Monday, March 25, 2013

WCHS Has Respectable Showing at Bridgeport Track Meet

Ten schools converged on Wayne Jamison Field in Bridgeport on a sunny Saturday (March 23, 2013) for the first ever Connect-Bridgeport.com track meet, with both the Highlander girls' and boys' teams finishing fourth and fifth respectively.

The Bridgeport boys' team finished first, ahead of Fairmont Senior, Morgantown, Lewis County, and the Highlanders. Rounding out the ten boys' teams after Webster were South Harrison, Robert C. Byrd, North Marion, Lincoln, and Liberty Harrison.

The Morgantown girls' team finished first, ahead of Bridgeport, North Marion, and the Lady Highlanders. Behind the Lady Highlanders were Liberty-Harrison, Lincoln, Fairmont Senior, Wayne, Lewis County, and Robert C. Byrd.

Lady Highlander senior Erin Brown was the individual female point leader for the meet. Erin finished second in three events: 200 meter dash, 400 meter dash, and 300 meter hurdles. Erin was part of the girls 4 x 400 meter relay team, which finished third. Erin was joined on the relay team by Ryleigh McCoy, Jasmine McCoy, and Samantha Stout.

Speaking of Stout, the junior Lady Highlander finished first in the 400 meter dash and the 800 meter run.

Ryleigh McCoy finished fourth in the 3,200 meter run.

On the boys' side, senior Joe Collins finished tied for fourth in the 100 meter dash. Collins also finished 2nd out of 20 runners in the 300 meter hurdles. Collins also participated in the 4 x 200 meter relay, finishing 4th out of nine teams, along with Logan Taylor, David Muzny, and Brett Morris. Morris and Muzny finished 13th and 14th out of 28 runners in the 200 meter dash.

Senior Hunter Given finished 8th out of 26 runners in the 800 meter run and 8th out of 28 in the 400 meter dash. Freshman Brettley Harris finished 4th out of 29 runners in the 1,600 meter run. Aaron Kessler finished 6th out of 20 runners in the 3,200 meter run.

Guy Cowger finished 6th in the 110 meter hurdles. Cowger, along with Collins, Muzny, and Tyler Stewart, finished fourth in the 4 x 100 meter shuttle hurdle event. Dalton Miller finished first in the pole vault. Luther Stoots finished 2nd out of 15 competitors in the high jump.

The Bridgeport meet was the first meet of the season for the Highlanders.



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