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Parry McCluer High School senior Kovyk Chandler broke his own school record in the boys’ 3200meter run at the Dogwood Track Classic on Saturday at the University of Virginia’s Lannigan Field in Charlottesville.
Chandler placed 13th in 9:13.25, breaking his previous school record of 9:31, set at the same meet last May, by nearly 18 seconds. The winner of the race was Abingdon’s Rives Boltwood, clocking 9:00.29.
Reviewing Chandler’s race, PM head coach Chris Poluikis said, “Everything just went perfectly. He got in the fast section, which means he was able to go right to the pack. He stayed right on the front pack.”
Poluikis noted that Chandler ran almost every lap at about the same pace, finishing the last lap in 64 seconds.
Also competing in the 3200 was PM freshman Kebryl Chandler, Kovyk’s younger brother, finishing 40th in 9:32.54, just shy of his personal record (PR).
PM’s Josh Cooper completed the 3200 10:04.72, a PR by 29 seconds, and teammate Logan Wheelock finished in 10:08.79, about a second shy of his PR. Also competing in the race was PM freshman, clocking 11:26.65, a PR by about nine seconds.
In the girls’ 3200-meter run, Kyra Lee led the Blues, placing 40th in 13:05.72, and teammate Jasmine De Souza finished 46th in 13:12.46, a PR by one second.
PM brought two throwers to the meet. Griffin Harlow tied for 12th place in the boys’ shot put with a toss of 46 feet, 7 inches, and Kamilah Richardson placed 24th in the girls shot put with a throw of 30-7.
The night before at Mountain View High School in Quicksburg, Harlow, a sophomore, won the shot put with a PR throw of 47-8. “In the past two meets, his numbers are consistently moving up,” said PM throwing coach Danny Cole. “This is a good time of the year. He has some corrections he needs to make, and we have identified those, and he is vigorously working on those. Once they are corrected, numbers will increase.”
Also competing at Mountain View was Rayshan Richardson, placing sixth in the shot put with a toss of 40-11.
In the girls’ discus, Kamilah Richardson finished 25th with a heave of 65-8.
The Rockbridge County High School girls track and field team had several entries at the Dogwood Track Classic at UVa.
The girls’ sprint medley relay team placed 12th in 5:11.91, and the girls’ 4 X 100-meter relay team finished 40th in 1:01.79.
RC’s Abby Harding came in 66th in the preliminaries of the 100-meter hurdles in 18.97 seconds.
More of the Wildcats competed in a Valley District mini-meet on Thursday at Turner Ashby.
Celia Jones led the RC girls, placing second in the 100-meter dash in 13.67 seconds and finishing fourth in both the 100-meter hurdles (18.55 seconds) and the long jump (1410.75).
Harding came in fourth in the 100meter dash in 14.36 seconds and finished fifth in both the 100-meter hurdles (18.94) and the long jump (13-11.5).
Emily Carroll placed sixth in the long jump (13-10.5) and tied for sixth in the high jump, clearing a PR 3-10.
Bella Wright finished 11th in the 200-meter dash in 34.84 seconds, a PR.
Sydney Knick led the RC girls’ throwers, placing eighth in the shot put with a toss of 22-6 and finishing 15th in the discus (49-5). Cate Skaggs finished ninth in both the discus (PR 63-7) and the shot put (22 feet), while Vaelen Drake came in 16th in the discus with a PR heave of 48-2.
Leading the RC boys was Konner Orebaugh, placing sixth in the 200--meter dash (24.26 seconds) and finishing eighth in the 100-meter dash (12.06).
Jakob Bailey placed seventh in the high jump, clearing 5-2, and finished ninth in the long jump with a leap of 15-11.25.
The PM throwers also competed in a junior varsity meet last Wednesday at Harrisonburg High School. Among high schoolers, Vincent Wilson finished third in the discus with a heave of 93 feet, and Brendan Holdren placed sixth in the boys’ shot put with a PR toss of 34-6.
The Wildcats were scheduled to compete at Spotswood yesterday and will head to East Rockingham High School in Elkton next Wednesday, May 15, for the Valley District meet, starting at 5 p.m.
The Blues will compete at the Virginia Track Coaches Association Championships on Saturday before going to Giles High School in Pearisburg for the Pioneer District meet next Wednesday, starting at 10 a.m.
