By JIM WALKER

Tribune Sports Editor

SOUTH POINT — Good things come to those who wait.

It’s a been a couple of years, but the Chesapeake Panthers finally ended their track meet draught as they won the Chesapeake Lions Club meet Saturday.

“The kids were excited. They haven’t won anything for a while,” said Panthers’ coach Phil Davis. “Our kids have been working really hard. It’s nice to see their hard work pay off.”

Chesapeake had 117 points to edge the Ironton Fighting Tigers by three points. South Point was third with 89 points followed by River Valley with 65, Rock Hill 59 and Spring Valley (W.Va.) 50.

On the girls’ side, River Valley won with 130 points followed by the Lady Fighting Tigers with 92 points. Chesapeake was third just two points back followed by South Point with 68, Rock Hill 64 and River Valley 46.

Depth was the key for the Panthers who won the meet despite having only three first place finishes.

Brandon Clagg won the 110-meter hurdles, Nick Lucas took the 300 hurdles while Alex Workman was first in the pole vault.

Ironton finished first in six events.

Tres Wilks won the 400 meters, Gary Monroe won the 800 with teammate Dustin Moritz second, Pierce Reeves claimed the 3200, and the 4×400 and 4×800 relay teams were first.

The 4×400 was comprised of Wilks, Monroe, Moritz and Adam Stumbo. Moritz, Stumbo, Reeves and Monroe teamed up to run an 8:39.9 in the 4×800 relay.

The Lady Fighting Tigers had just two first place finishes as Ariel Schweickart won the 800 and Hannah Cronacher took the pole vault.

The meet was moved to South Point due to repair work that is needed on Chesapeake’s track.

After a quad meet Tuesday at South Point, the next big meet will be the Coal Grove Giovanni’s Invitational at 5 p.m. Friday.

Chesapeake Lions Club Invitational

Boys’ Team Scores

1, Chesapeake 117; 2, Ironton 114; 3, South Point 89; 4, River Valley 65; 5, Rock Hill 59; 6, Spring Valley 50.

Field Events

Discus: 1, Ben Wells (Ir) 133-6; 2, Steve Carey (RH) 123-6; 3, Shane Harper (RH) 110-2; 4, Taylor Banaei (Ch) 104-6; 5, C.J. Noble (Ch) 100-9; 6, Tom Saul (Ir) 100-2; 7, Wyatt Hall (SP) 97-7; 8, Jacob Marcum (RV) 96-9.

High Jump: 1, James Bailey (SV) 5-4; 2, Josh Browning (Ch) 5-4; 3, Justin Mabe (RV) 4-10.

Pole Vault: 1, Alex Workman (Ch) 11-0; 2, Ramon Urbanez (SP) 7-0; Steven Cogar (SP) 5-6.

Long Jump: 1, Tre Campbell (SP) 19-6; 2, Aaron Harrison (RV) 19-5; 3, Adam Dalton (RH) 18-10.25; 4, Casey Mace (Ir) 18-9.25; 5, Josh Browning (Ch) 18-2.25; 6, Jacob Adkins (SP) 16-7.5; 7, Patrick Lewis (Ir) 15-5; 8, Andrew Brown (RV) 116.5.

Shot Put: 1, Steve Carey (RH) 45-4.5; 2, Ben Wells (Ir) 3-4.75; 3, T.J. McCoy (Ch) 42-0.5; 4, C.J. Noble (Ch) 39-9.5; 5, Wyatt Hall (SP) 39-1.25; 6, Kyle Brown (RV) 37-5; 7, Tom Saul (Ir) 34-10.75; 8, Chris Burge (SP) 30-10.75.

Running Events

100M Dash: 1, Tevin Mitchell (SP) 11.6; 2, Trey Wilds (RH) 11.6; 3, Tre Campbell (SP) 11.7; 4, Patrick Williams (RV) 11.8; 5, Tres Wilks (Ir) 11.9; 6, Jesse Lane (RH) 12.2; 7, Aaron Harrison (RV) 12.6; 8, Jacob Collins (Ch) 12.6.

