FORT SMITH -- A state and overall record in the 4x800-meter relay was just the beginning of a huge performance for Bentonville's girls track team Thursday.
The Lady Tigers earned nine first-place finishes, including a sweep of all four relay events, and compiled 235 points to run away with the Class 6A state championship at Jim Rowland Stadium. Bentonville's boys then made it a sweep of the team titles with 165 points.
"The biggest thing you have to understand is that our boys and girls triple-doubled this year," said Bentonville girls Coach Randy Ramaker said, referring to the school's sweep of state titles in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track. "Both of them took the Triple Crown, and our freshmen teams also won championships in conference.
"This has been a really, really, really good year for us -- from top to bottom. You win meets by having a solid team, by having depth and not having a lot of holes. And we have depth, we have a solid team and not a lot of holes, plain and simple. We took 30 kids and most of contributed in a positive way.
Bentonville's day of domination began when the team of Allison Fernstrom, Hannah Hanson, Devyn O'Daniel and Madison Galindo shattered both the meet record and the overall state record with its time of 9 minutes, 24.11 seconds. The previous meet mark was 9:43.90 set last year by Bentonville -- in which O'Daniel and Galindo were part of that group -- and the previous overall record was 9:31.46 set by Bentonville in 2016.
Galindo, however, wasn't finished with the record books at that point. After she won the 1,600 in 5:00.87 and finished third in the 800, the senior returned for the 3,200 and had a winning time of 10:59.60, breaking the previous meet record of 11:04.31 set by Ashley Williams of Mount St. Mary in 2003.
"I definitely wanted redemption for last year," Galindo said. "Being sick sucked, so I wanted to go out and do the 2-mile, which was the race I couldn't finish last year. That meet record felt really good.
"After the 800, I just had this rush of adrenaline. I don't know what happened because the 800 is a really hard event, but doing the 800 then the 2-mile, my legs just felt fresh and my body had more to do."
Bentonville finished with double-digit points in 14 of the 18 events, including 22 points with 1-4-5-6 finish in the 1,600 and 28 points for a 1-3-4-5-6 finish in the 3,200. Fayetteville, led by Solara Koser's sweep of the hurdles and Hannah Estes' win in the pole vault, was second with 109.5, while Bentonville West (75), Cabot (46) and Conway (44) rounded out the top five.
In the boys division, Bentonville began its quest for the state title with a meet record in the 4x800 relay. The team Carter Harris, Luke Bingham, Jackson Price and Harper Jones finished in 7:52.26, breaking the previous mark of 7:57.24 set by Pine Bluff in 1997.
The Tigers then trailed Fayetteville by a 118-111 margin after Sloan Jones and Cooper Williams gave the Bulldogs a 1-2 finish in the 300 hurdles, but Bentonville moved back in front when Jones, Price and Eli Seavey went 2-3-8 in the 800. The Tigers then added a 1-2-6 finish by Carson Tucker, Locklan Rohlwing and John Verkamp for 21 points to pull away from Fayetteville, which finished with 128.5 points.
"We knew they were good at hurdles and that was a bit of a weakness for us," Bentonville Coach Mike Power said. "We just tried to think that if we did our job in all the events we're in, that would put the pressure on the other teams.
"We knew the 800 was strong and our distance runners came through, but we were only scheduled to get 3 points in the 300 hurdles. We ended up with 11, which was huge, and the 200 was amazing. A senior winning it in the second heat was something he worked hard for, and a sophomore getting second out of Lane 2 is huge for him as well."
Three other meet records were set in the boys division, starting with Rogers Heritage's J.J. Lockett in the triple jump. The senior scratched on his first attempt, then went 48 feet, 4.25 inches on his next attempt to break the previous meet record of 47-11 by Donavan Loring of Little Rock Parkview in 2006.
Bentonville West broke the meet record in the 4x200 relay as the team of Mason Hawkins, Aiden Honeycutt, Jay Herndon and Nick Bell had a tiime of 1:29.70, surpassing the 1:30.04 mark set by Bentonville last year. Fayetteville senior Hudson Betts then broke the 3,200 meet record as the Tennessee signee finished in 9:21.34, eclipsing the mark of 9:22.89 that Springdale Har-Ber's Reuben Reina established 2 years ago.
At Fort Smith Southside
BOYS
TEAM SCORES 1. Bentonville 165; 2. Fayetteville 128.5; 3. Rogers Heritage 71; 4. Rogers 53; 5. Bentonville West 51; 6. Fort Smith Northside 41; 7. Cabot 37; 8. Jonesboro 36.5; 9. Springdale Har-Ber 32; 10. Bryant 30; 11. Conway 19; 12. North Little Rock 14; 13. Little Rock Catholic 12; 14. Fort Smith Southside 10; 15. Springdale 2.
