By David Rogers. CONCORD, N.C. — Considering that many of the events had well over 100 entries, Watauga’s middle school team did pretty well, even if capturing no first place medals in the North Carolina Middle School State Meet at Robinson High School on May 3, with athletes from 100 North Carolina middle schools from across the state.
A few Watauga highlights:
- Vivian Hans placed No. 24 out of 115 in the Girls 100 Meters and No. 15 out of 106 participants in the Girls 400 Meters.
- Ember Honeycutt placed no. 10 out of 41 athletes in the Girls High Jump
- Ellie Helms was No. 6 in the Girls Discus and No. 5 in the Girls Shot Put out of 52 and 51 entries, respectively
- Sawyer Blackburn finished No. 17 in the Boys 400 out of 127 entries
- Sean Rea placed No. 18 in the Boys 1600 among 116 entries
- David Ballenger-Peters was No. 3 in the Boys 110 Hurdles out of 54 entries and No. 3 in the Boys 300 Hurdles out of 46 entries
Although the state meet was shortened somewhat because of inclement weather, to provide a perspective of Watauga accomplishments vs. the number of entries in each event, we offer the following.
The Watauga team was comprised of 15 girls and 16 boys, most competing in multiple events.
No. of Entries:
- BOYS 100 – 127 entries
- GIRLS 100 – 115 entries
- BOYS 200 – 118 entries
- GIRLS 200 – 120 entries
- BOYS 400 – 127 entries
- GIRLS 400 – 106 entries
- BOYS 800 – 117 entries
- GIRLS 800 – 116 entries
- BOYS 1600 – 116 entries
- GIRLs 1600 – 114 entries
- BOYS 3200 – 41 entries
- GIRLS 3200 – 39 entries
- BOYS 110 Meter Hurdles – 54 entries
- GIRLS 100 Meter Hurdles – 65 entries
- BOYS 300 Meter Hurdles – 46 entries
- GIRLS 300 Meter Hurdles – 47 entries
- BOYS 4×100 Relay – 25 entries
- GIRLS 4×100 Relay – 23 entries
- BOYS 4×200 Relay – 24 entries
- GIRLS 4×200 Relay – 30 entries
- BOYS 4×400 Relay – 26 entries
- GIRLS 4×400 Relay – 23 entries
- BOYS 4×800 Relay – 16 entries
- GIRLS 4×800 Relay – 14 entries
- BOYS High Jump – 47 entries
- GIRLS High Jump – 41 entries
- BOYS Pole Vault – 9 entries
- GIRLS Pole Vault – 12 entries
- BOYS Long Jump – 49 entries
- GIRLS Long Jump – 49 entries
- BOYS Triple Jump – 33 entries
- GIRLS Triple Jump – 31 entries
- BOYS Shot Put – 53 entries
- GIRLS Shot Put – 52 entries
- BOYS Discus – 54 entries
- GIRLS Discus – 51 entries
WATAUGA RESULTS
