Photo by John Herzog
The Central Region invaded the Wolverine Invitational with the Cosby boys and girls winning the team titles at North Stafford High School, while several other individuals and relays from Central Region schools were also winners. The girls 300 meter hurdles matched up two of the Central Region's best in the event between Alea Stevens of Armstrong and De'Nisha Smith of Cosby. Smith is the reigning regional champion in the 300 meter hurdles, while Stevens was the runner-up in last year's regional finals after being the fastest qualifier in the prelims and seed entrant coming into the meet. Stevens was able to get a little revenge on that loss with a decisive near 2 second margin of victory at the Wolverine Invite in her 44.70 clocking (Smith was runner-up at 46.40).
After failing to qualifying for the state meet in the 400 meter dash last spring, Claire Tito of J.R. Tucker is looking to return in her senior season. Tito got off to a nice start and could get an auto qualifier before the regional meet following a strong winning time of 57.86 at North Stafford. Her teammate Denise O'Rourke found herself in an excellent discus field featuring fellow Central Region competitor Logan Edwards of Cosby with both throwing over 120 feet, but O'Rourke with the best mark of the day at 125'8".
Colonial Forge sophomore Frances Morales did not rest up long after her impressive victory in the high school mile on Friday at the Colonial Relays. After returning back from Williamsburg, Morales followed her 5:02 mile PR on Friday with a 2:20 PR in the 800 meter run at the Wolverine Invite on Saturday. Too bad that Morales was not in the 3200 meter run for Millbrook senior Crystal Nelson who on consecutive weekends has been unable to find competition to push her in the 3200 meter run, but still ran her second sub 11 minute time of the spring with a season best time of 10:53.18 for the AA indoor 3200 meter state champ.
The boys' portion of meet was somewhat lacking in terms of performances compared to the girls with many of the event winners coming from a contigent of Maryland and DC schools. However, the 3200 meter run was owned by one Virginia school in Stafford taking the top 3 places all under 10 minutes in Ian Macleod (1st, 9:44.31), Greg Bohmke (2nd, 9:54.83), and Joey Abbatiello (3rd, 9:59.55). All three were key members on Stafford's state cross country champion squad from last fall.
Wolverine Invitational Complete Results
Wolverine Invitational
Girls Highlights
- 100 Meter Hurdles - Alea Stevens * (ARMSTRONG) 15.71; Jori Cook (Eleanor Roosevelt High School) 16.34; Jessica Toliver (Caroline High School) 17.00;McKenzie Schrank (Millbrook) 17.08; Kailah Boateng (Brooke Point) 17.12; Shelby Feliciano (Millbrook) 17.28 SB; Paige Ragsdale (Riverbend High School) 17.55;Jori Cook (Eleanor Roosevelt High School) 15.97 SB; Paige Ragsdale (Riverbend High School) 16.09 SB; Alea Stevens * (ARMSTRONG) 16.83; McKenzie Schrank (Millbrook) 16.95 SB; Jessica Toliver (Caroline High School) 16.97; Kailah Boateng (Brooke Point) 17.38;
- 100 Meter Dash - Meshala Morton (Mountain View) 12.72 SB;
- 1600 Meter Run - Kate Birnbaum* (Cosby) 5:21.77 SB; Allison Taylor (Colonial Forge) 5:30.40 SB; Abby Halm (Episcopal) 5:31.64 SB; Casey Soper (Riverbend High School) 5:33.60; Jordan Angers (Mountain View) 5:36.51 SB;
- 200 Meter Dash - Cristeen Anyanwu (Eleanor Roosevelt High School) 25.87 SB; De'Nisha Smith (Cosby) 26.45 SB; India Griffin (Suitland High School) 26.79 SB;
- 300 Meter Hurdles - Alea Stevens * (ARMSTRONG) 44.70; De'Nisha Smith (Cosby) 46.40 SB; Jenny Westerholm (Mountain View) 47.31; Latifah Neblett-Burrell * (ARMSTRONG) 50.69; Paige Ragsdale (Riverbend High School) 50.99; Shelby Feliciano (Millbrook) 51.10 SB;
- 3200 Meter Run - Crystal Nelson (Millbrook) 10:53.18 SB; Shaina Manuel (Colonial Forge) 11:45.45 SB; Makenzie McDonald (Colonial Forge) 11:52.22 SB;Lindsey Blum * (Cosby) 11:59.37 SB; Karly Knechtel (Millbrook) 12:05.68 SB; Peyton Curry (Colonial Forge) 12:34.28 SB;
- 400 Meter Dash - Claire Tito * (J.R. Tucker High School) 57.86 SB; Carole Ngondi (Eleanor Roosevelt High School) 59.01 SB; Molly Novak* (Cosby) 59.36 SB;Meshala Morton (Mountain View) 1:00.22; Whitney Hicks (North Stafford) 1:00.53 SB; Lilly Moore (Colonial Forge) 1:00.80 SB; Jeanne Rouse (Mountain View) 1:01.27; Karen Vital (Laurel High School) 1:01.46 SB;
- 4x100 Meter Relay - North Stafford 50.12; ARMSTRONG 50.30;
