The Dogwood Track Classic is 50 years old now, and one of the area’s premier track events kept chugging with an exciting 50th edition as several locals put together monster days.
On the boys’ side, Fork Union and Woodberry Forest played out their age-old rivalry in an impromptu battle Saturday as the Blue Devils took second overall behind E.C. Glass while the Tigers grabbed third place.
Peter Lomong’s win in the 800 with a time of 1:56.19 gave FUMA some huge points, but it was depth, not event winners that sparked the Blue Devils to the runner-up finish. The squad’s 4×100 and 4×400 relay teams took second and third place while Alex Lomong grabbed third in the 1600. O’Neill Combs took fifth in the 100 for FUMA while Drake Davis and Dante Price took third and seventh respectively in the 200. Micah Keels finished sixth in the 400 and Marc Uptegraff took sixth in the discus and fourth In the shotput while Conrad Shewalther took third in the pole vault. Davis also took fifth in the long jump.
Woodberry’s third-place finish got a big boost from Michael Davenport’s double championship outing in the 100-meter and 200-meter races. Josh Hillary gave Woodberry a boost with a runner-up finish in the 110-hurdles and a third place in the high jump.
Andrew Shofner took third in the discus while Christian Asher took second in the 100. Brady Logan took third in the discus while Shofner grabbed fifth. Jack Claiborne pulled off a fourth place in the 300 hurdles.
Raeshawn Bishop had a strong day for Louisa County with a title in the long jump on a leap of 22-11.25, a fifth place in the triple and a eighth place outing in the 300 hurdles. He went toe-to-toe with Monticello’s T.J. Tillery much of the day as Tillery took fifth in the 300 hurdles and third in the triple jump. Marcus Jackson snagged sixth for the Lions in the 300 hurdles.
Caleb Rider of Western Albemarle won the pole vault while Gannon Willcutts took second in the 3200-meter race as the Warriors finished a respectable sixth place as a tam. The Warriors’ 4×800 squad took third while Louisa’s took eighth. Andrew de Jong took sixth in the 800-meter and Blake Tolan snagged fifth in the vault.
For Albemarle High, Kevin McCarthy’s fifth place in the 200 gave the Patriots a spark while Arun Turay took third in the 400. Ryan Thomas took sixth in the 1600. Noah Smith took fifth in the 800 as well.
On the girls side, Charlottesville’s Taylor Watkins didn’t win any championships but she piled up points against a tough field, taking third in the 200 and second in the 400. Group 5A Patrick Henry-Ashland’s Tiffany Harris won both events.
Western’s Annie Taylor held her own in a loaded middle distance group with a third in the 1600 and a runner-up finish in the 800. Teammate Averi Witt took fourth in the 1600 while Western’s Katrina Barredo took fifth in the 100 hurdles and second in the pole vault.
Fluvanna’s Hannah Meador won the vault for the Flucos. Brandy Brown of Louisa snagged fourth in the 100-meter dash and eighth in the triple jump.
Western’s Lydia Gardner won the high jump for the Warriors while Albemarle’s Kathryn Mayo took ninth in the 1600. Jannie Kamara finished sixth for Albemarle in the discus.
Monticello’s 4×800 relay squad took third while Louisa’s 4×100 team took fourth place in that race.
