May 22
Rod Lambert Meet of Champions, Caravel HS
Perfect Conditions Yield Fine Performances at Meet of Champs!
Girls' Highlights:
Caesar Rodney senior, Destiny Bailey-Perkins was a triple winner in individual events spanning the track and the field. Bailey-Perkins was the 100m champ (12.46), and the winner of both horizontal jumps - Long Jump/18-5.75 and Triple Jump/37-8.00.
Elizabeth Bader, after anchoring Padua's winning 4 x 800m/9:22.56 (Elena Bochetti, Katherine Hally, Judith McLaughlin), returned to take the 1600m/5:02.21 by a large margin.
Delcastle senior, Jalissa Emmens, ran away with the 800m in 2:11.56, #3 All Time!
Smryna reigned supreme in the sprint relays, Saani Edwards, Shaneese LaMons, Aniyah Black, and Sierra Romaine won the 4 x 100m with a MOC meet record time of 47.99, #3 All Time! Lauren Summers replaced Romaine in the Eagles winning 4 x 200m/1:41.38, #6 All Time! They were also runner-ups in both the 4 x 400, second to Tatnall, and the 4 x 800m.
Smyrna 4x100m relay team Smyrna 4x200m relay team
Freshman sensation Anaeja Ferrell, of St. Georges, claimed the 200m/24.87, after a false start prevented her from challenging Bailey-Perkins in the 100m.
Kayla Moody of Middletown, was the winner of the 400m/56.81.
Ursuline freshman Anna Pryor, won the long distance event - 3200m/11:10.38.
In the hurdle events, Padua's Jia Anderson took the 100m/14.55, after a stumble out of the blocks and Charter's Sophia Gulotti was the long hurdle champ in 45.29.
Abigail Kates/Archmere won the High Jump in 5' 5".
For the throwing events, Chioma Njoku, of Padua was the winner of the shot put - 41-1 and the discus was won by Ayanna Obey of Mount Pleasant, 118-1.
State record holder, Erin Kelleher/Padua, was the winner in the Pole Vault with 11-9.
Boys' Highlights:
Brahmir Vick, a junior from Middletown, broke a 34 year state record in the 110m Hurdles - 14.00! Leon Jett of Caesar Rodney was the runner-up in 14.20/#9 All Time and doubled back to win the 300m Hurdles in 38.79.
William Penn's KeShawn Dennis edged his teammate and D1 Champion Matthew Hibbert by just 1/1000th of a second in the 100m/10.887.
L to R Mahki Herring (3rd), Matthew Hibbert (2nd), KeShawn Dennis (1st)
Middletown's Bryce Pepukayi took the 200m in 21.84.
Shane Massey, of Lake Forest, won the 400m in 49.14.
Arguably the best event on the track was the 800m. Chris Brown, a senior from Charter, pressed the entire time to hold off defending champion Napoleon Hernandez of Tatnall, and a late charge by Dover's Nathanial Guy to set a Meet of Champs record running 1:51.91 - #2 All Time! Hernandez/1:52.04 and Guy/1:53.05 ran #5 & # 8 All Time perfomances!
L to R Chris Brown, Napolean Hernandez, Nathanael Guy
Austyn Hamilton, of Caravel was the champ in the 1600m/4:22.13. (Worth noting are the times of two freshmen in the event - Jack Welch of Concord ran 4:28.79 while Ethan Edery of Cape Henlopen ran 4:31.53 to place 3rd and 4th.) The 3200m champ was Andrew Avila/9:17.34, shaking off Friends' senior, Connor Nisbet, after trading leads the first several laps.
Salesianum (Michael Keehan, Sean Banko, Conor Ryan, & Matthew Filliben), set a Meet of Champs record to win the 4 x 800m.
Sallies 4x8 (Matthew Filliben, Conor Ryan, Sean Banko, Michael Keehan)
Middletown took the 4 x 100m in 42.47, after a fall at the second exchange prevented the 4 x 200m champs of Sussex Central from finishing.
Dover was the champion in the 4 x 400m, the final event on the track.
Gordon Smith/Delcastle was the Long Jump champion - 22-2.25.
In the Triple Jump, DeShaun Dawkins of Hodgson was the winner in 45-8.25.
The High Jump champ was Elijah Wilson, of Middletown - 6' 8".
Leroy Lynch of AI duPont, won the Pole Vault in 13-6.
In the throwing events, the Discus was decided by just an inch. Braden Young, of Smyrna, edged Jordan Cheaton, of St. Georges - 150' 01"/150' 00".
Seniors gather on the infield at Caravel to celebrate their last high school meet.
May 17-18
DIAA State Championship, Dover HS
May 10-11
New Castle County Championship, Charter HS
May 9-10
Henlopen Conference Championship, Lake Forest HS
May 6
Seaford Quad Meet #2, Seaford HS
May 3
Hoka One One Henderson Invitational, West Chester Henderson HS
Padua Sophomore, Erin Kelleher, Sets State Mark in the Pole Vault, 12-6!
A.I. Classic Track & Field Invitational, A.I. duPont HS
April 30
Blue Hen Conference, Appoquinimink HS
Catholic Conference, Caravel Academy
April 29
Diamond State Athletic Conference, Archmere Academy
April 25-27
The Penn Relays, Franklin Field
Unionville Invitational, Kennett Square, PA
April 20
Art Madric HOF, Caravel Academy
April 18
Panther Challenge, Polytech HS
April 17
Twilight Relays, Caravel Academy
April 13
Caravel Invitational, Caravel Academy
Bullis Bulldog Invitational, Potomac, MD
Keith Burgess Invitational, Lake Forest HS
April 12
Warrior Invitational, West Chester, PA
April 6
Diamond State Relays, Appoquinimink HS
Whippett Invitational, Downingtown, PA (DMA, Tatnall)
Temple Relays HS Meet, Phila, PA (Glasgow, William Penn)
April 5
WCU Golden Ram Invitational, West Chester, PA
April 1
Charter Mini-meet #1, Charter HS
March 29
A.I Field & Track Invitational, A.I. duPont HS
March 28
Seaford Quad Meet, Seaford HS
March 22
A.I Field & Track Relays, A.I. duPont HS
