Track: Decatur girls capture 1A state title

CONWAY -- Desi Meek won three events Tuesday and helped Decatur's girls win the Class 1A state track and field championship Tuesday at Hendrix College.

The Lady Bulldogs finished the meet with 91 points, while second-place Mineral Springs had 64.5 to Acorn's 59. Haas Hall Bentonville, thanks to Jamison Maass' dominance in the distance events, finished ninth with 30 points.

CLASS 1A

At Hendrix College, Conway

BOYS

TEAM SCORES 1. Trinity Christian, 92; 2. Decatur, 76; 3. Mineral Springs, 64.5; 4. Mount Ida, 61; 5. Hampton, 50; 6. South Side Bee Branch, 45; 7. Omaha, 29; 8. Ridgefield Christian, 22; 8. Midland, 22; 10. Academics Plus, 21.

100 1. Monta Thomas, Hampton, 11.34; 2. Luke Forga, Mount Ida, 11.54; 3. Keyon Williams, Academics Plus, 11.69.

200 1. Luke Forga, Mount Ida, 23.23; 2. Monta Thomas, Hampton, 23.30; 3. Griffin Smith, South Side Bee Branch, 23.54.

400 1. Griffin Smith, South Side Bee Branch, 52.40; 2. Bryson Huff, Mount Ida, 53.35; 3. Dawson Huff, Mount Ida, 54.54.

800 1. Taylor Haisman, Decatur, 2:04.25; 2. Adam Bruce, Trinity Christian, 2:06.02; 3. Trevor Willis, Haas Hall Bentonville, 2:10.04.

1,600 1. Jakob Martin, Trinity Christian, 4:51.89; 2. Adam Bruce, Trinity Christian, 4:55.48; 3. Graham Averitt, Ridgefield Christian, 4:55.77.

3,200 1. Jakob Martin, Trinity Christian, 10:36.01; 2. Garrett Webb, Ouachita, 10:53.64; 3. Adam Bruce, Trinity Christian, 11:00.40.

110 HURDLES 1. Kevonte Esters, Mineral Springs, 17.12; 2. Ryan Shaffer, Decatur, 17.31; 3. Beau Pennington, South Side Bee Branch, 17.98.

300 HURDLES 1. Ryan Shaffer, Decatur, 41.96; 2. Tristan May, Midland, 42.64; 3. Kevonte Esters, Mineral Springs, 43.29.

4x100 RELAY 1. Hampton, 45.03; 2. Omaha, 45.72; 3. Mount Ida, 45.98.

4x400 RELAY 1. Decatur, 3:40.16; 2. Mount Ida, 3:45.54; 3. Western Yell County, 3:53.51.

4x800 RELAY 1. Decatur, 9:09.88; 2. Omaha, 9:30.53; 3. Scranton, 9:46.96.

HIGH JUMP 1. Monta Thomas, Hampton, 6-2; 2. Ashley Henley, Guy-Perkins, 6-0; 3. Mason Matthews, South Side Bee Branch, 5-10.

TRIPLE JUMP 1. Reid Fellers, Trinity Christian, 41-4 1/2; 2. Tywoun Lewis, Arkansas School for the Blind, 40-11; 3. Keagen Tharp, Midland, 40-11.

LONG JUMP 1. Gavin Boudreaux, Hartford, 21-4 1/2; 2. Monta Thomas, Hampton, 20-7 1/2; 3. Brandon Gulley, Nevada, 19-7 1/4.

SHOT PUT 1. Chase Denton, Sparkman, 44-1 3/4; 2. Jake Short, Ridgefield Christian, 42-11 3/4; 3. Desmond Pinson, Umpire, 42-5 1/2.

DISCUS 1. Luke Lane, Western Grove, 121-9; 2. Tyrese Rogers, Strong, 119-11; 3. Jackson Turley, Mineral Springs, 113-0.

POLE VAULT 1. Rhett Nelson, Trinity Christian, 15-4; 2. Bracy Owens, Decatur, 13-6; 3. Colton Youngblood, Trinity Christian, 11-6.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES 1. Decatur, 91; 2. Mineral Springs, 64.5; 3. Acorn, 59.5; 4. Academics Plus, 50; 5. Mount Ida, 40; 6. Mammoth Spring, 33; 7. Abundant Life, 32; 8. Omaha, 31; 9. Haas Hall, Bentonville, 30; 10. Kingston, 28.

100 1. Ka’Liyah Rogers, Academics Plus, 13.41; 2. Desi Meek, Decatur, 13.43; 3. Jessica Gangluff, Wonderview, 13.58.