100 1. Damari Smith, FS Northside, 10.64; 2. Terrell Sanders, North Little Rock, 10.93; 3. Carson Tucker, Bentonville, 10.96; 4. Nick Bell, Bentonville West, 10.98; 5. C.J. Brown, Bentonville, 10.98; 6. Demetrius Moore, Jonesboro, 11.01; 7. Lucas Roblee, Fayetteville, 11.01; 8. Anthony Clemons, Jonesboro, 11.02.
200 1. Carson Tucker, Bentonville, 22.38; 2. Locklan Rohlwing, 22.52; 3. Jesse Davis, Har-Ber, 22.53; 4. Trez Hammond, Conway, 22.57; 5. Titus Cramer, Har-Ber, 22.59; 6. John Verkamp, Bentonville, 22.65; 7. Collin Goodman, Conway, 22.73; 8. Terrell Sanders, North Little Rock, 22.84.
400 1. Nicholas Quinn, Rogers, 49.46; 2. John Verkamp, Bentonville, 50.36; 3. Marcus McCoy, Fayetteville, 50.67; 4. Collin Kierce, Bentonville West, 51.16; 5. Chase Stone, Fayetteville, 51.18; 6. Zachariah Harvey, Fayetteville, 51.22; 7. Cade Mann, Rogers Heritage, 51.24; 8. Dhakivion Seals, Fayetteville, 51.30.
800 1. Dawson Welch, Har-Ber, 1:53.67; 2. Harper Jones, Bentonville, 1:54.52; 3. Brandon Waller, Cabot, 1:55.79; 4. Sam Boyer, Rogers Heritage, 1:56.15; 5. Hunter Kemp, Fayetteville, 1:57.47; 6. James Eslick, 1:58.71; 7. Jackson Price, Bentonville, 1:59.60; 8. Eli Seavey, Bentonville, 1:59.98.
1,600 1. Hudson Betts, Fayetteville, 4:16.64; 2. Sam Boyer, Rogers Heritage, 4:17.60; 3. Matthew Shelly, Bentonville, 4:20.02; 4. Logen Dildy, Bentonville, 4:21.33; 5. Hunter Kemp, Fayetteville, 4:21.89; 6. James American Horse, Bentonville, 4:23.46; 7. Eli Seavey, Bentonville, 4:24.25; 8. Jonathan Mendez, Har-Ber, 4:25.29.
3,200 1. Hudson Betts, Fayetteville, 9:21.34 (meet record; previous mark 9:22.89 by Reuben Reina, Springdale Har-Ber, 2021); 2. Sam Boyer, Rogers Heritage, 9:29.05; 3. Elias Found, LR Catholic, 9:31.51; 4. James American Horse, Bentonville, 9:32.09; 5. Owen Kelley, Bentonville, 9:33.58; 6. Trent Patterson, Rogers Heritage, 9:34.85; 7. Wyatt Manus, Bentonville, 9:36.07; 8. Matthew Shelly, Bentonville, 9:36.55.
110 HURDLES 1. Sloan Jones, Fayetteville, 14.85; 2. Bruce Payerli, Rogers Heritage, 14.89; 3. Christian Setzer, Fayetteville, 15.01; 4. Alex Elliott, Jonesboro, 15.31; 5. Cooper Williams, Fayetteville, 15.35; 6. John Williams, Cabot, 15.42; 7. Joshua Luster, Bryant, 15.44; 8. Mason Delamater, Cabot, 15.56.
300 HURDLES 1. Sloan Jones, Fayetteville, 39.66; 2. Cooper Williams, Fayetteville, 40.59; 3. Bruce Payerli, Rogers Heritage, 40.76; 4. Ryan Fernstrom, Bentonville, 41.14; 5. Micheal Griffin, Cabot, 41.76; 6. Walker Ferguson, Bentonville, 42.14; 7. Cole Krebs, Bentonville, 42.34; 8. Xander Collins, Bentonville, 42.35.
4X100 RELAY 1. Conway (Zach Kulbeth, Collin Goodman, Crissten ONeal, Trez Hammond), 42.69; 2. FS Northside, 42.95; 3. Bentonville West, 43.01; 4. Bentonville, 43.10; 5. Jonesboro, 43.32; 6. Fayetteville, 43.54; 7. North Little Rock, 43.62; 8. Bryant, 43.89.
