FAYETTEVILLE -- The wind had died down and most athletes at the Bulldog Relays had already called it a night when Zach McWhorter still had heights he wanted to clear.
The Springdale Har-Ber junior smashed the meet record in the pole vault when he cleared 16 feet, 11 inches on his first try during Friday's meet. The previous mark was 15-8 set by Bentonville's Ethan Sandusky in 2010.
Bulldog Relays
at Ramay Junior High, Fayetteville
Friday’s results
Boys
Team scores — 1. Fayetteville 153.5; 2. Springdale Har-Ber 131; 3. Bentonville 114; 4. Rogers High 44; 5. Rogers Heritage 37; 6. Van Buren 35; 7. Tahlequah, Okla. 27; 8. Siloam Springs 6; 9. Springdale High 23; 10. Fort Smith Southside 22; 11. Greenland 18; 12. Elkins 13; 13. Greenwood 8; 14. Fort Smith Northside 5; 15. Union Christian 3; 16. Gentry 2; 17. Providence Academy 1.5.
100 — 1. Payton Copher, Har-Ber, 11.01; 2. Caleb Christensen, Van Buren, 11.15; 3. Jadon Jackson, Bentonville, 11.34; 4. Luke Waller, Fayetteville, 11.38; 5. Ja’myrion Racy, FS Southside, 11.48; 6. Tyran Triplett, Van Buren, 11.55; 7. Jadyn Loudermilk, Bentonville, 11.56; 8. Jon Conley, Fayetteville, 11.56.
200 — 1. Payton Copher, Har-Ber, 22.48; 2. Jadon Jackson, Bentonville, 23.03; 3. Caleb Christensen, Van Buren, 23.04; 4. Terrance Rock, Fayetteville, 23.19; 5. Tyrone Mahone, Bentonville, 23.21; 6. Payton Willis, Fayetteville, 23.22; 7. Tevin Eckwood, Har-Ber, 23.24; 8. Luke Waller, Fayetteville, 23.51.
400 — 1. Billy Horton III, Bentonville, 50.16; 2. Harrison Shewmaker, Bentonville, 51.25; 3. Patrick Bell, Bentonville, 52.30; 4. Sterling Smith, Rogers, 52.43; 5. Ethan Carney, Har-Ber, 52.80; 6. Felipe Nava, Har-Ber, 52.89; 7. Trent Lyon, Siloam Springs, 53.39; 8. Caleb Edwards, Har-Ber, 53.58.
800 — 1. TJ Sugg, Har-Ber, 2:00.27; 2. Paycen Dennis, Greenland, 2:00.91; 3. Jordy Garcia, Springdale, 2:02.78; 4. Josh Dick, Bentonville, 2:05.32; 5. Hayes Harris, Har-Ber, 2:06.46; 6. Eric Ferguson, Fayetteville, 2:06.49; 7. Javier Hernandez, Heritage, 2:06.78; 8. Jordan Bennett, Bentonville, 2:06.94.
1,600 — 1. Camren Fischer, Fayetteville, 4:26.07; 2. Collin Pilkington, Fayetteville, 4:28.11; 3. Emilio Medina, Van Buren, 4:39.62; 4. Michael Harris, Elkins, 4:40.20; 5. Nicholas Brophy, Bentonville, 4:49.51; 6. Andrew Bender, Rogers, 4:52.72; 7. Tyler Bender, Rogers, 4:53.70; 8. Robert Farrar, FS Northside, 4:57.26.
3,200 — 1. Ben Farrell, Fayetteville, 10:06.40; 2. Emilio Medina, Van Buren, 10:08.53; 3. Elliott Pearson, Siloam Springs, 10:08.72; 4. Joshua Dick, Tahlequah, 10:15.19; 5. Michael Harris, Elkins, 10:15.55; 6. Alex Jennings, Bentonville, 10:17.03; 7. Noah D. Smith, Rogers, 10:27.81 ; 8. Michael Spears, Tahlequah, 10:30.47.
