Twenty-five high school track teams came together on Saturday for the Third Annual Ashley Invitational Track meet and a local boys team surprised the field by keeping the championship trophy in New Hanover County.
George Webb captured the 3,200-meter run and Jacen Murphy won the long jump for the only two individual titles, but the rest of the Wildcats found scoring spots from two-through-eight as New Hanover won the boys title with 110 points – outscoring county and conference rival Ashley (103.5) by 6-1/2 points.
On the girls side of the ledger the championship trophy headed north as Liberty Christian Academy from Lynchburg (Va.) racked up 123 points to easily outdistance runner-up West Johnston, which finished with 98 points.
The youthful Ashley girls team continued to show they are a future – and maybe current – force with which to be reckoned as they finished third with 91 points.
“It was very exciting, all the guys stood up and I’m very proud of them,” New Hanover Coach Nolan Tobey said. “I think this shows we have a shot at knocking Ashley off in the (Mideastern 4A) conference meet. I’m glad they got this win so they can see all their hard work paying off.”
Despite a second-place finish for his boys, and a third for the girls, Ashley coach Ryan Hauck was happy with the results, and the way the meet ran.
“I think it was a great day,” Hauck said. “It was our first big invitational and I thought both the boys and girls did a great job. The girls are working hard, putting things together and buying into the system, and that’s half the battle.”
Julia Boudreau, who already holds Lady Screaming Eagles’ school records in the 800 (2:28), 1,600 (5:32), 3,200 (12:23), and as a member of the three-freshman, one-sophomore 4×800 relay team (10:41.22), was a member of the school-record 4×800 unit and she won the freshman 1,600 in 5:32.00 – eradicating the old meet record of 5:53.72 set by Jack Britt’s Lavenia Cotto in 2012. Boudreau also finished third in the 3,200-meter run with the school-record 12:23.
“It’s a lot of fun, I love being out here,” said Boudreau, who turned 15 last Friday. “People asked me if running so many events is tiring but it actually gets my adrenaline going for the next race. Doing so well as a freshman is exciting and I can’t wait to see how things go from here.”
Boudreau was joined on the 4×800 relay team by Lindsey Williams, Sydney Westra, and Morgan Marraccini.
Youth continued to be served in the freshmen boys 1,600 where Cape Fear Academy eighth-grader Alex Nadaud. Nadaud won that race in 4:50.06, running away from New Hanover’s Will Parker (4:54.66) at the end.
“I came here to compete against myself, my own times,” Nadaud said. “It’s great that I can have some fun and winning is the icing on the cake. It’s nice to be able to represent my school.”
There were several records broken in the meet, and a plethora of exciting races. Two of those came in the boys 110 hurdles and in the 300 hurdles.
Ashley’s Dominique Keyes used a strong burst over the last three hurdles to win the 110 hurdles in 15.46 over Trask’s Ethan Bischof (16.09). But Bischof gained a small measure of revenge when he came from behind over the last hurdle to edge Keyes at the finish line, winning the 300-hurdles in 40.70. Keyes was times in 40.82.
“I didn’t let the loss in the 110s bother me, I just came into the 300s and I wanted to run my race and do what I do,” said Bischof, a senior. “Early in the race I was just trying to stay with him, give myself a chance at the end, and I really didn’t catch up to him until the last hurdle.”
Staying with the youth theme, Jordan Sales, a 10-year old track star, ran in the girls 100 and 200. Despite her young demeanor, Sales finished seventh in the 100 (13.04) and sixth in the 200 (26.57).
There was also a trophy awarded for the best combined scores (boys and girls), and that one went back to Lynchburg with the Liberty Christian Academy teams as they amassed a total of 195 points to edge past Ashley, which was second with a combined total of 194-1/2.
