By BUDDY HURLOCK
Staff reporter
04/21/2002

GLASGOW -- Salesianum won six of 11 track events, including all four relays, to roll to victory in boys competition at the Glasgow High Invitational on Saturday.

Sallies had 156 team points, with Delcastle second at 97.

The Caesar Rodney girls team also enjoyed victory behind a diverse cast, scoring 146 with Brandywine second at 89.

The Riders got 54 of their points from the six field events, where CR had 10 top-six finishes.

CR's Terri Scott won the triple jump and Rosa White the high jump.

White said the Riders knew they'd have depth in the field events, but it just took some sorting out.

"We just weren't sure what events to put people in," said White, a senior. "So they just tried the long, triple or high jumps and seem to be surprising everybody. Once we've put them in something, it's been like, 'Wow, they can do that?' "

Caesar Rodney also won the 400 and 1,600 relays.

There were two girls meet record set.

Concord senior Schachia Murphy raised eyebrows by winning the 100 meters in 12.16 seconds. The previous mark was also held by a Concord runner, Terri Dendy, who in 1983 had a 12.1-second hand time.

Brandywine's Aysha Gregory won the girls discus with a throw of 128 feet, 6 inches, surpassing the 126-7 recorded last year by William Penn's Lateefah Vaughn.

Sallies' usual vast stable of runners meant success.

Junior Jay Hartnett ran with the 3,200 team, a Sallies JV foursome that won the race.

"We ran in that race to save some of the other runners for individual events," Hartnett said. "But we have a lot of depth in the distance runners. A lot of people come out for the team, and we train really hard."

Sallies had 1-2 finishes in the 1,600 (Ryan Hamill, Joe Donnelly) and the 3,200 (Chad Darlington (St. Mark's), P.J. Meany).

There were three double- winners in the boys meet: Delcastle's Mike Downs (100, 200), Smyrna's Shawn Thomas (discus, shot put) and Newark's Louis Broyles (long jump, triple jump).

Gregory was the only girls double-winner. The sophomore also won the shot put, was second in the 100 and anchored a 400 relay that was second.

After a shaky start in the discus, Gregory threw a personal best.

"It was OK, but I knew my form and my technique was off. I knew I could correct it. Discus is hard and I'm still learning," Gregory said.