Burroughs, Martin go 1-2 in pole vault to highlight strong Watauga women’s showing in Northwestern Conference T&F meet

By David Rogers. BOONE, N.C. — Watauga only finished first in one individual event and a pair of relays in the 3A/4A Northwestern Conference track meet on May 3, but roster depth proved invaluable in a strong team showing.

Team Scores

1. Watauga 239.5
2. Ashe County 178.5
3. Freedom 105
4. Alexander Central 61
5. Hibriten 59
6. South Caldwell 38

The Pioneers took three of the top four places in the women’s pole vault with a trio of juniors paving the way: Olivia Burroughs (No. 1, 10-00), Emma Martin (No. 2, 8-00), and Meggin Gunnell-Beck (No. 4, 7-06).

Freshman Emma Pastusic and Burroughs also scored high in the women’s discus, respectively, going No. 2 (100-08) and No. 3 (90-02), behind Ashe County’s Emily Hartsoe (No. 1, 127-06).

Led by juniors Paige Overcash and Katlyn French, Ashe County went 1-2 in the high jump, with leaps of 5-06 and 5-00, respectively. Watauga’s Olivia Foskey finished at No. 3 (4-08)

On the track, Watauga’s best performances came in the 4×400 and 4×800 relay events, finishing at No. 1 in both of them. In the 4×400, the Pioneers’ time of 4:25.19 was a full two seconds better than No. 2 Ashe County (4:27.26). In the 4×800, the Pioneers came home in 10:56.90, well ahead of the second place Huskies quartet’s 12:03.18.

HIGHLIGHT PERFORMANCES

100 Meters (16 entries)

1. 1. Emmi Cheek – Ashe County 13.76
   2. Jada Brown – Hibriten
   3. Olivia Kop – Watauga

200 Meters (14 entries)

1. 1. Emmi Cheek – Ashe County, 27.73
   2. Olivia Kop – Watauga 29.26
   3. Cynica Caldwell – Freedom
   4. Hadleigh Windish – Watauga

400 Meters (14 entries)

1. 1. Ava Cooke – Freedom 1:02.66
   2. Kaitlyn Darner – Watauga 1:03.78 3
   3. Ava Doty  – Watauga
   4. Lily Stough – Watauga
   5. Hallie Jarrett – Alexander Central

800 Meters (16 entries)

1. 1. Katie Deacon – Freedom, 2:26.10
   2. Abilene Dollar – Ashe County
   3. Virginia St.Clair – Watauga
   4. Abigail McClure – Ashe County
   5. Andriana Rink – Watauga

1600 Meters (16 entries)

1. 1. Katie Deacon – Freedom, 5:37.82
   2. Gwendolyn Anderson – Watauga, 5:47.90
   3. Emily Kania – Freedom, 5:51.14
   4. Brianna Anderson – Watauga 5:59.80
   5. Sara Byrd Succop – Freedom.  6:08.87
   6. Sydney Cate Townsend – Watauga. 6:20.92 1

3200 Meters (14 entries)

1. 1.  Katie Deacon – Freedom, 12:29.56
   2. 2 Gwendolyn Anderson – Watauga, 12:42.71
   3. 3 Janie Beach Verhey – Watauga, 12:58.65
   4. Emily Kania – Freedom
   5. Ellary Smith – Watauga

100 Meter Hurdles (14 entries)

1. 1. Emmi Cheek – Ashe County, 16.59
   2. Paige Overcash – Ashe County, 16.77
   3. Sadie Buchanan – Watauga, 16.96
   4. Kara Schneider – Watauga. 17.44

300 Meter Hurdles (8 entries)

1. 1. Emmi Cheek – Ashe County, 47.61
   2. Sadie Buchanan – Watauga, 49.14
   3. Paige Overcash – Ashe County, 50.24

4×100 Meter Relay (6 teams)

1. 1. Alexander Central 53.32
   2. Watauga
   3. Freedom
   4. Ashe County
   5. Hibriten
   6. South Caldwell

4×200 Meter Relay (6 teams)

1. 1. Freedom, 1:51.69
   2. Watauga 1:52.12
   3. Alexander Central
   4. Ashe County
   5. South Caldwell

4×400 Meter (5 teams)

1. 1. Watauga, 4:25.19
   2. Ashe County, 4:27.26
   3. Freedom
   4. South Caldwell
   5. 5 Alexander Central

4×800 Meters (5 teams)

1. 1. Watauga, 10:56.90
   2. Ashe County, 12:03.18
   3. Freedom, 12:12.64
   4. Alexander Central
   5. 5 South Caldwell

High Jump (9 entries)

1. Paige Overcash – Ashe County,5-06
2. Katlyn French – Ashe County, 5-00
3. Olivia Foskey – Watauga, 4-08

Long Jump (12 entries)

1. 1. Jada Brown – Hibriten, 18-07
   2. Olivia Foskey – Watauga, 15-09.50
   3. Caroline Farthing – Watauga
   4. Olivia Burroughs – Watauga
   5. Jezik Martin – Ashe County

Triple Jump (11 entries)

1. 1. Jada Brown – Hibriten, 38-07
   2. Lily Stough – Watauga
   3. Caroline Farthing – Watauga

Pole Vault (11 entries)

1. 1. Olivia Burroughs – Watauga, 10-00
   2. Emma Martin – Watauga, 8-00
   3. Abby McClure – Ashe County
   4. Meggin Gunnell-Beck – Watauga

Discus (15 entries)

1. 1. Emily Hartsoe – Ashe County, 127-06
   2. Emma Pastusic – Watauga 100-08
   3. Olivia Burroughs – Watauga 90-02

Shot Put (15 entries)

1. Emily Hartsoe – Ashe County, 33-06.75
2. Maggie Taylor – Hibriten
3. Emma Pastusic – Watauga
4. Olivia Burroughs – Watauga