By David Rogers. CONCORD, N.C. — Changing the venue and moving the date up a day for a state track meet — only hours before the event — and communicating it to all of the participating student athletes, their families and their coaches… well, let’s just say it requires a lot of commitment, flexibility and patience by all concerned.
For the NCRunners Middle School All-State 2024 Meet on May 2 at Jay M. Robinson High School in Concord, N.C. (moved up from May 3 at Cuthbertson HS south of Charlotte), involving more than 60 schools and some 1,600 student athletes, organizers pulled it off with hardly a hitch.
The Watauga District Middle School Track and Field Team sent a large contingent with some notable performances, considering there upwards of 40 student athletes competing in almost every event, more than 70 entrants in some cases.
Listed below are the Watauga performances, with “top 10” efforts highlighted in yellow. Data supplied by FloSports, courtesy of NCMilesplit.
| GIRLS | ATHLETE | PLACE | SECTION | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 METER DASH (74 competing) | |||||
| 14.32 | Gracyn Phelps | 36th | Finals H1 | ||
| 14.51 | Krystina Wellenstein | 47th | Finals H1 | ||
| 14.66 | Ember Honeycutt | 53rd | Finals H1 | ||
| 400 METER DASH (57 competing) | |||||
| 1:06.37 | SB | Charlie Mattox | 21st | Finals H1 | |
| 1:07.62 | SB | Vivian Hans | 30th | Finals H1 | |
| 800 METER RUN (53 competing) | |||||
| 2:40.78 | SB | Lillian Kimbrough | 24th | Finals H1 | |
| 2:52.82 | Sadie Long | 36th | Finals H1 | ||
| 1600 METER RUN (58 competing) | |||||
| 5:59.35 | Lillian Kimbrough | 30th | Finals H1 | ||
| 6:00.88 | Ayla Tunstill | 32nd | Finals H1 | ||
| 6:03.30 | SB | Sadie Long | 34th | Finals H1 | |
| 6:12.47 | SB | Noelle Bollman | 36th | Finals H1 | |
| 3200 METER RUN (23 competing) | |||||
| 12:12.15 | SB | Kate James Moore | 12th | Finals H1 | |
| 13:52.64 | SB | Noelle Bollman | 19th | Finals H1 | |
| 14:06.62 | Eva Hannon | 20th | Finals H1 | ||
| 100 METER HURDLES (44 competing) | |||||
| 18.48 | SB | Grace Scantlin | 5th | Finals H1 | |
| 19.58 | Merritt Powell | 18th | Finals H1 | ||
| 19.69 | Savannah Moretz | 20th | Finals H1 | ||
| 300 METER HURDLES (25 competing) | |||||
| 54.34 | SB | Savannah Moretz | 7th | Finals H1 | |
| 55.76 | SB | Grace Scantlin | 10th | Finals H1 | |
| 57.07 | SB | Merritt Powell | 15th | Finals H1 | |
| 4X100 METER RELAY | |||||
| 55.53 | Relay Team | 13th | Finals H1 | ||
| 4X200 METER RELAY | |||||
| 1:58.40 | Relay Team | 12th | Finals H1 | ||
| 4X400 METER RELAY | |||||
| 4:34.77 | Relay Team | 5th | Finals H1 | ||
| 4X800 METER RELAY | |||||
| 11:05.28 | Relay Team | 3rd | Finals H1 | ||
| HIGH JUMP (13 competing) | |||||
| 4-2 | Ember Honeycutt | 13th | Finals H1 | Complete Results | |
| LONG JUMP (33 competing) | |||||
| 12-3.5 | Kelbey Windish | 30th | Finals H1 | ||
| DISCUS (39 competing) | |||||
| 76-6 | Ellie Helms | 2nd | Finals H1 | ||
| 53-5 | Ellie Gilbert | 26th | Finals H1 | ||
| 51-7 | Valentina Miranda-Castro | 30th | Finals H1 | ||
| SHOT PUT (43 competing) | |||||
| 27-4 | Ellie Helms | 13th | Finals H1 | ||
| 24-6.5 | Valentina Miranda-Castro | 21st | Finals H1 | ||
| 21-0.5 | Ellie Gilbert | 40th | Finals H1 | ||
| BOYS | ATHLETE | PLACE | SECTION | ||
| 100 METER DASH (71 competing) | |||||
| 12.74 | Eli Reed | 28th | Finals H1 | ||
| 400 METER DASH (56 competing) | |||||
| 59.34 | Sawyer Blackburn | 25th | Finals H1 | ||
| 800 METER RUN (71 competing) | |||||
| 2:21.81 | SB | Sean Rea | 20th | Finals H1 | |
| 2:24.98 | SB | Jonah Pearson | 29th | Finals H1 | |
| 2:56.74 | Yates Hodges | 67th | Finals H1 | ||
| 1600 METER RUN (78 competing) | |||||
| 5:05.48 | SB | Sean Rea | 24th | Finals H1 | |
| 5:09.62 | SB | Jonah Pearson | 30th | Finals H1 | |
| 5:57.86 | SB | Cole Gray | 68th | Finals H1 | |
| 110 METER HURDLES (45 competing) | |||||
| 17.12 | SB | Eli Reed | 4th | Finals H1 | |
| 19.93 | SB | David Ballenger-Peters | 19th | Finals H1 | |
| 300 METER HURDLES (30 competing) | |||||
| 44.25 | SB | Eli Reed | 3rd | Finals H1 | |
| 49.72 | SB | David Ballenger-Peters | 15th | Finals H1 | |
| 4X100 METER RELAY | |||||
| 51.38 | Relay Team | 17th | Finals H1 | ||
| 4X200 METER RELAY | |||||
| 1:51.99 | SB | Relay Team | 15th | Finals H1 | |
| 4X400 METER RELAY | |||||
| 4:12.89 | Relay Team | 10th | Finals H1 | ||
| 4X800 METER RELAY | |||||
| 10:34.27 | Relay Team | 8th | Finals H1 | ||
| HIGH JUMP (19 competing) | |||||
| 4-10 | Kaiden Chiarolanzio | 12th | Finals H1 | ||
| 4-6 | Michael Morgan | 18th | Finals H1 | ||
| LONG JUMP (36 competing) | |||||
| 16-3.25 | John Mills | 15th | Finals H1 | ||
| TRIPLE JUMP (25 competing) | |||||
| 32-0.25 | Nakhi Miller | 11th | Finals H1 | ||
| DISCUS (41 competing) | |||||
| 110-0 | Lanson Gilbert | 8th | Finals H1 | ||
| 96-7 | Michael Morgan | 18th | Finals H1 | ||
| SHOT PUT (45 competing) | |||||
| 33-2.5 | Michael Morgan | 27th | Finals H1 | ||
| 28-0.5 | SB | Lanson Gilbert | 41st | Finals H1 | |
