin O’Brien (C), 30.64; 32. Mehki Peterson (C), 34.24; 34. Mason Nicely (C), 36.09
• 400-meter dash: 14. Colin O’Brien (C), 1:07.83; 16. Levi Bartley (C), 1:08.66; 33. Ethan Townsend (C), 1:27.52
• 800-meter run: 10. Harper Brown (C), 2:41.96; 24. Tanner Kenny (C), 3:10.46
• 1,600-meter run: 15. Cole Bowser (C), 6:47.37; 17. Carter Wyatt (C), 6:57.43
• 110-meter hurdles: 12. Owen Honaker (H), 24.49
• 4 x 800-meter relay: 4. CMS (Harper Brown, Carter Wyatt, Tanner Kenny, Levi Bartley), 11:43.55
• Long jump: 15. Colin O’Brien (C), 13-6; 21. Owen Honaker (H), 11-4; 22. Levi Warner (H), 10-6½; 25. Steven Rogers (H), 7-11¾
• High jump: 12. Levi Bartley (C), 4-4; T15. Colin O’Brien (C), 4-2; T15. Mehki Peterson (C), 4-2
• Discus: 9. Jordan Davis (C), 79-4; 19. Steven Rogers (H), 57-4; 21. Christian Pendleton (C), 55-6; 24. Josiah Jackson (C), 44-6
• Shot put: 6. Jordan Davis (C), 28-8; 17. Christian Pendleton (C), 24-9; 19. Steven Rogers (H), 23-7; 22. Josiah Jackson (C), 22-3
• Girls’ team scores: 1. Blacksburg, 193; 2. William Byrd, 62; 3. Cave Spring, 58; 4. Hidden Valley, 56; 5. Maury River, 45; T6. Highland Middle 21; T6. Covington Middle, 21; 8. Floyd County, 10; 9. Fieldale-Collinsville, 2; 10. Smith Mountain Lake Christian, 1
CMS and Highland girls’ individual results
• 100-meter dash: 6. Brooke Williams (H), 13.99; 16. Abigail Lindsey (C), 14.71; 17. Kinley Uzzell (C), 15.03; 21. Miley Nicely (C), 15.44; 28. Lalea Mullins (H), 17.19; 29. Jasmine Potter (C), 17.24
• 200-meter dash: 8. Abigail Lindsey (C), 30.96; 10. Kinley Uzzell (C), 31.13; 13. Elin Heck (C), 32.22; 17. Makynley Smith (H), 33.44; 20. Mylie Nicely (C), 33.77; 21. Amelia Good (H), 33.90
• 400-meter dash: 1. Brooke Williams (H), 1:07.02; 8. Elin Heck (C), 1:13.02; 15. Dani Halsey (C), 1:15.41; 20. Amelia Good (H), 1:19.37; 26. Ava Gibson (C), 1:28.92; 27. Lilia Ruckman (H), 1:30.75; 29. Belle Simpson (C), 1:32.59
• 800-meter run: 6. Willow Morgan (C), 2:58.07; 14. Waverly Campbell (C), 3:20.39; 16. Gabi Woodson (C), 3:25.61; 24. Juliette Scott (H), 3:37.27; 25. Avery Spinks (C), 3:39.75
• 1,600-meter run: 7. Charlotte Taylor (C), 6:39.81; 10. Madilyn Via (C), 6:48.65; 14. Gabi Woodson (C), 7:05.57; 15. Addi Stull (C), 7:07.88; 21. Juliette Scott (H), 8:04.29
• 100-meter hurdles: 8. Makynley Smith (H), 19.94
• 4×100-meter relay: 3. HHS (Makynley Smith, Addison Lockridge, Amelia Good, Brooke Williams), 58.43; 4. CMS (Abigail Lindsay, Jasmine Potter, Mylie Nicely, Kinley Uzzell), 1:03.33
• 4×400-meter relay: 6. CMS (Kassidee Elmore, Ava Gibson, Belle Simpson, Dani Halsey), 6:04.76
• 4×800-meter relay: 4. CMS (Madilyn Via, Addi Stull, Charlotte Taylor, Willow Morgan), 12:13.06
• Long jump: 7. Brooke Williams (H), 12-7; 13. Willow Morgan (C), 11-7; 19. Lilia Ruckman (H), 8-5; 20. Lalea Mullins (H), 7-3½
• High jump: 2. Elin Heck (C), 4-8; 9. Kinley Uzzell (C), 4-2
• Shot put: 5. Chloe Warlitner (C), 25-4½; 8. Kristina Neil (H), 24-9½; 9. Teagan Feazell (C), 24-1½; 13. Solora Kern, 22-2
• Discus: 4. Kristina Neil (H), 55-4; 6. Chloe Warlitner (C), 54-10; 13. Lalea Mullins (H), 48-8; 14. Solora Kern (C), 47-8; 15. Teagan Feazell (C), 46-4