Jeff Cunningham
05-15-2007, 11:05 PM
Norcom boys, BTW girls snag Eastern District titles
By Jeff Cunningham | jcunningham@hrvarsity.com (j_cunningham_pbp@yahoo.com)
PORTSMOUTH -- When competition began Tuesday afternoon, Booker T. Washington was in position for an Eastern District spring track sweep, running away with the girls title and holding a 19-point lead in the boys standings over host I.C. Norcom.
But Tuesday's events played right into the Greyhound's hands.
"We knew coming in how strong we are in the running events," Norcom coach Bryan McNeal said. "Yeah, (Booker T.) had the lead at the beginning of the day, but we were comfortable with where we were."
Norcom won six of the 11 running events, including a pair of titles from senior Isiah Gyasi in the 100- and 200-meter dashes and two of the three relay events, to pass Booker T. and win the boys team title. The Greyhounds finished with 156 points to the Bookers' 126.
"They gave us a huge battle," McNeal said of Booker T. "This is a nice little rivalry we have with them, and they took us to the max today. We felt good going into the running events, but we knew we couldn't make any mistakes.
"It was real tough. Even though we won by 30 points, it was real tough."
Though Norcom showed impressive strength in the running events, the team was well-balanced in all facets of the meet. In addition to Gyasi's wins, Antonio Norvell won the 400-meter dash and placed second in the long jump. Mario Briscoe gave Norcom a title in the 110-meter hurdles, and Tavis Tabb's fourth-place efforts in both the 100- and 300-meter hurdle races were critical in helping the Greyhounds overtake the Bookers.
But where the Greyhounds were balanced and competitive, Booker T. was flat-out dominant. The Bookers did hold onto the girls' district title, though it would probably be more accurate to say the team ran away and hid with the title. Booker T. finished with a district-meet record 224.5 points, while second-place Churchland wound up with just 72.5.
"We've been looking at those records for a while now," girls coach Yolanda Penn said. "We knew what records were out there, we knew which records we wanted to break, and first on our list was the 200-point mark.
"My girls wanted that mark so badly, and it showed out there."
In the running events, Booker T. took district titles in all but the 300-meter hurdles -- Norcom's Latoya Dudley took that -- and the 1600- and 3200-meter runs -- Maury's Crystal Johnson took those. Sophomore Raven Wilson took both the 100- and 200-meter dashes, while junior DeShana Briggs won the 400-meter dash. Capri Bland and Mia Monk gave the Bookers a 1-2 finish in the 800-meter run, while Seneman Burns won the 100-meter hurdles title.
The Bookers also took four of the six field event titles: high jump (Briggs at 5-04), pole vault (Elaine Rhoades at 6-08), triple jump (Rhoades at 37-05.75) and discus throw (Aleya Hopson at 92-00).
Churchland's Tiffany Harris took the long jump title at 17-11, while Granby's Deshel Cherry won the shot put with a distance of 30-07.
Booker T. also won all three relay events, including a three-second win in the 4x100 and an almost 16-second edge in the 4x800.
"It really doesn't matter what the event is," Penn said. "This team has a bunch of horses on it, and these girls just go out there and they compete together and they get it done."
The top six individual finishers and top three relay finishers in each event advance to the Eastern Region meet, which will be held May 25-26 at Todd Stadium in Newport News.
EASTERN DISTRICT SPRING TRACK & FIELD MEET at I.C. Norcom High School
BOYS
Team scores: 1. I.C. Norcom 156. 2. Booker T. Washington 126. 3. Norview 70. 4. Granby 53. 5. Lake Taylor 52. 6. Maury 37. 7. Churchland 13. 8. Wilson 11.