110 hurdles — 1. Nathan Hall, Bentonville, 15.11; 2. Austin Compton, Fayetteville, 15.72; 3. Zach McWhorter, Har-Ber, 15.72; 4. Deondrick Hinton, Har-Ber, 15.80; 5. Aaron Capehart, Siloam Springs, 16.20; 6. Liam Alderson, Heritage, 16.25; 7. Stefan Banda, Bentonville, 16.34; 8. Adrian Broadus, Bentonville, 16.70.
300 hurdles — 1. Austin Compton, Fayetteville, 40.92; 2. Deondrick Hinton, Har-Ber, 41.41; 3. Tevin Eckwood, Har-Ber, 41.50; 4. Aaron Capehart, Siloam Springs, 41.50; 5. Matthew Wentz, Har-Ber, 41.96; 6. Devon Young, Springdale, 42.96; 7. Malik Hykes, Springdale, 43.05; 8. Nathan Hall, Bentonville, 44.03.
4x100 relay — 1. Har-Ber (Matt Thomas, Tevin Eckwood, Austin Henderson, Payton Copher), 43.17; 2. Fayetteville, 43.60; 3. Bentonville, 43.76; 4. Greenland, 45.44; 5. FS Northside, 45.99; 6. Springdale, 46.04; 7. Rogers, 46.60; 8. Siloam Springs, 48.64
4x400 relay — 1. Har-Ber (Caleb Edwards, Matthew Wentz, Felipe Nava, Tevin Eckwood), 3:26.72; 2. Bentonville, 3:27.67; 3. Fayetteville, 3:32.86; 4. Greenland, 3:33.87; 5. Rogers, 3:34.08; 6. Springdale, 3:36.92; 7. Heritage, 3:38.48; 8. Siloam Springs, 3:39.39.
4x800 relay — 1. Tahlequah (Braxton Hood, Nathaniel Floyd, Seth Martin, Joshua Dick), 8:31.45; 2. Rogers, 8:42.88; 3. Springdale, 8:43.30; 4. Fayetteville, 8:45.90; 5. FS Southside, 8:53.15; 6. Har-Ber, 8:56.87; 7. Bentonville, 8:59.25; 8. Siloam Springs, 9:12.04.
Discus — 1. Blake Young, Fayetteville, 161-5.25 (meet record; previous mark 161-2 by Parker, Catoosa, 1999); 2. Ashton Johnson, Heritage, 147-3; 3. Dante McDowell, Tahlequah, 144-4.75; 4. Kyler Duncan, Siloam Springs 124-9.25; 5. Sam Hall, Har-Ber, 123-3.5; 6. Hunter Corly, Union Christian, 123-0.25; 7. Austin Pester, FS Southside, 122-9.25; 8. Damon Nelson, Har-Ber, 122-7.
High jump — 1. Nate Raines, Heritage, 6-2; 2. Jake Benninghoff, Rogers, 6-2; 3. Josh Benford, Har-Ber, 6-2; 4. Darrian Mays, FS Southside, 6-2; 5. Deondrick Hinton, Har-Ber, 5-10; 6. Tyson Morris, Fayetteville, 5-10; 7. (tie) Taylor Weber, Providence, and A. August, Fayetteville 5-10.
Long jump — 1. Kary Collier, Bentonville, 22-10.75; 2. Terrance Rock, Fayetteville, 22-2; 3. Caleb Cooper, Fayetteville, 21-2.25; 4. Austin Henderson, Har-Ber, 21-0; 5. Brandon Shaw, Heritage, 21-0; 6. Landon McClung, Rogers, 20-11.5; 7. Tyson Morris, Fayetteville, 20-10.5; 8. Moss Matthews, Rogers, 20-7.75.
Pole vault — 1. Zach McWhorter, Har-Ber, 16-11 (meet record; previous mark 15-8 by Ethan Sandusky, Bentonville, 2010); 2. Harrison Hurley, Fayetteville, 14-0; 3. Dillon McBride, FS Southside, 14-0; 4. Matthew Keown, Bentonville, 13-8; 5. Devin Barker, Elkins, 13-8; 6. Landon McClung, Rogers, 13-4; 7. Cole Cripps, Gentry, 13-4; 8. Brandon Shaw, Heritage, 12-6.
