Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, April 9, 1995 TAG: 9504100061
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: D-10 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: CHRIS KING STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: RADFORD LENGTH: Long
A dizzying stream of high school track and field got even more confusing at the finish Saturday.
The Giles girls, who normally compete in Group A, won the All-American Relays team championship - but not without some dispute - against AA competition at Radford High School.
The Spartans' win was a surprise to everyone, especially Lord Botetourt, which originally was declared the victor before a scoring error was discovered that gave Giles 821/2 points to the Cavaliers' 79.
``I didn't know if we had won, but I knew we had more than 761/2 points [the total that originally was announced],'' Giles coach Rusty Kelley said. ``We wanted to come here and be the champions and we felt we had to participate [in Group AA to accomplish that].''
On the track, there was no doubting the brilliance of the Spartans' Tomika Saunders, who accounted for 37 points. Saunders won the 400-meter dash in 1 minute, 3.5 seconds and was the runner-up in the high jump, triple jump,100 and 200.
``I think it was good competition, it pushed us to work harder,'' said Saunders of the jump to Group AA competition. ``I am surprised that we did as well as we did.''
Graham dominated the AA boy's competition, defeating second-place Northside 130-79. The G-Men won seven of the 17 events and finished second in six others. Graham's Milton Byard won the 100 and was part of the winning 400 relay team.
Host Radford, led by Lynn Akers, captured the A girls' crown 93-86 over Chilhowie. Akers won the long and triple jumps and was a member of victorious 400 and 1,600 relay teams.
``I thought we were going to be a little down this year, but everybody is working together to help us win,'' Radford coach Tony DeHart said.
In possibly the day's most dramatic event, Radford's Sarah Argabrite defeated Floyd's Iohanna Newmann in the 1,600 by six-tenths of a second. Argabrite trailed most of the race before making her charge in the last 125 meters.
``She is very smart,'' DeHart said of Argabrite. ``She trailed the girl to allow her to break the wind, and then she kicked it in after the last turn.''
The Giles boys stayed in Group A, and won.
The Spartans finished with 96 points, well ahead of George Wythe's 68. Giles senior Maurice Milton won the 110 hurdles, was second in the triple jump, and was a member of the runner-up 400 relay team.
``I'm real pleased with our effort, we have got a good group of boys,'' Giles coach Jerry Huffman said. ``Maurice is an exceptional athlete, and he works hard and it pays off.''
George Wythe's Skye Crockett had a good day, winning the 100, 200, and the triple jump, and running on the Maroons' winning 400 relay team. Crockett's 301/2 points led all male competitors.
``I finished second or third a lot last season, but my coach pushed me,'' Crockett said. ``He told me not settle for second. I have worked hard and this feels great.''
Results from the All American Relays boys' and girls' track meet at Radford High School:
GROUP A BOYS
Team Scores
1. Giles (G) 96; 2. George Wythe (GW) 68; 3. Floyd (F) 55; 4. Radford (R) 42; 5. Narrows (N) 35; 6. Parry McCluer (PM) 26; 7.Galax (GL); 8. Roanoke Catholic (RC) 15; Grayson (GRA) 10; Auburn (AUB) 5.
400-meter relay: 1. George Wythe (Crockett, Smelse, Cook) 46.4; 2. Giles; 3. Radford; 4. Floyd.
400: 1. Decker (PM) 51.8; 2. Joyce (RC); 3. Stafford (N); 4. Dixon (GW); 5. Perdue (G).
300-meter hurdles: 1. Barton (R) 42.7; 2. Douglas (PM); 3. Milton (G); 4. Thompson (GL); 5. Bramblett (G).
1,600 meter relay: 1. Radford (Adams, Barrow, Baston, Baston) 3:41.4. 2. Floyd; 3. Parry McCluer; 4. Roanoke Catholic; 5. Narrows
Discus: 1. Lowery (N) 132'6; 2. Hubbard (R); 3. King (G); 4. Webb (G): 5. Ballard (N).
Shot put: 1. Ballard (N) 45; 2. Brandon (G); 3. Underwood (R); 4. Slusser (G); 5. Buckland (N).
3,200: 1. Cooke (F) 10.02.7; 2. Osborne (GR); 3. Bryson (GL); 4. Austin (GR); 5. Rundgren (G).
1,600: 1. Cook (F) 4:43.4; 2. Ott (F); 3. Bryson (G); 4. Rundgren (G); 5. Davis (GL).
High jump: 1. Vaught (N) 6'0; 2. Mertz (G); 3. Bramblett (G); 4. Wright (AUB); 5. Thomas (AUB).
Sprint medley: 1. Giles (Perdue, Workman, Sparks, Lambert) 3:57.9; 2. Radford; 3. George Wythe; 4. Narrows; Floyd.
110-meter hurdles: 1. Milton (G) 15.8; 2. Thompson (GL); 3. Shelton (GW); 4. Barton (R); 5. Osborne (F).
