Cummings girls, Southeast Alamance boys win Mid-Carolina track titles

Cummings won the girls’ championship with 147¾ points, ahead of Southeast Alamance at 125¾ and Western Alamance at 110½. Cotton delivered the meet’s signature performance, taking the 100-meter hurdles in 13.87 seconds, the 300 hurdles in 45.24, the long jump at 19 feet, 6½ inches and the triple jump at 41-0. Cummings also won the 400 relay in 48.80 with Nazaiah Hatfield, Samira Lennon, Honesti Trollinger and Diamond Moore, then claimed the 800 relay in 1:47.91 with Hatfield, Lennon, Kennedy Fuller and Moore. The Cavaliers finished their relay sweep in the 1,600 relay, where Trollinger, Lennon, Hatfield and Leyah Whitaker crossed in 4:24.00.

The rest of the girls’ meet was spread across the county’s programs. Southern Alamance’s Laila Darden won the 100 in 12.28, Western Alamance’s Jada Webb took the 200 in 24.95, and Southeast Alamance’s Jocalyn O’Neill won the 800 in 2:43.99. Western’s Kennedy Ramsay won the 1,600 in 5:56.94 and Eleanor Wheatley took the 3,200 in 13:28.21, while Wheatley joined Sarah Younger, Ramsay and Janiyah Moore for a win in the 3,200 relay in 11:32.00. Williams’ Desirae Cheek won the high jump at 4-10½. In the throws, Cummings’ Whitney Griffis won the shot put at 33-0 and Southeast’s Annaya McAdoo won the discus at 92-4. Southeast’s Elizabeth Thomas was the lone entrant in the girls’ pole vault and cleared 7-6.

On the boys’ side, Southeast Alamance held off Eastern Alamance, Southern Alamance and Williams to win with 119¾ points. Williams’ Max Thomas was the meet’s most versatile runner, winning the 800 in 2:03.66, the 1,600 in 4:43.66 and the 3,200 in 10:30.36. Burnette gave Southeast the 100 in 10.85, Western Alamance’s Kylon Richardson won the 200 in 22.49, Eastern’s Dashuan Horace took the 400 in 50.60, Southern’s Eli Sharpe won the 110 hurdles in 16.43 and Graham’s Kamare Snipes won the 300 hurdles.

The boys’ field events also were spread across the county. Southern’s Kristian Brown won the high jump at 6-0, Southeast’s Antonio Williamson won the long jump at 22-6, Eastern’s Sammy Raphael took the triple jump at 44-5, and Southeast’s Drew Easter won the shot put at 47-2. Southern’s Brantley Messick won the discus at 141-8. Southeast added relay wins in the 400, with Burnette, Joseph Gibbs, Jatay McMillian and Isaiah Tumey finishing in 43.05, and the 1,600, where Tumey, Tyrone Burton, Braxton Palmer and Alex Ruiz ran 3:36.66. Eastern won the 800 relay in 1:31.71, and Southern won the 3,200 relay in 8:53.12. Williams’ Hutner Lubitz was the lone boys’ pole vaulter, clearing 9-6.