Pointers claim 4th straight district title

Published 12:00 am Tuesday, July 3, 2007

OAK HILL — What’s next? One for the thumb?

The South Point Pointers will be looking for a follow up next season after winning their fourth straight Division II district track championship Saturday.

The Pointers, who won just four events, had 119 points with runner-up Wheelersburg at 105.

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Quay Logan, a sophomore, won the high jump and long jump, Aaron Craft captured the pole vault and the 4×200 relay team of Zach Norris, Josh Jones, Zach Woody, and Drew Lynd added the fourth first-place finish.

“We’re not a great and talented bunch. We only won a few events. There aren’t any super stars on this team,” said Pointers coach Randy Smith.

“We do have a great bunch of seniors and a good group of kids. When you have a good group and they work hard it shows you what’s possible.”

Gallipolis won the girls district championship with the Ironton Lady Fighting Tigers finishing as runners-up for the fourth straight year.

Mandi Boykin, bidding for a fourth straight trip to the state meet, led Ironton again by winning the 100- and 200-meter dashes.

She also ran a leg on the 4×100 relay along with Rachel Walker, Michelle Pancake and Cinnamon Fletcher.

Walker was third in the 100 and fourth in the 200. She was sixth in the discus after missing her warm-ups in the finals since she had to stop and run the 4×100 relay.

“We did have a good day. You never seem to have a perfect day. Everybody did their best or nearly their best. I’m proud of our effort,” said Ironton coach Tim Thomas.

“Mandi did her thing, Rachel had a big day and Carie (Rister) had a big day.”

Regardless of team finish, the top four places in each event advance to the regional meet Thursday and Saturday at Byesville.

Ironton’s John Pemberton won the shot put as he threw 56-4.25 to break his own school record. He was also third in the discus.

Also qualifying for the boys were:

Ironton: Marc Carter, first, 800; Nick Rodgers, fourth, shot put; Lukas Morris, fourth, high jump.

South Point: Quay Logan, first, long jump and first, high jump; Chris Smith, second, discus, and second, shot put; Aaron Craft, first, pole vault; Josh Jones, second, 300 hurdles, and fourth, 110 hurdles; 4×100 relay (Zach Norris, Drew Lynd, Rocky Roe, Quay Logan), fourth; Joe Stevens, third, 400 meters; Andy Burgess, fourth, 800 meters; Zach Norris, third, 200 meters; 4×400 relay (Stevens, Jones, Wood, Aaron Craft), third.

Rock Hill: Wes Pierson, second, 110 hurdles; Josh Moore, fourth, 100 meters; 4×100 (Justin Casey, Jarrod Casey, Pierson, Moore), third.

Fairland: Chuck Wentz, first, 1600 and 3200; Garrett Wireman, second, pole vault; Kyle Kincaid, fourth, pole vault; 4×800 (Chad Gibson, Wentz, Eddie Adkins, Matt Bloomfield), first; 4×400 relay (Bloomfield, Chris Jackson, Gibson, Travis Jones), first; Aaron Ward, first, 110 hurdles; 4×200 relay (Jackson, Gibson, Jones, Bloomfield), third; Jackson, fourth, 400 meters.

Also qualifying for the girls were:

Ironton: Carie Rister, first, pole vault; Krista Markel, second, pole vault; Lorna Ceasar, third, shot put; 4×200 relay (Fletcher, Pancake, Carie Riter, Cortney Rister), fourth.

Rock Hill: Anna Bridges, first place, high jump, and fourth, long jump; Ashton Brammer, fourth, 400 meters.

South Point: Tinesha Taylor, second, shot put; Ericka Leighty, second, long jump and high jump; Sarah Lee, third, long jump and high jump; Kristy Bragg, third, pole vault; 4×200 relay (Megan Crabtree, Emily Barker, Leighty, Lee), second; 4×400 relay (Leight, Barker, Lee, Crabtree), first.

Fairland: Jordan Aldridge, second, 100 hurdles.

OHSAA District Track

Girls Division II

Team Scores

1. Gallipolis 160.5. 2, Ironton 80. 3, Athens 77. 4, South Point 68.50. 5, Jackson 56. 6, Meigs 55. 7, Minford 46. 8, Northwest 25. 9, Rock Hill, River Valley 23. 11, Fairland 20. 12, Portsmouth West 17. 13, Wellston, Piketon 4.

Field Events

Shot Put - 1, Redoutey (PW) 36-3. 2, Tinesha Taylor (SP) 33-8.25. 3, Lorna Ceasar (Ir) 32-6. 4, Fitch (RV) 29-9.5. 5, C. Grippa (Ath) 29-9.25. 6, Kayla Smith (SP)

28-6.5. 7, Grueser (Mgs) 28-5.5. 8, Carroll (Gal) 28-2.

