NC Prep Track Update: Cuthbertson, Mountain Island win track championships

Cuthbertson’s boys and girls won N.C. 4A state track championships Saturday and Mountain Island Charter won the boys 1A title.

Cuthbertson’s boys had 57 points, six points clear of Mount Tabor, and Ardrey Kell was third (38).

Cuthbertson’s girls had 64 points, six ahead of Mallard Creek. Olympic was third. Cuthbertson’s boys and girls teams won the 3A state championship last year before moving up a class. Mountain Island Charter repeated as 1A boys state champs.

Mountain Island Charter outscored second-place Union Academy 99-52, winning five events total, including two relays.

Outstanding individual performers included HIghland Tech’s Lauren Tolbert who won the 100-, 200- and 800-meters in the girls 1A finals. Tolbert set a new meet record in the 800, running a time of 2:09.38, easily snapping a six-year-old record of 2:12.26 set by Community School’s Malia Ellington in 2015. Tolbert was named 1A girls meet MVP.

In the boys 1A, Mountain Island Charter’s Trevin Moyer won the 100, 200 and 400-meter dashes.

In 4A, Harding’s Akala Garrett, one of the nation’s top sprinters, won both hurdles events on the girls side, and Ardrey Kell’s Xavier Branker turned in the same double for the boys.

Observer-area winners

(Full results are below)

▪ Lauren Tolbert, Highland Tech (1A, 100, 200, 800)

▪ Tai’lah Ward, North Rowan (1A, 300 hurdles)

▪ Mountain Island Charter 800 girls relay, 1A (Cadence Smith, Natalie Patton, Madison Forsythe, Hope Barwick)

▪ Brittany Ellis, North Rowan (1A, discus)

▪ Charlotte Bell, Cuthbertson (4A, 800)

▪ Akala Garrett, Harding (4A, 100 and 300 hurdles)

▪ Hickory Ridge girls 400, 800 relay, 4A (Abigail Thomas, Jaila Woodruff, Nina Dominique, Aniya Woodruff)

▪ Cuthbertson girls 3200 relay, 4A (Lily Fierick, Gabi Lassiter, Lillian Nasta, Alyssa Preisano)

▪ Cheyla Scott, Butler (4A, high jump)

▪ Tyler Glover, Ardrey Kell (4A shot put)

▪ Trevin Moyer, Mountain Island Charter (1A, 100, 200, 400)

▪ Jacob Fiorillo, Corvian Community (1A, 1600, 3200)

▪ Mountain Island Charter 400 relay, 1A (Trae Nickelson, Reginald Taylor, Jonavon Fisher, Benjamin Patton)

▪ Mountain Island Charter 800 relay, 1A (Trae Nickelson, Reginald Taylor, Jonavon Fisher, Benjamin Patton)

▪ Cherryville 1600 relay, 1A (Mason Grindstaff, Jack Mulvey, Cooper Sloan, Jackson Owens)

▪ Union Academy 3200 relay, 1A (Caleb Cox, Liam Mackinnon, Nathan Swinney, Evan Mitchell)

▪ Ezra Martin, Union Academy (1A, long jump)

▪ Ali Currie, Albemarle (1A, triple jump)

▪ Killian Fahy, Cuthbertson (4A, 400)

▪ Caden Townshend, Weddington (4A, 1600)

▪ Jacob Laney, Porter Ridge (4A, 3200)

▪ Xavier Branker, Ardrey Kell (4A, 110, 300 hurdles)

▪ Cuthbertson 400 relay, 4A (Brad Sweeter, Killian Fahy, Keenan Jackson, Reece Morgan)

▪ Cuthbertson 800 relay, 4A (Brad Sweeter, Killian Fahy, Keenan Jackson, Reece Morgan)

▪ Graham Gutknecht, South Mecklenburg (4A, pole vault)

R-S Central girls win 2A state title (2A/3A recap)

R-S Central’s girls won their first N.C. High School Athletic Association track championship, winning the 2A title Friday at N.C. A&T University in Greensboro.

R-S Central finished with 48 points, nearly six points clear of second place East Cateret.

Joyasia Smith led the Hilltoppers, winning the 100- and 200-meter dashes.

Burlington’s Cummings High won the 2A boys title, West Henderson won in 3A girls and Greensboro’s Dudley High won the 3A boys title.

Full results are below.

Individual Observer-area winners included:

▪ Northwest Cabarrus’ Chaunesse Barringer had a long jump of 19-10.25, breaking the 3A record of 19-1.5 she set last season.

▪ West Mecklenburg senior Sanu Jallow won the 200- and 400-meter dashes. The Texas A&M commit finished second in the 100.

▪ Rylee Hegedus, Pine Lake Prep girls (2A, 400)

▪ Natalie Almond, West Stanly girls (2A, 1600)

▪ Madison Clay, Patton girls (2A, 3200)

▪ Anson County girls 400 relay, 2A (Jemia Raley, Janiyah Maxwell, Jamya Covington, Malaysia Gabriel)

▪ Pine Lake Prep girls 1,600 relay, 2A (Caroline Ingram, Campbell Cupples, Alessia Addo, Rylee Hegedus)

▪ Alaya Gillespie, West Iredell girls (3A, 100)

▪ Lily Yampolsky, Lake Norman Charter girls (3A, 800)

▪ Alexis Wilis, Stuart Cramer (3A, Triple Jump)

▪ Vance Jones, Patton (2A, 800)

▪ Patton 3,200 relay, 2A (Austin McGuire, Charlie Bennett, Caden Clontz, Vance Jones)

▪ Tyrese Miller, R-S Central (2A, High Jump)

▪ Kenneth Byrd, East Burke (2A, Pole Vault)

▪ Zachary Willer, Stuart Cramer (3A, 1600)

▪ Austin Brotemarkle, Forestview (3A, 3200)

▪ Blaise Atkinson, Lake Norman Charter (3A, 110 hurdles, 300 hurdles)

▪ North Lincoln 400 relay, 3A (Jeremiah Sellers, Cameron Rice, Immanuel Mayner, Liam Sutton)

NCHSAA 4A, 1A track results

NCHSAA 2A, 3A track results

This story was originally published May 19, 2022 at 12:44 PM.