BURGAW – East Bladen scored well in the sprints and relays Thursday to place 3rd in both the boys and girls team competitions in the 1st Waccamaw Conference track & field meet of the season.
The Eagle boys tallied 87 points to place 3rd behind Whiteville (142) and South Columbus (106) and ahead of Pender (69) and West Columbus (61).
Whiteville won the girls meet with 191 points followed by Pender (100), East Bladen (78) and West Columbus (26).
Winning events for the Eagle boys were junior Chace Butler in the 100-meter dash and senior Jadon Pridgen in the discus. The East Bladen 4×100 meter (Butler, Matthew Kemp, Tevin McLean, Kewone Maynor, and Jayden Dailey) and the 4×400 meter (Dominick Collins, Ronnie Covington, Kaden McKoy, Kemp and Xavier Potts) relay teams also won.
Jacob Caulder finished 2nd in the 3200 meters, and the 4×200 meter (Butler, Masion Brooks, Kemp, McLean and Dailey) relay team was 2nd.
In the girls meet, the 4×100 meter (Trinity Kemp, Nyasia Banks, Mariah Ward, Aaliyah Monroe and Laila Smith), 4×200 meter (Kemp, Banks, Smith, Zahreonna Baldwin and Ward) and 4×400 meter (Naiherna Leach, Malay’jah Gillespie, Allysa Stringfield, Zkya Drake) all won their events.
Layla Lent finished 2nd in the 100-meter hurdles. Laila Smith was 2nd in the 200 meters and Trinity Kemp placed 2nd in the 100 meters.
The complete East Bladen results for the meet follow:
Boys
100 Meters – 1. Chace Butler 11.74; 4. Masion Brooks 11.94; 5. Matthew Kemp 12.04; 10. Jayden Dailey 12.44; Tevin McLean 12.44.
200 Meters – 4. Brooks 25.34.
400 Meters – 4. Keyshawn Kemp 1:01.4; 5. Xavier Potts 1:02.14.
800 Meters – 6. Ethan Metz 2:45; 8. Joiden Anthony 2:52; 9. Jacob Caulder 2:54.
1600 Meters – 7. Caulder 6:19.
3200 Meters – 2. Caulder 15:01.0
4×100 Meter Relay – 1. East Bladen (Butler, Kemp, McLean, Kewone Maynor, Dailey) 46.24.
4×200 Meter Relay – 2. East Bladen (Butler, Brooks, Kemp, McLean, Dailey) 1:39.
4×400 Meter Relay – 1. East Bladen (Dominick Collins, Ronnie Covington, Kaden McKoy, Kemp, Potts) 4:03.
4×800 Meter Relay – 3. East Bladen (Potts, Caulder, Metz, Anthony) 10:41.
Discus – 1. Jadon Pridgen 124-08; 5. Kaden McKoy 85-01; 9. Malik Banks 71-11.
Shot Put – 3. Jadon Pridgen 40-08; 7. Dashon Campbell 34-09; 11. William Borza 29-01.
Boys Team Scores – 1. Whiteville 142, 2. South Columbus 106, 3. East Bladen 87, 4. Pender 69, 5. West Columbus 61.
Girls
100 Meters – 2. Trinity Kemp 13.94; 3. Zahreonna Baldwin 14.04; 4. Nyasia Banks 14.14; 9. Mariah Ward 14.54; 11. Aaliyah Monroe 15.04; 13. Tanaisha McKoy 18.74.
200 Meters – 2. Laila Smith 30.24; 3. Baldwin 30.44; 5. Kemp 31.14; 7. Monroe 32.44; 17. Ward 39.84; McKoy 40.74.
400 Meters – 6. Naiherna Leach 1:14.44; 7. Malay’jah Gillespie 1:20.94; Allysa Stringfield 1:21.64; 11. Zkya Drake 1:25.84.
100 Meter Hurdles – 2. Layla Lent 21.24.
4×100 Meter Relay – 1. East Bladen (Kemp, Banks, Ward, Monroe, Smith) 55.94.
4×200 Meter Relay – 1. East Bladen (Kemp, Banks, Smith, Ward, Baldwin) 1:58.0.
4×400 Meter Relay – 1. East Bladen (Leach, Gillespie, Stringfield, Drake) 5:32.0.
Long Jump – 5. Leach 12-07.
Discus – 5. La’Tosha Melvin 58-09; 9. Jamiya Peterson 48-05; 10. Ta’mani Brown 32-11.
Shot Put – 6. Peterson 23-10; 8. Melvin 22-10; 9. Brown 19-05.
Girls Team Scores: Whiteville 191, Pender 100, East Bladen 78, West Columbus 26.
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