ROGERS -- When it was decided the pole vault for the 6A-West Conference track meet would be moved indoors, it meant Hannah Estes didn't have to worry about the wind and rain.
All the Fayetteville senior had to do was focus on surpassing the meet record she had set last year. Estes did it during Thursday's meet at Gates Stadium as she cleared 12 feet, 10 inches on her first attempt, breaking the 12-5 she cleared last year.
It also helped that Estes had some competition while reaching that height. Rogers' Kayla Ryan was the only other pole vaulter remaining once the bar reached 11-6, and the junior also cleared 12-6 on her first attempt but bowed out at 12-10.
"It felt awesome," said Estes, who will continue to do the pole vault at Arkansas. "The runway felt super-fast, and I was just feeling good, like bouncy. I was really hoping for 13 feet, but I'm happy with 12-10. I think the state meet will be the time for it.
"We were all excited about jumping inside. That's the best conditions you can get, so everybody was jumping super-high. It also took the pressure off us because we didn't have to worry about the conditions, so we can do what we know to do."
The remainder of the meet had to be pushed back because of rain, but Bentonville's boys made a pair of early statements once things started. The Tigers' 4x800-meter relay team of Eli Seavey, James American Horse, Jackson Price and Harper Jones broke the meet record with its time of 7 minutes, 54.98 seconds, almost 5 seconds faster than the previous mark.
Bentonville then rewrote another meet record when the 4x200 relay team of Chase Stone, Carson Tucker, Locklan Rohlwing, John Verkamp had a time of 1:27.73, breaking the previous mark of 1:29.14 set by Bentonville West in 2021. Those same four runners then helped the Tigers clinch the conference title with a 1-2-3-6 finish in the 200 for 27 points.
"The 4x800 was kind of a surprise, really," Bentonville coach Mike Power said. "They just went in there with the right attitude, and we had some really good handoffs. All the legs were really solid, so that was really nice.
"The 4x200 was kind of a new quartet for us. Our goal was to try to make it around the track first, then we would try to win the race. We accomplished both of them."
Bentonville finished with 200 points to win its second straight conference championship, followed by Fayetteville with 142 while Rogers Heritage was a distant third with 81.
In the girls division, the only other meet record that was rewritten came in the 4x200 relay as Bentonville's team of Sophie Burtis, Morgan Langley, Emelia Thurston and Gressa Hoyord had a time of 1:41.77. That broke the previous mark of 1:43.54 set by Fayetteville last year.
It also set the stage for a dominating performance for the Lady Tigers, who finished with 290 points while Fayetteville was a distant second with 139. Bentonville won 11 of the 18 events and finished with 20 or more points in some events, including 1-2-3 finishes in the long jump (Langley, Brianna Fogarty and Celeste Puga) and the 200 (Burtis, Thurston and Langley).
"We have a deep team and a little of everything, which is quite apparent," Bentonville coach Randy Ramaker said. "We have some awesome distance runners, some awesome sprints and some awesome jumpers. When we can put it all together, we can score a lot of points. That's the bottom line.
"I'm not disappointed because we scored in every event and we qualified people in every event. It's nice to see the seniors out there doing their thing, and the younger kids looking at it and taking part of it. That's what builds championships, that's what builds culture and what builds the teams we have at Bentonville."
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TEAM SCORES 1. Bentonville 290; 2. Fayetteville 139; 3. Bentonville West 91; 4. Springdale Har-Ber 65; 5. Rogers 46; 6. Fort Smith Southside 31; 7. Rogers Heritage, 23; 8. Fort Smith Northside 13; 9. Springdale 4.
100 1. Sophie Burtis, Bentonville, 12.45; 2. Morgan Maier, Rogers, 12.46; 3. Emelia Thurston, Bentonville, 12.46; 4. Lola Sommer, Bentonville, 12.60; 5. Morgan Langley, Bentonville, 12.61; 6. Hannah Estes, Fayetteville, 12.78; 7. Kennedy Dykes, Har-Ber, 12.79; 8. Payton Fant, Fayetteville, 12.80.
200 1. Sophie Burtis, Bentonville, 25.72; 2. Emelia Thurston, 25.74; 3. Morgan Langley, Bentonville, 26.24; 4. Julia Gunnell, Fayetteville, 26.44; 5. Kennedy Dykes, Har-Ber, 26.54; 6. Hannah Estes, Fayetteville, 26.56; 7. Payton Fant, Fayetteville, 26.70; 8. Korlynn Hall, Har-Ber, 26.81.
