Lexington Catholic girls track and field claims third straight region title
Lexington Catholic’s girls track and field team continued its dominant run of recent years by winning its third consecutive Class 2A, 4th Region meet Wednesday and looks poised to claim a three-peat at next week’s state event, as well.
The Knights won eight events and finished runner-up in seven others in their regional at Bourbon County High School in Paris.
Caroline Beiting, a state record holder in the 800 meters and defending state champion in the 800 and 1,600, claimed both individual races Wednesday and took part in the winning 4-by-800 and 4-by-400 meter relays for the Knights.
LexCath’s 181 team points bested second-place Bourbon County’s 128 and included other event wins by Anna Dawahare in the 3,200 and Lauren Counts in both the shot put and discus.
Dawahare joined Beiting, Sarah Scott and Abigail Turner in the 4-by-800 meter relay, while Joanna Bryant ran with Beiting, Scott and Turner in the 4-by-400. Turner finished runner-up to Beiting in the 800 and 1,600.
On the boys’ side, defending state champion Covington Catholic repeated as region champs, led by Will Sheets’ wins in the 800 and 3,200 and Quinten Jones’ victories in the discus and shot put. In all, the Colonels had seven event winners.
Lexington Catholic’s boys team won the 4-by-800 meter relay (Asher Feddock, Caleb Turner, Mark Reinhart and Liam Havens) and had two other automatic state qualifiers with runner-up finishes by Feddock in the 1,600 and Danny Nguyen in the triple jump.
The winners and runners-up in each region event automatically qualify for the KHSAA Class 2A State Track and Field Championships to be held May 30 at the University of Kentucky Outdoor Track and Field Complex.
CLASS 2A, REGION 4 RESULTS
The top two finishers in each event automatically qualify for the state meet. Ten more will qualify based on statewide results. Complete results and state qualifiers will become available at KHSAA.org this week.
GIRLS
Teams — 1. Lexington Catholic, 181; 2. Bourbon County, 128; 3. Franklin County, 88; 4. Harrison County, 53; 5. Western Hills, 33; 6. Holmes, 21; 6. Lloyd Memorial, 21; 7. Pendleton County, 21.
4-by-800: 1. Lexington Catholic (Caroline Beiting, Anna Dawahare, Sarah Scott, Abigail Turner) 10:03.38; 2. Bourbon County (Ruby DeAtley, Addison Felty, Makenna Hunter, Kiera Lumley) 10:49.99. 100 hurdles: 1. TaZyriah Miley, Franklin County, 14.86; 2. Marleigh Estes, Bourbon County, 15.75. 100: 1. TaZyriah Miley, Franklin County, 12.65; 2. Kendria Wickers, Western Hills, 12.84. 4-by-200: 1. Franklin County (Deon Echols, Kate Alvis, London White, Mariah Jackson) 1:47.11; 2. Lexington Catholic (Joanna Bryant, Kelly Lennon, Zoe Cliburn, Emme Peterson) 1:49.13. 1600: 1. Caroline Beiting, Lexington Catholic, 5:07.13; 2. Abigail Turner, Lexington Catholic, 5:22.09. 4-by-100: 1. Franklin County (Deon Echols, London White, TaZyriah Miley, Mariah Jackson) 50.04; 2. Lexington Catholic (Zoe Cliburn, Kelly Lennon, Emme Peterson, Sarah Wethington) 51.41. 400: 1. Addison Felty, Bourbon County, 59.19; 2. Joanna Bryant, Lexington Catholic, 59.75. 300 hurdles: 1. Marleigh Estes, Bourbon County, 45.90; 2. Madison Hunt, Harrison County, 48.09. 800: 1. Caroline Beiting, Lexington Catholic, 2:18.71; 2. Abigail Turner, Lexington Catholic, 2:24.99. 200: 1. Kendria Wickers, Western Hills, 26.00; 2. Zoe Cliburn, Lexington Catholic, 26.99. 3200: 1. Anna Dawahare, Lexington Catholic, 11:31.94; 2. Cecelia Lowry, Lexington Catholic, 11.43.60. 4-by-400: 1. Lexington Catholic (Joanna Bryant, Abigail Turner, Sarah Scott, Caroline Beiting) 4:08.51; 2. Bourbon County (Marleigh Estes, Addison Felty, Ava Hernandez, Makenna Hunter) 4.13.98. Shot put: 1. Lauren Counts, Lexington Catholic, 29-3.50; 2. Daryhia Cole, Holmes, 29-1. Discus: 1. Lauren Counts, Lexington Catholic, 110-3; 2. Sinicah Woods, Franklin County, 82-0. Long jump: 1. Khalena Watts, Western Hills, 16-0.50; 2. Ava Hernandez, Bourbon County, 14-9. Triple jump: 1. Arwen French, Harrison County, 33-4.5; 2. Arryele Nicholson, Franklin County, 30-11.50. High jump: 1. Marleigh Estes, Bourbon County, 4-10; 2. Rebekah Steward, Bourbon County, 4-8. Pole vault: 1. Ava Hernandez, Bourbon County, 11-4; 2. Katie Black, Pendleton County, 7-0.