Long jump: 1. Hoston (G) 19'11; 2. Cook (GW); 3. Moyer (RC); 4. Crockett (GW); 5. Milton (G)
Triple jump: 1. Crokett (GW) 41'81/2; 2. Milton (G); 3. Barton (R); 4. Osborne (F); 5. Hoston (G).
100: 1. Crockett (GW) 11.5; 2. Cook (GW); 3. Workman (G); 4. Douglas (PM); 5. Sparks (G).
200: 1. Crockett (GW) 23.9; 2. Douglas (PM); 3. Osborne (F); 4. Cook (GW).
800: 1. Morisco (F) 2:06.4; 2. Lambert (G); 3. Dickson (RC); 4. Decker (PM); 5. Davis (GL).
GROUP A GIRLS
Team Scores
1. Radford (R) 93; 2. Chilhowie (CH) 86; 3. George Wythe (GW) 77; 4. Floyd (F) 72; 5. Narrows (N) 39; 6. Auburn (AUB) 23.5; 7. Craig (C) 5.5; 8. Galax (GL) 4.
Triple jump: 1. Akers (R) 32 33/4; 2. Smith (AUB); 3. Blizzard (GW); 4. Pursifull (F); 5. Fralin (F).
800: 1. Taylor (R) 2:28.; 2. Turpin (GW); 3. Garland (GW); 4. Hayden (CH); 5. Ballard (GL)
200: 1. Hicks (CH) 28.3; 2. Fralin (F); 3. Blizzard (GW); 4. Jebo (R); 5. Smith (AUB).
3,200: 1. Neuman (F) 12:47.4; 2. Argabrite (R); 3. Williams (GW); 4. Quesenberry (F); 5. Sample (GW).
High jump: 1. Blevins (CH) 4'8; 2. Fralin (F); 3. Blizzard (GW); 4. Akers (R); 5. Hubbard (R).
Long jump: 1. Akers (R) 15'63/4; 2. Blevins (CH); 3. Dungan (CH); 4. Smith (AUB); 5. Grigson (GW).
Discus: 1. Chaffin (F) 106'6"; 2. Skeens (GW); 3. Corvin (GW); 4. Mountain (CH); 5. Mitchell (R).
Shot put: 1. Lucas (N) 36'1/4"; 2. Mitchell (R); 3. Lawrence (N); 4. Skeens (GW); 5. Corvin (GW).
100: 1. Hicks (CH) 13.2; 2. Fralin (F); 3. Jebo (R); 4. Poe (CH); 5. Byrd (GW).
Sprint medley: 1. Narrows (Bandy, Johnson, Jennings, Hollett) 5:07.1; 2. Radford; 3. George Wyth; 4. Chilhowie.
100-meter hurdles: 1. Jones (CH); 2. Smith (AUB); 3. Stebar (CRG); 4. McAllister (CH); 5. Davis (R).
400-meter relay: 1. Radford (Akers, Hubbard, Jebo, Taylor); 2. Chilhowie; 3. Floyd; 4. Narrows; 5. Galax.
1,600: 1. Argabrite (R) 6:00; 2. Neuman (F); 3. Williams (GW); 4. Quesneberry (F); 5. Clemons (GW).
400: 1. Wheeler (N) 66.8 2. Blizzard (GW); 3. Blevins (CH); 4. Gilmore (R); 5. Grigson (GW).
300-meter hurdles: 1. Jones (CH) 51.0 2. Pursifull (F); 3. Cantrell (F); 4. Smith (AUB); 5. Davis (R).
1,600-meter relay: 1. Radford (Akers, Hubbard, Davis, Taylor) 4:25.9; 2. George Wythe; 3. Chilhowie; 4. Narrows; 5. Floyd.
GROUP AA BOYS
Team scores
1. Graham (GRA) 130; 2. Northside (N) 79; 3. Carroll County (CC) 57; 4. Lord Botetourt (LB) 33; 5. Salem (S) 27; 6. Richlands (R) 22; 7. Patrick County (PC)16; 8. Tazewell (TZ) 15; 9. Marion (M)14; 10. Christiansburg (CB) 13.
800: 1. Leedy (GRA) 2:09.6; 2. Bray (N); 3. Hypes (GRA); 4. Woods (N); 5. Duehl (LB).
200: 1. Banks (GRA) 23.4; 2. Thompson (N); 3. Hudnall (CC); 4. Sprouse (N); 5. Lee (S).
3,200 relay: 1. Northside 8:46.9 (Palmer, Wood, McGuire, Bray); 2. Graham; 3. Lord Botetourt;
Long jump: 1. Hines (PC) 20'31/4; 2. Beavers (GRA); 3. Sawyers (CC); 4. Sprouse (NS).
Shot put: 1. Groce (CC) 44'113/4; 2. Townsend (NS); 3. Easley (GRA); 4. Wheeling (S); 5. McCommons (R).
High jump: 1. Sawyers (CC) 6'0; 2. Lee (M); 3. Beavers (GRA); 4. Morgan (CB); 5. McCombs (R).
Triple jump: 1. Hines (PC) 42'5 3/8; 2. Sprouse (N); 3. Farmer (G); 4. Beavers (G); 5. Lawhorn (S).