100 meter dash -- 1. Gyasi (Norcom) 10.64. 2. Thompson (Norview) 11.05. 3. Hines (Norcom) 11.06. 4. Briscoe (Norcom) 11.07. 5. Crenshaw (Booker T.) 11.44. 6. Croom (Booker T.) 11.55. 200 meter dash -- 1. Gyasi (Norcom) 21.61. 2. Thompson (Norview) 22.34. 3. Wallace (Norcom) 22.51. 4. Whiting (Lake) 22.60. 5. Norvell (Norcom) 22.79. 6. Hines (Maury) 23.16. 400 meter dash -- 1. Norvell (Norcom) 50.44. 2. Wallace (Norcom) 50.66. 3. Church (Booker T.) 51.95. 4. Whiting (Lakeland) 53.06. 5. Few (Norview) 55.11. 800 meter run -- 1. Martin (Booker T.) 2:06.40. 2. Matthews (Norcom) 2:08.68. 3. Jackson (Granby) 2:08.76. 4. Sabo (Granby) 2:09.72. 5. Hill (Norview) 2:11.79. 6. Searcy (Granby) 2:11.92. 1600 meter run -- 1. Martin (Booker T.) 4:43.96. 2. Hill (Norview) 4:54.47. 3. Lee (Granby) 4:56.73. 4. Krull (Granby) 5:02.70. 5. Williams (Booker T.) 5:05.28. 6. Huffman (Wilson) 5:06.02. 3200 meter run -- 1. Huffman (Wilson) 10:47.16. 2. Lee (Granby) 11:00.61. 3. Krull (Granby) 11:01.57. 4. Jackson (Maury) 11:07.09. 5. Williams (Norview) 11:34.82. 6. Smith (Norcom) 11:45.43. 110 meter hurdles -- 1. Briscoe (Norcom) 15.06. 2. Wilson (Lake) 15.35. 3. Jackson (Lake) 15.43. 4. Tabb (Norcom) 15.82. 5. Madison (Booker T.) 18.15. 6. Garcia (Norview) FS. 300 meter hurdles -- 1. Madison (Booker T.) 39.23. 2. Wilson (Lake) 39.74. 3. Hines (Maury) 41.05. 4. Tabb (Norcom) 42.18. 5. Hines (Norcom) 46.73. 4x100 relay -- 1. Norcom 43.29. 2. Norview 43.47. 3. Booker T. 44.84. 4x400 relay -- 1. Norcom 3:27.24. 2. Lakeland 3:27.42. 3. Maury 3:33.31. 4x800 relay -- 1. Granby 8:42.55. 2. Booker T. 8:46.28. 3. Churchland 8:47.94. High jump -- 1. Williams (Norview) 6-02. 2. Giddens (Maury) 6-00. 3. Hines (Norcom) 5-10. 4. Few (Norview) J5-10. 5. Thompson (Norview) NH. 6. Wilson (Lake) NH. Pole vault -- 1. Croom (Booker T.) 9-08. 2. Hines (Norcom) 8-08. 3. Madison (Booker T.) 7-08. 4. Creekmore (Norcom) J7-08. 5. Church (Booker T.) 6-08. Long jump -- 1. Wallace (Norcom) 21-06. 2. Norvell (Norcom) 21-05. 3. Hines (Norcom) 20-06. 4. Garcia (Norview) 20-03. 5. Madison (Booker T.) 19-04. 6. Few (Norview) 18-09. Triple jump -- 1. Garcia (Norview) 45-07.25. 2. Jackson (Lake) 44-03.50. 3. Croom (Booker T.) 42-05. 4. Wilson (Lake) 41-08. 5. Tabb (Norcom) 41-05.25. 6. Madison (Booker T.) 40-04.75. Shot put -- 1. Hazzard (Booker T.) 50-10. 2. Smith (Booker T.) 46-04. 3. Craig (Norcom) 43-08. 4. Crumity (Booker T.) 41-02. 5. Giddens (Maury) 41-01.50. 6. Jackson (Norview) 39-07. Discus -- 1. Hazzard (Booker T.) 138-07.50. 2. Smith (Booker T.) 127-10. 3. Giddens (Maury) 119-07.50. 4. Hill (Granby) 115-02. 5. Crumity (Booker T.) 107-04.50. 6. Boone (Church) 99-08.50.
GIRLS
Team scores: 1. Booker T. Washington 224.5. 2. Churchland 72.5. 3. Granby 58. 4. Maury 57. 5. I.C. Norcom 38. 6. Lake Taylor 30. 7. Norview 26.
