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East Surry’s Lamar Shuff and North Surry’s Ryan March are in an all out sprint as they finish in the 100-meter dash. Shuff placed first in the heat with 11.25 and March took second with a time of 11.62 in heat one at the tri-meet held at North Surry. Kedrick Jones of Prep came in third in the heat.
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North’s Katlin Sais, left, commands a second-place finish and East’s Chase Brewster placed third in the grueling 400-meter run. Both complete it by turning on the afterburners at about 200 meters before the finish.
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North Surry’s 4x800 relay (3200M) took first in the meet between East Surry and Winston-Salem Prep. Eli Combs, Jeremy Focareto, Dustin Nichols and Matthew Mayes shared the first-place win as the only 3200M relay team to compete. They said they stuck together because having a relay team to compete was important to them.
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Cardinal John Dickenson clears 5-feet 8-inches in the high jump and took first place in the event.
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Destiny Edmonds of East Surry gets out front on the jump in the 800M relay. Also pictured for East is Demedrick Hargrave in lane three and Jeremiah Griffin of North Surry running the inside lane.
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Marissa Snoddy of East Surry gets a strong finish as anchor leg after running the 400M relay amidst tough competition. Winston-Salem Prep took first and East took second. The girls stay in lanes after the tough race to find out their times and catch their breaths.
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Riley Hale toughs it out for the Cards and clenches first in the grueling 3200M run.
North Surry hosted a tri-meet in track and field on Thursday competing with Winston-Salem Prep and East Surry. North Surry boys dominated at first and Prep won in girls.
Two North Surry girls qualified for regionals in the shotput and discus.
Prep took the girl’s competition scoring 65 points, East Surry came in second with 47 points, and North Surry, third with 19 points.
In the boy’s competition, North’s score was 83 points, East was second with 47, and Prep took third with 24.
North Surry only has eight girls total on the team and they made the best of what they had.
Hounds Head Coach Janice Simmons said two of the girls got off to a great start after throwing lengths that qualifed them for regional competition in the shotput and discus.
Lady Hound Alex Cooke won first place in the shotput and threw a personal best of 37 feet 4 3/4 inches. The length makes her a serious contender for winner in regionals for the second year in a row. Cooke won in the event last year during the 2A track and field regional meet at Cuthbertson High School.
Hound Kendra McKeithen also took first place in discus and qualified for regionals with a throw of 92 feet 1/4 inches in the tri-meet.
In the high jump field event, the Cards pulled out a first place win after Alyssa Martin cleared 4-feet 8-inches. Martin also won the 800-meter race.
Prep took second in high jump with 4-feet 6-inches. Prep girls made their presence known in the field by getting first and second in the long jump. The team also took first in the triple jump.
East got a first in the girls 100M hurdles when freshman Priscilla Gosnell of East Surry improved in her steps and dropped seconds in her time, said East Surry Coach Keith Gunter.
The Lady Cards also took a first place in the 3200M relay with Riley Hale timing at 16:53.
Gunter said Eliya Harvey got third in the shotput but only needs 30 more inches to qualify for regionals.
Highlights of boys results
North Surry dominated in the field of boys, taking first place.
Hound Ben Goble took first in the shotput and discus. Ryan March took first in long jump and triple jump.
East got a first by John Dickenson in the high jump and Hound LeShaud Moore took second.
North Surry also took first in the 3200M and 1600M relay. Hound Matthew Mayes took first in the 1600M run and 3200M run.
A highlight for East Surry was Lamar Shuff, who took two firsts in the 100M dash and 200M dash. Cards also took a first in the 400M relay.
Coach Keith Gunter said the Cards’ relay team improved on relay baton exchange this meet and times were better as a result.
Gunter said Shuff has continually improved in sprinting and was impressed with his performance in the meet. He also said Demedrick Hargrave continues to be a force in Cards sprinting.
Simmons said for the Hounds the guys continue to show heart and strength in sprinting and relays. In distance, they have bridged the gap and made up for any lack by their competitive attitudes, said Simmons.
“I think it is awesome that our guys are gaining some confidence that will continue to help them,” she said.
The North Surry team could still use more to sign up and compete in the distance running areas, as well as more membership on the girls squad, said Simmons.
The meet was only the second for the North Surry Greyhounds this season.
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