Dragons capture Lydiard

Published 12:34 am Monday, May 2, 2011

By JIM WALKER

Tribune Sports Editor

SOUTH POINT — The Fairland Dragons proved their is strength in numbers.

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The Dragons won just two events but used there overall depth to win the Arthur Lydiard Classic Friday.

The Dragons had 138 points to runner-up Ironton’s 84 points even though their only two wins were by Raine Wireman in the 800-meter run and Tanner Mattie in the 3200 meters.

Ironton held some of its runners for Saturday’s Charleston Gazette Relays but still turned in an outstanding performance in the 4×800 relay.

Pierce Reeves, Adam Stumbo, Dustin Moritz and Gary Monroe blitz their way to a first place finish with an 8:31.39 clocking.

Moritz also finished second in the pole vault and the 800 meters.

Portsmouth won the girls’ meet followed by River Valley, Coal Grove and Fairland.

Rock Hill will hold its invitational this Friday.

Arthur Lydiard Classic

At South Point High School

Girls’ Team Scores

1, Portsmouth 106; 2, River Valley 102; 3, Coal Grove 97; 4, Fairland 86; 5, South Point 59; 6, Spring Valley 52; 7, Chesapeake 49; 8, Ironton 38; 9, Greenup County 29.5; 10, Russell 18.5; 11, Rock Hill 13; 12, Tri-State Athletic Club 6; 13, Green 4.

Field Events

Pole Vault: 1, Hannah Cronacher (Ir) 7-6; 2, Destiny Shockley (F) 7-6; 3, Alexis Meadows (Ch) 7-6; 4, Kayla Suitor (CG) 7-0; 5, Ashley Goad (CG) 6-6; 6, Amber Pappas (F) 6-6; 7, Peyton McDade (Ru) 6-0; 8, (tie) Casey Gullett (GrC), Morgan Harris (GrC) 6-0.

Shot Put: 1, Beth McWhorter (Ch) 37-7.25; 2, Shanice Rawlins (P) 36-7.5; 3, Doni Winters (CG) 33-11.25; 4, Samantha Ferguson (CG) 32-10; 5, Sam Lutz (Gr) 31-5.75; 6, Samantha Gibson (F) 30-4.25; 7, Ashlee Miller (Ch) 26-5; 8, Tommi Butler (RH) 25-11.5.

Long Jump: 1, Kayla Fletcher (SP) 15-1.5; 2, Haley Johnson (CG) 14-5.5; 3, Shae Cartee (P) 14-3.5; 4, Lindsey Hawthorne (Ch) 13-11; 5, Kaitlynn Murphy (CG) 13-11; 6, Elaine Gore (SP) 13-5; 7, Jenine Hain (Ru) 13-1.25; 8, Ri-chiel McGraw (P) 13-1.

High Jump: 1, Amanda Ruffner (Ch) 5-2; 2, Ri-chiel McGraw (P) 4-8; 3, Amy Bowen (F) 4-8; 4, (tie) Emily Stump (Ru), Cara Jorio (GrC) 4-6; 6, Elaini Jackson (P) 4-6; 7, Alicia Murphy (Ir) 4-4; 8, Carly Riley (F) 4-4.

Discus: 1, Katie Roberts (RV) 110-0; 2, Samantha Gibson (F) 103-0; 3, Darrien Hankins (CG) 102-6; 4, Barbie Plybon (Ch) 86-10; 5, Mellisa Jenkins (Ir) 84-5; 6, Shanice Rollis (P) 83-7; 7, Kaleigh VanHorn (F) 78-11; 8, Jillian Ellis (Ch) 78-10.

Running Events

3200M Run: 1, Katie Blodgett (RV) 12:05.61; 2, Sarah Letchford (SP) 12:41.51; 3, Amy Stewart (SV) 12:58.82; 4, Katie Coldiron (GrC) 13:33.11; 5, Sydney Pettit (F) 13:43.29; 6, Kara Coldiron (GrC) 14:16.67; 7, Julia Sturgill (P) 14:36.86; 8, Samantha Stormes (CG) 14:50.85.

200M Dash: 1, Jessica Hager (RV) 26.62; 2, Daylon Smith (P) 27.82; 3, Shae Cartee (P) 28.58; 4, Bailey Harrison (CG) 29.30; 5, Kim Short (CG) 29.62; 6, Kelsey Sands (RV) 29.69; 7, Casey gullet (GrC) 29.86; 8, Morgan Weisgarber (Ir) 30.01.