Combined Team Scoring: 1. Liberty Christian Academy 195; 2. Ashley 194.5; 3. West Johnston 137; 4. New Hanover 134; 5. Jacksonville 107; 6. Laney 81.5; 7. New Bern 79; 8. Hoggard 76.5; 9. North Pitt 74; 10. Trask 69; 11. North Brunswick 66.5; 12. White Oak 67; 13. Cary Academy 46; 14. Topsail 30; 15. Union 24; 16. Croatan 12; 17. Jones, Sr. 8.
Boys Team Scores: 1. New Hanover 110; 2. Ashley 1-03.5; 3. Liberty (Va.) Christian Academy 72; 4. North Brunswick 66.5; 5. North Pitt 59; 6. Trask 57; 7. New Bern 45; 8. Hoggard 42; 9. West Johnston 39; 10. White Oak 32; 11. Jacksonville 30; 12. Topsail 19; 13. Laney 17; 14. Cary Academy 11.
Individual Results: 100-Meter Dash-1. Tyshawm Siders (Jax.) 10.98; 2. Chris Graham (NB) 11.30; 3. Demarcus Best (NP) 11.35.1; 4. Kendall White (WO) 11.43; 5. Kion Hobdy (L) 11.49; 6. Steven Moses (WO) 11.50; 7. Glen White (Jones) 11.73.
200-1. Deontre Sonneberg (NP) 22.72; 2. Tamarack Bolden (Tr.) 22.76; 3. Jacen Murphy (NH) 22.88; 4. Lamel Batts (NB) 23.00; 5. Vincent Siders (Jax.) 23.12; 6. Devin Williams (Top.) 23.22; 7. Shamar Johnson (H) 23.37; 8. Kion Hobdy (L) 23.40.
400-1. Ronnie Lovick (NB) 50.72; 2. Bailey Corell (LCA) 53.05; 3. Anthony Harris (NP) 53.18; 4. Michael Tarter (H) 53.31; 5. Christopher Diaz (L) 53.38; 6. Jordan Holliway (NB) 54.10; 7. Lavoris Vick (EW) 54.40; 8. Connor Kelley (H) 54.56.
800-1. Jake Bettencourt (WJ) 1:59.59; 2. Joseph Harty (A) 2:01.07; 3. Josh Mitchell (CA) 2:01.24; 4. Justin Lehn (CC) 2:01.62; 5. Quincey Rasin (NB) 2:02.59; 6. David Roberts (A) 2:03.73; 7. J. J. Batts (NB) 2:05.22; 8. Matt Wilson (H) 2:05.60.
1,600-1. Jake Betancourt (WJ) 4:32.32; 2. Brien Lancaster (A) 4:42.45; 3. Nicholas Hite (WJ) 4:43.68; 4. Stephen Wilson (A) 4:49.68; 5. Daniel Lancaster (A) 4:53.20; 6. Xyachery Bryant (WO) 4:54.13; 7. Christian Dickens (Top.) 4:54.43; 8. Robinson Snider (H) 4:54.51.
Freshman 1,600-1. Alex Nadaud (CFA) 4:50.06 (Meet Record: Old, 4:50.90, Ben Powell, Jack Britt, 2011); 2. Will Parker (NH) 4:54.66; 3. Henry Kunz (NH) 5:04.33; 4. Lane Dukes (WO) 5:05.72; 5. James Pyrtle (Top.) 5:10.74; 6. Domenik Dibiase (Top.) 5:11.61; 7. Tanner Richards (H) 5:13.63; 8. Alan Brewington (Tr.) 5:16.48.
3,200-1. George Webb (NH) 9:54.22 (Meet Record: Old, 10:00, Cole Vaughn (NH), 2011); 2. Kyle Christ (WJ) 10:12.06; 3. Ben Schmidt (H) 10:15.57; 4. Michael Miller (CA) 10:26.10; 5. Will Mayo (A) 10:32.61; 6. Gunar Swartzlander (NH) 10:40.98; 7. Shaffer Lisle (NH) 10:41.05; 8. Cameron Langler (WO) 10:46.69.