High Jump - 1, Anna Bridges (RH) 5-2. 2, Ericka Leighty (SP) 5-0. 3, Sarah Lee (SP) 4-10. 4, Troester (Gal) 4-8. 5, Snyder (Gal) 4-8. 6, Dalrymple (Ath) 4-8. 7, Rowland (Min) 4-6. 8, Wilson (NW) 4-4.

Long Jump - 1, Geiger (Ga) 17-5.0. 2, Ericka Leighty (SP) 17-3.25. 3, Sarah Lee (SP) 16-10. 4, Anna Bridges (RH) 15-10.25. 5, R. Grippa (Ath) 15-2.75. 6, Miller (Ath) 15-1.25. 7, Hill (Pik) 14-3.50. 8, Dotson (Ga) 13-11.50.

Discus - 1, C. Grippa (Ath) 119-4. 2, Reinhart (Jax) 101-1. 3, Troester (Ga) 97-5. 4, Redoutey (PW) 96-0. 5, Kayla Smith (SP) 88-0. 6, Rachel Walker (Ir) 84-5. 7, Samantha Ball (Fa) 81-7. 8, Grueser (Mgs) 78-11.

Pole Vault - 1, Carie Rister (Ir) 7-6. 2, Krista Markel (Ir) 7-3. 3, Roush (Ga), Kristy Bragg (SP) 6-6. 5, Stormi Jackson (Fa) 6-06. 6, Gibbs (Ath) 6-6. 7, Shoemaker (Ath) 5-0.

Running Events

4×800 M Relay - 1, Gallipolis 10:36.20. 2, Jackson 10:49.90. 3, Minford 10:53.10. 4, Meigs 10:59.70. 5, Athens 11:11.70. 6, Rock Hill (Ashton Brammer, Kim Schwartz, Sarah Hartwig, Amelia Zimmerman) 11:35.70. 7, Piketon 12:16.20. 8, South Point (Elizabeth Swartzwelder, Brianna Barnes, Tiffany Pruim, Emily Barker) 12:21.0.

100 M Hurdles - 1, Close (Ga) 16.50. 2, Jordan Aldridge (Fa) 16.60. 3, Cayton (Min) 16.70. 4, Bolin (Mgs) 17.20. 5, Smith (Mgs) 17.40. 6, Smith (RV) 17.70. 7, Childers (PW) 17.70. 8, Neal (Ga) 18.0.

100 M Dash - 1, Mandi Boykin (Ir) 12.40. 2, Geiger (Ga) 12.60. 3, R. Grippa (Ath) 13.20. 4, Rachel Walker (Ir) 13.30. 5, Dotson (Ga) 13.50. 6, Griffith (NW) 13.70. 7, Hckworth (NW) 14.10. 8, McGowan (Min) 14.40.

4×200 M Relay - 1, Gallipolis 1:46.30. 2, South Point (Megan Crabtree, Emily Barker, Ericka Leighty, Sarah Lee) 1:50.30. 3, Meigs 1:53.50. 4, Ironton (Cinamon Fletcher, Cortney Rister, Carie Rister, Michelle Pancake) 1:54.00. 5, Northwest 1:55.00. 6, Jackson 1:55.60. 7, Athens 1:56.30. 8, Fairland (Jordan Aldridge, Jessica Webb, Meagan Williams, Marinda Craiger) 2:05.10.

1600 M Run - 1, Adkins (Ga) 5:30.00. 2, Townsend (Ga) 5:35.60. 3, Christian (Jax) 5:50.80. 4, Fitch (RV) 5:55.30. 5, Gilfert (Ath) 6:08.50. 6, Kulp (NW) 6:20.90. 7, Stabler (We) 6:21.20. 8, Melanie Elkins (Ir) 6:35.50.

4×100 M Relay - 1, Gallipolis 50.30. 2, Ironton (Cinnamon Fletcher, Mandi Boykin, Michelle Pancake, Rachel Walker) 50.70. 3, Athens 53.80. 4, Northwest 54.40. 5, Meigs 54.80. 6, Jackson 55.30. 7, River Valley 56.30. 8, South Point (Morgan Kelley, Courtney Koukos, Emily Barker, Keisha Arbogast) 57.70.

400 M Dash - 1, Jackson (Ga) 59.60. 2, Martin (Min) 1:02.10. 3, Grey (Jax) 1:05.60. 4, Ashlton Brammer (RH) 1:05.80. 5, Carie Rister (Ir) 1:06.70. 6. Hall (Ath) 1:07.00. 7, Carlson (Ath) 1:09.20. 8, Bowling (Jax) 1:13.90.