100 meter dash -- 1. Wilson (Booker T.) 12.08. 2. Deal (Maury) 12.25. 3. Kenner (Booker T.) 12.34. 4. Rhodes (Booker T.) 12.44. 5. Dudley (Norcom) 12.68. 6. White (Norcom) FS. 200 meter dash -- 1. White (Booker T.) 24.98.2. Deal (Maury) 25.28. 3. Harris (Church) 25.54. 4. Miles (Booker T.) 25.56. 5. Kenner (Booker T.) 25.57. 6. Wilkerson (Maury) 27.55. 400 meter dash -- 1. Briggs (Booker T.) 58.00. 2. Harris (Church) 58.19. 3. Robinson (Church) 59.5. 4. Miles (Booker T.) 59.79. 5. Wilkerson (Maury) 1:01.92. 6. Anthony (Booker T.) 1:06.71. 800 meter run -- 1. Bland (Booker T.) 2:31.21. 2. Monk (Booker T.) 2:32.89. 3. Foreman (Lake) 2:33.84. 4. Mathews (Lake) 2:34.09. 5. Sim (Granby) 2:35.04. 6. Brawner (Church) 2:42.92. 1600 meter run -- 1. Johnson (Maury) 5:43.02. 2. Mathews (Lake) 5:50.00. 3. Brawner (Church) 5:50.16. 4. Bickley (Booker T.) 6:12.27. 5. Greer (Booker T.) 6:14.95. 6. Ottey (Granby) 6:16.65. 3200 meter run -- 1. Johnson (Maury) 13:09.20. 2. Brawner (Church) 13:13.28. 3. Bonner-Ball (Norview) 13:58.38. 4. Callahan (Granby) 14:31.02 5. Greer (Booker T.) 14:36.26. 6. Whitaker (Booker T.) 16:02.82. 100 meter hurdles -- 1. Burns (Booker T.) 16.07. 2. Williams (Booker T.) 16.12. 3. Wilson (Norcom) 16.93. 4. Copeland (Granby) 17.51. 5. Walker (Norcom) 18.89. 6. Jarrett (Maury) 19.36. 300 meter hurdles -- 1. Rhoades (Booker T.) 44.11. 2. Dudley (Norcom) 46.14. 3. Burns (Booker T.) 46.23. 4. Williams (Booker T.) 49.27. 5. Wilson (Norcom) 49.53. 6. Whitties (Booker T.) 49.57. 4x100 relay -- 1. Booker T. 47.98. 2. Churchland 50.51. 3. Norview 54.04. 4x400 relay -- 1. Booker T. 4:10.95. 2. Churchland 4:11.62. 3. Norview 4:42.31. 4x800 relay -- Booker T. 10:24.01. 2. Lake Taylor 10:39.93. 3. Norview 11:08.66. High jump -- 1. Briggs (Booker T.) 5-04. 2. Rhoades (Booker T.) 4-08. 3. Walker (Norcom) 4-06. 4. King (Lake) 4-04. T-5. Harris (Church), Burns (Booker T.) J4-04. Pole vault -- 1. Rhoades (Booker T.) 6-08. 2. Dudley (Norcom) 5-08. Long jump -- 1. Harris (Church) 17-11. 2. Rhoades (Booker T.) 17-02. 3. Burns (Booker T.) 16-07. 4. Walker (Norcom) 15-05. 5. Whitties (Booker T.) 15-03. 6. Alston (Granby) 15-02. Triple jump -- 1. Rhoades (Booker T.) 37-05.75. 2. Bowers (Church) 33-04. 3. Burns (Booker T.) 33-02. 4. Anthony (Booker T.) 32-05. 5. Alston (Granby) 32-02. 6. Jarrett (Maury) 31-06.50. Shot put -- 1. Cherry (Granby) 30-07. 2. Owens (Maury) 29-11. 3. Deal (Maury) 29-06. 4. Ottey (Granby) 29-00. 5. Flores (Norview) 28-04. 6. Hopson (Booker T.) 27-10. Discus -- 1. Hopson (Booker T.) 92-00. 2. Ottey (Granby) 89-09. 3. Cherry (Granby) 89-04. 4. Elliston (Granby) 82-09.50. 5. Owens (Maury) 79-01. 6. Perry (Booker T.) 76-11.50.