110-Hurdles-1. Dominique Keyes (A) 15.46; 2. Ethan Bishoff (Tr.) 16.09; 3. Roman Murphy ((NH) 17.06; 4. Cameron Holden (LCA) 17:41; 5. Jake Wiser (EW) 17.45; 6. Blake Joyce (Tr.) 18.04; 7. Jordan Osgood (Tr.) 18.15; 8. Luke Ward (H) 18.40.
300-Hurdles-1. Ethan Bisfof (Tr.) 40.73; 2. Dominique Keyes 40.82; 3. Lewis Williams (LCA) 42.11; 4. Jackson Denton (NH) 43.00; 5. Jeremiah Moses (LCA) 43.16; 6. Anthony Huff-Johnson (Jax.) 44.30; 7. Brandon Addison (NB) 44.96; 8. Spencer Gregory 45.38.
4×100 Relay-1. White Oak 43.62; 2. North Pitt 43.92; 3. Liberty Christian Academy 44.11; 4. Jacksonville 44.36; 4. Union 44.49; 6. Topsail (Jack Dremann, C. D. Hansley, Hunter Jacobs, DevinWilliams) 44.71; 7. Hoggard (Names not provided) 45.20; 8. New Hanover (Khalil Morris, Jamal Mitton, Donte Richard, Jacen Murphy) 45.49.
4×200-1. New Bern 1:29.73 (Meet Record: Old, 1:30.10, Jack Britt, 2011; 2. North Pitt 1:30.54; 3. Trask (Larry Johnson, Arthur Brown, Dakari Jackson, Tamrack Bolden) 1:31.85; 4. Jacksonville 1:33.07; 5. New Hanover (Khalil Morris, Jamal Mitton, Donte Richard, Jacen Mruphy) 1:34.40; 6. Union 1:34.58; 7. Ashley (Charles Johnson, Dominique Keyes, Loch McDonald, Zan Richardson) 1:36.33; 8. Fayetteville Christian Academy 1:44.61.
4×400-1. New Bern 3:27.48; 2. North Pitt 3:29.10; 3. North Brunswick (Jordon Brandon Addison, Brandon Weaver, J. J. Batts) 3:33.71; 4. Christian Academy 3:37.92; 5. New Hanover (Jackson Denton, Jamal Mitton, Nigel Barnes, Malik Robinson) 3:38.51; 6. Ashley (P. J. Brown, Joseph Harty, David Roberts, Ryles Smith) 3:39.38; 7. Laney (Christopher Diaz, Alexander Newkirk, Juwan Johnson, Nathaniel Fullen) 3:49.81; 8. Coastal Christian Academy (Jimmy Finley, Chase Lewis, Josh Martin, Justin Lehn) 3:50.65.
4×800-1. Ashley 8:13.50 (No Names Provided)-(Meet Record: Old, 9:00, Jack Britt, 2012; 2. New Hanover (Shafer Lisle, George Webb, Nigel Barnes, Jackson Denton) 8:24.69; 3. New Bern 8:34.44; 4. Hoggard (Ben Schmidt, Andrew Irrera, Nathan Sudduth, Matt Wilson) 8:57.85; 5. Topsail (Domenick Dibiase, Christian Dickens, Sam Theriault, Brady Woods) 8:59.66; 6. Jacksonville 9:15.08; 7. Union 10:29.76.
Shot Put-1. Collin Quebedeaux (LCA) 52-0-1/2); 2. Ryan Miller (H) 52-0; 3. Wesley Porter (Tr.) 45-9; 4. Anthony Ray (NH) 43-10; 5. Nick Greyno (A) 43-3-1/2; 6. Mike Clemmons (NP) 42-3; 7. Jordan Musselwhite (NH) 42-0; 8. Sam Campbell (WJ) 41-4-1/2.
Discus-1. Joshua Smith (Tr.) 150-03 (Meet Record: Old, 148-0, John Galarde, Hoggard, 2012); 2. Nick Greyno (A) 143-10; 3. Ryan Miller (H) 142-8-1/2; 4. Blake Papet (LCA) 140-3; 5. Sam Campbell (WJ) 139-3; 6. Brandon Wiggins (Tr.) 131-5; 7. Coburn Brewer (H) 128-11; 8. Alex Banozi (A) 121-10.