Shot put — 1. Blake Young, Fayetteville, 54-0.75; 2. John Sherrouse, Greenwood, 51-7; 3. Spencer Stone, Fayetteville, 47-9.5; 4. Dante McDowell, Tahlequah, 44-4.5; 5. Ashton Johnson, Heritage, 43-11; 6. Collin Adams, Rogers, 42-9.75; 7. Alex Espinosa, Van Buren, 41-9.5; 8. Zach Ramsey, Siloam Springs, 41-8.
Triple jump — 1. Caleb Cooper, Fayetteville, 46-8.5 (meet record; previous mark 44-6 by DeMarcus Murphy, Bentonville, 2011); 2. Adrian Broadus, Bentonville, 43-4; 3. Lexus Hobbs, Fayetteville, 43-1.5; 4. Austin Henderson, Har-Ber, 42-10.5; 5. Stefan Banda, Bentonville, 41-11.5; 6. Collin Christian, Heritage, 40-4; 7. Tyran Triplett, Van Buren, 39-9; 8. RJ Pester, FS Southside, 39-7.
Girls
Team scores — 1. Fayetteville 205; 2. Bentonville 118; 3. Rogers High 96; 4. Springdale High 45; 5. Tahlequah, Okla. 39 5. Van Buren 39; 7. Springdale Har-Ber 29; 8. Providence Academy 22; 9. Rogers Heritage 21; 10. Siloam Springs 15; 11. Fort Smith Southside 9; 12. Greenwood 8; 13. Greenland 7; 14. Fort Smith Northside 5; 15. Hector 4.
100 — 1. Jazmyn Chenault, Fayetteville, 12.78; 2. Alexis Johnson, Bentonville, 12.84; 3. Jurnee Britt, Fayetteville, 13.06; 4. Adriana Kitchen, Fayetteville, 13.19; 5. Samantha Carter, Bentonville, 13.23; 6. Chloe Auldridge, Van Buren, 13.34; 7. Emily Shell, Providence, 13.35; 8. Virginia McCoy, Fayetteville, 13.40.
200 — 1. Jameisha Jones, Fayetteville, 25.40; 2. Baylee Barganier, Bentonville, 26.35; 3. Grace Risenhoover, Rogers, 26.89; 4. Alexis Johnson, Bentonville, 27.06; 5. Anna Gadison, Springdale, 27.19; 6. Samantha Carter, Bentonville, 27.23, 7. Emily Shell, Providence, 27.37; 8. Virginia McCoy, Fayetteville, 27.46.
400 — 1. Grace Risenhoover, Rogers, 1:00.21; 2. Janeisha Jones, Fayetteville, 1:01.73; 3. Annabel Weber, Har-Ber, 1:01.89; 4. Kalyn Haley, Har-Ber, 1:02.12; 5. Kyla Morris, Bentonville, 1:04.07; 6. Alexis Duffy, Siloam Springs, 1:04.29; 7. Kyla Crawford, FS Southside, 1:05.37; 8. Kayla Gregory, Bentonville, 1:06.19.
800 — 1. Sophie Quandt, Bentonville, 2:25.92; 2. Emily Efurd, Rogers, 2:27.48; 3. Halle Gilreath, Rogers, 2:27.87 ; 4. Carmen Hedstrom, Bentonville, 2:28.97; 5. Aubre Gilreath, Rogers, 2:29.61; 6. Megan Anglin, Heritage, 2:30.04 ; 7. Wrylee Dickard, Greenland, 2:33.37; 8. Alexis Duffy, Siloam Springs, 2:33.67.
1,600 — 1. Corrie Purcell, Fayetteville, 5:26.34; 2. Emily Efurd, Rogers, 5:35.11; 3. Aubre Gilreath, Rogers, 5:36.68; 4. Chloe Devecsery, Fayetteville, 5:45.93; 5. Emily Newberry, Har-Ber, 5:54.37; 6. Jasmine Guillen, Siloam Springs, 5:55.12; 7. Shelby Bowman, Greenland, 5:55.74 ; 8. Katarina Michna, Fayetteville, 5:57.83.
