PEA RIDGE -- Cole Cripps is determined to make good on a promise he made to his late grandfather two years ago.
The Gentry senior pole vaulter wants to clear 15 feet before his high school career is done, and he came closer to that mark Tuesday afternoon. Cripps cleared a personal-best 14-10 to easily win the event during the 4A-1 Conference track championships at Blackhawk Stadium.
4A-1 Conference Track Championship
at Pea Ridge
Tuesday’s results
Boys
Team scores — 1. Gravette 156.5; 2. Pea Ridge 119; 3. Gentry 117.5; 4. Shiloh Christian 92; 5. Huntsville 66; 6. Berryville 46.5; 7. Prairie Grove 44; 8. Lincoln 17.5.
100 — 1. Cooper Elliot, Pea Ridge, 11.58; 2. Alex Fink, Gravette, 11.63; 3. Ryan Higgins, Pea Ridge, 11.75; 4. Tristian Updagraff, Berryville, 11.99; 5. Alfredo Benavidez, Huntsville, 12.14; 6. Aaron Taylor, Shiloh, 12.15; 7. TJ Kardynalski, Gravette, 12.18; 8. Lane Dalton, Prairie Grove, 12.26.
200 — 1. Alex Fink, Gravette, 23.52; 2. Cooper Elliot, Pea Ridge, 23.78; 3. Andrew Osborne, Shiloh, 24.00; 4. Tristian Updagraff, Berryville, 24.48; 5. TJ Kardynalski, Gravette, 24.91; 6. Alfredo Benavidez, Huntsville, 25.02; 7. Aaron Taylor, Shiloh, 25.10; 8. Gunner Berger, Gravette, 25.34.
400 — 1. Alex Fink, Gravette, 52.06; 2. Connor Escajeda, Pea Ridge, 53.45; 3. Andrew Osborne, Shiloh, 55.01; 4. Thomas Trowbridge, Berryville, 55.06; 5. Roberto Barrios, Gravette, 56.10; 6. Daniel Huntsman, Gravette, 56.30; 7. Kylan Pierce, Huntsville, 56.52; 8. Carl Simpson, Prairie Grove, 56.79.
800 — 1. Joe Schroeder, Shiloh, 2:08.67; 2. Danny Delapp, Gravette, 2:09.90; 3. Aaron Walker, Gentry, 2:13.03; 4. Harvi Davis, Gentry, 2:20.42; 5. Tyler Kardynalski, Gravette, 2:20.59; 6. Tristan Seaton, Huntsville, 2:25.57; 7. Federico Goi, Gravette, 2:26.03; 8. William Crawley, Gravette, 2:26.60.
1,600 — 1. Aaron Walker, Gentry, 5:02.20; 2. Colton Edens, Huntsville, 5:02.54; 3. Dakota Fritts, Huntsville, 5:02.65; 4. Shaed Cates, Pea Ridge, 5:04.88; 5. Joe Schroeder, Shiloh, 5:14.83; 6. Seth Duke, Gravette, 5:19.93; 7. Tanner Barbee, Huntsville, 5:24.60; 8. Federico Goi, Gravette, 5:31.17.
3,200 — 1. Dakota Fritts, Huntsville, 11:46.86; 2. Colton Edens, Huntsville, 12:00.07; 3. Tanner Barbee, Huntsville, 12:09.86; 4. Austin Moon, Gravette, 12:18.03; 5. Eduardo Rangel, Berryville, 12:19.90; 6. Jacob Truman, Gentry, 12:21.54; 7. John Nygren, Shiloh, 12:31.57; 8. Kylan Pierce, Huntsville, 12:35.01.
110 hurdles — 1. Solomon Walker, Prairie Grove 17.04; 2. Truitt Tollett, Shiloh, 17.29; 3. Kenny Dorsey, Pea Ridge, 17.71; 4. Trevor Henry, Pea Ridge, 17.89; 5. Caden Carter, Shiloh, 18.14; 6. Justin Koon, Pea Ridge, 18.27; 7. Tajae White, Gravette, 18.33; 8. Thomas Trowbridge, Berryville, 18.55.
300 hurdles — 1. Kenny Dorsey, Pea Ridge, 43.84; 2. Trevor Henry, Pea Ridge, 44.24; 3. Truitt Tollett, Shiloh, 45.16; 4. Caden Carter, Shiloh, 45.54; 5. Chris Childress, Gravette, 45.99; 6. Tajae White, Gravette, 47.49; 7. Cesar Martinez, Berryville, 47.78; 8. Anthony McDonald, Huntsville H 47.85.
4x100 relay — 1. Pea Ridge (Matthew Craig, Ryan Higgins, Cooper Ellit, Lance Nunley), 45.76; 2. Shiloh, 45.83; 3. Gravette, 47.14; 4. Prairie Grove, 47.25; 5. Berryville, 47.30; 6. Gentry, 47.39; 7. Lincoln, 48.24; 8. Huntsville, 50.61.