4x200 RELAY 1. Bentonville West (Mason Hawkins, Aiden Honeycutt, Jay Herndon, Nick Bell), 1:29.70 (meet record; previous record 1:30.04 by Bentonville, 2022); 2. Bentonville 1:29.98; 3. Fayetteville, 1:30.46; 4. Rogers Heritage, 1:31.42; 5. Har-Ber, 1:31.93; 6. North Little Rock, 1:32.09; 7. Conway, 1:33.00; 8. Cabot, 1:33.17.
4X400 RELAY 1. Rogers (Haylen Whitley, Andrew Porta, Rex Krout, Nicholas Quinn), 3:25.43; 2. Bentonville, 3:27.71; 3. Fayetteville, 3:28.95; 4. Rogers Heritage, 3:29.84; 5. Bentonville West 3:30.08; 6. Bryant, 3:32.22; 7. Cabot, 3:32.93; 8. Har-Ber, 3:33.71.
4X800 RELAY Bentonville (Carter Harris, Luke Bingham, Jackson Price, Harper Jones) 7:52.26 (meet record; previous mark 7:57.24 by Pine Bluff, 1997); 2. Rogers 7:58.75; 3. Bentonville West, 7:59.20; 4. Rogers Heritage, 8:04.07; 5. Fayetteville, 8:06.29; 6. Har-Ber, 8:08.73; 7. Cabot, 8:12.83; 8. Bryant, 8:18.45.
DISCUS 1. Devyn Steingisser, Bryant, 151-10; 2. Ethan Dunn, FS Southside, 143-10; 3. Bo Rogers, Cabot, 143-2; 4. Matt Cooper, Jonesboro, 141-8; 5. Isaac Chapman, Rogers, 137-0; 6. Loagin Jacobs, Bentonville West, 135-6; 7. Anthony Zelada-Hernandez, Springdale, 133-0; 8. Will Neumann, Bentonville, 127-10.
HIGH JUMP 1. Cooper Williams, Fayetteville, 6-5; 2. Soren Hoyord, Rogers, 6-4; 3. J.J. Lockett, Rogers Heritage, 6-4; 4. Marco Smith, FS Northside, 6-2; 5. (tie) Mofe Adelusimo, Bentonville, and Rivers Wiseman, Bentonville, 6-2; 7. (tie) Christian Farrow, Bentonville, and Jamarion Nelson, Jonesboro, 6-0.
LONG JUMP 1. Cam Massey, FS Northside, 23-5.75; 2. TKavion King, FS Northside, 23-1.25; 3. Lucas Roblee, Fayetteville, 22-10; 4. Christian Farrow, Bentonville, 22-4; 5. Tristen Knox, Bryant, 21-9.5; 6. Demetrius Moore, Jonesboro, 21-7.5; 7. Thomas Duch, LR Catholic, 21-6.75; 8. Trace Foreman, Fayetteville, 21-4.75.
POLE VAULT 1. Cade DeWitt, Bentonville West, 15-2; 2. Gavin McDowell, 14-6; 3. Zack Harrell, Bentonville, 14-6; 4. Ethan Chaplain, 13-6; 5. Quinn Hawkins, Cabot, 13-0; 6. Leo Cardenas, Rogers, 13-0; 7. (tie) Trace Foreman, Fayetteville, and Shane Luttrell, Bentonville, 13-0.
SHOT PUT 1. Isaac Chapman, Rogers, 51-10.75; 2. Brooks Young, Fayetteville, 50-6.25; 3. Devyn Steingisser, Bryant, 50-5; 4. Matt Cooper, Jonesboro, 49-6.25; 5. Chris Leaks, Cabot, 49-0.50; 6. Hayes Cox, 47-8.50; 7. Cooper Anderson, FS Southside, 46-5.75; 8. Bo Rogers, Cabot, 46-3.25.
TRIPLE JUMP 1. J.J. Lockett, Rogers Heritage, 48-4.25 (meet record; previous mark 47-11 by Donovan Loring, LR Parkview, 2006): 2. Christian Farrow, Bentonville, 45-10; 3. Rivers Wiseman, Bentonville, 45-0; 4. Cooper Williams, Fayetteville, 42-11; 5. Michael Krause, LR Catholic, 42-10.25; 6. Joshua Luster, Bryant, 42-7.25; 7. Ethan Grigg, Bentonville West, 42-5; 8. Marcus Evans, Jonesboro, 42-2.75.
