By RAY BENTON
Leader sports editor
Beebe and Lonoke turned in solid performances at the recent Panther Relays track meet in Heber Springs last week. North Pulaski also took place in the event as part of a 23-school contingent. The Lady Falcons had an impressive showing while the boys team was unable to secure any points.
Vilonia took the overall win as the girls finished tops with a score of 115.83 while the boys took a close second with 152.00 total points to give the Eagles track program 267.83 points to win by a comfortable margin.
Host Heber Springs was second overall after the boys team took a narrow points victory over Vilonia with 153 points. The Lady Panthers track team struggled and accumulated just 48.33 points to finish seventh, bringing the overall team score to 201.33.
Beebe took fifth overall as the boys placed fifth with 41 while the Lady Badgers claimed eighth place with 36.00 points to give the Badger track team 77 total points.
Sophomore Austin Dupio finished sixth in the boys 800-meter run with a time of 2:06.05, while junior Jake Schlenker finished 10th after completing the run in 2:10.98.
K.J. Maples ran a 4:41.89 in the 1600-meter run to finish second, while sophomore Alan Kirk ran a 5:05.49 to earn a ninth-place finish. Kirk also finished the 3,200-meter run in 11:39.37 to finish eighth. Dillon Bell finished 10th in the 110-meter high hurdles with a time of 19.10 and took sixth-place in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 46.19.
The Badger boys relay team finished fourth in the 4x400-meter relay after completing the event in 3:43, and was also fourth in the 4x800-meter relay with a time of 9:02.10.
Brandon Lercher and Jordan Huffstickler finished fourth and sixth respectively in the pole vault event as Lercher cleared 11-0 to tie Clinton’s Corey Lambeth, while Huffstickler cleared the 10-0 mark.
Jared Gowen was third in the discus throw with a measurement of 115-9 followed by Tyler Love, who took eighth place with a throw of 103-7.
Madison Richey was sixth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.43. Richie also won the high jump when she cleared the 5-0 mark. Stormy Taylor finished ninth in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:49.46, while teammate Katie McGraw finished one spot behind in 10th with a time of 2:49.75.
Cecily Brock took eighth in the 3,200-meter run when she completed the course in 15:01.26. The Lady Badgers relay team was the only local girls team to place in a relay event as they finished third in the 800-meter relay with a time of 11:18.67.
Senior Alexis Miguel took fifth place in the pole-vault event by clearing the 8-0 mark while Richey finished second in the long jump, going a distance of 16-8 3/4. Richey ended up placing in all of the jumping events, taking sixth-place in the triple jump with a distance of 30-11 3/4.
Lonoke was 11th overall with 36 points thanks to a great day on the boys side. The Jackrabbits finished sixth on the boys board with 32 while only one Top-ten finish on the girls side left them with just four points.
Junior Eric Williams finished second in the boys 100-meter dash with a time of 11.25 just behind James Sax of Vilonia, who won with a time of 11.17. Williams also finished fifth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.54.
The Jackrabbits won the boys 4x100-meter relay with a time of 44.92, and took eighth in the 4x800-meter relay with a time of 9:39.11. Blake Mack finished fourth in the boys high jump by clearing the 5-8 mark.
Williams and Mack also placed in the triple jump as Williams reached the 40 3/4 mark to tie for sixth while Mack jumped 38-9 for a ninth-place finish. Justin Carpenter finished ninth in the shot-put event by reaching the 37-2 1/2 mark.
Senior Derrika Mays was the only Lady Jackrabbit to place in any event as she finished fifth in the shot put with a distance of 31-3 1/2.
The North Pulaski Lady Falcons finished ninth with 21 points, while the Falcons tied for last place, as the school finished 16th overall with 21 points.
Yasmine Wilson took seventh in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.43. Wilson also finished third in the 200-meter dash with a time of 27.84 while NP teammate Jacqueline Moragne finished 10th after completing the sprint in 29.13. Wilson ended up placing in all of the dashes as she also finished fourth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:03.01.
Reagan Lear took ninth-place in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 6:21.05, and she finished sixth in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 14:16.59.
Moragne also placed in the long jump with a distance of 15-7 good for fifth place.
Courvoisiea Allen finished 10th in the boys 400-meter dash with a time of 55.13. The Falcons took sixth in the boys 4x100-meter relay with a time of 47.12.
