DECATUR -- In its first appearance in the 1A junior high district track meet, the Decatur Bulldog team made its presence known as it walked away with both the boys' and girls' championships.
Over the last 10 years, the Bulldogs have dominated the 2A junior high meet, bringing home six straight championships. The tradition carries on into the 1A as the boys earned their first title and their seventh straight victory in track. With 146.50 points, the Bulldogs overwhelmed the four other teams in the competition, Omaha, Northwest Arkansas Classical A, Alpena and Kingston. Omaha took second with 68.50 points.
Three of the top five individual high point leaders in the boys meet were from Decatur. Joseph Armstrong was the top points individual leader, with teammate Tafari James placing third and Joseph Cheng taking fifth place.
The Bulldog girls' team took its second straight meet, winning the 2A title last year and now the 1A title this year. Decatur finished 10 points ahead of second-place Western Grove and 23 points ahead of Kingston.
Destiny Meija took second place in the individual high-point scorers, beaten by five points by Alex Hill of Alpena. Farrah Armstrong and Bronwyn Barry tied for fifth place, while Ashley Herrera finished ninth among the top 10 finishers.
For Shane Holland, Decatur track coach, the entry into the 1A was a sweet ending to another successful season.
"It was a great meet for our kids," said Holland. "They did everything I asked of them and more. I was proud of all of them."
Girls' results:
Shot Put: 2-Bronwyn Barry 29-10.50, 4-Alivia Verser 27-05.50, 6-Paige Barrett 25-11.
Discus: 1-Barry 73-07, 2-Barrett 62-05, 7-Verser 43-07.50.
High Jump: 1-Desitny Meijia 4-09, Farrah Armstrong 4-06.
Long Jump: 3-Meija 14-08.25, 4-Armstrong 13-07.
Triple Jump: 1-Meija 30-07.50, 4-Stephanie Sandoval 26-06.
Pole Vault: 1-Meija 7-00, 3-Verser 6-00.
4x100 Meter Relay: 1-Armstrong, Meija, Sandoval, Ashley Herrera 57.7
4x400 Meter Relay: 3-Armstrong, Ana Delcid, Barrett, Herrera 5:12.80,
4x800 Meter Relay: 2-Delcid, Sandoval, Mayra Flores, Herrera 12:54.03.
800 Meter Run: 2-Herrera 3:00.13, 8-Delcid 3:18.65.
1600 Meter Run: 3-Delcid 7:08.66
100 Meter Dash: 3-Armstrong 14.59, 14-Barry 16.53.
200 Meter Dash: 4-Armstrong 29.59, 12-Barry 34.56.
400 Meter Dash: 3-Meija 1:08.86, 11-Sandoval 1:18.55.
100 Meter Hurdles: 7-Flores 21.91.
300 Meter Hurdles: 7-Flores 1:05.92
Girls' Individual Rankings for Decatur: 2-Meija 34, 5-Armstrong 14, 5-Barry 14, 9-Herrera 10.50, 15-Barrett 7, 18-Delcid-6.50, 19-Verser 6, 21-Sandoval 5.50, 36-Flores 1.50.
Boys' results:
Shot Put: 1-Javier Perez 32-09.50, 7-Victor Gonzalez 29-02.00, 8-Carlos Hernandez 28-00.50, 9-Waylon Harrington 26-07.00.
Discus: 1-Perez 109-01.75, 5-C. Hernandez 84-05.75, 7-Gonzalez 82-10.
High Jump: 1-Joseph Armstrong 5-09, 2-Tafari James 5-05, 6-Kevin Garica 4-10, 9-Cesar Flores 4-08.
Long Jump: 1-Armstrong 18-08.25, 3-R. Hernandez 16-01.25.
Triple Jump: 1-Joseph Cheng 34-02.00, 3-Kevin Garcia 33-09.00, 4-James 33-07.00.
Pole Vault: 1-Cheng 8-06.00, 2-James McAdams 7-00, 4-Polli Xiong 5-00.
4x100 Meter Relay: 1-Garcia, Cheng, Armstrong, R. Hernandez 51.14.
4x400 Meter Relay: 3-R. Hernandez, James, Revolorio 4:21.61.
4x800 Meter Relay: 1-Revolorio, R. Hernandez, Philpott 10:00.30
1800 Meter Run: 5-Andres Revolorio 2:35.31, 11-Philpott 3:02.79.
600 Meter Run: 2-Sam Philpott 5:36.12.
100 Meter Dash: 2-Armstrong 12.52, 5-Royer Hernandez 13.98.
200 Meter Dash: 2-Armstrong 24.96, 4-R. Hernandez 28.67, 15- Jose Suarez 40.03.
300 Meter Hurdles: 1-James 47.20, 3-Cheng, 51.37, 4-Flores 51.55, 5-Garcia 53.86.
400 Meter Dash: 4-Revolorio 1:00.69, 9-Polli Xiong 1:06.53, 14-C. Hernandez 1:10.99, 15-Harrington 1:11.82.
110 Meter Hurdles: 1-James 18.85, 3-Garcia 20.58, 4-Flores 21.33, 5-Cheng 21.56.
Boys' Individual Rankings: 1-Armstrong 30, 3-James 25, 5-Cheng 23, 6-Perez 16, 11-R. Hernandez 12, 12-Garcia 11, 15-Philpott 8, 18-McAdams 6, 18-Revolorio 6, 23-Flores 4, 30-Xiong 1.50, 33-C. Hernandez 1.
Sports on 04/26/2017