Dorman wins both Region 2-AAAAA track meets, has 57 qualifers for upper state
Okebe wins 400 hurdles, finishes second in 100 hurdles
Roebuck – Dorman High School qualified for 57 spots in the AAAAA upper state track and field meet after both the boys and girls teams won their respective Region 2 meets on May 1.
The boys team had 29 finishers in the top four in the 18 events, the qualifier for upper state. The girls had 28 qualifiers.
The Cavalier boys won seven events. Tyler Davis won the 3,200-meter run, Nathan Edwards the 1,600 run, Jamier Gaston the triple jump, Liam McNulty the pole vault and Makell Heirs the high jump. Also winning were the 4x800-meter relay team and the 4x100 relay team.
Christian Waring finished second in both the shot put and the discus. Other second-place finishers were Cam Bailey in the 3,200, Josh McPherson in the 400-meter hurdles, Luke McKelvey in the 400 dash, Joseph McBride in the 1,600, Donovan Anderson in the triple jump and Charlie Deetz in the pole vault.
McBride finished third in the 3,200 as did McPherson in the 110 hurdles. Others who finished third were Kadarus Hainsworth in the 200, Grayson Bryant in the 800, Andrew Cleland in the 1,600, Taylor Sowell in the javelin, Marqavis Miller-Jeter in the shot and Parker Hoenig in the pole vault.
Cleland finished fourth in the 3,200, while Hainsworth was fourth in the 100. Other fourth-place finishers were the 4x400 team, Noah Hazel in the 400 hurdles, Quinton Means in the 110 hurdles and Hunter Champion in the javelin.
Adding to Dorman’s 152 points with fifth-place finishes were Edwards in the 800, Yahoshua Swinton in the 400, Clay Ollinger in the 1,600, Jamarius Brown in the triple jump and Dar’Shion Watkins-Hynes in the high jump.
The girls scored 142 points and won seven events. Molly Yarborough won the pole vault, Ella Tombuelt the 1,600, Rebecca Okebe the 400 hurdles, Evyn Kate Dill the 800 and Elizabeth Ludwick the 3,200. The 4x1 and 4x8 teams also won.
Okebe was second in the 100 hurdles, while Ella Bowen was second in the 1,600 and third in the 3,200. Lexy Barrientos in the 800, Kalli Faulkner in the 3,200 and the 4x4 team each finished second.
Jordayn Ratliff qualified in the long jump, triple jump and 100 with third-place finishes. Other third-place finishers were Aliyah Littlejohn in the high jump, . Madie McKelvey in the 100 hurdles, Barrientos in the 1,600, Kendall Miller in the 400 and Michaela Oglesby in the 400 hurdles.
Fourth-place finishers were Amelia Gregory in the pole vault, Eryn Boyce-Marlin in the triple jump, Oglesby in the 100 hurdles, Dara Gray in the 100, McKelvey in the 400 hurdles, Aggie Romansky in the 800 and Tombuelt in the 800.
Scoring points with fifth-place finishers were Aliya Mooney in both the pole vault and javelin, Nature’ Deck in the long jump, Michaela Barr in the triple jump, Kylynn Boyd in the discus, Madison Miller Mateen in the 100, Caedyn McHam in the 400 and Miller in the 200.
