Neither Louisa, Fluvanna nor Charlottesville walked away with a team title, but that doesn’t mean those squads didn’t make a big impression at the Conference 23 track and field meet Tuesday.
The Louisa County boys took third while Fluvanna snagged fifth and Charlottesville took sixth. The Fluvanna girls took home second place behind John Handley while the Louisa girls finished fourth and CHS took fifth.
The Louisa boys got a huge boost from Raeshawn Bishop, who won the 110 and 300 hurdles titles while also taking home the triple jump championship and a pair of runner-up finishes in the high jump and long jump. He accounted for 46 of the Lions’ 114 points in a monster outing.
The Lions also won a title in the 4×800 while Justice Anderson took home an individual championship in the 800. Marcus Jackson took third for the Lions in the 300 hurdles, Demetrius Washington took sixth in the 100 and Ben Fleming and Noah Jones had sixth place finishes in the 800 and 1600 respectively.
The Lions’ 4×400 team took second. Markel Groomes took second in the 110 hurdles and sixth in the shotput. Brian Townes was fifth in the shot and fourth in the discus. Cooper Yancey took fifth in the discus.
The Fluvanna boys’ biggest outing came from thrower Deiondre Key who won the discus and took the runner-up slot in the shotput.
Travis Moe took fifth in the 1600 and third in the 3200 for a strong distance performance. Jonathan Corbin took sixth in the 3200. Tyler Hartzog grabbed a fourth in the 300 hurdles while the Flucos’ 4×100 squad finished third. KaShawn Anderson tied for second in the high jump and Matt Jonkman took third in the pole vault.
Charlottesville’s Riley Covert won the 1600 and took third in the 3200 while Malloy Owen took third in the 1600 to bolster a solid one-two distance punch. Rashad Brock took sixth in the long jump.
Hannah Meador powered Fluvanna’s runner-up finish with championships in the pole vault and triple jump while also taking fourth in the long jump. Autumn Shepherd and Mia Perch both also won titles, with Shepherd taking home the 100 hurdles championship while Perch won the high jump and placed second in the long jump. Julianna Elliott won the discus and took second in the high jump. Avery Haislip took second in the pole vault for the Flucos.
Louisa’s relay teams gave the Lions a big boost with two runner-up finishes in the 4×100 and 4×400 races. Brandy Brown won the long jump and took fourth in the 100. Kianna Richardson took third in the 100 while Taylor Witherspoon took second in discus. Breon Washington took third in the discus for the Lions.
Charlottesville’s girls finished in fifth place despite a triple championship performance by Taylor Watkins. She won the 100-meters with a time of 12.56, the 200 with a time of 25.22 and the 400 with a time of 58.06. Her 30 points were nearly half of the Black Knights’ 69 points. Kendell Dowdell provided a big chunk of the rest of those points, taking second in the 200 and 400 behind Watkins. Karina Melendez took third in the 400 too for a podium sweep by the Black Knights in that race. CHS’s 4×100 team took third while Emonta Burnley placed second in the triple jump.