200M Dash: 1, Patrick Williams (RV) 23.9; 2, Tre Campbell (SP) 24.3; 3, Ryan George (SV) 24.5; 4, Lucas Martin (Ch) 24.7; 5, Brian Warner (Ir) 25.6; 6, Nick Ratliff (Ir) 27.8; 7, Brody Lookado (RV) 28.5; 8, Corey Seagraves (SP) 29.6

400M Dash: 1, Tres Wilks (Ir) 52.8; Jon Pinson (Ch) 54.3; 3, Ryan George (SV) 54.7; 4, Josh Payne (SP) 55.5; 5, Brian Warner (Ir) 56.0; 6, Joey Geneseo (Ch) 1:01.9; 7, Dustin Jenkins (RH) 1:02.6; Chey Eblin (RV) 1:03.3.

800M Run: 1, Gary Monroe (Ir) 2:03.3; 2, Dustin Moritz (Ir) 2:07.9; 3, Stephen Welch (Ch) 2:21.6; 4, John Archambault (SP) 2:24.0; 5, Kenny Kessel (SV) 2:31.9; 6, Chris Lively (Ch) 2:34.0; 7, Chey Eblin (RV) 2:36.8; 8, Levi Stewart (RH) 2:37.1.

1600M Run: 1, Taylor Stacy (SV) 4:53.0; 2, Adam Stumbo (Ir) 4:58.0; 3, Josh Mullins (Ir) 5:12.8; 4, Tyler McComas (Ch) 5:13.9; 5, John Archambault (SP) 5:13.9; 6, Ryan Ashworth (Ch) 5:22.9; 7, Jared Hollingsworth (RV) 5:32.0; 8, Nathan Shuler (RV) 5:51.5.

3200M Run: 1, Pierce Reeves (Ir) 10:14.9; 2, Taylor Stacy (SV) 11:14.3; 3, Jared Hollingsworth (RV) 11:53.8; 4, Nathan Shuler (RV) 13:02.9; 5, Christian Rudmann (RH) 13:14.1

110 M Hurdles: 1, Brandon Clagg (Ch) 17.9; 2, Nick Lucas (Ch) 18.0; 3, Jacob Perdue (SP) 21.2; Justin Mabe (RV) 21.5

300M Hurdles: 1, Nick Lucas (Ch) 48.1; 2, Brandon Clagg (Ch) 50.7; 3, Jacob Perdue (SP) 56.0; 4, Stephen Sprague (RV) 1:23.0.

Relays

4×800: 1, Ironton (Dustin Moritz, Adam Stumbo, Pierce Reeves, Gary Monroe) 8:39.9; 2, Spring Valley 9:27.5; 3, Chesapeake (Ryan Ashworth, Tyler McComas, Stephen Welch, Chris Lively) 9:29.6; 4, River Valley (Jamil Stepney, Nathan Shuler, Chey Eblin, Jared Hollingsworth) 9:59.6; 5, South Point (John Archambault, Dakota Wilburn, Sean Gambill, Jacob Perdue) 10:08.1.

4×100: 1, South Point (Tevin Mitchell, Tre Campbell, Josh Payne, Corey Seagraves) 45.8; 2, Rock Hill (Danny Miller, Will McCollister, Jesse Laney, Trey Wilds) 47.0; 3, Chesapeake (Brandon Clagg, Jacob Collins, Lucas Martin, Nick Lucas) 48.3; 4, Ironton (Robert Bishop, Brandon Wilson, Drew Wells, Austin Rowe) 48.8; 5, River Valley (Patrick Williams, Kyle Brown, Puri Apipan, Aaron Harrison) 49.9.