3,200 — 1. Rebecca Boushelle, Fayetteville, 11:31.77; 2. Lainey Quandt, Bentonville, 11:36.96; 3. Corrie Purcell, Fayetteville, 11:37.23; 4. Katie Powell, Heritage, 12:17.08; 5. Gracie Medelin, Tahlequah, 12:23.21; 6. Emily Newberry, Har-Ber, 12:27.66; 7. Madi Chitwood, Van Buren, 12:31.15; 8.Olivia Lisle, Har-Ber, 12:44.51.
100 hurdles — 1. McKenzie Penne, Fayetteville, 16.08; 2. Genna Potter, Fayetteville, 16.36; 3. Emily Shell, Providence, 16.53; 4. Lauren Holmes, Fayetteville, 16.77; 5. Avery Williams, Hector, 16.84; 6. Hannah Martin, Rogers, 16.97; 7. Cassidy Valenzula, Fayetteville, 17.28 ; 8. Jade Donnell, Bentonville, 17.83.
300 hurdles — 1. Emily Shell, Providence, 46.19; 2. Olivia Groeber, Rogers, 48.23; 3. Grace Spangler, Fayetteville, 49.25; 4. Jaren Hernandez, Bentonville, 49.25; 5. Ira Sandoval, Van Buren, 49.52; 6. Bailey Brya, Heritage, 49.80; 7. Haley Dougan, Springdale, 50.16; 8. Elizabeth Hoff, Fayetteville, 50.26.
4x100 relay — 1. Bentonville (Baylee Barganier, Samantha Carter, Avery Hughes, Alexis Johnson), 50.77; 2. Tahlequah,’ 51.60; 3. Fayetteville, 51.61; 4. FS Northside, 51.83; 5. Van Buren, 52.16; 6. Springdale, 52.63; 7. Heritage, 52.86; 8. Rogers, 53.05.
4x400 relay — 1. Fayetteville (Rebecca Boushelle, Jazmyn Chenault, Jameisha Jones, Janeisha Jones), 4:02.85 (meet record; previous mark 4:05.97 by Bentonville, 2011); 2. Rogers, 4:06.66; 3. Har-Ber, 4:18.35; 4. Tahlequah, 4:22.55; 5. Heritage, 4:24.43; 6. Greenland, 4:25.31; 7. Van Buren, 4:26.34
4x800 relay — 1. Bentonville (Carmen Hedstrom, Katy Kotoucek, Lainey Quandt, Sophie Quandt), 10:14.94; 2. Fayetteville, 10:23.59; 3. Tahlequah, 10:38.02; 4. Van Buren, 10:42.16; 5. Springdale, 10:48.93; 6. Rogers, 10:51.37; 7. Heritage, 11:10.63; 8. Siloam Springs, 11:15.60.
Discus — 1. Jasmine Franklin, Fayetteville, 122-10; 2. Ryann Goodsell, Springdale, 120-5; 3. Tylee Sysavanh, Springdale, 119-9.25; 4. Ashlin Witherrow, Fayetteville, 99-3; 5. Sarah Vogel, Springdale, 95-10; 6. Kadriana Nichols, FS Southside, 94-2.50; 7. Sydney Grizzle, Van Buren, 93-11.25; 8. Alexandra Dorado, Tahlequah, 93-9.
High jump — 1. Grace Spangler, Fayetteville, 5-2; 2. (tie) Alexis Duffy, Siloam Springs, and Elise Randels, Rogers, 5-0; 4. Hannah Martin, Rogers, 5-0; 5. Emily Basks, Tahlequah, 5-0; 6. Alli George, Tahlequah, 5-0; 7. Genna Potter, Fayetteville, 4-10; 8. Abby Cook, Heritage, 4-10.
Long jump — 1. Chloe Auldridge, Van Buren, 17-8; 2. Lauren Holmes, Fayetteville, 17-6.5; 3. McKenzie Penne, Fayetteville, 17-6; 4. Adriana Kitchen, Fayetteville, 17-1; 5. Grace Risenhoover, Rogers, 16-11.5; 6. Alexis Johnson, Bentonville, 16-7.5; 7. Anna Gadison, Springdale, 16-4; 8. Osaretin Ogbeide, Fayetteville, 16-0.