400 1. Solara Koser, Fayetteville, 59.48; 2. Paisley Hight, Bentonville, 59.62; 3. Clare Owen, Rogers, 1:00.89; 4. Hadley Newell, Bentonville, 1:02.05; 5. Breanne Anderson, Bentonville, 1:02.09; 6. Lucy Spangler, Fayetteville, 1:02.14; 7. Renee Kelly, Bentonville, 1:02.29; 8. Alicia Sosa, Fayetteville, 1:02.81.
800 1. Malaya Johnson, Bentonville West, 2:19.36; 2. Madison Galindo, Bentonville, 2:20.27; 3. Hannah Hanson, Bentonville, 2:20.74; 4. Kendall Lindsey, Bentonville West, 2:23.19; 5. Lilly Beshears, Har-Ber, 2:25.59; 6. Marilyn Sanabria, Bentonville West, 2:25.73; 7. Macey Hurley, Bentonville, 2:28.10; 8. Megan Graham, Bentonville West, 2:29.99.
1,600 1. Madison Galindo, Bentonville, 5:03.94; 2. Lilly Beshears, Har-Ber, 5:07.15; 3. Devyn ODaniel, Bentonville, 5:22.17; 4. Macey Hurley, Bentonville, 5:23.61; 5. Haley Loewe, Bentonville, 5:27.37; 6. Ashley Sexton, Fayetteville, 5:29.06; 7. Cadence Hodge, FS Southside, 5:29.84; 8. Abigail Harding, FS Southside, 5:36.43.
3,200 1. Carson Wasemiller, Fayetteville, 11:17.81; 2. Everly ODaniel, Bentonville, 12:02.74; 3. Ella Snively, Fayetteville, 12:03.31; 4. Riley Ammons, Bentonville, 12:09.50; 5. Katie Eggleston, Bentonville, 12:13.33; 6. Emmeline Burrow, Bentonville West, 112:16.96; 7. Abigail Harding, FS Southside, 12:20.80; 8. Eliana Harter, Fayetteville, 12:22.93.
100 HURDLES 1. Paisley Hight, Bentonville, 15.03; Ava Goetz, Fayetteville, 15.41; 3. Allison Fernstrom, Bentonville, 15.57; 4. Kyle Wright, Bentonville West, 15.81; 5. Maitalyn Moore, Fayetteville, 16.11; 6. Katie Cullum, Bentonville West, 16.18; Ava Erck, Fayetteville, 17.04; 8. Jordan Durham, Bentonville West, 17.07.
300 HURDLES 1. Ava Goetz, Fayetteville, 46.78; 2. Allison Fernstrom, Bentonville, 47.31; 3. Payton Fant, Fayetteville, 48.15; 4. Landrie McLain, Bentonville, 48.45; 5. Sydney Esterer, Bentonville, 48.78; 6. Ava Erck, Fayetteville, 48.89; 7. Katie Cullum, Bentonville West, 48.90; 8. Rani Fanning, Fayettevlle, 49.77.
4x100 RELAY 1. Bentonville (Sophie Burtis, Morgan Langley, Lola Summer, Emelia Thurston), 48.44; 2. Bentonville West, 50.41; 3. Fayetteville, 50.73; 4. FS Northside, 50.99; 5. Rogers, 51.56; 6. FS Southside, 52.35; 7. Har-Ber, 52.51; 8. Springdale, 54.35.
4X200 RELAY 1. Bentonville (Sophie Burtis, Morgan Langley, Emelia Thurston, Gressa Hoyord), 1:41.77 (meet record; 1:43.54 by Fayetteville, 2022); 2. Fayetteville, 1:45.91; 3. Har-Ber, 1:48.27; 4. Bentonville West, 1:49.19; 5. FS Southside, 1:50.72; 6. Rogers Heritage, 1:51.03; 7. Rogers, 1:52.39; 8. Springdale, 1:54.61.