4×200: 1, Rock Hill (Jesse Lane, Adam Dalton, Will McCollister, Trey Wilds) 1:39.7; 2, Ironton (Robert Bishop, Drew Wells, Brandon Wilson, Brian Warner) 1:41.2; 3, River Valley (Chris Carroll, Stephen Brown, Austin Bradley, Ben Ball) 1:55.2; 4, South Point (Corey Seagraves, Todd Runyon, Steven Cogar, Jacob Perdue) 1:56.6.

4×400: Ironton (Tres Wilks, Gary Monroe, Dustin Moritz, Adam Stumbo) 3:40.8; 2, Chesapeake (Stephen Welch, Jon Pinson, Nick Lucas, Lucas Martin) 3:52.7; 3, River Valley (Patrick Williams, Austin Whobrey, Jamil Stepney, Aaron Harrison) 4:09.3.

Girls’ Team Scores

1, River Valley 130; 2, Ironton 92; 3, Chesapeake 90; 4, South Point 68; 5, Rock Hill 64; 6, Spring Valley 46.

Field Events

Discus: 1, Kaitie Roberts (RV) 105-7; 2, Jillian Ellis (Ch) 88-4; 3, Barbie Playbon (Ch) 87-11; 4, Savannah Morris (SP) 76-6; 5, Tommi Butler (RH) 73-3; 6, Allison Casey (RH) 68-10; 7, Demi Hardy (SP) 67-4; 8, Beth Misner (RV) 58-3.

Shot Put: 1, Beth McWhorter (Ch) 35-9.5; 2, Savannah Morris (SP) 33-0; 3, Kaitie Roberts (RV) 31-1; 4, Tommi Butler (RH) 27-10.5; 5, Ashlee Miller (Ch) 27-3.5; 6, Demi Hardy (SP) 26-7; 7, Lexie Nelson (RH) 26-3; 8, Katie Blodgett (RV) 19-3.

Long Jump: 1, Lindsey Hawthorne (Ch) 13-7.25; 2, Brooklyn Massie (RH) 12-10.25; 3, Vanessa Handley (Ch) 12-9.5; 4, Keyana Ward (RV) 12-8.75; 5, Allie Neville (RV) 12-4; 6, Tarique Lewis (RH) 10-11.25.

Pole Vault: 1, Hannah Cronacher (Ir) 7-6; 2, Jackie Nelson (Ch) 6-0; 3, Branham Ally (SP) 5-0.

High Jump: 1, Brooklyn Massie (RH) 4-2; 2, Allison Sites (RH) 3-10.

Running Events

100M Dash: 1, Elaine Gore (SP) 13.7; 2, Morgan Weisgarber (Ir) 13.9; 3, Lindsey Blake (Ch) 13.9; 4, Taylor Martin (Ch) 14.1; 5, Allison Sites (RH) 14.8; 6, Allie Neville (RV) 15.0; 7, Tessa Wilkes (Ir) 15.5; 8, Courtney Joseph (RH) 16.7.

200M Dash: 1, Jessica Hager (RV) 26.7; 2, Kelsey Sands (RV) 29.2; 3, Morgan Weisgarber (Ir) 29.3; 4, Taylor Martin (Ch) 30.0; 5, Tarique Lewis (RH) 31.4; 6, Kaylynn Montano (RH) 32.5; 7, Taylor McCoy (Ch) 34.4.

400M Dash: 1, Amy Stewart (SV) 1:04.3; 2, JaiNai Fields (RV) 1:06.4; 3, Kaylynn Montano (RH) 1:11.7; 4, Keyana Ward (RV) 1:14.6; 5, Kaylie Sturgill (Ir) 1:16.2; 6, Shannon Reynolds (Ch) 1:17.7; 7, Ashton McMackin (Ir) 1:17.9; 8, Ashley Thibodaux (RH) 1:19.8.