- 4x400 Meter Relay - North Stafford 4:02.49; ARMSTRONG 4:05.44; Colonial Forge 4:07.64;
- 800 Meter Run - Frances Morales (Colonial Forge) 2:20.70 SB; Elena Wirz* (Cosby) 2:22.47 SB; Alaina Redd (Cosby) 2:24.28 SB; Elise Allen (Eleanor Roosevelt High School) 2:24.80; Caroline Morris (James Monroe) 2:25.65 SB; Jenna Walker (Colonial Forge) 2:27.49 SB;
- Discus - Denise O'Rourke* (J.R. Tucker High School) 125-8 SB; Logan Edwards* (Cosby) 123-3 SB; Hailey Davidson (Colonial Forge) 120-6 SB; Kiara Tucker(Riverbend High School) 114-10 SB; jasmyn hall (Suitland High School) 106-5 SB; Brooke Scruggs (Stafford High School) 103-9; Alexis Scott (Eleanor Roosevelt High School) 99-4 SB; Ebony Pennant (Stafford High School) 96-10;
- High Jump - Crystal Jones (Colonial Forge) 5-4 SB; Sydnei Foster (North Stafford) 5-0; Jenny Westerholm (Mountain View) 5-0; Gina D'Orazio* (Cosby) 5-0 SB;
- Long Jump - De'Nisha Smith (Cosby) 16-8.75 SB; Keyontae Williams (James Monroe) 16-8 SB; Ashley Fleming (ARMSTRONG) 16-7.75 SB;
- Pole Vault - Ashley Hinton (Stafford High School) 9-0;
- Shot Put - Alexis Scott (Eleanor Roosevelt High School) 42-0 SB; Brooke Scruggs (Stafford High School) 37-10.5 SB; Kiara Tucker (Riverbend High School) 37-2.5 SB; Denise O'Rourke* (J.R. Tucker High School) 34-11 SB; Logan Edwards* (Cosby) 34-9 SB; India Kithcart (Stafford High School) 34-6 SB; Feyth Scott(Riverbend High School) 34-4.5 SB; Chelsea Terry (North Stafford) 34-1.5; Sheree Turner (James Monroe) 33-1.75 SB;
- Triple Jump - Savannah Osborne (Massaponax) 36-4.25 SB; Ashley Fleming (ARMSTRONG) 34-8.5 SB; De'Nisha Smith (Cosby) 34-6.25 SB; Latifah Neblett-Burrell * (ARMSTRONG) 34-1 SB;
Boys Highlights
- 100 Meter Dash - david winters (Suitland High School) 10.97; Taivon Jacobs (Suitland High School) 11.08 SB; Glenn Taylor (James Monroe) 11.16 SB; Pete Reed(Colonial Forge) 11.16 SB; Isaac Ajanlekokom (Eleanor Roosevelt High School) 11.41 SB; david winters (Suitland High School) 10.92 SB; Taivon Jacobs (Suitland High School) 11.12;
- 110 Meter Hurdles - Desmond Weinberg-Jones (Colonial Forge) 15.50; Zachary Sims (Massaponax) 15.63 SB; Jelani Clyburn (Eleanor Roosevelt High School) 16.05 SB; DaQuan Pollard (Caroline High School) 16.07; Matt Hottle (Brooke Point) 16.22 SB; B.j. Northam (Mountain View) 16.23 SB; Zachary Sims(Massaponax) 15.70; Desmond Weinberg-Jones (Colonial Forge) 15.92; DaQuan Pollard (Caroline High School) 16.13;
- 1600 Meter Run - Jesus Amezquita (Mountain View) 4:33.53; Robert Walker (Brooke Point) 4:35.01; Shaquon Wilkins (Riverbend High School) 4:35.90;
- 200 Meter Dash - david winters (Suitland High School) 21.93 SB; Aron Long (Stonewall Jackson (Manassas)) 22.33 SB; Pete Reed (Colonial Forge) 22.76 SB;Glenn Taylor (James Monroe) 22.79 SB; Travis Scousbrough (Suitland High School) 22.95 SB; Joseph Pollard (Cosby) 23.15 SB;
- 300 Meter Hurdles - Michael Smith (Paul Laurence Dunbar High School) 40.10; B.j. Northam (Mountain View) 41.99 SB; Jelani Clyburn (Eleanor Roosevelt High School) 42.70;
- 3200 Meter Run - Ian Macleod (Stafford High School) 9:44.31; Greg Bohmke (Stafford High School) 9:54.83 SB; Joey Abbatiello (Stafford High School) 9:59.55 SB; Corey Dabney (Colonial Forge) 10:07.73 SB; Chris Rosati (Colonial Forge) 10:12.32 SB;
- 400 Meter Dash - Taivon Jacobs (Suitland High School) 49.60 SB; Joel Roberson (Laurel High School) 49.67 SB; Kevin Thompson (H.D. Woodson High School) 50.29 SB; Joseph Pollard (Cosby) 51.40 SB; Ricky Cappetta (Colonial Forge) 51.61 SB; Desmond Weinberg-Jones (Colonial Forge) 51.94 SB;
- 4x100 Meter Relay - Suitland High School 42.73; Caroline High School 43.31;
- 4x400 Meter Relay - Suitland High School 3:21.12; Laurel High School 3:23.92; Eleanor Roosevelt High School 3:28.41; Mountain View 3:29.44;
- 800 Meter Run - David Pennesi (Colonial Forge) 2:00.62; Brandon Hinton (Stafford High School) 2:00.76; Jesus Amezquita (Mountain View) 2:01.55 SB; Thomas Negron* (Cosby) 2:02.38 SB; Brian O'Loughlin (Colonial Forge) 2:02.89;
- Discus - Killian Carey (Cosby) 142-5 SB; Blake Condrey* (Cosby) 133-8 SB;
- High Jump - DaQuan Pollard (Caroline High School) 6-0; Andre Bernhard (Mountain View) 6-0;
- Pole Vault - Freddie Romero-Baker (Caroline High School) 12-3 SB;
- Shot Put - Blake Condrey* (Cosby) 48-3 SB; Darin Council (North Stafford) 47-3.75 SB; Ricky Martin (Stafford High School) 46-10.5; Chris Lansford (Stafford High School) 45-8.25 SB;
- Triple Jump - Tj Williams (North Stafford) 43-4.75;