Records fall at Rotary Relays: County athletes compete at 16th annual event
Last Thursday the 16th annual Rotary Relays were held at Nunley Stadium with four new records being set.
In the fifth- and sixth-grade catagory, Kenya Arnold of the WCMS broke the girls 50-meter dash record with a time of 7.34 seconds. The old record was held by Tiffany Long at 7.56 seconds. Arnold also broke the 100-meter record with a time of 13.47. Brittany Thomas held the old record wiht a time of 14.03.
In the seventh- and eighth-grade events, Centertown’s Levi Bain set a new record in the boys 50-meter dash with a time of 6.15 seconds. Ricky Cummins held the record at 6.56 seconds. In the girls 400-meter run, Centertown’s Brittany Frazier set the record with a time of 1:10.84. The old record was held by J. Rubly and April Robertson with a time of 1:11.0. Laura Martinez for WCMS tied the old record with a second place finish.
In the fifth- and sixth-grade events, Jesse Paz of WCMS won the 400-meter run, 1:21 and Caitlin Jacobs of Centertown placed second with a time of 1:51. For the boys, Centertown’s Tyler Keaton finished first with a time of 1:10 and Paul Lawson Prater of WCMS came in second with a time of 1.11.
In the 50-meter dash for the girls Arnold finished first, DaRae Wells of Irving College was second 8.50 and Keirsten Killian of Centertown third at 8.75.
For the boys, Jay Hutchins of Irving College was first 7.58, Centertown’s Ethan Turner second 7.90 and Stephan Fults of WCMS third 8.12.
In the girls 100-meter, Arnold was first, Haley Schwartz of Centertown second 16.41 and Caitlin Cartwright of Irving College third 16.53.
For the boys, Tyler Keaton of Centertown was first 14.07, Matt McColloch of WCMS second 14.72 and Josh Powers of Irving College third 21.90.
In the 200-meter, Tykesha Martin of WCMS was first 32.88, Keirsten Killian of Centertown second 36.34 and Abril Amparan of Irving College third 40.19.
For the boys, Dustin Smith of Irving College was first 31.25, Stephan Fults of WCMS second 33.92 and Brian Nelson of Eastside 35.72.
In the long jump for the girls, Alex Johnson of WCMS was first nine feet and one inch. Haley Schwartz of Centertown was second 8-8 and Whitney McCormick of Irving College was third 8-7.
For the boys, Alex Lanier of WCMS was first at 12 feet, Ethan Turner of Centertown second 11-5 and Grant Hoover of Irving College third 11-4.
In the softball throw Samantha Paz of WCMS was first with a throw of 135-6. Katie Roller of Centertown was second 95-10 and Kerie Green of Irving College was third at 92 feet.
For the boys, Dustin Smith of Irving College was first with a throw of 176 feet, Alex Mullican of WCMS second 174 feet and Tyler Keaton of Centertown third 170 feet.
In the seventh- and eighth-grade events, the 50-meter dash Lakeshia Curry of WCMS took first with a time of 7.00, Catherine Hill of Irving College was second 7.15 and Haley Bouldin of Centertown was third 7.88.
For the boys, Bain of Centertown was first 6.15, Ryan Harrell of WCMS second 6.75 and Michael Dalton of Irving College was third 7.44.
In the 100-meter, Curry of WCMS took first 14.03, Shea Hyatt of Centertown was second 15.72 and Micaela Grieves of Irving College third 15.87.
For the boys Ryan Harrell of WCMS was first 13.34, Tim Patrick of Centertown was second 14.37 and Josh Burton of Irving College was third 15.75.
In the 200-meter, Chelsea Garrett of WCMS placed first with a time of 32.22, Heather Webb of Irving College was second 34.15 and Katrina Allen of Centertown was third 37.65 for the girls.
For the boys Jonathan Green of Centertown was first with a time of 26.34, Breat Scott of WCMS was second 28.00 and Ethan Grider placed third 30.91.
In the 400-meter, Frazier of Centertown was first 1:10.84, Laura Martinez of WCMS was second 1:11.00 and Allison Smartt of Irving College placed third 1:19.65.
For the boys, Shay Mullican of Centertown placed first with a time of 1.04, Chase Zachery Bryant of WCMS was second 1.09 and Ashton Davis of Irving College was third 1.20.
In the long jump, Jessica Ford of Centertown had a jump of 12 feet, 3 inches. Chelsea Garett of WCMS was second at 12 feet and Micaela Grieves of Irving College was third with a distance of 10-8.
For the boys, Shay Mullican of Centertown was first at 15-1, Michael Dalton of Irving College was second 14-7 and Breat Scott of WCMS was third 13-10.
In the softball throw, Frazier of Centertown had a throw of 156 feet, Kayla Hubbard of WCMS was second at 138 and Haley Wanamaker of Irving College was third at 130.
For the boys, Bain of Centertown had a throw of 206-6, Darak Well of Irving College was second at 187 and Mitchell Young of Eastside was third with a throw of 160-3.