By David Rogers. VALDESE, N.C. — Picking up No. 1 finishes in the 200-meter dash and 55-meter hurdles events, Ethan Reed helped the Watauga District middle school boys track and field team to strong finishes on March 21. The tri-meet was hosted by Heritage Middle School with West McDowell Middle School (Marion) also competing.
Watauga’s Chris Ruiz picked up the only other individual No. 1 finish for the boys team, running 12.44 to take top honors in the 100 meters, with Quincy Honeycutt finishing a strong No. 3 in the same event.
Ruiz also picked up a No. 3 finish in the long jump, while Devan LaCue took home second place honors in both the triple jump and the long jump.
The Watauga 4×400 relay team of Coy Greer, Sawyer Blackburn, Alan Aguliar, and Gage Coffey also placed No. 1.
COMPLETE WATAUGA BOYS RESULTS
- 100 meters
- Chris Ruiz 12.44 (1st)
- Quincy Honeycutt 12.91 (3rd)
- 200 meters
- Ethan Reed 28.50 (1st)
- Chris Ruiz 29.91 (3rd)
- 400 meters
- Sawyer Blackburn 1:03 (2nd)
- Coy Greer 1:05 (4th)
- 800 meters
- Tyce Anderson 2:55 (2nd)
- Cole Gray 3:11 (6th)
- 1600 meters
- Tyce Anderson 6:14 (4th)
- Cole Gray
- 110m hurdles
- Ethan Reed 16.62 (1st)
- Eli Reed 17.13 (3rd)
- Shot Put
- Sam Coggins 28’9″ (5th)
- Lanson Gilbert 24;6″ (6th)
- Discus
- Lanson Gilbert 80’0″ (3rd)
- Sam Coggins 78’0″ (4th)
- Long Jump
- Chris Ruiz 14’8″ (3rd)
- Devan LaCue 13’2″ (4th)
- Triple Jump
- Devan LaCue 28’9″ (2nd)
- High Jump
- Devan LaCue 4’5″ (2nd)
- 4×200 Relay
- Watauga A 1:54 (2nd), team comprised of Alan Aguilar, Eli Reed, Dalton Mackey, and Quincy Honeycutt
- 4×400 Relay
- Watauga A 4:35 (1st), team comprised of Coy Greer, Sawyer Blackburn, Alan Aguilar, and Gage Coffey
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