High Jump-1. Cameron Holdren (LCA) 6-6 (Ties Meet Record: Darren Thompson, White Oak, 2012); 2. Terrance Brown (NB) 6-2; 3. David Miller (L) 6-2; 4. Dandrell Utley (NH) 6-0; 5. William James (A) 5-10; 6. Jordan Tillas (LCA) 5-10; 7. Calvin Gregory (A) 5-8; 8. Zee Martin (EW) 5-8.
Long Jump-1. Brandon Addison (NB) 21-2; 2. Terron Piedra (NH) 21-1-3/4; 3. Donte Richard (NH) 20-8-1/2; 4. Bryant Battle (NP) 20-7-3/4; 5. Steve Moses (WO) 20-6-1/4; 6. Dylan Slaughter (LCA) 20-4-1/4; 7. Terrance Brown (NB) 20-2-3/4; 8. Cameron Holden (LCA) 19-11-1/4.
Triple Jump-1. Jacen Murphy (NH) 41-10-3/4; 2. Trey Graham (NB) 41-1-1/2; 3. Terron Piedra (NH) 40-4; 4. Roman Murphy (NH) 40-3-1/4; 5. Jordan Howard (NB) 39-11-1/2; 6. Terrance Brown (NB) 39-11-1/4; 7. Calvin Gregory (A) 39-0; 8. Demarius Davis (U) 39-8-3/4.
Pole Vault-1. Bruce Kopka (A) 12-6 (Meet Record: Old, 11-6, Ryan Turnbill, White Oak & Will Hitzbuser , Hoggard, 2011).
Girls Team Scores
1. Liberty Christian Academy 123; 2. West Johnston 98; 3. Ashley 91; 4. Jacksonville 77; 5. Laney 64.5; 6. Hoggard 36.5; 7. White Oak 35; 8. New Bern 34; 9. Cary Academy 2; 10. (Tie) Union 24 & New Hanover 24; 12. North Pitt 15; 13. Trask & Croatan 12; 15. Topsail 11; 16. Jones, Sr. 8.
Individual Results
100-1. Jasmine Dawson (WJ) 12.36 (Meet Record: Old, 12.53, Janivette Roman, New Bern, 2011; 2. Jamie Durham (A) 12.61; 3. Teri Strickland (WJ) 12.63; 4. Tatyana Glasgow (Jax.) 12.77; 5. Jordan Sales (Unatched) 13.25; 6. Markiara (Jones) 1326; 7. Erin Nesselroade (L) 13.28; 8. Jordyn Franklin (WO) 13.29.
200-1. Jasmine Dawson (WJ) 24.75 (Meet Record: Old, 25.77, Tatyaana Glasgow, Jacksonville, 2012); 2. Jamie Durham (A) 25.75; 3. Tatyana Glasgow (Jax.) 25.77; 4. Teri Strickland (WJ) 26.06; 5. Desire Brown (Tr.) 26.44; 6. Jordan Sales (Unattached) 26.53; 7. Shanyah Hodge (L) 26.81; 8. Erin Nesselroade (L) 26.99.
400-1.Tatyana Glasgow (Jax.) 57.40 (Meet Record: Old, 59.01, Shelby Howell (NH), 2012); 2. Jasmine Dawson (WJ) 58.13; 3. Micah Brickhill (LCA) 58.24; 4. Desire Brown (Tr.) 1:00.41; 5. Tori Strickland (WJ) 1:01.12; 6. Rachel Norris (LCA) 1:01.45; 7. Christiana Dixon (Unattached) 1:02.73; 8. Tameeka Wiliford (EW) 13.81.