GIRLS
TEAM SCORES 1. Bentonville 235; 2. Fayetteville 109.50; 3. Bentonville West 75; 4. Cabot 46; 5. Conway 44; 6. Bryant 36; 7. Rogers 32; 8. Springdale Har-Ber 26; 9. Little Rock Central 23; 10. North Little Rock 17; 11. Fort Smith Northside 14; 12. (tie) Rogers Heritage and Jonesboro 13; 14. Fort Smith Southside 11; 15. Mount St. Mary 4; 16. Little Rock Southwest 3.5.
100 1. Raghan Allen, Conway, 11.92; 2. Morgan Maier, Rogers, 3. Emelia Thurston, Bentonville, 12.42; 4. Sophie Burtis, Bentonville, 12.45; 5. Tierra Williams, 12.45; 6. Kari Carter, FS Northside, 12.55; 7. Morgan Langley, Bentonville, 12.59; 8. Samantha Taylor, Cabot, 12.61.
200 1. Raghan Allen, Conway, 24.76; 2. RaNayla Moten, Conway 25.00; 3. Jocelyn Tate, North Little Rock, 25.43; 4. Morgan Maier, Rogers, 25.69; 5. Sophie Burtis, Bentonville, 25.73; 6. Morgan Langley, Bentonville, 25.86; 7. Emelia Thurston, Bentonville, 25.90; 8. Tierra Williams, LR Central, 25.95.
400 1. Allison Fernstrom, Bentonville, 59.33; 2. Tierra Williams, LR Central, 59.37; 3. Zoe Wilson, Bryant, 59.85; 4. Jocelyn Tate, North Little Rock, 1:00.05; 5. Kenzie Pruett, Cabot, 1:00.24; 6. Lucy Spangler, Fayetteville, 1:01.74; 7. Clare Owen, Rogers, 1:02.01; 8. Breanna Conley, LR Central, 1:02.28.
800 1. Malaya Johnson, Bentonville West, 2:18.44; 2. Devyn ODaniel, Bentonville, 2:21.20; 3. Madison Galindo, Bentonville, 2:21.45; 4. Hannah Hanson, Bentonville, 2:22.94; 5. Savannah Byrd, Jonesboro, 2:26.16; 6. Kendall Lindsey, Bentonville West, 2:28.06; 7. Marilyn Sanabria, Bentonville West, 2:28.69; 8. Katy Inderrieden, Cabot, 2:29.67.
1,600 1. Madison Galindo, Bentonville, 5:00.87; 2. 2. Lilly Beshears, Har-Ber, 5:09.71; 3. Carson Wasemiller, Fayetteville, 5:11.95; 4. Haley Loewe, Bentonville, 5:19.47; 5. Macey Hurley, Bentonville, 5:20.45; 6. Devyn ODaniel, Bentonville, 5:26.90; 7. Virginia Milwee, Mount St. Mary, 5:28.81; 8. Ashley Sexton, Fayetteville, 5:28.95.
3,200 1. Madison Galindo, Bentonville, 10:59.60; 2. Carson Wasemiller, Fayetteville, 11:13.92; 3. Macey Hurley, Bentonville, 11:24.49; 4. Haley Loewe, Bentonville, 11:31.76; 5. Everly ODaniel, Bentonville, 11:40.83; 6. Ember Chariton, Bentonville, 11:41.51; 7. Ashley Sexton, Fayetteville, 11:41.76; 8. Lilly Beshears, Har-Ber, 11:48.48.
100 HURDLES 1. Solara Koser, Fayetteville, 14.90; 2. Laylah Reese, Cabot, 15.01; 3. Paisley Hight, Bentonville, 15.06; 4. Hannah Estes, Fayetteville, 15.21; 5. Kylie Wright, Bentonville West, 15.40; 6. Julia Gunnell, Fayetteville, 15.41; 7. Ava Goetz, Fayetteville, 15.44; 8. Allison Fernstrom, Fayetteville, 15.65.
300 HURDLES 1. Solara Koser, Fayetteville, 45.22; 2. Paisley Hight, Bentonville, 45.30; 3. Ava Goetz, Fayetteville, 45.86; 4. Julia Gunnell, Fayetteville, 46.54; 5. Payton Fant, Fayetteville, 47.51; 6. Sydney Esterer, Bentonville, 48.85; 7. Ava Erck, Fayetteville, 49.07; 8. Rani Fanning, Fyetteville, 49.39.
4X100 RELAY 1. Bentonville (Sophie Burtis, Morgan Langley, Lola Sommer, Emilia Thurston), 48.34; 2. Conway, 48.87; 3. North Little Rock, 50.19; 4. Fayetteville, 50.24; 5. Bentonville West, 50.31; 6. Cabot, 50.48; 7. Jonesboro, 50.98; 8. LR Central, 51.12.