800M Run: 1, Emily Hanson (Ru) 2:31.89; 2, Julie Artrip (SV) 2:41.67; 3, Megan Ashton (F) 2:42.74; 4, Julia Sturgill (P) 2:48.41; 5, Katey Erwin (CG) 2:48.42; 6, Katie Coldiron (GrC) 2:54.13; 7, Virginia Sturgill (P) 2:57.16; 8, Haley Waldo (Ir) 2:58.61.

300M Hurdles: 1, Jessica Hager (RV) 47.18; 2, Lauren Fuller (SV) 50.43; 3, Paige McKnight (CG) 51.09; 4, Amber Pappas (F) 53.34; 5, Elaini Jackson (P) 55.37; 6, Alyssa Vaughn (P) 55.77; 7, Angel Logan (GrC) 56.06; 8, Beth Bates (Ru) 58.97.

400M Dash: 1, JaiNai Fields (RV) 1:02.43; 2, Amber Stewart (SV) 1:02.94; 3, Shae Cartee (P) 1:04.76; 4, Haley Johnson (CG) 1:06.80; 5, Darrion Sperry (SV) 1:08.02; 6, Kaylynn Montono (RH) 1:09.44; 7, Hollie Spotts (F) 1:09.48; 8, Kanissa Carriso (F) 1:10.04.

1600M Run: 1, Katie Blodgett (RV) 5:44.68; 2, Sarah Letchford (SP) 5:49.93; 3, Amanda Harris (TS) 5:54.32; 4, Megan Ashton (F) 5:55.50; 5, Julia Sturgill (P) 6:08.28; 6, Katie Coldiron (GrC) 6:10.06; 7, Sheyan McGrath (RV) 6:30.45; 8, Kara Coldiron (GrC) 6:36.02.

100M Dash: 1, Daylon Smith (P) 13.27; 2, Kayla Fletcher (SP) 13.27; 3, Elaine Gore (SP) 13.71; 4, JaiNai Fields (RV) 13.71; 5, Amber Pappas (F) 13.86; 6, Bailey Harrison (CG) 13.94; 7, Morgan Weisgarber (Ir) 14.32; 8, Lindsey Blake (Ch) 14.45.

100M Hurdles: 1, Jessica Hager (RV) 16.46; 2, Amber Pappas (F) 17.07; 3, Paige McKnight (CG) 17.91; 4, Elaini Jackson (P) 18.19; 5, Brooklyn Massie (RH) 18.68; Hannah Cronacher (Ir) 19.76; 7, Ashley Goad (CG) 20.40; 8, Brittany Hales (GrC) 20.57.

Relays

4x400M: 1, River Valley 4:23.78; 2, Spring Valley 4:31.94; 3, Fairland (Kanissa Carrico, Carrie Tanner, Hollie Spotts, Megan Ashton) 4:41.69; 4, Coal Grove (Haley Johnson, Amanda Collins, Kim Short, Katey Erwin) 4:43.37; 5, Ironton (Tessa Wilkes, Katie Barron, Johnna Seward, Morgan Weisgarber) 4:45.36; 6, Portsmouth 4:49.38; 7, South Point (Emily Norris, Kyra Carter, Erin Freese, Haley Ferguson) 4:52.92; 8, Chesapeake (Jackie Nelson, Lindsey Hawthorne, Amanda Ruffner, Meredith Cravens) 4:53.86.

4x100M: 1, Coal Grove (Paige McKnight, Kim Short, Kayla Suitor, Bailey Harrison) 54.16; 2, South Point (Emily Norris, Elaine Gore, Brianna Bacon, Kayla Fletcher) 55.07; 3, Portsmouth 55.48; 4, Chesapeake (Lindsey Blake, Meredith Cravens, Vanessa Handley, Taylor Martin) 57.18; 5, Fairland (Hollie Spotts, Sierra Knight, Kanissa Carrico, Shayna Garrett) 57.55; 6, Rock Hill (Brooklyn Massie, Kaylynn Montono, Tarique Lewis, Allison Sites) 59.52; 7, River Valley 1:00.29; 8, Ironton (Tessa Wilkes, Katie Barron, Katelyn Thompson, Tiffany Akers) 1:02.21.

4x200M: 1, Portsmouth 1:53.42; 2, Coal Grove (Paige McKnight, Haley Johnson, Katey Erwin, Bailey Johnson) 1:055.05; 3, South Point (Emily Norris, Elaine Gore, Brianna Bacon, Kayla Fletcher) 1:57.27; 4, River Valley 1:59.53; 5, Fairland (Hollie Spotts, Sierra Knight, Kanissa Carrico, Carrie Tanner) 2:02.35; 6, Chesapeake (Taylor Martin, Vanessa Handley, Lindsey Hawthorne, Jackie Nelson) 2:04.64; 7, Ironton (Mia Wilson, Tessa Wilkes, Katie Barron, Emma Scherer) 2:05.30; 8, Rock Hill (Kaylynn Montano, Ashley Thibodaux, Tarique Lewis, Allison Sites) 2:07.39.

