Decatur, Gentry fare well in Blackhawk Relays

Westside Eagle Observer/MIKE ECKELS Decatur's Jimmy Mendoza pushes up a wave of dirt after nailing a landing during the long jump at the Blackhawk Invitational Relays in Pea Ridge April 5. Mendoza placed sixth in this event and first in the triple jump for Decatur.
Westside Eagle Observer/MIKE ECKELS Decatur's Jimmy Mendoza pushes up a wave of dirt after nailing a landing during the long jump at the Blackhawk Invitational Relays in Pea Ridge April 5. Mendoza placed sixth in this event and first in the triple jump for Decatur.

PEA RIDGE -- Both Gentry and Decatur boys' and girls' track teams fared well during the April 5 Blackhawk Invitational Relays track meet at Blackhawk Stadium in Pea Ridge. This was a chance for athletes from both schools to qualify for the state track meet coming up in May.

In addition to Decatur and Gentry, 19 track teams, including Pea Ridge, Greenland, Farmington, Siloam Springs, Elkins, West Fork and 11 other schools from around Arkansas, participated.

Decatur and Gentry results follow.

Team Results: 4-Decatur Girls 57.50 points, 8-Gentry Girls 30 points, 5-Gentry Boys 74.50, 6-Decatur Boys 45.50.

Decatur-Gentry Girls' Results:

100m: 5-Desi Meek (Decatur) 13.77, 16-Heidi Rubi (Decatur) 15.16, 27-Tabby Tilley (Decatur) 18.70.

200m: 5-Meek (Decatur) 28.79, 13-Stephanie Sandoval (Decatur) 31.80, 15-Paige Vann (Decatur) 31.89.

400m:6-Sandoval (Decatur) 1:10.41, 10-Destiny Mejia (Decatur) 1:12.58.

100m Hurdles: 3-Meek (Decatur) 17.61, 6-Heidi Vinson (Gentry) 18.93.

300m Hurdles: 3-Meek (Decatur) 50.80, 6-Vinson (Gentry) 54.68.

4x100m: 6-Decatur (Rubi, Mejia, Sandoval, Vann) 57.94.

High Jump: 1-Mejia (Decatur) 5-01, 10-Vann (Decatur) 4-02.

Pole Vault: 3-Meek (Decatur) 7-06, 5-Mejia (Decatur) 7-06.

Long Jump: 5-Mejia (Decatur) 15-01.58.

Triple Jump: 3-Meek (Decatur) 33-02, Mejia (Decatur) 29-04, 9-Sandoval (Decatur) 28-04.

Shot Put: 1-Chastery Fuamatu (Gentry) 40-09.50.

Discus: 1-Fuamatu (Gentry) 117-08.50, 6-Vinson (Gentry) 71-05.50.

Decatur-Gentry Boys' Results:

100m: 8-Taylor Haisman (Decatur) 12.24, 9-Johnny Brandon (Decatur) 12.29, 18-Travor Cain (Gentry) 12.66.

200m: 5-Haisman (Decatur) 24.59, 7-Brandon (Decatur) 24.67, 13-Cain (Gentry) 25.79, 24-Trent Gore (Gentry) 27.51, 28-Hunter Butler (Gentry) 28.03.

400m: 4-Haisman (Decatur) 54.13, 5-Sam Santiago (Gentry) 54.46, 21-Gore (Gentry) 1:02.32.

800m: 17-Santiago (Gentry) 2:27.19.

1600m: 5-Jacob Truman (Gentry) 5:12.51, 17-Hunter Frazier (Gentry) 6:01.17.

3200m: 5-Truman (Gentry) 11:39.14.

110m Hurdles: 9-Cayden Bingham (Decatur) 19.49, 10-Cain (Gentry) 20.74, 14-Gore (Gentry) 22.08, 15-Ryan Ross (Decatur) 22.53.

300m Hurdles: 16- Ross (Decatur) 53.05.

4x100m Relay: 5-Gentry (Santiago, Frazier, John Faulkenberry, Cain) 47.95, 6-Decatur (Brandon, Gerry Wood, Seth Rich, Jimmy Mendoza) 48.52.

4x400m Relay: 2- Decatur (Brandon, Mendoza, Rich, Haisman) 3:47.50, 5-Gentry (Santiago, Frazier, Faulkenberry, Blake Wilkinson) 3:55.83.

4x800m Relay: 5-Gentry (Santiago, Truman, Frazier, Ethan Hammond) 4:37.35.

High Jump: 4-Wilkinson (Gentry) 5-10, 6-Mendoza (Decatur) 5-08.

Pole Vault: 7- Cain (Gentry) 9-06, 7-Haisman (Decatur) 9-06, 9-Brandon Jones (Gentry) 9-06.

Long Jump: 4: Wood (Decatur) 18-10, 5-Mendoza (Decatur) 18-09, 9-Faulkenberry (Gentry) 18-04, 17-Butler (Gentry) 16-06.

Triple Jump: 1-Mendoza (Decatur) 39-09, 2-Faulkenberry (Gentry) 39-03, 10-Wood (Decatur) 36-04, 12-Butler (Gentry) 35-11.

Shot Put: 1-Clark Mason (Gentry) 50-01, 5-Kerlose Ruzek (Gentry) 36-05.50, 11-Faulkenberry (Gentry) 35-06.

Discus: 1-Mason (Gentry) 139-08, 2-Ruzek (Gentry) 123-11.50, Faulkenberry (Gentry) 111-07.50, 15-Javier Perez (Decatur) 84-04.

Sports on 04/11/2018