4x400 relay — 1. Gravette (Danny Delapp, Roberto Barrios, TJ Kardynalski, Alex Fink), 3:40.66; 2. Pea Ridge, 3:45.82; 3. Gentry, 3:52.45; 4. Shiloh, 3:53.30; 5. Prairie Grove, 4:02.18; 6. Huntsville, 4:03.69; 7. Berryville, 4:05.75.
4x800 relay — 1. Shiloh (Ethan Hood, John Nygren, Joe Schroeder, Ashton Smith), 9:13.30; 2. Huntsville, 9:16.16; 3. Gravette, 9:17.12; 4. Gentry, 9:48.09; 5. Pea Ridge, 9:53.72; 6. Berryville, 10:10.97
Discus — 1. Mason Clark, Gentry, 141-11; 2. John Faulkenberry, Gentry, 125-6; 3. Aidan Patton, Gravette, 115-8; 4. Broc Berus, Shiloh, 113-1; 5. Marcus Gooding, Lincoln, 109-4; 6. Kerlose Ruzek, Gentry, 104-2; 7. John David Elder, Prairie Grove 100-7; 8. Lorenzo Lopez, Shiloh, 100-6.
High jump — 1. Kelton Trembley, Gravette, 5-8; 2. Alex Fink, Gravette, 5-6; 3. (tie) Adam Keith, Lincoln, and Tate Busey, Pea Ridge, 5-6; 5. (tie) John Faulkenberry, Gentry, and Cole Cripps, Gentry, 5-6; 7. (tie) Chris Childress, Gravette, and Luke Sugg, Berryville, 5-6.
Long jump — 1. Nick Pohlman, Prairie Grove 20-3; 2. Alex Fink, Gravette, 19-11.5; 3. Chris Childress, Gravette, 19-8.5; 4. Tristian Updagraff, Berryville, 19-4.75; 5. Cole Cripps, Gentry, 18-10.75; 6. Adam Keith, Lincoln, 18-9.5; 7. Ryan Higgins, Pea Ridge, 18-8; 8. Jason Swain, Lincoln, 18-6.75.
Pole vault — 1. Cole Cripps, Gentry, 14-10; 2. Lance Nunley, Pea Ridge, 11-6; 3. Aaron Campbell, Gravette, 11-0; 4. Ethan Xiong, Gentry, 11-0; 5. John Faulkenberry, Gentry, 10-6; 6. (tie) Zach Woods, Pea Ridge, and Brandon Jones, Gentry, 10-6; 8. Wyatt Weber, Pea Ridge, Hi 8-06.
Shot put — 1. Mason Clark, Gentry, 43-8.5; 2. Aidan Patton, Gravette, 43-0; 3. Broc Berus, Shiloh, 40-10; 4. Will Hawkins, Prairie Grove, 39-6.5; 5. Brett Kirby, Pea Ridge, Hi 39-6.5; 6. Dustin Burton, Prairie Grove, 39-3; 7. Marcus Gooding, Lincoln, 39-0; 8. Devon Smith, Berryville, 38-9.5.
Triple jump — 1. Cole Cripps, Gentry, 42-11; 2. Tristian Updagraff, Berryville, 42-1; 3. John Faulkenberry, Gentry, 40-6.5; 4. Connor Escajeda, Pea Ridge, 39-5; 5. Seth Duke, Gravette, 38-11; 6. Nick Pohlman, Prairie Grove 38-8.5; 7. Tajae White, Gravette, 38-2.5; 8. Truitt Tollett, Shiloh, 37-11.5.
Girls
Team scores — 1. Gravette 171; 2. Pea Ridge 142; 3. Berryville 105 4. Shiloh Christian 89; 5. Prairie Grove 71; 6. Gentry 29;
- Huntsville 21; 8. Lincoln 13.
100 — 1. Tessie May, Shiloh, 13.40; 2. Jacquelynn Jenkins, Prairie Grove, 13.56; 3. Kyrstin Branscum, Gravette, 13.71; 4. Cally Kildow, Gravette, 13.75; 5. Makayla Hussey, Berryville, 13.89; 6. Rachel Reindyl, Shiloh, 13.92; 7. Jamison Toms, Pea Ridge, 14.05; 8. Shea Sandefur, Shiloh, 14.08.