200 1. Desi Meek, Decatur, 27.43; 2. Ka’Liyah Rogers, Academics Plus, 27.93; 3. Lauren Mitchell, Mammoth Spring, 28.28.

400 1. Ka’Liyah Rogers, Academics Plus, 1:02.88; 2. Michaela Malone, Guy-Perkins, 1:04.31; 3. Kiara Frazier, Nevada, 1:04.98.

800 1. Jamison Maass, Haas Hall Bentonville, 2:32.79; 2. Sierra Johnson, Kingston, 2:35.59; 3. Angel Bowden, Western Yell County, 2:44.49.

1,600 1. Jamison Maass, Haas Hall Bentonville, 5:40.89; 2. Morgan Fagan, Acorn, 6:22.41; 3. Becca Beard, Academics Plus, 6:24.22.

3,200 1. Jamison Maass, Haas Hall Bentonville, 12:38.05; 2. Morgan Fagan, Acorn, 13:43.15; 3. Breanna Emitt, Kingston, 13:44.75.

100 HURDLES 1. Desi Meek, Decatur, 17.30; 2. Asia Dudley, Mineral Springs, 18.17; 3. Lindsay Williams, Omaha, 18.56.

300 HURDLES 1. Desi Meek, Decatur, 47.84; 2. Lauren Mitchell, Mammoth Spring, 49.06; 3. Alexus Anthony, Alpena, 52.37.

4x100 RELAY 1. Mammoth Spring, 53.84; 2. Abundant Life, 54.57; 3. Hampton, 55.41.

4x400 RELAY 1. Mount Ida, 4:43.15; 2. Mineral Springs, 4:45.12; 3. Abundant Life, 4:52.16.

4x800 RELAY 1. Acorn, 11:53.59; 2. Kingston, 12:23.32; 3. Omaha, 12:32.13.

HIGH JUMP 1. Destiny Meija, Decatur, 4-11; 2. Marleigh Dodson, Norfork, 4-11; 3. Alexus Anthony, Alpena, 4-10.

TRIPLE JUMP 1. Sadie Carrell, Abundant Life, 31-7; 2. Desi Meek, Decatur, 31-6; 3. Diana Oudomvilay, County Line, 30-11 1/2.

LONG JUMP 1. Ka’Liyah Rogers, Academics Plus, 16-3 1/2; 2. Deasia Scott, Mineral Springs, 16-1; 3. Diana Oudomvilay, County Line, 15-8 1/2.

SHOT PUT 1. Cameron Shaffer, Decatur, 34-5 1/4; 2. Dana McDonald, Omaha, 32-2 1/2; 3. Tori Barrett, Acorn, 30-3.

DISCUS 1. Cameron Shaffer, Decatur, 102-3 1/2; 2. Tori Barrett, Acorn, 87-0; 3. Sade Harrison, Nemo Vista, 84-1 1/2.

POLE VAULT 1. Kirsten Gibbs, Mount Ida, 10-0; 2. Isabella Thew, Mount Ida, 9-6; 3. Desi Meek, Decatur, 8-0.

Meek acounted for 52 of Decatur's points with her performances as she won the 200 meters in 27.43 seconds and dominated the hurdles, taking the 100s in 17.30 seconds and the 300s in 47.84 seconds. Meek missed a fourth victory in the triple jump when her leap of 31 feet, 6 inches fell an inch short of first place, and she also finished second in the 100 (13.43) and third in the pole vault (8-0).

Decatur also picked up wins from Cameron Shaffer in the shot put (34-5.25) and the discus (102-3.5), the Lady Bulldogs also picked up a first-place finish from Destiny Meija in the high jump (4-11).

Maass captured all three distance events, with winning times of 2 minutes, 32.79 seconds in the 800, 5:40.89 in the 1,600 and 12:38.05 in the 3,200 -- a race where she beat her closest competitor by more than a minute.

On the boys side, Decatur came away with second place in the team standings with 76 points. Trinity Christian won the meet with 92 points, while Mineral Springs edged Mount Ida for third place by a 64.5-61 margin.

Taylor Haisman gave the Bulldogs a first-place finish in the 800 with his time of 2:04.25, while teammate Ryan Shaffer captured the 300 hurdles in 41.96 seconds. Decatur also won two of three relays, finishing the 4x400 in 3:40.16 and the 4x800 in 9:09.88.

-- Henry Apple • @NWAHenry

Sports on 05/04/2017

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