Boo Williams Winter Break Invite: Elizabeth Seton (MD) & Wakefield (NC) win team titles

An exciting two days of competition as several out-of-state teams and indivdiuals certainly enhanced the fields at the Boo Williams Winter Break Invitational in Hampton. The Elizabeth Seton girls from Maryland and Wakefield boys from North Carolina won the team titles. More to come from the meet including photo gallery and meet summary. Complete results and all race videos posted.

 

The Elizabeth Seton girls were led by Adenike Pedro, who finished second in the long jump (18'7.50") and 55 meter dash (7.19), while taking first place in the 200 (US #5 26.07) and 60 meter dash (7.62). Her time in the 60 meter dash ranks her #2 nationally.

 

Wakefield boys tallied many points from their strong group of quarters milers as shown with their 4x400 win and 1-2 finish in the 500 meter dash with Trip Foreman (1:07.03) and Tye Smith (1:08.39) along with David Riddleberger's first place run in the invitational boys 400 (52.33). Mitch Mallory also scored 10 points for the team champions in a runaway 9:44 victory in the 3200 meter run.

 

Wakefield had a strong close to the meet with victories in both the boys and girls 4x400 meter relay with a US #1 time posted by their girls relay with a time of 3:57.69 in a come from behind win over Bethel (3:58.23). Wakefield girls were anchored by Ariah Graham, who won the 300 meter dash earlier in a time of 40.73 and placed fourth in the 55 meter dash finals, which was won by teammate Olicia Sharp in a 7.17 clocking. Sharp ironically ran at Bethel High School last year before moving to Raleigh, North Carolina.

 

 

Justin Lord from Glens Hill High School in Augusta, Georgia made the long trip from the South to Hampton and came away with the nation's fastest time at 60 meters with 6.92 clocking after taking first in the 55 meter dash earlier in the meet and third place in the 200 meter dash on Friday, which produced three of the top four times in the country. Walter Mitchell won the hot 200 meter dash race in a time of 22.45 with Great Bridge's Taylor Sykes (2nd, 22.67) and Lord (3rd, 22.74) trailing him intot he finish line.

 

 

Manchester's Devron Harris had breakthrough meet clocking a personal bests in the prelims (7.69) and finals (7.68) of the 55 meter hurdles and also reaching a new all-time best in the high jump with his clearance of 6'4" as a runner-up to Southeast Raleigh star jumper Steven Bell. Bell made a clean sweep of the jumping events with the top marks in the long jump (21'9") and triple jump (47'8"), clearing 6'6" in the high jump. His top performance of the meet being the US #2 mark of 47'8" in the triple jump on Friday.

 

 

The girls' jumps also produced some national caliber marks including a US leading triple jump by Teira Denmark of First Colonial with her leap of 37'9.50" to accompany her 5'4" win in the high jump on the first day of competition. The long jump on day two featured two of the state's top returning long jumpers in Jazmen Townsend of Grassfield and Nikki Nunn of Manchester as well as Elizabeth Seton's Pedro. Townsend was able to get the big jump off early at 19'1", which neither Pedro nor Nunn were able to beat.

 

Anna Spiers of Maggie Walker dominated the competition in the middle distance races with resounding wins in the 1000 meter run on Friday (3:07) and 1600 meter run (5:18) on Saturday. Another Central Region runner in Lee-Davis freshmen Bonny Turnage turned in a solid solo run of 11:36 in the 3200 meter run.

 

Danielle Davis, younger sister of high school hurdles record holder Wayne Davis, showed her hurdling superiority over the field in the finals of the 55 meter hurdles with the Southeast Raleigh junior posted a US #5 clocking of 8.24.

 

Several top distance runners from the Eastern Region were working on a some turnover and speed work in their race selections at the Boo Williams Winter Break meet including Drew Paisley of Ocean Lakes and Jordan White of Great Bridge, who both won middle distances on Monday with Paisley taking the 800 meter run (1:59.57) and White winning the 1000 meter run (2:40.87). Western Branch's top distance runner Blake Theroux ran on several relays including their 4x800 meter relay, which clocked the state's fastest time in the event at 8:15.

 

The Deep Creek girls were a surprise winner in the 4x200 meter relay out of the slow section as they were pressed to the line by district rival Western Branch in their section with a time of 1:45.79. The Bethel boys were able to gain some separation between themselves in the competition to stay clear of relay hand off trouble and win the 4x200 in a time of 1:32.98.

 

First Colonial's Justin Burke rolled out a swift time of 35.68 in the boys 300 meter dash, while Hampton's Ashley Sessoms dipped under 1:20 in the 500 meter dash with her 1:19.25 win.