200 — 1. Jacquelynn Jenkins, Prairie Grove, 28.44; 2. Cally Kildow, Gravette, 28.67; 3. Rachel Reindyl, Shiloh, 29.10; 4. Kyrstin Branscum, Gravette, 29.25; 5. Teagan Dixon, Gravette, 29.25; 6. Caroline Long, Shiloh, 29.63; 7. Jamison Toms, Pea Ridge, 29.79; 8. Hannah Means, Pea Ridge, 29.90
400 — 1. Tessie May, Shiloh, 1:04.91; 2. Teagan Dixon, Gravette, 1:05.47; 3. Hannah Means, Pea Ridge, 1:05.55; 4. Gracie Berger, Gravette, 1:06.19; 5. Grace Ceola, Shiloh, 1:08.77; 6. Ellie Ewald, Pea Ridge, 1:09.37; 7. Sally Bird, Gravette, 1:09.83; 8. Shea Sandefur, Shiloh, 1:10.95
800 — 1. Sally Bird, Gravette, 2:46.97; 2. Gracie Berger, Gravette, 2:47.36; 3. Jennifer Anthony, Pea Ridge, 2:49.16; 4. Destiny Roughton, Pea Ridge, 2:52.27; 5. Grace Sluyter, Shiloh, 2:52.60; 6. Samantha Preston, Berryville, 2:54.86; 7. Tori Foster, Gravette, 2:57.60; 8. Tori Scrogham, Pea Ridge, 3:01.46.
1,600 — 1. Megan Thompson, Prairie Grove 6:20.13; 2. Samantha Preston, Berryville, 6:35.05; 3. Brooke Brasel, Gravette, 6:44.35; 4. Ashlynn Humphrey, Pea Ridge, 6:50.12; 5. Kailyn Shackleford, Pea Ridge, 7:13.87; 6. Jillian Brown, Gravette, 7:19.76; 7. Alexis Henry, Berryville, 7:30.93; 8. Mary Storlie, Prairie Grove, 8:05.22.
3,200 — 1. Bekah Bostian, Prairie Grove, 12:26.77; 2. Samantha Preston, Berryville, 14:19.91; 3. Brooke Brasel, Gravette, 14:25.71; 4. Jillian Brown, Gravette, 16:42.13; 5. Alexis Henry, Berryville, 17:44.34; 6. Kloey Evenson, Pea Ridge, 18:22.58; 7. Hope Braziel, Berryville, 18:24.29; 8. Nina Reed, Pea Ridge, 19:17.66.
100 hurdles — 1. Maryn Jones, Berryville, 18.63; 2. Kieara Bryant, Pea Ridge, 18.93; 3. Shelby Dunlap, Pea Ridge, 18.94; 4. Heidi Vinson, Gentry, 18.95; 5. Josie Sisk, Huntsville, 19.07; 6. Kendra Poor, Huntsville, 19.44; 7. Macey Plunkett, Shiloh, 19.55; 8. Emelie Fincher, Shiloh, 19.77.
300 hurdles — 1. Shelby Dunlap, Pea Ridge, 51.61; 2. Kendra Poor, Huntsville, 54.13; 3. Josie Sisk, Huntsville, 55.35; 4. Macey Plunkett, Shiloh, 55.38; 5. Megan Thompson, Prairie Grove, 56.20; 6. Maryn Jones, Berryville, 56.91; 7. Heidi Vinson, Gentry, 57.17; 8. Anne Jorgensen, Gravette, 58.12.
4x100 relay — 1. Shiloh Christian (Caroline Long, Tessie May, Rachel Reindyl, Shea Sandefur), 53.40; 2. Gravette, 54.05; 3. Prairie Grove, 56.22; 4. Berryville, 1:01.29
4x400 relay — 1. Gravette (Teagan Dixon, Kyrstin Branscum, Sally Bird, Gracie Berger), 4:34.17; 2. Shiloh Christian, 4:38.20; 3. Pea Ridge, 4:38.39; 4. Prairie Grove, 5:07.87; 5. Berryville, 5:16.11
4x800 relay — 1. Prairie Grove (Taylor Caudle, Lexi Madewell, Audrey Doering, Bekah Bostian), 11:39.59; 2. Gravette, 11:39.60; 3. Pea Ridge, 11:53.27; 4. Shiloh, 12:28.02; 5. Berryville 13:13.55
Discus — 1. Kennedy Berus, Shiloh, 102-8; 2. Karley Adams, Berryville, 88-10; 3. Anne Jorgensen, Gravette, 88-7; 4. Meredith Mitchell, Pea Ridge, 81-5; 5. Amy Lee, Gravette, 79-6; 6. Emily Traylor, Prairie Grove 79-0; 7. Ashley Guess, Gentry, 74-9; 8. Kimberly Ortiz, Pea Ridge, 72-5.
High jump — 1. Anne Jorgensen, Gravette, 4-10; 2. (tie) Sally Bird, Gravette, and Sarah Nall, Lincoln, 4-8; 4. Kynley Burton, Pea Ridge, 4-8; 5. Teagan Dixon, Gravette, 4-8; 6. Hollyn Davis, Pea Ridge, 4-6; 7. Jennifer Anthony, Pea Ridge, 4-4; 8. Chastery Fuamatu, Gentry, 4-2.
