The Track Pack improved to a combined fourth place finish in the Area Meet Finals on Wednesday at Mount Pisgah despite being far outnumbered by several of the other teams.
The girls 4x100m relay team of Alexis Allen (12th), Corey Johnson (9th), Morgan Landers (12th), and Alice Fugate (11th) got the meet off to a blazing start, winning the event and improving their school-record and state best time to 49.92. Later in the afternoon, the girls 4x400m relay team of Naomy Grand Pierre (10th), Morgan, Corey, and Alice closed out the meet with another win, smashing the previous season best time and posting a new state best time of 4:08.55. Both relay teams move on to the sectional meet.
Alice took second in the 100m in a new personal record of 12.69 and third in the 200m in 26.83 to qualify for sectionals in both events. Corey finished third in the 100m in a new PR time of 12.86 and second in the 200m in 26.69 (another new PR) and also moves on to the sectional meet in both events. Sydney Wingate (9th) took fifth in the 300m hurdles in a new PR of 53.59 and seventh in the 100m hurdles in 19.77, another new PR. Merritt Enright (10th) posted a seventh place finish in the 800m in 2:43.24. Whitney Merkle (10th) finished eighth in the 3200m in 14:24.54. With her win in the 1600m on Tuesday, Naomy qualified directly to the state meet. Morgan qualified for sectionals in the triple jump.
Robby Keough (10th) headlined the boys effort with another win in the 800m in 1:57.03 to qualify for sectionals. The boys 4x100m relay team of Jaylen Hudson (11th), Brandon Morris (10th), Evan Johnson (9th) and J.B. Johnson (11th) move on to the sectional meet with a fourth place finish in 47.17. The boys 4x400m relay team of Holt Merkle (10th), Everett Pollard (11th), J. B. Johnson (11th) and Robby also qualified for sectionals finishing third in a new season best time of 3:39.34. J. B. took third in the 200m in a new PR of 24.14 and fourth in the 400m in 54.21 (another new PR) to move on to the sectional meet in both events.
Everett posted a second place finish in the 300m hurdles in 46.72 to qualify for sectionals. Kerry Martin (9th) finished seventh in the 3200m in a new PR of 11:43.87. Brandon finished eighth in the 100m in a new PR of 12.07. Holt took fifth in the 800m in a new PR of 2:05.78. With his win in the 1600m, Robby qualified for the state meet. Holt also qualified for the state meet in the 1600m. Everett goes to sectionals in the high jump. Evan qualified for sectionals in the long jump. Austin Joseph (11th) moves on to sectionals in the triple jump.
The next meet for the WolfPack is the sectional meet on Saturday, April 27, at Landmark. Go Track Pack!!!