CLASS 1A/2A/3A
Site of the 2001
NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships (3/9-3/10)
BOYS
Team
Results:
1.
Heber Springs 100.5; 2. Nashville 96; 3. DeQueen 44; 4. Ashdown 33; 5.
Berryville 32.5; 6. Acorn 24; 7.
Paris
20; 8. Waldron 13; 9. Winslow 10; 10. Lewisville 9; 11T. Mineral Springs 8;
Mena 8; Hoxie 8;
Jessieville
8; 15. Harrisburg 6; 16. Magazine 5; 17. Green Forest 4; 18. Gentry 3; 19T.
Warren 1; Dover 1
The
combined 123A boys’ meet may not have offered as many new records as other
meets but it was hard to beat for team competition. However, there were three new state indoor records so the record
keepers could not go to sleep.
DeQueen
got off to a good start with a narrow win over Waldron in the 4 x 800m
relay. Nashville actually held a slight
lead after one leg at 2:10 (62-68) but DeQueen soon took charge as the leaders
crossed the 1600m mark in 4:26. Waldron moved during the third leg to close the
gap as they and DeQueen passed the 2400m at 6:40. The anchor runners started out fast with each recording a 60
first 400m (28-32) but DeQueen soon claimed a one second lead and held their
own the last 200m for a .84 second win and ten first place points.
The
Nashville Scrappers had a field day (literally) in the LJ with Torron Haney
breaking his own state record with a leap of 22’ 0” and Chris Benson taking
second at 21’3”. Michael White grabbed
5th to give the Scrappers 20 points and the lead after two
events. Heber Springs added another six
points with a 3rd from Scott Byrd.
Jonathan
Bard got DeQueen back into the hunt with a 1st in the HJ by being
the only jumper to clear 6’ 3”.
Nashville’s Lacourtney Rodgers took 2nd while teammate Justin
Soils placed 5th. Each team
scored 10 points and Nashville “jumped” to a 34-20 lead.
While
Bryan Talley of Berryville and Matt Junkins of Hoxie dueled for 1st
and 2nd, respectively, Heber Springs quietly took what would turn
out to be very important points on a 4th and 6th place
finish by Aaron Rodgers and Tim Allen.
After four events, the Scrappers held what looked like a comfortable
lead in the making.
Scott
Byrd of Heber Springs took care of business in the pole vault with a solid 14’
0” effort while J.P. Hope added a 3rd place finish with a vault of
12’ 6”. Nashville could only muster a 4th. The Panthers continued to narrow the
Scrapper’s lead.
But
Nashville was far from done. While Heber was only able to claim a 4th
in the TJ, the Scappers grabbed 19 big points on a 1st (Chris
Benson), 2nd (Torron Haney) and 6th (Michael White). Benson’s leap of 44’ 4” shattered the old
record by nearly 1.5 feet. The lead was
back to 20.
Heber
concluded the first half of the meet with an easy win the 1600m run by Jamie
Rhoden. Taking the lead from the start,
Rhoden cruised the first 400m in 73 (36-37), slowed the pace to 39 in the next
400m then passed the 800m mark in 2:26 (73).
The close race at that point was broken apart as Rhoden threw in a 67
third 400m (33-34) and finished in control with a 73 (37-36) for 4:46.32 and a
7.61 second victory over Josh Loar of Acorn.
Rhoden’s effort help Heber close Nashville’s lead to only 10 points at
57-47. DeQueen was in peril with only
22 and needed something really good to
happen to get back into the competition.
Again,
Nashville responded to Heber’s challenge as the Scrappers took 1st
(Chris Benson) and 4th (Michael White) in the 55m hurdles for 14
points. Heber could only get eight on a
3rd (Matt Sanders ) and a 5th (Greg Reynolds) while
DeQueen came back to life with Zach Jones taking 2nd. The Nashville lead now grew to 16.
In
the 55m dash, Matthew Townsend of Paris won handily over Kendrick Gulley of
Ashdown in 6.62-6.84. Scott Byrd of
Heber picked up an important 3rd as Nashville took 6th.
The
leaders kept the heat on each other in the 400m as Chris Benson of Nashville
won in 52.66 with teammate Torron Haney placing 3rd. Heber’s Byrd edged into 2nd while
C. J. Leisenring finished 4th.
DeQueen tried to keep the pace as Zach Jones took 5th. After 10 events, Nashville had widened their
lead to 88-73 over Heber.
Jamie
Rhoden came back onto the track in the 800m and set a new record in the 800m
with a convincing 4.22 second win. The
Nashville quickly shrunk to 88-85 with three events remaining. Rhoden ran splits of 29.70-30.21(59.91)-32.31-34.00(66.31).