By Jeff Cunningham | jcunningham@hrvarsity.com (j_cunningham_pbp@yahoo.com)
PORTSMOUTH -- When competition began Tuesday afternoon, Booker T. Washington was in position for an Eastern District spring track sweep, running away with the girls title and holding a 19-point lead in the boys standings over host I.C. Norcom.
But Tuesday's events played right into the Greyhound's hands.
"We knew coming in how strong we are in the running events," Norcom coach Bryan McNeal said. "Yeah, (Booker T.) had the lead at the beginning of the day, but we were comfortable with where we were."
Norcom won six of the 11 running events, including a pair of titles from senior Isiah Gyasi in the 100- and 200-meter dashes and two of the three relay events, to pass Booker T. and win the boys team title. The Greyhounds finished with 156 points to the Bookers' 126.
"They gave us a huge battle," McNeal said of Booker T. "This is a nice little rivalry we have with them, and they took us to the max today. We felt good going into the running events, but we knew we couldn't make any mistakes.
"It was real tough. Even though we won by 30 points, it was real tough."
Though Norcom showed impressive strength in the running events, the team was well-balanced in all facets of the meet. In addition to Gyasi's wins, Antonio Norvell won the 400-meter dash and placed second in the long jump. Mario Briscoe gave Norcom a title in the 110-meter hurdles, and Tavis Tabb's fourth-place efforts in both the 100- and 300-meter hurdle races were critical in helping the Greyhounds overtake the Bookers.
But where the Greyhounds were balanced and competitive, Booker T. was flat-out dominant. The Bookers did hold onto the girls' district title, though it would probably be more accurate to say the team ran away and hid with the title. Booker T. finished with a district-meet record 224.5 points, while second-place Churchland wound up with just 72.5.
"We've been looking at those records for a while now," girls coach Yolanda Penn said. "We knew what records were out there, we knew which records we wanted to break, and first on our list was the 200-point mark.
"My girls wanted that mark so badly, and it showed out there."
In the running events, Booker T. took district titles in all but the 300-meter hurdles -- Norcom's Latoya Dudley took that -- and the 1600- and 3200-meter runs -- Maury's Crystal Johnson took those. Sophomore Raven Wilson took both the 100- and 200-meter dashes, while junior DeShana Briggs won the 400-meter dash. Capri Bland and Mia Monk gave the Bookers a 1-2 finish in the 800-meter run, while Seneman Burns won the 100-meter hurdles title.
The Bookers also took four of the six field event titles: high jump (Briggs at 5-04), pole vault (Elaine Rhoades at 6-08), triple jump (Rhoades at 37-05.75) and discus throw (Aleya Hopson at 92-00).
Churchland's Tiffany Harris took the long jump title at 17-11, while Granby's Deshel Cherry won the shot put with a distance of 30-07.
Booker T. also won all three relay events, including a three-second win in the 4x100 and an almost 16-second edge in the 4x800.
"It really doesn't matter what the event is," Penn said. "This team has a bunch of horses on it, and these girls just go out there and they compete together and they get it done."
The top six individual finishers and top three relay finishers in each event advance to the Eastern Region meet, which will be held May 25-26 at Todd Stadium in Newport News.
EASTERN DISTRICT SPRING TRACK & FIELD MEET at I.C. Norcom High School
BOYS
Team scores: 1. I.C. Norcom 156. 2. Booker T. Washington 126. 3. Norview 70. 4. Granby 53. 5. Lake Taylor 52. 6. Maury 37. 7. Churchland 13. 8. Wilson 11.
