Weather interrupts Lions Club meet
Published 12:00 am Saturday, June 3, 2006
CHESAPEAKE — The fans enjoyed the Chesapeake Lions Club Invitational. Evidently, Mother Nature didn’t want to watch.
Rain and lightning continued to interrupt action at the Lions Club track meet Friday until officials and coaches finally agreed to pull the plug early after more lightning delays.
“It was going to be a competitive meet and we were going to have a lot of good times. We had some good times as it was. It was a quality meet,” Chesapeake coach Phil Davis said.
One boys and three girls meet records fell as Winfield, W.Va., claimed the championships of both meets.
The Winfield boys had 93 points followed by South Point with 71.3 and host Chesapeake with 47.
The Panthers were third despite missing Jeffrey Thornburg for the second straight week with a sprained ankle.
“If we had Jeff (Thornburg), we had a shot to be up in there,” Davis said. “He’s close to being back, but we didn’t want to bring him back too soon.”
The Panthers Brent Ransbottom set the meet record with a 6-foot-8 height in the high jump. Ransbottom broke the mark of 6-5 held jointly by former Panthers T.R. Hannan and Dylan Carney.
“It was kind of slippery, but I wanted the meet record,” Ransbottom said.
Another meet record fell on the girls’ side as Ironton’s Mandi Boykin ran a 12.2 time in the 100 meter dash. Boykin had tied the meet record last year at 12.4 seconds.
Winfield, which won the girls meet with 116 points to Gallipolis’ 102, set a new meet record in the 4×800 relay. Gallipolis broke their own meet record in the 4×200 relay record.
The Coal Grove Giovanni’s Pizza Invitational will be held Thursday.
Chesapeake Lions Club
Team Scores
1. Winfield 93, 2. South Point 71.3, 3. Chesapeake 47, 4. Fairland 42.3, 5. Gallipolis 36, 6. Rock Hill 30.3, 7. Ironton 23, 8. Coal Grove 17, 9. River Valley 12.
Field Events
Shot Put - 1. Chris Smith SP 52-9, 2. John Pemberton (Ir), 3. Hamilton (Wi), 4. May (Win), 5. Andrew Ittig (Ch), 6. Tyler Branch (CG).
Discus - 1. Chris Smith (SP) 151-11, 2. Shayne Willis (CG), 3. John Pemberton (Ir), 4. Andrew Ittig (Ch), 5. Winters (Ga), 6. Erik McWhorter (Ch).
Long Jump - 1. Quay Logan (SP) 18-10.5, 2. Drew Lynd (SP), 3. Josh Moore (RH), 4. Bryson (Wi), 5. Haner (Ga), 6. Brandon Sites (Ir).
Pole Vault - 1. Kessler (Wi) 12-9, 2. Watts (Ga), 3, Aaron Ross (Ch), 4. Kendall (Wi), 5. Craft (SP), 6. Andrew Fraley (Ch).
High Jump - 1. Brent Ransbottom (Ch) 6-8 (meet record), 2. Wes Ripley (F), 3. Quay Logan (SP), 4. Jarrod Casey (RH), 5. Drew Lynd (SP), 6. Zach Pemberton (F).
Running Events
4×800 Relay - 1. Winfield 8:40.8, 2. Ironton, 3. River Valley, 4. Chesapeake, 5. Gallipolis, 6. Fairland.
100 M Dash - 1. Haner (Ga) 11.2, 2. Pritt (Wi), 3. Jason Massie (RH), 4. Josh Moore (RH), 5. Travis Jones (F), 6. David Abshire (SP).
110 M Hurdles - 1. Powers (Wi) 15.3, 2. Wes Ripley (F), 3. Wes Pierson (RH), 4. Josh Jones (SP), 5. Kendall (Wi), 6. Rob Reynolds (CG).
4×200 M Relay - 1. South Point 1:37.0, 2. Winfield, 3. Fairland, 4. Coal Grove, 5. Gallipolis, 6. Chesapeake.
1600 M Run - 1. Noel (Wi) 4:37.0, 2. Chuck Wentz (F), 3. Casto (RV), 4. Tyler Cravens (Ch), 5. Stedman (Wi), 6.Bryan King (F).
4×100 M Relay - 1. Winfield 45.4, 2. South Point, 3. Rock Hill, 4. Chesapeake, 5. Gallipolis, 6. Coal Grove.
400 M Dash - 1. Kenny Morgan (Ch) 54.5, 2. Ables (Ga), 3.Travis
Jones (F), 4. Schuler (Wi), 5. Jacob Browning (CG), 6. Hazlett (Wi).
Girls Team Scores
1.Winfield 116, 2. Gallipolis 102, 3. Ironton 43, 4. Rock Hill 32, 5. Coal Grove 23, 6. Fairland 16, 7. River Valley 15, 8. South Point 14, 9. Chesapeake 7.
Field Events
Pole Vault - 1. Jenkins (Ga) 7-6, 2. Krista Markel (Ir), 3. Brammer (CG), 4. Goodman (Wi).
Shot Put - 1. Harper (Wi) 36.10, 2. Fitch (RV), 3. Bethany Barbour (F), 4. Haner (Ga), 5. Kayla Smith (SP), 6. Hamilton (RV).
Long Jump - 1. Close (Ga) 16-0, 2. Geiger (Ga), 3. Chelsea Markins (CG), 4. Cinnamon Fletcher (Ir), 5. Crabtree (SP), 6. Amy Bridges (RH).
High Jump - 1. Ashley (Wi) 4-10, 2. Anna Bridges (RH), 3. Leslie (Ga), 4. Brittany Ross (RH), 5. Sowards (Wi), 6. Laura Fields (Ch).
Discus - 1. Bethany Barbour (F) 96-7, 2. Hazlett (Wi), 3. Harper (Wi), 4. Maggie Young (CG), 5. Haner (Ga), 6. Rachel Walker (Ir).
Running Events
4×800 Relay - 1. Winfield (L. Day, A. Cox, M. Truelove, H. Rooper) 10:28.8 (meet record), 2. Rock Hill, 3. South Point, 4. Gallipolis, 5. Coal Grove, 6. Chesapeake.
100 M Hurdles - 1. Osborne (Wi) 15.7, 2. Close (Ga), 3. McKay (Wi), 4. Katie Washburn (Ir), 5. Smith (RV), 6. DQ.
100 M Dash - 1. Mandi Boykin (Ir) 12.2, (meet record), 2. Geiger (Ga), 3. Stewart (Wi), 4. Michelle Pancake (RH), 5. Sarah Cravens (Ch), 6. Thacker (CG).
4×200 M Relay _ 1. Gallipolis 1:49.0, 2. Winfield, 3. Ironton, 4. Rock Hill, 5. Coal Grove, 6. Chesapeake.
1600 M Run - 1. Adkins (Ga) 5:34.5, 2. Rooper (Wi), 3. Truelove (Wi), 4. Fitch (RV), 5. Rachel Hartwig (RH), 6. Suttles (CG).
4×100 M Relay - 1. Gallipolis (Close, Logan, Perry, Geiger) 50.7 (meet record), 2. Winfield, 3. Ironton, 4. South Point, 5. Chesapeake, 6. Coal Grove.
400 M Run - 1. Perry (Ga) 59.9, 2. Stewart (Wi), 3. Day (Wi), 4. Ciara Taylor (Ir), 5. Wade (Ga), 6. Harmoni Schug (RH).