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2008 May-16
3A TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP
Blue Devils complete title sweepBy Brad Norman
GREENSBORO — The Devils have their dynasty. Mooresville’s boys track team won its second consecutive 3A state championship Friday at North Carolina A&T’s Irwin Belk Track and polished off a season sweep of the three 3A state running championships – cross country, indoor track and outdoor track. “I’m excited for this senior class,” Mooresville coach Michael Serefine said. “To cap off the triple crown of winning state titles in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track is incredible. That’s never happened before in the state of North Carolina for a boys team.” Mooresville made it happen with relative ease, finishing with 75½ points. Winston-Salem Carver was second with 56 points and Asheville was third with 52 points. Carver pushed the Blue Devils early in the day, but Mooresville’s five individual state championships was far too much for any other school to overcome. Meet MVP Jamel Allison won the triple jump (49 feet, 2½ inches) and long jump (23-9), Jake Deaton won the shot put (57-3) and discus (166-7) and Patrick Campbell was tops in the mile run (4 minutes, 18 seconds). “It was easy,” said Allison, a bit weighted down by the three medals around his neck. “It’s nice to win MVP, but I was surprised.” But Allison and Deaton weren’t the only Iredell County athletes to win gold. Statesville senior Jordan Daywalt won her second consecutive individual state championship in the girls pole vault. Daywalt was dominant yet again, clearing 11 feet, 6 inches to successfully defend the title she won as a junior. “I’m really excited,” Daywalt said. “When you win a state championship your junior year, it’s really good, but also really stressful. There’s a lot of stress to repeat as a senior. I was nervous for a little bit. I just had to keep my head straight.” Daywalt’s teammate Joni Henderson cleared 9 feet on the pole vault, good for seventh place and giving the Greyhounds 12 total team points. Mooresville and North Iredell also earned points in the girls final standings. Aisha Cannon took fourth place in the triple jump to give Mooresville five points, and Jasmine Morris’ seventh-place finish in the long jump gave the Raiders two points. West Iredell’s Mark Barber was fifth in the 110-meter hurdles to give the Warriors’ boys team four points. Ahead early but and not quite out of reach, Mooresville’s turning point came in the 4x100-meter relay, a race Carver was expected to win. In the lead heading into the second exchange, Carver dropped the baton and was disqualified from the event.
“When I saw they dropped the stick, I knew we had a chance to win. A big chance to win,” said Mooresville’s Jjshaun Pinkston, the team’s anchor in the 4x100 relay.
“It really hasn’t even set in yet,” said Deaton, moments before Mooresville accepted its first-place plaque. “We’ve got people in almost every event who are really good at what they do. Everyone wants to win their individual event, but they want to win as a team, too.” Bookmarkz |
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