4X400 RELAY 1. Bentonville (Paisley Hight, Devyn ODaniel, Hannah Hanson, Allison Fernstrom), 4:02.37; 2. Bentonville West, 4:06.53; 3. Fayetteville, 4:12.69; 4. Rogers 4:17.66; 5. Har-Ber, 4:21.32; 6. Rogers Heritage, 4:21.47; 7. FS Southside, 4:25.68; 8. Springdale, 4:34.04.
4X800 RELAY 1. Bentonville (Hannah Hanson, Macey Hurley, Ember Chariton, Devyn ODaniel), 10:06.55; 2. Fayetteville, 10:08.76; 3. Rogers, 10:28.20; 4. Bentonville West, 10:33.87; 5. Har-Ber, 10:45.41; 6. FS Southside, 10:51.26; 7. Rogers Heritage, 11:01.63; 8. Springdale, 11:33.96.
DISCUS 1. Bree Anglin, Bentonville, 120-5; 2. Mahalya Ahmadou, FS Southside, 118-3; 3. Nadia Clark, Bentonville, 113-6; 4. Hannah Gouvion, Bentonville West, 112-8; 5. Winifred Smith, Bentonville, 108-3; 6. Ashley Rangel, Bentonville West, 105-3; 7. Laney Fuhrman, Fayetteville, 103-9; 8. Shaylee Howard, Bentonville, 99-4.
HIGH JUMP 1. Paisley Hight, Bentonville, 5-7; 2. Ava Goetz, Fayetteville, 5-4; 3. Hannah Hanson, Bentonville, 5-3; 4. Haila Leake, Har-Ber, 5-0; 5. Molly Sherron, Har-Ber, 5-0; 6. Sydney Esterer, Bentonville, 5-0; 7. Brianna Fogarty, Bentonville, 5-0; 8. Lainey Bivin, Springdale Har-Ber, 4-10.
LONG JUMP 1. Morgan Langley, Bentonville, 17-8; 2. Brianna Fogerty, Bentonville, 17-8; 3. Celeste Puga, Bentonville, 17-1; 4. Laci Gartside, Har-Ber, 16-10; 5. Maitalyn Moore, Fayetteville, 16-7; 6. Ava Erck, Fayetteville, 16-3; 7. Mazzy Hatch, Har-Ber, 16-2; 8. Emily Carpenter, Heritage, 16-1.
POLE VAULT 1. Hannah Estes, Fayetteville, 12-10 (meet record; previous mark 12-5 by Hannah Estes, Fayetteville, 2022); 2. Kayla Ryan, Rogers, 12-6; 3. Mazzy Hatch, Har-Ber, 11-2; 4. Harper Clow, Bentonville West, 10-10; 5. Brinlee Bailey, Rogers, 10-0; 6. Annabeth Hamilton, Bentonville, 9-6; 7. Norah Basket, Bentonville, 9-6; 8. Shamaya Liyanage, Fayetteville, 9-0.
SHOT PUT 1. Olivia Nickson, Bentonville West, 39-2.5; 2. Ashley Rangel, Bentonville West, 38-9.5; 3. Mahalya Ahmadou, FS Southside, 35-5.25; 4. Nadia Clark, Bentonville, 34-7.75; 5. Izzy Ulepich, Rogers Heritage, 33-8.75; 7. Winifred Smith, Bentonville, 32-11.5; 8. Sage Douglas, Rogers Heritage, 32-1.75.
TRIPLE JUMP 1. Katherine Toney, Rogers Heritage, 36-3.75; 2. Cherish Blackmon, FS Northside, 36-1; 3. Laci Gartside, Har-Ber, 35-3.75; 4. Lola Summer, Bentonville, 35-5.25; 5. Celeste Puga, Bentonville, 34-8; 6. Alicia Covington, Rogers, 34-4.75; 7. Maitalyn Moore, Fayetteville, 34-2; 8. Emma Livingston, Har-Ber, 33-1.75.
BOYS
TEAM SCORES 1. Bentonville 200; 2. Fayetteville 142; 3. Rogers Heritage 81; 4. Bentonville West 72.5; 5. Rogers 63.5; 6. Fort Smith Northside 53; 7. Springdale Har-Ber 45; 8. Springdale 26; 9. Fort Smith Southside 15; 10. Don Tyson School of Innovation 3.