100 meter dash -- 1. Gyasi (Norcom) 10.64. 2. Thompson (Norview) 11.05. 3. Hines (Norcom) 11.06. 4. Briscoe (Norcom) 11.07. 5. Crenshaw (Booker T.) 11.44. 6. Croom (Booker T.) 11.55. 200 meter dash -- 1. Gyasi (Norcom) 21.61. 2. Thompson (Norview) 22.34. 3. Wallace (Norcom) 22.51. 4. Whiting (Lake) 22.60. 5. Norvell (Norcom) 22.79. 6. Hines (Maury) 23.16. 400 meter dash -- 1. Norvell (Norcom) 50.44. 2. Wallace (Norcom) 50.66. 3. Church (Booker T.) 51.95. 4. Whiting (Lakeland) 53.06. 5. Few (Norview) 55.11. 800 meter run -- 1. Martin (Booker T.) 2:06.40. 2. Matthews (Norcom) 2:08.68. 3. Jackson (Granby) 2:08.76. 4. Sabo (Granby) 2:09.72. 5. Hill (Norview) 2:11.79. 6. Searcy (Granby) 2:11.92. 1600 meter run -- 1. Martin (Booker T.) 4:43.96. 2. Hill (Norview) 4:54.47. 3. Lee (Granby) 4:56.73. 4. Krull (Granby) 5:02.70. 5. Williams (Booker T.) 5:05.28. 6. Huffman (Wilson) 5:06.02. 3200 meter run -- 1. Huffman (Wilson) 10:47.16. 2. Lee (Granby) 11:00.61. 3. Krull (Granby) 11:01.57. 4. Jackson (Maury) 11:07.09. 5. Williams (Norview) 11:34.82. 6. Smith (Norcom) 11:45.43. 110 meter hurdles -- 1. Briscoe (Norcom) 15.06. 2. Wilson (Lake) 15.35. 3. Jackson (Lake) 15.43. 4. Tabb (Norcom) 15.82. 5. Madison (Booker T.) 18.15. 6. Garcia (Norview) FS. 300 meter hurdles -- 1. Madison (Booker T.) 39.23. 2. Wilson (Lake) 39.74. 3. Hines (Maury) 41.05. 4. Tabb (Norcom) 42.18. 5. Hines (Norcom) 46.73. 4x100 relay -- 1. Norcom 43.29. 2. Norview 43.47. 3. Booker T. 44.84. 4x400 relay -- 1. Norcom 3:27.24. 2. Lakeland 3:27.42. 3. Maury 3:33.31. 4x800 relay -- 1. Granby 8:42.55. 2. Booker T. 8:46.28. 3. Churchland 8:47.94. High jump -- 1. Williams (Norview) 6-02. 2. Giddens (Maury) 6-00. 3. Hines (Norcom) 5-10. 4. Few (Norview) J5-10. 5. Thompson (Norview) NH. 6. Wilson (Lake) NH. Pole vault -- 1. Croom (Booker T.) 9-08. 2. Hines (Norcom) 8-08. 3. Madison (Booker T.) 7-08. 4. Creekmore (Norcom) J7-08. 5. Church (Booker T.) 6-08. Long jump -- 1. Wallace (Norcom) 21-06. 2. Norvell (Norcom) 21-05. 3. Hines (Norcom) 20-06. 4. Garcia (Norview) 20-03. 5. Madison (Booker T.) 19-04. 6. Few (Norview) 18-09. Triple jump -- 1. Garcia (Norview) 45-07.25. 2. Jackson (Lake) 44-03.50. 3. Croom (Booker T.) 42-05. 4. Wilson (Lake) 41-08. 5. Tabb (Norcom) 41-05.25. 6. Madison (Booker T.) 40-04.75. Shot put -- 1. Hazzard (Booker T.) 50-10. 2. Smith (Booker T.) 46-04. 3. Craig (Norcom) 43-08. 4. Crumity (Booker T.) 41-02. 5. Giddens (Maury) 41-01.50. 6. Jackson (Norview) 39-07. Discus -- 1. Hazzard (Booker T.) 138-07.50. 2. Smith (Booker T.) 127-10. 3. Giddens (Maury) 119-07.50. 4. Hill (Granby) 115-02. 5. Crumity (Booker T.) 107-04.50. 6. Boone (Church) 99-08.50.
GIRLS
Team scores: 1. Booker T. Washington 224.5. 2. Churchland 72.5. 3. Granby 58. 4. Maury 57. 5. I.C. Norcom 38. 6. Lake Taylor 30. 7. Norview 26.