 

Complete Results

 

Race Videos

 

Below are the performances entered for the meet that met the national silver standard.

HS Girls
1000 Meter Run 3:07.23 Anna Spiers Maggie Walker
1600 Meter Run 5:18.45 Anna Spiers Maggie Walker
200 Meter Dash 26.07 Adenike Pedro Elizabeth Seton High School
200 Meter Dash 26.18 Piarrah Payne Deep Creek
200 Meter Dash 26.19 Dannielle Davis Southeast Raleigh
200 Meter Dash 26.36 Briana Young Elizabeth Seton High School
300 Meter Dash 40.73 Ariah Graham Wakefield
300 Meter Dash 41.23 Olicia Sharp Wakefield
300 Meter Dash 41.61 Dannielle Davis Southeast Raleigh
300 Meter Dash 41.80 Aireal Grant Bethel
300 Meter Dash 41.90 Ashley Sessoms Hampton
300 Meter Dash 42.27 Jessica Ewing Tallwood
300 Meter Dash 42.28 Jazmen Townsend Grassfield
300 Meter Dash 42.86 Vernetta Biggs Friendly High School
300 Meter Dash 42.94 Dominique Johnson Bethel
300 Meter Dash 43.11 Montasia Golden Lee-Davis
300 Meter Dash 43.12 Latrese Barker Friendly High School
300 Meter Dash 43.24 April Wilson Thomas Dale
3200 Meter Run 11:36.92 Bonny Turnage Lee-Davis
4x200 Meter Relay 1:45.79   Deep Creek
4x200 Meter Relay 1:46.46   Western Branch
4x200 Meter Relay 1:46.52   Bethel
4x200 Meter Relay 1:47.08   Ben L. Smith
4x200 Meter Relay 1:47.84   Phoebus
4x400 Meter Relay 3:57.69   Wakefield
4x400 Meter Relay 3:58.23   Bethel
500 Meter Dash 1:19.25 Ashley Sessoms Hampton
55 Meter Hurdles 8.24 Dannielle Davis Southeast Raleigh
55 Meter Hurdles 8.36p Dannielle Davis Southeast Raleigh
55 Meter Hurdles 8.44 Courtni Pannell Bethel
55 Meter Hurdles 8.54p Chantal Scott Wakefield
55 Meter Hurdles 8.55 Chantal Scott Wakefield
55 Meter Hurdles 8.60 Vernetta Biggs Friendly High School
55 Meter Hurdles 8.60p Courtni Pannell Bethel
55 Meter Hurdles 8.61p Olivia Cameron Green Run
55 Meter Hurdles 8.69p Johniqua Porter Lakeland
55 Meter Hurdles 8.72p Vernetta Biggs Friendly High School
55 Meter Hurdles 8.79 Olivia Cameron Green Run
55 Meter Hurdles 8.79p Vamonie Boddie Phoebus
55 Meter Hurdles 8.84 Johniqua Porter Lakeland
55 Meter Hurdles 8.89 Vamonie Boddie Phoebus
55 Meter Hurdles 8.95 Asha Roper Elizabeth Seton High School
55 Meter Hurdles 8.95p Erica Perkins Manchester
55 Meter Hurdles 9.01 Erica Perkins Manchester
55 Meter Hurdles 9.06 Michaela Birek Wakefield
55 Meter Hurdles 9.09p Asha Roper Elizabeth Seton High School
55 Meter Hurdles 9.14p Monica Wilson I.C. Norcom
55 Meter Hurdles 9.20p Jenira Shufford Heritage (Newport News)
55 Meter Hurdles 9.22p Michaela Birek Wakefield
55 Meter Hurdles 9.22p Javette Lee Western Branch
55 Meter Dash 7.13p Crystal Peterson Phoebus
55 Meter Dash 7.17 Olicia Sharp Wakefield
55 Meter Dash 7.17p Tania Minkins Menchville
55 Meter Dash 7.17p Calya Blackmon Menchville
55 Meter Dash 7.18p Olicia Sharp Wakefield
55 Meter Dash 7.18p Olicia Sharp Bethel
55 Meter Dash 7.19 Adenike Pedro Elizabeth Seton High School
55 Meter Dash 7.20p Adenike Pedro Elizabeth Seton High School
55 Meter Dash 7.26 Tania Minkins Menchville
55 Meter Dash 7.32p Renay Ransaw Hampton
55 Meter Dash 7.33 Ariah Graham Wakefield
55 Meter Dash 7.33 Crystal Peterson Phoebus
55 Meter Dash 7.33p Latrese Barker Friendly High School