800M Run: 1, Ariel Schweickart (Ir) 2:43.7; 2, Amber Stewart (SV) 2:43.9; 3, Elizabeth Runyon (SP) 3:05.2; 4, Kaylie Sturgill (Ir) 3:11.7; 5, Madison Stevens (SP) 3:23.9; 6, Ashley Thibodaux (RH) 3:24.2; 7, Morgan Greenlee (RV) 3:34.1; 8, Kayla Browning (RV) 3:37.5.

1600M Run: 1, Katie Blodgett (RV) 5:44.2; 2, Taylor Hacker (Ir) 5:54.4; 3, Sarah Letchford (SP) 5:58.0; 4, Maggie Thomas (Ir) 6:11.5; 5, Julie Artrip (SV) 6:20.1; 6, Sheyan McGrath (RV) 6:21.3; 7, Amanda Pruim (SP) 7:04.6.

3200M Run: 1, Katie Blodgett (RV) 12:22.5; 2, Amy Stewart (SV) 13:13.1; 3, Sarah Letchford (SP) 13:22.9; 4, (tie) Shannon Walker (Ir), Colleen Walker (Ir) 15:53.7.

100M Hurdles: 1, Jessica Hager (RV) 16.5; 2, Brooklyn Massie (RH) 18.6; 3, Hannah Cronacher (Ir) 19.2; 4, Cassie Goodwin (Ch) 19.7; 5, Desiree Plymale (SP) 22.4; 6, Caitlin Piazza (Ch) 23.1; 7, Kasey Eblin (RV) 24.2.

300M Hurdles: 1, Jessica Hager (RV) 47.4; 2, Lauren Fuller (SV) 50.9; 3, Hannah Cronacher (Ir) 57.2; 4, Brooklyn Massie (RH) 59.4; 5, Rylie Hollingsworth (RV) 1:01.9; 6, Desiree Plymale (SP) 1:04; 7, Kari Pruim (SP) 1:13.4.

Relays

4×800: 1, Spring Valley (Lauren Fuller, Julie Artrip, Amy Stewart, Amber Stewart) 10:40.6; 2, River Valley (Katie Blodgett, Sheyan McGrath, Keyana Ward, Rylie Hollingsworth) 11:36; 3, Ironton (Kaylie Sturgill, Colleen Walker, Shannon Walker, Ashton McMackin) 12:12.6.

4×100: 1, South Point (Emily Norris, Elaine Gore, Brianna Bacon, Kayla Fletcher) 56.4; 2, Chesapeake (Lindsey Blake, Meredith Cravens, Amanda Ruffner, Taylor Martin) 57.4; 3, River Valley (JaiNai Fields, Kelsey Sands, Jessica Burns, Beth Misner) 58.2; 4, Rock Hill (Kaylynn Montano, Katie Johnson, Tarique Lewis, Allison Sites) 1:02.2; 5, Ironton (Tiffany Akers, Presley Southers, Katelyn Thompson, Hailee Haas) 1:05.5.

4×200: 1, River Valley (JaiNai Fields, Rylie Hollingsworth, Keyana Ward, Kelsey Sands) 2:003; 2, Chesapeake (Cassie Goodwin, Vanessa Handley, Lindsey Hawthorne, Caitlin Piazza) 2:06.8; 3, Ironton (Tiffany Akers, Presley Southers, Katelyn Thompson, Hailee Haas) 2:24.9.

4×400: 1, River Valley (JaiNai Fields, Kelsey Sands, Sheyan McGrath, Jessica Hager) 4:24.2; 2, Ironton (Ariel Schweickart, Taylor Hacker, Maggie Thomas, Morgan Weisgarber) 4:36.6; 3, South Point (Emily Norris, Sarah Letchford, Erin Freese, Haley Ferguson) 5:00.3; 4, Chesapeake (Jackie Nelson, Lindsey Hawthorne, Amanda Ruffner, Meredith Cravens) 5:00.7; 5, Rock Hill (Allison Sites, Tarique Lewis, Sarah Travis, Kaylynn Montano) 5:07.0.