Sprint medley: 1. Graham (Webb, Beavers, Green, Leroy) 3:52.5; 2. Lord Botetourt; 3. Northside; 4. Christiansburg; 5. Carroll County.
110-meter hurdles: 1. Latimer (GRA) 15.8; 2. Sprouse (N); 3. Snyder (LB); 4. Jones (GRA); 5. Dahlgren (N).
100: 1. Milton (GRA) 11.5; 2. McCommons (R); 3. Hill (R); 4. Lee (S); 5. McMillian (CC).
1,600: 1. Harris (M) 4:47.6; 2. Hypes (G); 3. Pauley (LB); 4. Bishop (S); 5. Palmer (N).
Discus: 1. Whitt (TZ); 2. Easely (GRA); 3. Preas (S); 4. Reynolds (LB); 5. Townsend (N).
400-meter relay: 1. Graham (Green, Farmer, Banks, Webb)3:53.1; 2. Carroll County; 3. Richlands.
400: 1. John Hudnall (CC) 54.2; 2. Webb (G); 3. Lawhorn (S); 4. Farmer (G); 5. Russell (LB).
300-meter hurdle: 1. Sprouse (N) 44.1; 2. Latimer (G); 3. Jones (G); 4. Gwynn (CB); 5. Sawyers (CC).
3,200: 1. Whitwell (PC) 10:17.1; 2. Kwun (TZ); 3. McGuire (N); 4. Burnette (CC); 5. McMichael (LB).
1,600-meter relay: 1. Graham (Green, Farmer, Banks, Webb,) 3:53.1; 2. Carroll; 3. Richlands.
GROUP AA GIRLS
Team scores
1. Giles (G) 82.5; 2. Lord Botetourt (LB) 79; 3. Laurel Park (LP) 49; 4. Salem (S) 48; 5. Marion (M) 44.5; 6. Richlands (R) 32; 7. Northside (N) 25; 8. Tazewell (TZ) 19; 9. Patrick County (PC) 18; 10. Graham (GRA) 7; 11. Christiansburg (CB) 4.
3,200 relay: 1. Giles (Walker, Scott, Francie, Phillips) 11:02.3; 2. Lord Botetourt; 3. Graham.
Discus: 1. Snodgrass (LB) 107'10; 2. Basham (LB); 3. Ratcliffe (G); 4. Adams (LP); 5. Dalton (CB).
High jump: 1. Hollet (N) 5'2; 2. Saunders (G); 3. Whetzel (G), Brockman (M) tie; 5. Smith (LP).
3,200: 1. Fisher (S) 12:29.1; 2. Chaffial (LB); 3. Francis (G); 4. Clark (G); 5. McKeithan (PC).
200: 1. Clemons (S) 27.0; 2. Saunders (G); 3. Redd (LP); 4. Edwards (CC); 5. Davis (CC).
Long jump: 1. Anderson (TZ) 16'141/2; 2. Whetzel (G); 3. Hollett (N); 4. Saunders (G); 5. Heath (LB).
Sprint medley: 1. Marion (Allison, Evans, Jones, Dancy) 4:43; 2. Laurel Park; 3. Salem; 4. Northside; 5. Giles.
Shot put: 1. Basham (LB) 32'23/4; 2. Snodgrass (LB); 3. Lewis (S); 4. Adams (LP); 5. Dalton (CB).
1,600: 1. Moore (LB) 5:50; 2. Sheppard (PC); 3. Haden (PC); 4. Compton (R); 5. Phillips (G).
100-meter hurdles: 1. Heath (LB) 15.9; 2. Lampkins (LP); 3. Bush (S); 4. Freeman (M); 5. Noble (G).
100: 1. Clemons (S) 13.0; Saunders (G); 3. Smith (LP); 4. Perkins (R); 5. Manning (S).
Triple jump: 1. Anderson (TZ) 36'51/4; 2. Saunders (G) 33 51/2; 3. Heath (LB); 4. Evans (M); 5. Freeman (M).
400-meter relay: 1. Salem (Johnson, Huang, Clemons, Manning) 51.7; 2. Laurel Park; 3. Northside; 4. Richlands; 5. Lord Botetourt.
100-meter: 1. Clemons (S) 13.9; 2. Saunders (G); 3. Smith (LP); 4. Perkins (R); 5. Manning (S).
400: 1. Saunders (G) 63.5; 2. Tagg (R); 3. Jones (LB) 4. Hylton (PC); 5. Barron (PC).
300-meter hurdles: 1. Lampkin (LP) 50.1; 2. Bush (S); 3. Brookman (M) 4. Nowerton (TZ); 5. Noble (G).
800: 1. Dancy (M) 2:37.5; 2. Richardson (R); 3. Walker (G); 4. Carr (LB); 5. Williams (G).
1,600-meter relay: 1. Richlands (Tegeler, Richardson, Fisher, Tague)4:31.7; 2. Marion; 3. Laurel Park; 4. Lord Botetourt; 5. Giles.
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