The Cape track & field team hosted a tri-meet March 31 at Legends Stadium, with hundreds of fit athletes running, jumping and throwing for three-plus hours.
Only the boys’ first-place results were posted. As of deadline, we’re still waiting for the girls’ results and team scores. What I am learning from talking with some of the coaches is that the Henlopen Conference voted to forgo the reporting of the team scores. There were some meets last week that did report team scores, but there were some meets where no scores or results were posted at all. It seems as if it may be up to the host team or an agreement between the head coaches as to what gets posted. The emphasis seems to be on having more time to train, recover and attend better competition with weekend invites like a collegiate schedule. The conference will have a North and South championship.
Regardless, some great performances were turned in at Cape. Smyrna and Cape each won a relay, with the Eagles winning the 3,200-meter relay in 8:43.5 and the Vikings winning the 1,600-meter relay in 3:58.7. Dover won the two sprint relays, blazing the track in 41.8 for what could be the fastest 400-meter relay run at Cape, while also winning the 800-meter relay in 1:32.3.
Smyrna’s Phoenix Hendriquez won a fast 100 meters in 10.7, and also took the 200 meters in 21.3. Cape’s Jason Baker ran a nice time of 4:29.4 in the 1,600 meters, while Riley Stazzone won the 3,200 meters in 9:40.9. Elijah Shockley-Taylor won the 300-meter hurdles in 42.9, while Jamar Beasley won the 800-meter run in 2:01.4.
The Vikings won four of the six field events, with Liam Ramsey winning the shot put in 41-10 and the discus in 130-10. Bernard Jones won the long jump in 20-4.5, while Will DiPaolo won the pole vault in 14-9.
The Cape girls won 12 of the 18 events. Anejah Grace-Johnson won the hurdles. Cape won three of four relays, taking the 3,200 in 11:32.0, the 800 in 1:53.9 and the 1,600 in 4:48.0.
Logan Crotty won the 1,600-meter run in 5:44.1, while Lillian Holodick won the 400-meter dash in 1:02.5. Maile Godwin ran well to win the 800-meter event in 2:25.4, while Natalie Schneider won the 3,200 in 12:51. Mallory Kauffman won the shot in 35-1 and the discus in 115-4, while Natalie Horsey won the high jump in 5-0 and Kaylin Wightman won the pole vault in 6-6.
In Henlopen South action, the Sussex Academy boys and girls will attend the Moses Stancell Invitational at Laurel High School Saturday, April 4.
Beacon
The Beacon track & field team started the season with a bang, as both the girls' and boys' teams were victorious over Selbyville. The boys won 90-19, while the girls secured a 72-37 victory. The girls were led by Addison Wilson, who won the 100, 200, long jump and triple jump. In addition, Clover Webb won the high jump and the shot put. Fine performances were also put in by Simone Bodis in the 55-meter hurdles, Megan Chenosky in the 1,600, Malania Rodgers in the 400, Francesca Pitts in the 200 and Elana Edery in the 800.
The boys' team was led by the one-two punch of Jace Reddix and Elijah Cain. Reddix won the sprint triple, taking the 100, 200 and 400 races. Cain won the 55-meter hurdles, the 800 and triple jump. First-place performances also were turned in by Lincoln Rogerson in the discus, Christian Argueta in the shot put, Santana Messick in the high jump and Ethan Parks in the 1,600.
Fred Thomas and Mariner
The Fred Thomas boys topped Mariner 60-49, while the Mariner girls topped Fred Thomas 66-43.
On the boys’ side, Fred Thomas eighth-grader Elijauh Whaley scored 12.25 points to be the meet’s high scorer, while Vinny Amalfitano of Mariner won the long jump and 1,600.
Whaley ran the third leg of the winning 400-meter relay in 49.5, was second in the shot put in 36-9, won the triple jump in 33-7 and was second in the high jump in 4-8 for a busy day.
A few other impressive performances were turned in by Fred Thomas eighth-grade sprinter Griffin Sender, winning the 400 in 58.3, and eighth-grader Ayden Bonilla from Fred Thomas winning the discus in 93-11.
Eighth-grader KeyLonna Harmon of Mariner highlighted the girls’ meet by scoring 11.25 points, winning the 100 meters in 13.1 and the 200 meters in 28.0. She also anchored the 800-meter relay to a win in 1:59.0. Mariner eighth-grader A’Meeriah Davis won the hurdles in 9.1 seconds. No field events were listed in the results for the girls.
New record
Cape graduate and DeSales sophomore Ashley Carrier led off the record-setting 1,600-meter relay team, as Carrier split 1:02.0 and her team set the new record of 4:00.82. The record was set at the York College Twilight meet and broke a 12-year-old record. Carrier has a GPA of 3.50 and is majoring in medical studies, which is an accelerated physician assistant program.
