MA takes track ribbons

Marshall Academy hosted two track meets to start the season and took lots of individual ribbons, plus some team trophies.

The first meet, which included field and running events, was held March 24 on the MA campus. Marshall took first place in the varsity boys and junior varsity boys, second in the varsity girls and fourth in the junior varsity girls.

Varsity boys – first, Marshall 75 points; second, Magnolia Heights, 60; third, North Delta, 39; and fourth, Lee, Ark., 37.
Varsity girls – first, Lee, Ark., 74 points; second, Marshall, 55; and third, Magnolia Heights, 49.
Junior varsity boys – first, Marshall, 118 points; second, Lee, Ark., 62; third, Magnolia Heights, 51; and fourth, North Delta, 4.
Junior varsity girls – first, Magnolia Heights, 73 points; second, Lee, Ark., 63; third, Kirk, 51; and fourth, Marshall, 27.

Top individual finishers follow.

Varsity Boys

Triple jump, Brent Adams, first, 39-6.75.
Long jump, Brent Adams, first, 18-11; Yo Prophete, third, 17-4.75.
Discus, Landon Fennell, second, 91-6.
High jump, Brent Adams, first, 5-6; Yo Prophete, second, 5-4.
300m hurdles, Colby Curtis, first, 50.90.
110m hurdles, Yo Prophete, first, 23.70.
100m dash, Wesley Harris, first, 11.77.
200m dash, Gene Alexin, second, 24.59.
800m relay – Brent Adams, Gene Alexin, Wesley Harris, Jake Howell – first, 1:39.
400m relay – Brent Adams, Gene Alexin, Wesley Harris, Jake Howell – first, 47.15.
1600m relay – Brent Adams, Gene Alexin, Wesley Harris, Jake Howell, second, 4:01.

Long jump
Sam Cody stirs up some dirt as she places second in the long jump.

High jump, Kim Cunningham, first, 4-2.
Long jump, Sam Cody, second, 13-3.5.
Shot put, Heather Tomlinson, second, 26-8.
3200m run, Traci Rodgers, first, 14:18.
1600m run, Traci Rodgers, first, 6:23.
800m run, Traci Rodgers, first, 2:48.
200m dash, Mary Louise Smith, second, 31.9.
800m relay – Molly West, Sam Cody, Chelsea Faulkenbery, Mary Louise Smith – second, 2:04.
400m relay – Molly West, Sam Cody, Chelsea Faulkenbery, Mary Louise Smith – second, 58.30.
1600m relay – Sam Cody, Traci Rodgers, Mary Louise Smith, Molly West – second, 5:01.

Junior varsity boys

Shot put, John Tomlinson, first, 38-2.
Pole vault, Tyler Childers, first, 8-6; Josh Thompson, second, 7-0.
Triple jump, Jordan Brock, first, 32-10.75.
High jump, Jordan Brock, first, 5-0; Hank Owens, second, 5-0.
Long jump, Jordan Brock, second, 17-2.5; Hank Owens, third, 16-5.
3200m run, Jake Delashmit, second, 14:00; Chase Carpenter, third, 15:30.
300m hurdles, John Tomlinson, first, 61.70.
100m dash, Tyler Childers, first, 11.59.
1600m run, Josh Thompson, first, 6:31.
110m hurdles, Taylor Maury, first, 21.04.
400m dash, Hank Owens, first, 60.48.
800m run, Kasey Shaw, second, 2:43.
200m dash, Tyler Childers, first, 24.80.
800m relay – Tyler Childers, Jordan Brock, Hank Owens, Joey Brock – first, 1:43.
3200m relay – Tyler Childers, Jordan Brock, Hank Owens, Joey Brock – first, 10:48.
400m relay – Tyler Childers, Jordan Brock, Hank Owens, Joey Brock – first, 49:20.
3200m relay – Neil Murphy, Andy Burleson, Josh Thompson, Kasey Shaw – first, 4:27.00.

Junior varsity girls

High jump, Emily Burk, second, 4-6.
1600m run, Megan Isbell, first, 6:30.
400m dash, Lauralee Fant, third, 1:13.
Patriot Relays - March 28

The second meet, running events only, was held Wednesday, March 28, on the MA campus.

Team scores included:

Varsity boys – first, Magnolia Heights, 52 points; second, Marshall and Kirk, 37 points each; fourth, Oak Hill, 20; fifth, North Delta, 18; sixth, marvell, 6.
Varsity girls – first, Oak Hill, 55 points; second, Marshall and Kirk, 38 points each; fourth, Magnolia Heights, 23; fifth, West Memphis Christian, 6.
Junior varsity boys – first, Marshall, 56 points; second, Marvell, 38; third, Kirk, 37; fourth, Oak Hill, 34; fifth, Magnolia Heights, 20.
Junior varsity girls – first, Kirk and Magnolia Heights, 42 points each; third, Oak Hill, 25; fourth, Delta, 16; fifth, Marshall and Marvell, 12 each.

Varsity Boys

300m hurdles, Colby Curtis, first, 48.77.
110m hurdles, Yo Prophete, third, 22.34;
100m dash, Wesley Harris, second, 11.81.
200m dash, Gene Alexin, first, 24.59.
800m relay - Brent Adams, Gene Alexin, Wesley Harris, Jake Howell – first, 1:38.71.
400m relay – Brent Adams, Gene Alexin, Wesley Harris, Jake Howell – first, 46.92.
1600m relay – Brent Adams, Gene Alexin, Wesley Harris, Jake Howell – first, 3:58.96.

Varsity Girls

3200m run, Traci Rodgers, first, 13:57.
100m dash, Molly West, third, 14.24.
1600m run, Traci Rodgers, second, 6:24; Sam Cody, third, 7:12.
800m run, Traci Rodgers, second, 2:55.
800m relay – Molly West, Sam Cody, Chelsea Faulkenbery, Mary Louise Smith – second, 2:02.
400m relay – Molly West, Sam Cody, Chelsea Faulkenbery, Mary Louise Smith – second, 58.22.
1600m relay – Sam Cody, Traci Rodgers, Mary Louise Smith, Molly West – second, 4:58.

Junior varsity boys

3200m run, Jake Delashmit, first, 13:58.
300m hurdles, John Tomlinson, second, 48.97.
110m hurdles, Taylor Maury, second, 19.60.
100m dash, Tyler Childers, first, 11.49.
1600m run, Josh Thompson, third, 6:03.84.
400m dash, Hank Owens, first, 59.65.
800m run, Neil Murphy, first, 2:31.63.
200m dash, Tyler Childers, first, 24.03.
800m relay – Tyler Childers, Jordan Brock, Hank Owens, Joey Brock – first, 1:42.35.
400m relay – Tyler Childers, Jordan Brock, Hank Owens, Joey Brock – first, 48.96.
3200m relay – Neil Murphy, Andy Burleson, Josh Thompson, Aaron McAlexander – second, 11:00.

Junior varsity girls

100m dash, Lauralee Fant, third, 14.75.
1600m run, Megan Isbell, second, 6:20.
200m dash, Casey Gibson, third, 31.26.
800m relay – Brittany Deese, Emily Burk, Casey Gibson, Lauralee Fant - third, 2:04.

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