Long jump — 1. Teagan Dixon, Gravette, 15-10; 2. Jamison Toms, Pea Ridge, 14-9.50; 3. Madison Jones, Lincoln, 14-8.5; 4. Maryn Jones, Berryville, 14-7.25; 5. Cecilia Doss, Berryville, 14-6.50; 6. Makayla Hussey, Berryville, 14-5; 7. Kendall Yarbrough, Gravette, 14-2.5; 8. Mattie Fancher, Berryville, 14-2.
Pole vault — 1. Cassidy Mooneyhan, Pea Ridge, 10-0; 2. Heidi Vinson, Gentry, 8-0; 3. Tori Scrogham, Pea Ridge, 7-6; 4. Mattie Fancher, Berryville, 7-6; 5. Jamison Toms, Pea Ridge, 7-0; 6. Shelby Dunlap, Pea Ridge, 7-0; 7. Kourtney Granger, Berryville, 6-6; 8. Emma Russ, Gravette, 6-0.
Shot put — 1. Chastery Fuamatu, Gentry, 37-0; 2. Anne Jorgensen, Gravette, 33-9.5; 3. Kennedy Berus, Shiloh, 30-5.5; 4. Kate Powell, Berryville, 30-1; 5. Emily Traylor, Prairie Grove 27-6; 6. Meredith Mitchell, Pea Ridge, 27-3.75; 7. Kieara Bryant, Pea Ridge, 25-7.75; 8. Kelsey Hopper, Berryville, 25-1.
Triple jump — 1. Shelby Dunlap, Pea Ridge, 33-0; 2. Maryn Jones, Berryville, 32-8; 3. Cecilia Doss, Berryville, 31-6; 4. Haley Betz, Gravette, 30-3.5; 5. Sally Bird, Gravette, 30-2.5; 6. Jennifer Anthony, Pea Ridge, 30-0.25; 7. Hollyn Davis, Pea Ridge, 30-0.25; 8. Heidi Vinson, Gentry, 29-11.5.
"I knew I had to do it for my grandpa, ever since he passed away," Cripps said. "I've pushed myself one step closer to where I need to be."
Cripps admitted he didn't have much energy left as he competed in the triple jump -- where he won that event with a jump of 42-11 -- before he entered the pole vault. He was helped, however, with a strong breeze to his back as he competed in the event, and he was all alone once the bar was raised to 12 feet.
That's when he decided to go for 14-10, which is 4 inches higher than the height he cleared to win the Class 4A state meet last year. He did nudge the bar on his third and final attempt at that height, but it stayed in its place.
He was almost out of breath at that point, but he went ahead and tried to clear 15 feet, only to miss all three attempts. He said he's hopeful to get to 16 feet soon in order to walk on at Arkansas.
"I'm pretty excited about it," Cripps said. "It means a lot to me. It's pushed me ahead of all those other guys in Class 4A and the other guys across the state, so I'm excited about where that will place me when I get there."
Gravette claimed both conference titles, but it had to come from behind to do such a feat. In the girls division, the Lady Lions compiled 171 to 142 edge over second-place Pea Ridge, but they didn't enjoy the lead until the 800-meter run.
Gravette claimed a one-two finish in that event as Sally Bird turned in a winning time of 2 minutes, 46.97 seconds, followed by teammate Gracie Berger at 2:47.36 while Tori Foster finished seventh. The Lady Lions placed three runners in the 200 and two more in the 3,200, then capped it by winning the 4x400 relay with the team of Teagan Dixon, Kyrstin Branscum, Bird and Berger in 4:37.17.
"Kudos to Pea Ridge because she pulled some kids out of somewhere," Gravette coach Jana Hardgrave said. "We had to work really hard to get the lead. It was a team effort from a great group of girls.
"It was fun, and it's been a fun year. These kids lost the conference title to Pea Ridge by one point in junior high, so I know they hadn't forgotten that. They wanted to come in and win this, and everybody did exactly what they needed to do."
Gravette's boys trailed Gentry for more than half of the meet but pulled out the team title with 156.5 points, while Pea Ridge edged Gentry for the runner-up spot by a slim 119-117.5 margin.
Senior Alex Fink, who took the boys high-point award with 46.5 points, was a huge reason the Lions pulled ahead. He put Gravette ahead to stay with his win in the 400 (52.06 seconds), then came back and won the 200 in 23.52 seconds before running the final leg on the Lions' winning 4x400 relay team.
"For us, it's all been about winning this meet," Fink said. "We knew we were close, and we hadn't won a conference meet since my freshman year. It was all about points for the team, not personal records.
"The 800 guys stepped up big and scored double-digit points in that event. The 400 is usually my best race, but I was feeling pretty tired during that one; I won't lie. The 200, I was just glad to pull that one out because my team needed it."
Sports on 04/26/2017