Staff report
GREENSBORO – Rowan County athletes competed in the 5A Track and Field State Championships held on Friday at North Carolina A&T.
East Rowan’s girls fared the best. They tied for 10th with 19 points with Lelu Hill and Miley Carrico scoring in two events each.
Hill cleared 11 feet for second place in the pole vault and placed fifth in the long jump with an effort of 17 feet, 1.5 inches.
Carrico was fifth in the 100 hurdles in 16.07 seconds and sixth in the 300 hurdles in 48.37.
East’s boys scored one point. That came from Oliver Shank’s eighth-place finish in the pole vault. He cleared the bar at 12 feet, 6 inches.
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Carson’s girls scored nine points.
Tasean Perkins was fourth in the 100 hurdles in 15.95. Kara Crotts was fifth in the 3200 in 11:30.
Carson’s boys did not score with a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 scoring system that scored eight places. Connor Karriker came close. He cleared 6 feet in the high jump and was ninth.
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West Rowan’s boys totaled 11 points.
Dillon Smith was fourth in the long jump with an effort of 21 feet, 1 inch.
Jacob Kirk placed seventh in the 300 hurdles in 40.76 seconds.
West’s 4×800 unit of Jayden Romero, Jonathan Medina, Ben Woodward and Luke Henson ran 8:12.17 and placed fifth.
West’s girls did not score. The 4×100 relay girls came close. They clocked 50.01 and finished ninth.