Pole vault — 1. Isabel Neal, Bentonville, 11-8 (meet record; previous mark 11-6 by Mayes, Fayetteville, 2004); 2. Bailee McCorkle, Greenwood, 11-8; 3. Olivia Groeber, Rogers, 11-0; 4. Genna Potter, Fayetteville, 10-0; 5. Skyler Owens, Bentonville, 10-0; 6. Chloe Christian, Bentonville, 9-6; 7. Olivia Stumbaugh, Har-Ber, 9-0; 8. Juli Hill, Providence, 8-6.
Shot put — 1. Jasmine Franklin, Fayetteville, 41-11.25 (meet record; previous mark 41-8.25 by Sotomayor, Russellville, 1986), 2. Tylee Sysavanh, Springdale, 37-1; 3.Anna Griffin, Bentonville, 36-8.5; 4. Alexandra Dorado, Tahlequah, 36-2.5; 5. Loren Hernandez, FS Southside, 32-5.5; 6. McKenzie Pillstrom, Rogers, 32-5; 7. Annie Truitt, Tahlequah, 32-4.25; 8. Sydney Grizzle, Van Buren, 32-2.
Triple jump — 1. Adriana Kitchen, Fayetteville, 35-8; 2. Osaretin Ogbeide, Fayetteville, 35-7.25; 3. Shiann Earnhart, Van Buren, 35-4.5; 4. Avery Hughes, Bentonville, 34-4.5; 5. Mary Cawood, Bentonville, 32-8; 6. Anna Gadison, Springdale, 32-7; 7. Kenna Ebert, Har-Ber, 32-7; 8. Michaela Camp, Heritage, 30-10.
"It was exciting," McWhorter said. "I also did the 110 hurdles, so I've been waiting awhile because it's one of the first events. I'm happy with today. I'm just going to keep on working on that 17-1 barrier, and next year the goal is 18 feet."
Friday's performance is the latest of new heights for McWhorter, who is trying to match his personal-best of 17-2 he cleared indoors in February. He cleared 16-1 to break the Tiger Relays record last month, and he cleared 16-5 last weekend during the Texas Relays.
He attributed his improvements on work he had done during the offseason as well as a switch in the poles he used. He tried three times to clear 17-3 but couldn't get the bar to stay in place.
"I've been using bigger poles," he said. "In the offseason, I've been doing some strength training and speed work, trying to work the top better.
"I just moved up a pole, popped up and cleared it. I was pretty excited. I was just out of gas at 17-3."
A total of six meet records were broken with Fayetteville doing most of the damage. Caleb Cooper turned in the state's best performance in the triple jump so far this season when he leaped 46-8.5 and broke the previous mark of 44-6 by Bentonville's DeMarcus Murphy in 2011, while Blake Young had a toss of 161-5.25 in the discus and broke the previous meet record of 161-2.
Meanwhile, Jasmine Franklin broke the meet's oldest record with her toss of 41-11.25, breaking the previous mark of 41.8.25 set in 1986. Fayetteville's 4x400-meter relay of team Rebecca Boushelle, Jazmyn Chenault, Jameisha Jones and Janeisha Jones set a meet record with its time of 4 minutes, 2.85 seconds -- breaking the previous mark of 4:05.97 set by Bentonville in 2011.
"It's always nice to do well in your home meet," said Fayetteville coach Drew Yoakum. "We had a lot of kids in these events, and it's great for them to do well in front of the home crowd.
"You look at all the records, and they're great feats. The one I take pride in is our 4x4 team. The girls are coming out of basketball, and Pink and Blue (Jones) really did well. We also had a lot of the distance kids pre-qualify for the state meet."
The sixth meet record wound up being a tie in the girls pole vault record as both Bentonville's Isabel Neal and Greenwood's Bailee McCorkle both cleared 11-8. Neal, however, was credited for the win in that event for having less misses.
Fayetteville also swept both teams title, and the girls did it in impressive fashion with 205 points to 118 for second-place Bentonville. Fayetteville's boys took their title with 153.5 points, followed by Har-Ber with 131 and Bentonville with 114.
Sports on 04/09/2016