NCHSAA indoor track: 5 Meck individual titles, 2 Union County state team champs
Mecklenburg County produced five indoor track state championships Saturday in Winston-Salem.
Berry (3,200 girls) and Mallard Creek (1,600 girls) took relay titles. Harding’s Akala Garrett won the 55 meter hurdles. Independence’s Caroline Backhus won the girls 55-meter wheelchair race and Berry’s Sanu Jallow won the 500-meters. Jallow also ran the anchor leg for Berry in its relay win.
▪ Spencer Evans from Lake Norman established a new state meet pole vault record, clearing the bar at 16-7.
Panther Creek’s boys and girls, from Cary, won the team titles. It was the second for the Panther Creek boys and the first for the girls.
Panther Creek’s girls finished with 69 points. Harding (30) finished fifth and Mallard Creek (27) was fifth.
The Panther Creek boys had 50.5 points, just edging Raleigh’s Millbrook High (49.5). Mooresville (22.5) finished seventh, the highest from the Observer-area and the only area school in the top 10.
AREA STATE CHAMPIONS
Boys Long Jump: Keshaun Black, Mooresville
Boys Pole Vault: Spencer Evans, Lake Norman
Girls 3200 relay: Berry
Girls 55 hurdles: Akala Garrett, Harding
Girls 55 meter wheelchair: Caroline Backhus, Independence
Girls 500 meters: Sanu Jallow, Berry
Girls 1600 relay: Mallard Creek
3A: Cuthbertson girls, Weddington boys dominate again
Once again, Union County is flexing its muscle in 3A indoor track.
Friday night in Winston-Salem, Cuthbertson’s girls won their fourth straight N.C. 3A indoor track state final. Weddington’s boys won third in a row.
Cuthbertson’s girls had 106.5 points, easily distancing the field. Parkland Magnet was second (47 points) and Marvin Ridge (45) third. Weddington also won in dominant fashion on the boys side, totaling 95.5 points. Cuthbertson (61) was second followed by Mount Tabor (53.5)
Weddington got individual state championships from Alec Mock (shot put), Nick Callis (pole vault), Jake Toomey (1,600, 1,000);
Cuthbertson got individual state championships from Ava Studney (pole vault), the 800-meter relay
AREA STATE CHAMPIONS
Girls Shot Put: Cara Salsberry, Marvin Ridge
Boys Shot Put: Alec Mock, Weddington
Boys Shot Put Wheelchair: William Fuller, Carson
Girls Pole Vault: Ava Studney, Cuthbertson
Boys Pole Vault: Nick Callis, Weddington
Girls 800 relay: Cuthbertson
Girls 1600 relay: Cuthbertson
Boys 800 relay: Cuthbertson
Boys 1600 relay: Cuthbertson
Boys 1600: Jake Toomey, Weddington
Boys 1000: Jake Toomey, Weddington
Boys 300: Aidan McNally, Cuthbertson
Girls 3200: Jonna Strange, North Iredell
1A/2A: North Lincoln runners have strong performance
North Lincoln produced five N.C. High School Athletic Association 1A/2A state champions Saturday in Winston-Salem.
Burlington Cummings won the girls state championship. North Lincoln was third. Atkins won the boys state title. North Lincoln was second.
AREA CHAMPIONS
Boys Shot Put: Jake Soorus, North Lincoln
Boys Long Jump: Rashod Lynch, R-S Central
Girls High Jump: Lauren Taylor, East Lincoln
Boys Pole Vault: Walker Malachowski, Mount Pleasant
Girls 3200 relay: North Lincoln
Girls 55 meters: Kayla Smith, Lincolnton
Girls 1600 meters: Angie Allen, North Lincoln
Boys 1600 meters: Jason Thomson, North Lincoln
Girls 1000 meters: Lauren Tolbert, Highland Tech
Girls 3200 meters: Angie Allen, North Lincoln
This story was originally published February 14, 2020 at 9:34 PM.