300 M Hurdles - 1, Close (Ga) 47.60. 2, Cayton (Min) 48.30. 3, Bolin(Mgs) 50.60. 4, Workman (RV) 52.30. 5, Thomas (Ath) 54.10. 6, Jordan Aldridge (Fa) 54.50. 7, Neal (Ga) 57.00.

800 M Run - 1, Blackburn (Min) 2:26.10. 2, Soulsby (Mgs) 2:27.00. 3, Christian (Jax) 2:27.90. 4, Ondera (Jax) 2:35.40. 5, Tindongan (Ath) 2:37.80. 6, Fitch (RV)

2:45.20. 7, Baker (Ga) 2:46.70. 8, Williams (Ath) 2:46.90.

200 M Dash - 1, Mandi Boykin (Ir) 26.20. 2, Jackson (Ga) 27.00. 3, Rachel Walker (Ir) 27.30. 4, Griffith (NW) 28.10. 5, Dotson (Ga) 28.80. 6, Miller (Ath) 30.10. 7, Hackworth (NW) 30.30.

3200 M Run - 1, Adkins (Ga) 12:02.70. 2, Fahmy (Ga) 12:17.60. 3, Swisher(mgs) 13:09.30. 4, Hayward (Min) 13:20.50. 5, Ondera (Jax) 13:54.80. 6, Schultz (Ath) 14:04.80. 7, Stabler (We) 14:05.70. 8, Edwards (Ath) 14:22.00.

4×400 M Relay - 1, South Point (Ericka Leighty, Emily Barker, Sarah Lee, Megan Crabtree) 4:17.70. 2, Meigs 4:22.30. 3, Jackson 4:24.90. 4, Athens 4:25.40. 5, Ironton (Cortney Rister, Michelle Pancake, Haley Hasenauer, Carie Rister) 4:33.00. 6, Gallipolis 4:43.70. 7, Fairland (Karissa Johnson, Lauren Phillips, Marinda Craiger, Jordan Aldridge) 4:44.50.

Boys Division II

Team Scores

1, South Point 119. 2, Wheelersburg 105. 3, Fairland 93. 4, Piketon 57. 5, Northwest 55. 6, Ironton 45. 7, Jackson 44. 8, Portsmouth 27. 9, Gallipolis 24. 10, Meigs 23. 11, Rock Hill 19. 12, Athens 17. 13, Alexander 10. 14, Portsmouth West 7. 15, Wellston 6. 16, Minford 5. 17, River Valley 3.

Field Events

Discus - 1, James (Ja) 159-9. 2, Chris Smith (SP) 155-7. 3, John Pemberton (Ir) 141-10. 4, Riepenhoff (Wh) 139-7. 5, Cadogan (Prt) 131-11. 6, Richardson (Mgs) 124-3. 7, Weakley (NW) 121-1. 8, Ward (Pi) 117-3.

Pole Vault - 1, Aaron Craft (SP) 11-0. 2, Kyle Kincaid (Fa) 10-0. 3, Garrett Wireman (Fa) 10-0. 4, Lyles (Ga) 10-0. 5, Ryan Sias (Ir) 9-6. 6, Wilson (Ath) 9-0.

Long Jump - 1, Quay Logan (SP) 21-1.5. 2, Fowler (Alx) 19-11.25. 3, Wilson (NW) 19-11. 4, Fannin (Wh) 19-8.25. 5, Tackett (Pik) 19-5.25. 6, Drew Lynd (SP) 19-4.25. 7, Breech (NW) 18-10.5. 8, Ryan Sias (Ir) 18-6.25.

Shot Put - 1, John Pemberton (Ir) 56-4.25. 2, Chris Smith (SP) 55-4.75. 3, James (Jax) 45-10.25. 4, Nick Rodgers (Ir) 42-3. 5, Nate Cadogan (Prt) 41-9. 6, Corey Garred (SP) 41-7. 7, Pyles (Wh) 41-2.5. 8, Robbins (RV) 41-2.25.

High Jump - 1, Quay Logan (SP) 6-4. 2, Leslie (NW) 5-10. 3, Drew Lynd (SP) 5-10. 4, Lukas Morris (Ir) 5-8. 5, Stegman (Wh) 5-8. 6, Chris Fulks (Fa) 5-6. 7, Strickland (NW) 5-6. 8, Newsome (Min) 5-6.

Running Events

4×800 Relay - 1, Fairland (Chad Gibson, Chuck Wentz, Eddie Adkins, Matt Bloomfield) 8:48.60. 2, Jackson 8:54.70. 3, Wheelersburg 9:00.60. 4, Piketon 9:02.70. 5, South Point (Andy Burgess, Bobby Burgess, Matt Salyers, Joe Stevens) 9:12.0. 6, Athens 9:19.60. 7, Northwest 9:25.60. 8, Minford 9:33.0.