100 1. Damari Smith, FS Northside, 10.85; 2. Nick Bell, Bentonville West, 10.94; 3. Cam Massey, FS Northside, 11.09; 4. C.J. Brown, Bentonville, 11.12; 5. Carson Tucker, Bentonville, 11.16; 6. Lucas Roblee, Fayetteville, 11.25; 7. Cade Mann, Rogers Heritage, 11.26; 8. Derek Bradley, Rogers Heritage, 11.28.
200 1. Chase Stone, Bentonville, 22.39; 2. John Verkamp, 22.53; 3. Carson Tucker, Bentonville, 22.70; 4. Jesse Davis, Har-ber, 22.71; 5. ZaMarion Manuel, Springdale, 22.82; 6. Locklan Rohlwing, Bentonville, 22.86; 7. Titus Cramer, Har-Ber, 22.93; 8. Dhakivion Seals, Fayetteville, 23.04.
400 1. Nicholas Quinn, Rogers, 50.07; 2. Collin Kierce, Bentonville West, 50.89; 3. Harper Jones, Bentonville, 51.03; 4. Yair Cordero, Har-Ber, 51.70; 5. Zachariah Harvey, Fayetteville, 51.92; 6. ZaMarion Manuel, Springdale, 52.14; 7. Cade Mann, Rogers Heritage, 8. Wyatt Santone-Engeldow, Bentonville, 52.27.
800 1. Hudson Betts, Fayetteville, 1:57.77; 2. Carter Harris, Bentonville, 1:58.41; 3. Eli Seavey, Bentonville, 1:58.61; 4. Jackson Price, Bentonville, 1:59.00; 5. Andrew Porta, Rogers, 2:00.03; 6. Mason Ivy, Bentonville West, 2:00.08; 7. Junior Cordero, Har-Ber, 2:00.39; 8. Grant TeBeest, Har-Ber, 2:01.23.
1,600 1. Dawson Welch, Har-Ber, 4:17.22; 2. Sam Boyer, Rogers Heritage, 4:17.32; 3. James American Horse, Bentonville, 4:18.71; 4. Hunter Kemp, Fayetteville, 4:19.13; 5. Matthew Shelly, Bentonville, 4:20.02; 6. Logen Dildy, Bentonville, 4:22.39; 7. Jonathan Mendez, Har-Ber, 4:25.68; 8. Alan Lopez, Fayetteville, 4:26.24.
3,200 1. Sam Boyer, Rogers Heritage, 9:33.96; 2. Owen Kelley, Bentonville, 9:38.77; 3. Trent Patterson, Rogers Heritage, 9:42.83; 4. Jonathan Mendez, Har-Ber, 9:50.02; 5. Alan Lopez, Fayetteville, 9:50.68; 6. Wyatt Manus, Bentonville, 9:51.32; 7. Carter Beasley, Bentonville, 9:52.35; 8. Caleb Morris, Bentonville West, 9:52.43.
110 HURDLES 1. Sloan Jones, Fayetteville, 14.64; 2. Bruce Payerli, Rogers Heritage, 14.79; 3. Christian Setzer, Fayetteville, 15.35; 4. Cooper Williams, Fayetteville, 15.67; 5. Ethan Grigg, Bentonville West, 15.93; 6. Eli Brooks, Bentonville, 16.15; 7. Dalton Lingo, Bentonville West, 16.57; 8. Mohammed Shalabi, Bentonville West, 16.57.
300 HURDLES 1. Sloan Jones, Fayetteville, 39.22; 2. Bruce Payerli, Rogers Heritage, 40.11; 3. Cooper Williams, 41.03; 4. Nathan Kachel, Fayetteville, 41.51; 5. Ryan Fernstrom, Bentonville, 41.65; 6. Cole Krebs, Bentonville, 42.15; 7. Xander Collins, Bentonville, 42.35; 8. Walker Ferguson, Bentonville, 42.66.
4x100 RELAY 1. FS Northside (TKavion King, Cam Massey, Damari Smith, R.J. Lester), 42.70; 2. Fayetteville, 42.76; 3. Bentonville, 43.69; 4. Rogers Heritage, 43.91; 5. Rogers, 44.24; 6. Har-Ber, 45.20; 7. Springdale, 47.91.
