By David Rogers. BOONE, N.C. — Watauga District’s middle school track and field team had an overwhelming strength in numbers, but Johnson City, Tenn.-based Liberty Bell Middle School had stronger individual performances. The Liberty Bell boys edged Watauga, 61-57, while the visitors’ girls team dominated their Wolverine counterparts, 81-38, in March 7 dual meet hosted at Watauga High School.
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Only the top three finishers scored team points in this dual meet. Of local interest, among the top Watauga individual performances among the boys were:
- Lanson Gilbert (8th grade): Discus, 1st place,100-06
- Kaiden Chiarolanzio (7th): High Jump, 1st place, 4-09
- Kaiden Chiarolanzio (7th): Long Jump, 2nd place, 14-02.25
- Nakhi Miller (7th): Long Jump, 3rd place, 14-01.25
- Chase McInturff (8th): 200 Meter Dash, 2nd place, 26.36
- Eli Reed (8th): 300 Meter Hurdles, 1st place, 48.12
- Jonah Pearson (7th): 800 Meter Run, 3rd place, 2:30.01
- Sawyer Blackburn (7th): 400 Meter Dash, 1st place, 59.32
- Sean Rea (7th): 1600 Meter Run, 2nd place, 5:41.60
- Jonah Pearson (7th): 1600 Meter Run, 3rd place, 5:41.73
- Eli Reed (8th): 100 Meter Dash, 1st place, 12.76
- Chase McInturff (8th): 100 Meter Dash, 3rd place, 13.01
Among the Watauga girls, the top scoring performances were:
- Macy Woolard (6th): Discus Throw, 2nd place, 56-06
- Macy Woolard (6th): Shot Put, 2nd place, 26-10
- Ember Honeycutt (7th): High Jump, 2nd place, 4-04
- Kelby Windish (8th): Long Jump, 1st place, 13-09.50
- Ember Honeycutt (7th): Long Jump, 3rd place, 12-08.50
- Gracyn Phelps (8th): 200 Meter Dash, 2nd place, 28.96
- Grace Scantlin (8th): 300 Meter Hurdles, 3rd place, 59.65
- Cali Townsend (8th): 800 Meter Run, 2nd place, 2:32.69
- Charlie Mattox (8th): 400 Meter Dash, 3rd place, 1:09.23
- Cali Townsend (8th): 1600 Meter Run, 1st place, 5:26.00
- Gracyn Phelps (8th): 100 Meter Dash, 3rd place, 13.98
Scoring administered and supplied to High Country Sports by Kevin Shaw.
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