110 M Hurdles - 1, Aaron Ward (Fa) 15.50. 2, Wes Pierson (RH) 16.10. 3, Southworth (Pik) 16.30. 4, Josh Jones (SP) 16.60. 5, Rocky Roe (SP) 17.00. 6, Pyles (Wh) 17.10. 7, Stegman (Wh) 17.30. 8, Blount (PW) 17.80.

100 M Dash - 1, Stamper (Wh) 11.3. 2, Fisher (Mgs) 11.40. 3, Fannin (Wh) 11.50. 4, Josh Moore (RH) 11.60. 5, Tackett (Pik) 11.70. 6, Colmer (We) 12.00. 7, Fowler (Alx) 12.30.

4×200 M Relay - 1, South Point (Zach Norris, Josh Jones, Zach Woody, Drew Lynd) 1:33.60. 2, Wheelersburg 1:34.00. 3, Fairland (Chris Jackson, Chad Gibson, Travis Jones, Matt Bloomfield) 1:35.00. 4, Northwest 1:36.50.5, Meigs 1:36.80. 6, Gallipolis 1:38.40. 7, Portsmouth 1:38.80. 8, Jackson 1:39.00.

1600 M Run - 1, Chuckie Wentz (Fa) 4:38.70. 2, Wilson (Jax) 4:42.30. 3, Smith (NW) 4:42.60. 4, Ruggles (Wh) 4:50.70. 5, Massie (Wh) 4:51.80. 6, Rhue (Ath) 4:52.00. 7, Eddie Adkins (Fa) 5:07.50. 8, Smith (Min) 5:07.90.

4×100 M Relay - 1, Wheelersburg 44.60. 2, Piketon 45.40. 3, Rock Hill (Wes Pierson, Justin Casey, Jarrod Casey, Josh Moore) 45.80. 4, South Point (Quay Logan, Drew Lynd, Rocky Roe, Zach Norris) 45.90. 5, Fairland (Travis Jones, Wei Luo, Blayne Cornwell, Dustin Bumgardner) 46.60. 6, Wellston 47.20. 7, Jackson 47.20. 8, Northwest 47.80.

400 M Dash - 1, Abels (Ga) 51.70. 2, Link (Prt) 52.50. 3, Joe Stevens (SP) 52.90. 4, Chris Jackson (Fa) 52.90. 5, McDonald (Ath) 54.00. 6, Chad Gibson (Fa) 55.20. 7, Newsome (Min) 55.50. 8, Richard (NW) 57.70.

300 M Hurdles - 1, Krickl (NW) 41.20. 2, Josh Jones (SP) 41.40. 3, Blount (PW) 42.80. 4, White (Prt) 42.80. 5, Reed (Pik) 43.00, 6, Wallen (Ga) 44.00. 7, Southworth (Pik) 44.20. 8, Pyles (Wh) 47.50.

800 M Run - 1, Marc Carter (Ir) 2:00.90. 2. Miller (Pik) 2:04.00. 3, Gerlach (Wh) 2:07.10. 4, AndyBurgess(SP) 2:08.40. 5, Matt Bloomfield (Fa) 2:09.30. 6, Roberts (Pik) 2:09.80. 7, Sands (RV) 2:11.20. 8, Lawson (Prt) 2:11.80.

200 M Dash - 1, English (Mgs) 23.30. 2, Stamper(Wh) 23.30. 3, Zach Norris (SP) 23.70. 4, Fannin (Wh) 23.70. 5, Swepston (Pik) 24.30. 6, Link (Prt) 24.60. 7, Zach Woody (SP) 24.80. 8, Richard (NW) 25.40.

3200 M Run - 1, Chuckie Wentz (Fa) 10:28.20. 2, Wilson (Jax) 10:44.00. 3, Brooks (Wh) 10:46.00. 4, Ruggles (Wh) 10:46.80. 5, Manoogian-0’Dell (Ath) 10:47.20. 6, Buckler (Pik) 10:58.90. 7, Joe Stewart (Fa) 11:01.50. 8, Smith (NW) 11:04.30.

4×400 M Relay - 1, Fairland (Matt Bloomfield, Chris Jackson, Travis Jones, Chad Gibson) 3:32.70. 2, Northwest 3:36.30. 3, South Point (Joe Stevens, Josh Jones, Aaron Craft, Zach Woody) 3:36.60. 4, Piketon 3:39.40. 5, Ironton (Ryan Sias, Tym Vandermosten, Justin Payne, Marc Carter) 3:41.90. 6, Gallipolis 3:43.90. 7, Wheelersburg 3:49.00. 8, Jackson 3:53.80.