4x200 RELAY 1. Bentonville (Sophie Burtis, Morgan Langley, Emelia Thurston, Gressa Hoyord), 1:43.20; 2. LR Central 1:45.25; 3. Bryant, 1:45.55; 4. Conway, 1:45.99; 5. Cabot, 1:46.81; 6. Fayetteville, 1:47.45; 7. Mount St. Mary 1:49.64; 8. Har-Ber, 1:50.08.
4X400 RELAY 1. Bentonville (Paisley Hunt, Devyn ODaniel, Hannah Hanson, Allison Fernstrom), 4:04.32; 2. Bentonville West 4:05.58; 3. Rogers, 4:10.77; 4. Fayetteville, 4:11.28; 5. Bryant, 4:11.46; 6. Cabot, 4:12.32; 7. Jonesboro, 4:17.72; 8. Conway,
4X800 RELAY 1. Bentonville (Allison Fernstrom, Hannah Hanson, Devyn ODaniel, Madison Galindo), 9:24.11 (meet and state overall record; previous meet record 9:43.90 by Bentonville, 2022, and previous overall record 9:31.46 by Bentonville, 2016); 2. Bentonville West, 9:39.57; 3. FS Southside, 10:01.91; 4. Cabot, 10:02.85; 5. Bryant, 10:04.42; 6. Rogers, 10:05.58; 7. Fayetteville, 10:14.26; 8. Har-Ber, 10:26.91.
DISCUS 1. Bree Anglin, Bentonville, 123-0; 2. Kylee Branch, Bryant, 116-4; 3. Ashley Rangel, Bentonville West, 114-1; 4. Hannah Gouvion, Bentonville West, 111-2; 5. Shaylee Howard, Bentonville, 103-0; 6. Jane Musengwa, Bentonville, 101-10; 7. Nevaeh Taylor, Bentonville West, 101-0; 8. Winifred Smith, Bentonville, 98-11.
HIGH JUMP 1. Paisley Hight, Bentonville, 5-5; 2. Ava Goetz, Fayetteville, 5-4; 3. Hannah Hanson, Bentonville, 5-2; 4. Kalaiya Dixon, Jonesboro, 5-2; 5. (tie) DAriah Harris, LR Southwest, and Haila Leake, Har-Ber, 5-0; 7. (tie) Lilly James, Bryant, and Addyson Bewley, Har-Ber, 5-0.
LONG JUMP 1. Samantha Taylor, Cabot, 18-9.5; 2. Emelia Thurston, Bentonville, 18-2.75; 3. Morgan Langley, Bentonville, 18-1; 4. Ava Goetz, Fayetteville, 18-0.5; 5. Cherish Blackmon, FS Northside, 17-9.5; 6. Brianna Fogerty, Bentonville, 17-4.75; 7. Kierstick Howard, Conway, 17-4.5; 8. ZaKari Gurule, FS Northside, 17-4.5.
POLE VAULT 1. Hannah Estes, Fayetteville, 12-0; 2. Kayla Ryan, Rogers, 11-2; 3. Mazzy Hatch, Har-Ber, 10-0; 4. Harper Clow, Bentonville West, 9-6; 5. Norah Basket, Bentonville, 9-0; 6. (tie) Jessica Rolen, Bryant, and Shamaya Liyanage, Fayetteville, 9-0; 8. Victoria Chapman, Cabot, 9-0.
SHOT PUT 1. Olivia Nickson, Bentonville West, 39-3; 2. Ashley Rangel, Bentonville West, 36-10.5; 3. Nadia Clark, Bentonville, 36-3.25; 4. Mahalya Ahmadou, FS Southside, 35-4.75; 5. Brenlee Leonard, Cabot, 34-9.75; 6. Izzy Ulepich, Rogers Heritage, 34-5; 7. Bree Anglin, Bentonville, 33-11.5; 8. Kylee Branch, Bryant 33-7.75.
TRIPLE JUMP 1. Katherine Toney, Rogers Heritage, 36-6; 2. Emelia Thurston, Bentonville, 36-5.25; 3. Cherish Blackmon, FS Northside, 36-4.5; 4. Lola Sommer, Bentonville 36-1; 5. Laci Gartside, Har-Ber, 35-11; 6. Brilynn Findley, Bryant, 35-5.75; 7. Kenzie Pruett, Cabot, 35-4.5; 8. Maitalyn Moore, Fayetteville, 35-0.25.