800-1. Micah Brickhill (LCA) 2:20.53; 2. Hannah Goetz (CA) 2:27.07; 3. Kerry Leonard (L) 2:28.88; 4. Jennifer Stephenson (Unattached) 2:29.79; 5. Lindsey Williams (A) 2:36.88; 6. Madeline Hulbert (H) 2:38.00; 7. Ruth Alexander (Cr.) 2:40.34; 8. Ashley Woodward (NH) 2:41.02.
1,600-1. Kerry Leonard (L) 5:15.80; 2. Hannah Goetz (CA) 5:19.09; 3. Jennifer Stephenson (Unattached) 5:27.60; 4. Becca Meshaw (WJ) 5:45.21l; 5. Paige Pottle (NH) 5:46.60; 6. Jordyn Moore (NP) 5:48.32; 7. Lauren Hermane (WJ) 5:47.75; 8. Abigail Rackley (L) 5:50.47.
Freshman 1,600-1. Julia Bourdreau (A) 5:36.29 (Meet Record: Old, 5:53.72, Cotto Lavenia, Jack Britt, 2012); 2. Noel Palmer (LCA) 5:46.43; 3. Madeline McElveen (CA) 6:05.11; 4. Sydney Westra (A) 6:13.41; Rachel Medlin (Top.) 6:14.02; 6. Ashley Woodward (NH) 6:21.99; 7. Natalie Foley (NH) 6:23.86; 8. Danielle Dunnagan (L) 6:30.18.
3,200-1. Sarah Hamon (CA) 12:08.22 (Meet Record: Old, 12:11, Dakota Fosky, West Johnston, 2011); 2. Morgan Sanderson (H) 12:12; 3. Julia Bourdreau (A) 12:26.06; 4. Savannah Pugh (Cr.) 12:28.99; 5. Rachel Snider (H) 12:36.77; 6. Waverly Leonard (NH) 13:13.90; 7. Caroline Zimmerman (NH) 13:16.93; 8. Lauren Hermane (WJ) 13:29.88.
100 Hurdles-1. Dominique Chadler (Jax.) 16.55 (Meet Record: Old, 16.78, Chelsea Daniels, Jack Britt, 2011); 2. Dasja Johnson (U) 16.78; 3. Jesse Glynn (LCA) 17.95; 4. Aleigh Criego (NB) 1.12; 5. Jacquera Allens (Jax.) 17.42; 6. Hannah McLendon (L) 18.44; 7. Asia Henry (U) 18.39.
300 Hurdles-1. Aniss Edge (L) 49.19; 2. Dominique Chandler (Jax.) 49.42; 3. Dasja Johnson (U) 50.14; 4. Leah Jenkins (Unattached) 51.73; 5. Kelly McLendon (L) 53.24; 6. Asia Henry (U) 53.56; 7. Jessie Glynn (LCA) 54.30; 8. Aleigh Criego (NB) 54.62.
4×100 Relay-1. Liberty Christian Academy 51.63; 2. NewBern 51.92; 3. Laney (Shanyah Hodge, Jayda Malone, Kelly McLendon, Erin Nesselroade) 52.89; 4. Union 53.77; 5. White Oak 54.18; 6, West Johnston 54.74.
4×200 Relay-1. Jacksonville 1:47.72 (Meet Record: Old, 1:48.0, New Bern, 2012); 2. Ashley (Chyna Cotton, Jamie Durham, Destiny Godfrey, Elizabeth Troutwine) 1:50.00; 3. White Oak 1:51.82; 4. West Johnston 1:52.54; 5. Liberty Christian Academy 1:56.66; 6. North Pitt 1:58.03; 7. Fayetteville Academy 2:11.80; 8. Richloands 2:14.39.
4×400 Relay-1. West Johnston 4:11.86 (Meet Record: Old, 4:11.90, New Bern, 2011; 2. Liberty Christian Academy 4:21.96; 3. New Bern 4:27.07; 4. New Hanover (Ashley Woodward, Rhaven Davis, Akena Drayton, Jasmine Young) 4:28.03; 5. Ashley (Chyna Cotton, Morgan Marraccini, Hope Mason, Alisa Yaw) 4:39.92; 6. White Oak 4:45.87; 7. Coastal Christian (Elena Stoycos, Sabrina Sims, Kayla Bigoness, Kirsten Rose) 4:46.31; 8. Richlands 4:54.85.