55 Meter Dash 7.34 Jenira Shufford Heritage (Newport News)
55 Meter Dash 7.38p Jenira Shufford Heritage (Newport News)
55 Meter Dash 7.38p Ariah Graham Wakefield
55 Meter Dash 7.39 Latrese Barker Friendly High School
55 Meter Dash 7.42p Teiara Denmark First Colonial
55 Meter Dash 7.45 Jamesha Richard Western Branch
55 Meter Dash 7.45p Desirhea Odom Hillside
55 Meter Dash 7.47 Desirhea Odom Hillside
55 Meter Dash 7.48p Siobhan Ford-Holland Thomas Dale
55 Meter Dash 7.48p Katea Jemmott Thomas Dale
55 Meter Dash 7.48p Jamesha Richard Western Branch
55 Meter Dash 7.50p Chantal Scott Wakefield
55 Meter Dash 7.51 Renay Ransaw Hampton
55 Meter Dash 7.54p Qualitra Brown Kings Fork
55 Meter Dash 7.54p Kristalyn Morton Phoebus
55 Meter Dash 7.60p Chandrel Forttenberry Western Branch
55 Meter Dash 7.61p Samantha Scarlett Bethel
55 Meter Dash 7.61p Eryn Lightfoot-Frank Green Run
55 Meter Dash 7.62p Dominique Johnson Bethel
55 Meter Dash 7.64p Nailah Johnson Friendly High School
60 Meter Dash 7.62 Adenike Pedro Elizabeth Seton High School
60 Meter Dash 7.70 Tania Minkins Menchville
60 Meter Dash 8.11 Jamesha Richard Western Branch
High Jump 5-2 Chelsea Utley Green Run
High Jump 5-2 Jazmen Flagler South Granville
High Jump 5-4 Teiara Denmark First Colonial
High Jump 5-4 Christen Roberts Grassfield
Long Jump 17-3 Qualitra Brown Kings Fork
Long Jump 18-2 Renay Ransaw Hampton
Long Jump 18-3.5 Nikki Nunn Manchester
Long Jump 18-7.5 Adenike Pedro Elizabeth Seton High School
Long Jump 19-1 Jazmen Townsend Grassfield
Shot Put 36-3.5 Jazmine Banks Gloucester
Shot Put 38-9.25 Sydni Cobb Western Branch
Triple Jump 35-3.5 Courtney Mebane Tallwood
Triple Jump 35-9.5 Kendra Douglas Southeast Raleigh
Triple Jump 35-11 Siobhan Ford-Holland Thomas Dale
Triple Jump 37-9 Camille Thomas Western Branch
Triple Jump 37-9.5 Teiara Denmark First Colonial
HS Boys
1600 Meter Run 4:26.91 Brian Gorwitz Grafton High School
200 Meter Dash 22.45 Walter Mitchell Salem (Virginia Beach)
200 Meter Dash 22.67 Taylor Sykes Great Bridge
200 Meter Dash 22.74p Justin Lord Glenn Hills
200 Meter Dash 22.83 Xavier Jones Southern Guilford
200 Meter Dash 23.22 JaQuan Demiel Lakeland
200 Meter Dash 23.60 Phillip Scott Northside High School
300 Meter Dash 35.68 Justin Burke First Colonial
300 Meter Dash 36.18 Demari Boswell Ben L. Smith
300 Meter Dash 36.29 Xavier Jones Southern Guilford
300 Meter Dash 36.31 Raymond Thornton I.C. Norcom
300 Meter Dash 36.38 Denzel Brown Wakefield
300 Meter Dash 36.63 Alex Loose Wakefield
300 Meter Dash 36.64 Eric Thomas Bethel
300 Meter Dash 37.31 Chris Boyd Ben L. Smith
300 Meter Dash 37.34 Lorenzo Fields Thomas Dale
300 Meter Dash 37.39 Jason Covington Wakefield
300 Meter Dash 37.50 DeAnthony Borders Northside High School
300 Meter Dash 37.61 Jamar Bateman Heritage (Newport News)
300 Meter Dash 37.63 Jimil Perkins Manchester
300 Meter Dash 37.90 Donte Artis Phoebus
300 Meter Dash 37.93 Deonte Neal Lakeland
300 Meter Dash 38.32 Conor Wallace Grafton High School
300 Meter Dash 38.33 Paul Morant Phoebus
3200 Meter Run 9:44.19 Mitch Mallory Wakefield
400 Meter Dash 52.33 David Riddleberger Wakefield
4x200 Meter Relay 1:32.98   Bethel