BOYS
Teams — 1. Covington Catholic 177; 2. Bourbon County 113; 3. Lloyd Memorial, 70; 4. Lexington Catholic, 68; 5. Harrison County, 64; 6. Franklin County, 37; 7. Pendleton County, 17; 8. Holmes 6.
4-by-800: 1. Lexington Catholic (Asher Feddock, Caleb Turner, Mark Reinhart, Liam Havens) 8:26.78; 2. Bourbon County (David Mendoza-solis, Jesus Mendoza-solis, Grant Perraut, Kenneth Salas) 8:32.44. 110 hurdles: 1. Tanner Tumey, Harrison County, 14.69; 2. Lawson Hunt, Harrison County, 15.26. 100: 1. Josiah Lockridge, Lloyd Memorial, 10.88; 2. Delano Collins, Franklin County, 11.13. 4-by-200: 1. Lloyd Memorial (Cameron Towbridge, Alijah Griffin, AJ Curry, Josiah Lockridge) 1:31.89; 2. Bourbon County (Jacob Ezell, Myles Heilig, Asher Mattox, Jesus Mendoza-solis) 1:31.99. 1600: 1. Joe Mayer, Covington Catholic, 4:30.59; 2. Asher Feddock, Lexington Catholic, 4:32.18. 4-by-100: 1. Lloyd Memorial (Cameron Towbridge, Alijah Griffin, Shawn Sims, Josiah Lockridge) 44.38; 2. Covington Catholic (Will Danneman, Jack Fleck, Garrett Gallagher, Charlie Ink) 44.52. 400: 1. Jackson Schmid, Covington Catholic, 51.56; 2. Jacob Ezell, Bourbon County, 51.66. 300 hurdles: 1. Asher Mattox, Bourbon County, 39.38; 2. Tanner Tumey, Harrison County, 41.26. 800: 1. Will Sheets, Covington Catholic, 1:56.28; 2. Jesus Mendoza-solis, Bourbon County, 1:58.20. 200: 1. Josiah Lockridge, Lloyd Memorial, 22.35; 2. Garrett Gallagher, Covington Catholic, 22.97. 3200: 1. Will Sheets, Covington Catholic, 9:40.07; 2. Joe Mayer, Covington Catholic, 9:41.44. 4-by-400: 1. Bourbon County (Jacob Ezell, Myles Heilig, Asher Mattox, Jesus Mendoza-solis) 3:25.39; 2. Covington Catholic (Andrew Bessler, Rhett Blettner, Jack Fender, Jack Fleck) 3:31.89. Shot put: 1. Quentin Jones, Covington Catholic, 47-2.75; 2. Tyler Redden, Pendleton County, 46-9. Discus: 1. Quentin Jones, Covington Catholic, 137-1; 2. Tyler Redden, Pendleton County, 132-0. Long jump: 1. Tanner Tumey, Harrison County, 20-7; 2. Jonathon Grooms, Covington Catholic, 19-5. Triple jump: 1. Tanner Tumey, Harrison County, 40-9; 2. Danny Nguyen, Lexington Catholic, 39-3. High jump: 1. AJ Curry, Lloyd Memorial, 6-0; 2. Quinton Rice, Bourbon County, 5-6. Pole vault: 1. Paul Klosinski, Covington Catholic, 14-7; 2. Braden Goebel, Bourbon County, 12-6.