The
200m set up the meet for the last two events as Heber’s Scott Byrd took 4th
for four key points to give Heber its first lead on the night at 89-88. Matthew Townsend of Paris won in 23.43.
As
the runners toed the line for the 3200m run, the question was whether Jamie
Rhoden had enough left to finish high enough for Heber. Rhoden had just won the 800m within 30
minutes setting a new record and had won the 1600m earlier in the evening. Zach
Pliar of Warren took the early lead through 400m with a 74 (35-39) as Rhoden
was content to let someone else take the pace.
Josh Loar of Acorn moved up during the third lap to join Pliar and
Rhoden as all three passed the 800m mark in 2:31 for a 77 (38-39). As Pliar backed off with a 41 next 200m,
Rhoden took the lead with a 36 for a 77 third 400m. Rhoden and Loar ran the next 800m mostly together passing the
1600m at 5:07 (79) and the 2000m at 6:26 (79).
Rhoden then began to slowly pull away as he ran a controlled pace at
80-81 for the next 800m and finished at 77 for an easy win and ten huge points
for the Panthers. Heber now led 99-88
and had won the meet, as Nashville could do no better than 98 if they won the
relay.
The
Scrappers could do no better than 2nd as they took a serious “stop,
drop and roll” in the third leg to allow DeQueen to take a lead simply to big
to overcome. Nashville closed the gap
back to a mere .83 seconds to take 2nd. Heber added a 6th
pace for their final point. The Panther
s had come form behind to win 100-96.
In
the final analysis Nashville’s two big guns (Chris Benson-30 points and Torron
Haney-16 points) could not overcome Heber’s firepower (Scott Byrd-34 points and
Jamie Rhoden-30). Matthew Townsend of
Paris scored 20 in individual events.
|
Event |
Heber Springs |
Nashville |
DeQueen |
Individual Champion |
State Meet Record |
|
1. 4 x 800m relay |
6/6 |
4/4 |
10/10 |
DeQueen 8:50.76 |
Prescott 8:42.00 1996 |
|
2. Long Jump |
6/12 |
20/24 |
0/10 |
Torron Haney Nashville 22’ 0” NEW RECORD |
Torron Haney Nashville 21’ 8” 2000 |
|
3. High Jump |
0/12 |
10/34 |
10/20 |
Jonathan Bard DeQueen 6’ 3” |
Roderick Johnson Stamps 6’ 8” 1996 |
|
4. Shot Put |
5/17 |
0/34 |
0/20 |
Bryan Talley Berryville 49’ 3.25” |
Scott Davenport Clarendon 54’ 11” 1998 |
|
5. Pole Vault |
16/33 |
4/38 |
0/20 |
Scott Byrd Heber Springs 14’ 0” |
Zeke Wilson Heber Springs 15’ 4” 1999 |
|
6. Triple Jump |
4/37 |
19/57 |
0/20 |
Chris Benson Nashville 44’ 4” NEW RECORD |
Cedric Houston Clarendon 42’ 11.5” 2000 |
|
7. 1600m |
10/47 |
0/57 |
2/22 |
Jamie Rhoden Heber Springs 4:46.32 |
Carlos Arrizon Berryville 4:29.21 2000 |
|
8. 55m hurdle |
8/55 |
14/71 |
8/30 |
Chris Benson Nashville 8.00 |
James Joy Heber Springs 7.71 1997 |
|
9. 55m |
6/61 |
1/72 |
0/30 |
Matthew Townsend Paris 6.62 |
David Johnson Mineral Springs 6.52 1997 |
|
10. 400m |
12/73 |
16/88 |
2/32 |
Chris Benson Nashville 52.66 |
Josh Foster Heber Springs 50.35 2000 |
|
11. 800m |
12/85 |
0/88 |
0/32 |
Jamie
Rhoden Heber Springs 2:06.22
NEW RECORD |
Jean Morrow Prescott 2:07.69 1997 |
|
12. 200m |
4/89 |
0/88 |
0/32 |
Matthew Townsend Paris 23.43 |
Josh Foster Heber Springs 22.70 2000 |
|
13. 3200m |
10/99 |
0/88 |
3/34 |
Jamie Rhoden Heber Springs 10:23.97 |
Carlos Arrizon Berryville 9:43.01 2000 |
|
14. 4x400m relay |
1/100 |
8/96 |
10/44 |
DeQueen 3:39.01 |
Nashville 3:36.05 2000 |
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