4X200 RELAY 1. Bentonville (Chase Stone, Carson Tucker, Locklan Rohlwing, John Verkamp), 1:28.73 (meet record; previous mark 1:29.14 by Bentonville West, 2021); 2. Fayetteville, 1:29.10; 3. Har-Ber, 1:29.58; Bentonville West, 1:29.74; 5. Rogers, 1:30.74; 6. Rogers Heritage, 1:32.94; 7. Springdale, 1:35.59; 8. FS Northside, 1:36.79.
4X400 RELAY 1. Rogers (Haylen Whitley, Andrew Porta, Nicholas Quinn, Alonzo Porchia), 3:25.81; 2. Fayetteville, 3:26.84; 3. Rogers Heritage, 3:26.95; 4. Bentonville, 3:28.92; 5. Bentonville West, 3:32.37; 6. Har-Ber, 3:34.01; 7. Springdale, 3:36.81; 8. FS Southside, 3:41.07.
4X800 RELAY 1. Bentonville (Eli Seavey, James American Horse, Jackson Price, Harper Jones), 7:54.98 (meet record; previous mark 7:59.28 by Bentonville, 2022); 2. Fayetteville, 8:04.80; 3. Rogers, 8:13.05; 4. Rogers Heritage, 8:24.06; 5. Springdale, 8:37.38; 6. Don Tyson School of Innovation, 8:44.95; 7. FS Southside, 9:00.34; 8. Har-Ber, 9:03.98.
DISCUS 1. Isaac Chapman, Rogers, 152-3; 2. Loagin Jacobs, Bentonville West, 146-4; 3. Ethan Dunn, FS Southside, 138-1; 4. Ethan Eddy, Bentonville West, 135-2; 5. Anthony Zelada-Hernandez, Springdale, 134-4; 6. Riley Weatherly, Bentonville, 133-0; 7. Will Neumann, Bentonville, 132-7; 8. DAlessandro Lugo, Springdale, 128-11.
HIGH JUMP 1. Cooper Williams, Fayetteville, 6-8; 2. Marco Smith, FS Northside, 6-4; 3. Mofe Adelusimo, Bentonville, 6-4; 4. Christian Farrow, 6-4; 5. J.J. Lockett, Rogers Heritage, 6-2; 6. (tie) Soren Hoyord, Rogers and Micah Magsam, Bentonville, 6-0; 8. Rivers Wiseman, Bentonville, 6-0.
LONG JUMP 1. Cam Massey, FS Northside, 23-1; 2. TKavion King, FS Northside, 22-8; 3. Christian Farrow, Bentonville, 22-1; 4. Lucas Roblee, Fayetteville, 21-7; 5. Nick Bell, Bentonville West, 21-5; 6. J.J. Lockett, Rogers Heritage, 21-4; 7. Chase Stone, Bentonville, 21-2; 8. C.J. Brown, Bentonville, 21-1.
POLE VAULT 1. Cade DeWitt, Bentonville West, 16-0; 2. Zach Harrell, Bentonville, 15-0; 3. Ethan Chaplain, Bentonville, 14-0; 4. Leo Cardenas, Rogers, 13-6; 5. Shane Luttrell, Bentonville, 13-6; 6. Trace Foreman, Fayetteville, 13-6; 7. (tie) Ethan Dobson, Bentonville and Jackson Clow, Bentonville West, 13-0.
SHOT PUT 1. Brooks Young, Fayetteville, 53-1.5; 2. Isaac Chapman, Rogers, 47-7; 3. Cooper Anderson, FS Southside, 47-5.25; 4. Loagin Jacobs, Bentonville West, 46-4.75; 5. Tevin Tate, Springdale, 46-2.25; 6. John Brandenburg, Bentonville; 7. Kellen Wrona, Bentonville, 45-3.75; 8. Eddie Horton, Rogers Heritage,
TRIPLE JUMP 1. Christian Farrow, Bentonville, 45-3.75; 2. J.J. Lockett, Rogers Heritage, 44-10; 3. Isaiah Taylor, Fayetteville, 43-5; 4. Rivers Wiseman, Bentonville, 42-7.5; 5. Christian Setzer, Fayetteville, 41-9; 6. Ethan Grigg, Bentonville West, 41-2.50; 7. Lucas Roblee, Fayetteville, 41-2.5; 8. River Zanes, Rogers Heritage, 41-0.
Fayettevilles Zoey Stephenson competes in the girls 100-meter hurdles Thursday. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Charlie Kaijo)