4×800 Relay-1. Ashley (Julia Bourdeau, Morgan Marraccini, Lindsey Williams, Sydney Westa) 10:41.22; 2. Hoggard (Madeline Hulbert, Hannah Miller, Emilee Golini, Morgan Sanderson) 10:48.30; 3. Liberty Christian Academy 10:57.457; 4. Topsail (Rachel Medlin, Alex Patterson, Mckenzie Wierse, Haley Williams) 11:02.33; 5. New Hanover (Scout Schmidt, Waverly Leonard, Naz Aktas, Clara Seifert) 11:06.89; 6. Richlands 12:43.18.
Shot Put-1. Gina Penick (LCA) 37-01 (Meet Record: Old, 35-10, Chinyere Bell, South View, 2012; 2. Eboni Robinson (WJ) 36-8-1/2; 3. Lyssa Wallace-O’Neill (Jax.) 36-3; 4. Brianna Jones (LCA) 32-7-1/2; 5. Danielle Holdren (LCA) 28-9; 6. Kaili Rich (A) 28-5; 7. Lexi Thomas (F) 27-5; 8. Ellen Tootoo (H) 26-9.
Discus-1. Brianna Jones (LCA) 117-09 (Meet Record: Old, 101-0, Lyssa Wallace-O’Neill, Jacksonville, 2012); 2. Lyssa Wallace-O’Neill (J) 113-08-1/2; 3. Gina Penick (LCA) 111-07; 4. Danielle Holdren (LCA) 101-2-1/2; 5. Kaili Rich (A) 83.07; 6. EllenTootoo (H) 80-05; 7. Kinya Abdulhamid (Jax.) 74-03; 8. Jocelyn Rogers (Top.) 74-02.
High Jump-1. Demetria Redmond (L) 5-0; 2. Hannah McLendon (L) 5-0; 3. Jessie Glynn (LCA) 5-0; 4 Taylor Monfrief (Jax.) 5-0; 5. Jasmine Randall (NB) 4-10; 6. Devin Wood (H) 4-8; 7. Anna Kester (H) 4-8; 8. Eboni Robinson (WJ) 4-6.
Long Jump-1. Jamie Durham (A) 17-2 (Meet Record: Old, 16-8, Amanda Gregory, Hoggard, 2012; 2. Tori Strickland (WJ) 16-10-1/2; 3. Toya Anding (WO) 16-10-1/2; 4. Markiara Staten (Jones) 16-5; 5. Dominique Nelson (LCA) 16-2-1/2; 6. Desire Brown (Tr.) 16-0; 7. Jasmine Randall (NB) -15-10-1/2; 8. Demetria Redmond (L) & Jasmine Randall (NB) 15-9-1/4.
Triple Jump-1. Tori Strickland (WJ) 36-0 (Meet Record: Old, 34-7, Tyshaunra Wallace, New Bern, 2011; Yasmine Artis (NB); 2. Yasmine Artis (NB ) 35-9; 3. Toya Anding (WO) 34-4-1/2; 4. Peyton Lesher (Cr.) 32-10; 5. Katie Dubrouilet (H) 31-10; 6. Dominique Chandler ((Jax.) 31-7; 7. Nekeya Anthony (NP) 31-5; 8. Dannell Taylor (NP) 31-4.
Pole vault-1. Jessie Glynn (LCA) 10-0 (Meet Record: Old, 8-6, Elizabeth Henry (L), 2011); 2. Heather Keck (A) 9-0; 3. Ce’nedra Dillard (NP) 7-6; 4. Bailey Bruns (WO) 7-0; 5. Angel Rogers (WO) 7-0; 6. Savanna Knight (A) 6-6; 7. Delanie Barbour (WJ) 6-0.