4x400 Meter Relay 3:27.63   Wakefield
4x400 Meter Relay 3:29.33   Ben L. Smith
4x400 Meter Relay 3:29.71   Bethel
4x800 Meter Relay 8:15.64   Western Branch
500 Meter Dash 1:07.03 Trip Foreman Wakefield
500 Meter Dash 1:08.39 Tye Smith Wakefield
500 Meter Dash 1:08.87 Raymond Thornton I.C. Norcom
500 Meter Dash 1:09.61 Michael Gancio First Colonial
55 Meter Hurdles 7.68 Devron Harris Manchester
55 Meter Hurdles 7.69p Devron Harris Manchester
55 Meter Hurdles 7.79p JaQuan Demiel Lakeland
55 Meter Hurdles 7.99 Rachad Davis Ocean Lakes
55 Meter Hurdles 8.01p Rachad Davis Ocean Lakes
55 Meter Hurdles 8.03p Marco Peterson Lakeland
55 Meter Hurdles 8.13p Elliot Hall Ocean Lakes
55 Meter Hurdles 8.18 Elliot Hall Ocean Lakes
55 Meter Hurdles 8.20 Jaleel Harris Southern Guilford
55 Meter Hurdles 8.21p Jamar Bateman Heritage (Newport News)
55 Meter Hurdles 8.24 David Riddleberger Wakefield
55 Meter Dash 6.43p Justin Lord Glenn Hills
55 Meter Dash 6.44 Justin Lord Glenn Hills
55 Meter Dash 6.47p Walter Mitchell Salem (Virginia Beach)
55 Meter Dash 6.53 Walter Mitchell Salem (Virginia Beach)
55 Meter Dash 6.59 Phillip Scott Northside High School
55 Meter Dash 6.60 Lorenzo Fields Thomas Dale
55 Meter Dash 6.60p Phillip Scott Northside High School
55 Meter Dash 6.60p Lorenzo Fields Thomas Dale
55 Meter Dash 6.61 Justin Burke First Colonial
55 Meter Dash 6.63p Tyler Holloway Kings Fork
55 Meter Dash 6.64p Justin Burke First Colonial
55 Meter Dash 6.67p Jason Covington Wakefield
55 Meter Dash 6.68 Tyler Holloway Kings Fork
55 Meter Dash 6.69p Quentin Gilchrist Lakeland
55 Meter Dash 6.72 Quinton Fulgham Thomas Dale
55 Meter Dash 6.72p David Watford Hampton
55 Meter Dash 6.72p Colby Goodwyn Phoebus
55 Meter Dash 6.74 David Watford Hampton
55 Meter Dash 6.74p Brandon Angus Lee-Davis
55 Meter Dash 6.74p William Greene Phoebus
55 Meter Dash 6.74p Quinton Fulgham Thomas Dale
55 Meter Dash 6.75 Jason Covington Wakefield
55 Meter Dash 6.75p Caleb Wyatt Lee-Davis
55 Meter Dash 6.75p JaonTray Coley Maury
55 Meter Dash 6.77 Brandon Angus Lee-Davis
55 Meter Dash 6.77p Jimil Perkins Manchester
55 Meter Dash 6.79p Romero Hines I.C. Norcom
55 Meter Dash 6.81 Quentin Gilchrist Lakeland
55 Meter Dash 6.81p Jamar Bateman Heritage (Newport News)
55 Meter Dash 6.81p Quintin Baptiste Menchville
55 Meter Dash 6.82p Mychal Jones Wakefield
55 Meter Dash 6.84p Dwayne Washington Tallwood
60 Meter Dash 6.92 Justin Lord Glenn Hills
60 Meter Dash 7.23 JaQuan Demiel Lakeland
60 Meter Dash 7.25 Tyler Holloway Kings Fork
800 Meter Run 1:59.57 Drew Paisley Ocean Lakes
High Jump 6-4 Devron Harris Manchester
High Jump 6-6 Steven Bell Southeast Raleigh
Long Jump 21-0 Denzell Barnett Hampton
Long Jump 21-3 Caleb Wyatt Lee-Davis
Long Jump 21-7 Derrick Boone Deep Creek
Long Jump 21-9 Steven Bell Southeast Raleigh
Triple Jump 43-5 JaQuan Demiel Lakeland
Triple Jump 43-9 DeAnthony Borders Northside High School
Triple Jump 43-9 Quinton Fulgham Thomas Dale
Triple Jump 43-11.5 Allen Bordley First Colonial
Triple Jump 45-6.5 Kendrick Smith Western Branch
Triple Jump 47-8 Steven Bell Southeast Raleigh

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