100 meter dash -- 1. Wilson (Booker T.) 12.08. 2. Deal (Maury) 12.25. 3. Kenner (Booker T.) 12.34. 4. Rhodes (Booker T.) 12.44. 5. Dudley (Norcom) 12.68. 6. White (Norcom) FS. 200 meter dash -- 1. White (Booker T.) 24.98.2. Deal (Maury) 25.28. 3. Harris (Church) 25.54. 4. Miles (Booker T.) 25.56. 5. Kenner (Booker T.) 25.57. 6. Wilkerson (Maury) 27.55. 400 meter dash -- 1. Briggs (Booker T.) 58.00. 2. Harris (Church) 58.19. 3. Robinson (Church) 59.5. 4. Miles (Booker T.) 59.79. 5. Wilkerson (Maury) 1:01.92. 6. Anthony (Booker T.) 1:06.71. 800 meter run -- 1. Bland (Booker T.) 2:31.21. 2. Monk (Booker T.) 2:32.89. 3. Foreman (Lake) 2:33.84. 4. Mathews (Lake) 2:34.09. 5. Sim (Granby) 2:35.04. 6. Brawner (Church) 2:42.92. 1600 meter run -- 1. Johnson (Maury) 5:43.02. 2. Mathews (Lake) 5:50.00. 3. Brawner (Church) 5:50.16. 4. Bickley (Booker T.) 6:12.27. 5. Greer (Booker T.) 6:14.95. 6. Ottey (Granby) 6:16.65. 3200 meter run -- 1. Johnson (Maury) 13:09.20. 2. Brawner (Church) 13:13.28. 3. Bonner-Ball (Norview) 13:58.38. 4. Callahan (Granby) 14:31.02 5. Greer (Booker T.) 14:36.26. 6. Whitaker (Booker T.) 16:02.82. 100 meter hurdles -- 1. Burns (Booker T.) 16.07. 2. Williams (Booker T.) 16.12. 3. Wilson (Norcom) 16.93. 4. Copeland (Granby) 17.51. 5. Walker (Norcom) 18.89. 6. Jarrett (Maury) 19.36. 300 meter hurdles -- 1. Rhoades (Booker T.) 44.11. 2. Dudley (Norcom) 46.14. 3. Burns (Booker T.) 46.23. 4. Williams (Booker T.) 49.27. 5. Wilson (Norcom) 49.53. 6. Whitties (Booker T.) 49.57. 4x100 relay -- 1. Booker T. 47.98. 2. Churchland 50.51. 3. Norview 54.04. 4x400 relay -- 1. Booker T. 4:10.95. 2. Churchland 4:11.62. 3. Norview 4:42.31. 4x800 relay -- Booker T. 10:24.01. 2. Lake Taylor 10:39.93. 3. Norview 11:08.66. High jump -- 1. Briggs (Booker T.) 5-04. 2. Rhoades (Booker T.) 4-08. 3. Walker (Norcom) 4-06. 4. King (Lake) 4-04. T-5. Harris (Church), Burns (Booker T.) J4-04. Pole vault -- 1. Rhoades (Booker T.) 6-08. 2. Dudley (Norcom) 5-08. Long jump -- 1. Harris (Church) 17-11. 2. Rhoades (Booker T.) 17-02. 3. Burns (Booker T.) 16-07. 4. Walker (Norcom) 15-05. 5. Whitties (Booker T.) 15-03. 6. Alston (Granby) 15-02. Triple jump -- 1. Rhoades (Booker T.) 37-05.75. 2. Bowers (Church) 33-04. 3. Burns (Booker T.) 33-02. 4. Anthony (Booker T.) 32-05. 5. Alston (Granby) 32-02. 6. Jarrett (Maury) 31-06.50. Shot put -- 1. Cherry (Granby) 30-07. 2. Owens (Maury) 29-11. 3. Deal (Maury) 29-06. 4. Ottey (Granby) 29-00. 5. Flores (Norview) 28-04. 6. Hopson (Booker T.) 27-10. Discus -- 1. Hopson (Booker T.) 92-00. 2. Ottey (Granby) 89-09. 3. Cherry (Granby) 89-04. 4. Elliston (Granby) 82-09.50. 5. Owens (Maury) 79-01. 6. Perry (Booker T.) 76-11.50.