4x800M: 1, Spring Valley 10:48.11; 2, Ironton (Maggie Thomas, Shannon Walker, Taylor Hacker, Ariel Schweickart) 10:55.31; 3, Fairland (Megan Ashton, Beth Clapp, Kennon Clarkson, Sydney Pettit) 11:19.65; 4, River Valley 11:20.41; 5, Greenup County 12:34.31; 6, Portsmouth 13:36.64.

Boys’ Team Scores

1, Fairland 138; 2, Ironton 83; 3, Coal Grove 72; 4, Greenup County 69; 5, Portsmouth 57; 6, Chesapeake 56; 7, South Point 53; 8, Russell 50; 9, River Valley 41; 10, Rock Hill 20; 11, Spring Valley 16.

Field Events

Pole Vault: 1, Alex Workman (Ch) 11-6; 2, Dustin Moritz (Ir) 11-0; 3, Brandon Nyland (F) 10-0; 4, Darren Bishop (F) 9-6; 5, (tie) Dakota Dalton (GrC), Ramon Urbanez (SP) 8-0; 7, (tie) Trenton Rowe (GrC), Tim Vance (SP) 7-6.

Shot Put: 1, Greg Bender (CG) 47-6.5; 2, Steve Carey (RH) 45-8; 3, Cody Pruitt (F) 45-6.5; 4, Brady Burton (CG) 45-1; 5, Ben Wells (Ir) 44-4.5; 6, T.J. McCoy (Ch) 43-8; 7, C.J. Noble (Ch) 42-0.25; 8, Tyler Gad (F) 41-9.

Long Jump: 1, Trey Campbell (SP) 20-11.25; 2, Dustin Linthicum (GrC) 20-6.5; 3, Aaron Harrison (RV) 19-10; 4, Casey Mace (Ir) 19-3; 5, Adam Dalton (RH) 19-0; 6, Kenny Smith (F) 18-11; 7, Sam Nelson (F) 18-2; 8, Jacob Adkins (SP) 16-8.5.

High Jump: 1, Dustin Linthicum (GrC) 6-4; 2, Kenny Smith (F) 6-4; 3, Johnny McGuire (R) 5-8; 4, Chase McDowell (F) 5-4; 5, Tanner Willis (GrC) 5-4; 6, James Bailey (SV) 5-2; 7, T.J. Barrett (CG) 5-2; 8, Romaine Willis (P) 5-00.

Discus: 1, Greg Bender (CG) 140-2; 2, Ben Wells (Ir) 138-2; 3, Brian Zirkle (F) 128-10; 4, Luke Kirkpatrick (RH) 128-8; 5, Aaron Wilson (CG) 119-3; 6, Adam Lee (F) 116-7; 7, T.J. McCoy (Ch) 115-9; 8, Tom Saul (Ir) 113-0.

Running Events

3200M Run: 1, Tanner Mattie (F) 10:36.65; 2, Logan Rowe (F) 10:38.64; 3, Taylor Stacy (SV) 11:04.11; 4, Zack Kammler (P) 11:11:20; 5, Tyler McComas (Ch) 11:22.24; 6, John Archambault (SP) 11:23.24; 7, Jared Hollingsworth (RV) 12:06.56; 8, Jamil Stepney (RV) 12:09.59.

200M Dash: 1, Jon Royster (P) 23.23; 2, Grant McKenzie (Ru) 23.90; 3, Tres Wilks (Ir) 24.03; 4, Lucas Martin (Ch) 24.12; 5, Aaron Harrison (RRV) 24.25; 6, Patrick Williams (RV) 24.57; 7, Jordan Hamilton (GrC) 24.92; 8, Tre Campbell (SP) 24.95.

800M Run: 1, Raine Wireman (F) 2:04.87; 2, Dustin Mortiz (Ir) 2:05.62; 3, Jacob Pauley (CG) 2:05.97; 4, Austin Porter (P) 2:09.16; 5, Ryan Stewart (F) 2:11.11; 6, Dylan Harmon (Ru) 2:13.54; 7, Ryan Ashworth (Ch) 2:15.62; 8, Mike Lawson (P) 2:15.69.

