THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, February 9, 1996 TAG: 9602090637
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C3 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY KEITH POMPEY, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH LENGTH: Short : 32 lines
Quez Smith and his Salem teammates literally jumped into first place Thursday, the opening day of the Beach District boys track and field championships.
The same could be said for Bayside in the girls portion of the meet.
Smith won the triple (43 feet, 8 1/2 inches) and long jump (20-8 1/4), scoring 20 points. The Sun Devils took the top four places in the triple jump and the top two in the long jump.
Heading into Saturday's running events at Tallwood, Salem has 50 points, followed by Cox (42), First Colonial (25), Tallwood (15), Kempsville (9), Kellam (8), Princess Anne (4), Green Run (2), Bayside (0) and Ocean Lakes (0).
In the girls events, Bayside moved into first place, also with 50 points. But the attention went to Aprelle Watkins, who scored all of Princess Anne's 20 points, giving the Cavaliers second place.
Watskins, a sophomore, won the triple jump (34-8 3/4) and the long jump (16-8 1/4, ending Salem's Maro Mitchell's four-meet district win streak in the both events.
Cox (17 points) is third, followed by Ocean Lakes (12), First Colonial (10), Kempsville (4), Salem (4), Kellam (2) and Green Run (l). by CNB