300M Hurdles: 1, Grant McKenzie (Ru) 40.46; 2, Aaron Adkins (F) 42.83; 3, Aaron Harrison (RV) 42.90, 4, Kenny Smith (F) 43.99; 5, T.J. Barrett (CG) 44.68; 6, Garrett Schultz (CG) 45.11; 7, Trenton Rowe (GrC) 45.73; 8, Nick Lucas (Ch) 46.07.

400M Dash: 1, Jon Royster (P) 50.99; 2, Tres Wilks (Ir) 52.73; 3, Josh Payne (SP) 54.89; 4, Jake Jewell (CG) 55.36; 5, Brian Warner (Ir) 55.89; 6, Jalen Brooks (F) 57.06; 7, Patrick Williams (RV) 57.18 8, Jacob Porter (Ru) 57.84.

1600M Run: 1, Jacob Pauley (CG) 4:37.15; 2, Tanner Mattie (F) 4:39.46; 3, Raine Wireman (F) 4:42.94; 4, Taylor Stacy (SV) 4:55.43; 5, Zack Kammler (P) 5:03.67; 6, Tyler McComas (Ch) 5:28.11; 7, James Bailey (SV) 5:31.00; 8, Jared Hollingsworth (RV) 5:31.29.

100M Dash: 1, Jon Royster (P) 11.18; 2, Travis Murphy (GrC) 11.54; 3, Tre Campbell (SP) 11.68; 4, Tevin Mitchell (SP) 11.7; 5, Patrick Williams (RV) 11.92; 6, Trey Wilds (RH) 11.99; 7, Lucas Martin (Ch) 12.09; 8, Jordan Hamilton (GrC) 12.23.

110M Hurdles: 1, Grant McKenzie (Ru) 16.69; 2, Brad Gross (Ru) 16.74; 3, Kenny Smith (F) 16.90; 4, Aaron Adkins (F) 16.93; 5, Aaron Harrison (RV) 17.45; 6, Kyle Estep (CG) 17.52; 7, Brandon Clagg (Ch) 18.03; 8, Shawn Morrison (CG) 18.08.

Relays

4x400M: 1, Ironton (Robert Bishop, Brian Warner, Tres Wilks, Dustin Moritz) 3:37.95; 2, Fairland (Raine Wireman, Jalen Brooks, Aaron Adkins, Tanner Mattie) 3:47.23; 3, Chesapeake (Stephen Welch, Ryan Ashworth, Josh Browning, Lucas Martin) 3:50.23; 4, Greenup County 4:00.52; 5, River Valley 4:19.23.

4x100M: 1, Greenup County 44.74; 2, South Point (Tevin Mitchell, Tre Campbell, Blake Barnes, Dillon Saxton) 45.77; 3, Ironton (Robert Bishop, Casey Mace, Patrick Lewis, Drew Wells) 47.02; 4, Chesapeake (Brandon Clagg, Jacob Collins, Josh Browning, Nick Lucas) 47.66; 5, Coal Grove (Alex Bare, Aaron Wilson, Shawn Morrison, Joe Colley) 48.09; 6, Portsmouth 48.36; 7, Fairland (Chase McDowell, Bailey Manns, Sam Nelson, Tyree Caesar) 48.52; 8, River Valley 52.42.

4x200M: 1, Greenup County 1:33.95; 2, Portsmouth 1:37.30; 3, Ironton (Robert Bishop, Drew Wells, Casey Mace, Patrick Lewis) 1:37.72; 4, Chesapeake (Brandon Clagg, Lucas Martin, Jacob Collins, Jon Pinson) 1:38.15; 5, South Point (Jacob Perdue, Josh Payne, Blake Barnes, Dillon Saxton) 1:38.74; 6, Coal Grove (Garrett Schultz, Aaron Wilson, Alex Bare, Joe Colley) 1:40.87; 7, Fairland (Chase McDowell, Aaron Adkins, Tyree Caesar, Sam Nelson) 1:42.28; 8, River Valley 1:55.38.

4x800M: 1, Ironton (Pierce Reeves, Adam Stumbo, Dustin Mortiz, Gary Monroe) 8:31.39; 2, Fairland (Raine Wireman, Tanner Mattie, Jalen Brooks, Logan Rowe) 9:10.65; 3, Chesapeake (Ryan Ashworth, Tyler McComas, Stephen Welch, Chris Lively) 9:59.15; 4, Greenup County 10:16.50; 5, South Point (John Archambault, Dakota Wilburn, Tim Vance, Jacob Perdue) 10:23.84; 6, River Valley 10:35.34; 7, Coal Grove (Paul Brisson, Cody Matney, Chris Camp, Cody Melvin) 10:52.93.