The Shadow
On Friday evening, the Alleghany Mountaineers Indoor Track Team, finished as Region 2C runner-ups at the combined Class 1/Class 2 Region C Meet.
Appomattox County, won the meet with a total of 86 points collectively, while the Mountaineers reeled in 71 points as the runner-ups.
Max Madsen, put on a show at the regional meet. Madsen, finished with the most individual points for the Mountaineers with 28, while qualifying for the state meet in five different events. In the long jump and the high jump, Madsen, finished as the region runner-up. Madsen’s long jump was, 18-11 1/2 and his high jump was, 5-10 (his previous high was 5-6). Madsen, also qualified in the boys 4×200 relay team, 4×400, and the triple jump. In the 300 meter dash, Madsen, missed qualifying for a sixth state event by 0.11 seconds.
Jackson Ross, finished as the region runner-up in the shot put, while qualifying for the meet. Ross, shot a 39-01.00 to finish second behind Parry McCluer’s, Orren Trey’s 45-10.75.
Qualifying for the state meet in indoor track for the third straight year, Levi Counts. Counts, punched his ticket to the state meet by placing third place in the 3200 meter run with a time of 10:53.68
The boys 4×200 relay team, Dalton Griffith, Drew Craft, Brady Prior, and Madsen, finished as region runner-ups with a time of 1:43.64. The Mountaineers 4×200 team finished just over a second behind the Region C champion, Appomattox, who ran as a team with the time of 1:42.57.
The boys 4×400 relay team, Madsen, Prior, Craft, and Brennon Mahon, finished second with a time of 3:52.38. Auburn High School won the event with a time of 3:51.46.
Gabe Miller, finished in third place in the 1000 meter run and fourth place in the 1600 meter run. Miller, had previously qualified for the state meet for both events.
Cassy Evans, was the lone female to compete at the regional meet for the Mountaineers. Evans, in the girls 1600 meter run, finished in sixth place with a time of 6:53.04.
The state meet will also be a combined Class 1/Class 2 meet and will take place at Liberty University on Wednesday, March 2 and Thursday, March 3.
Also taking part in the state meet, is Covington High School’s, Mitchell Tallman. Tallman, will take part in the pole vault event.
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Class 2C
Boys 55 Meter Dash
1. Jackson Swanson, Glenvar – 6.78
2. Jaxon Brewer, Floyd County – 6.98
3. Brock Smelser, George Wythe – 7.00
7. Dalton Griffith, Alleghany – 7.26
14. Andrew Boothe, Alleghany – 7.78
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Boys 300 Meter Dash
1. Vance Steele, Radford – 38.47
2. Jaxon Brewer, Floyd County – 39.48
3. Zach Curfiss, Glenvar – 39.55
4. Max Madsen, Alleghany – 39.66
9. Brady Prior, Alleghany – 40.97
18. Andrew Boothe, Alleghany – 46.22
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Boys 500 Meter Dash
1. Dylan Jone, George Wythe – 1:12.02
2. Forest Beegle, Floyd County – 1:13.28
3. Zach Curfiss, Glenvar 1:13.46
10. Kellen Lowman, Alleghany 1:25.28
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Boys 1000 Meter Run
1. Miles Baldwin, Floyd County – 2:49.25
2. Kovyk Chandler, Parry McCluer – 2:52.90
3. Gabe Miller, Alleghany – 2:53.79
13. Josh Anglin, Alleghany – 3:24.96
15. Rilee Webb, Alleghany – 3:42.62
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Boys 1600 Meter Run
1. Kovyk Chandler, Parry McCluer – 4:43.86
2. Daniel Zearfoss, Glenvar – 4:43.90
3. Jamison Wall, Narrows – 4:49.90
4. Gabe Miller, Alleghany – 4:55.60
6. Levi Counts, Alleghany – 5:03.67
15. James Ross, Alleghany – 5:57.19
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Boys 3200 Meter Run
1. Daniel Zearfoss, Glenvar – 10:42.24
2. Jamison Wall, Narrows – 10:44.95
3. Levi Counts, Alleghany – 10:53.68
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Boys 4×200 Meter Relay
1. Appomattox – 1:42.57
2. Alleghany – 1:43.64
3. Patrick County – 1:45.84
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Boys 4×800 Meter Relay
1. Auburn – 9:15.90
2. James River – 9:42.41
3. Glenvar – 9:48.70
4. Alleghany – 9:56.47
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Boys High Jump
1. Elliot Grayson, Radford – 6-04.00
2. Max Madesen, Alleghany – 5-10.00
3. DiTavion Mosley, Appomattox, 5-08-00
6. Dalton Griffith, Alleghany – 5-00.00
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Boys Long Jump
1. Mannix Wilholt, Appomattox – 19-06.25
2. Max Madsen, Alleghany – 18-11.50
3. Jaxon Brewer, Floyd County – 18-11.00
6. Dalton Griffith, Alleghany – 18-04.00
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Boys Triple Jump
1. Jaxon Brewer, Floyd County – 40-02.50
2. Matthew Epperson, Appomattox – 39-08.50
3. Yori Copeland, Appomattox – 39-01.50
4. Max Madsen, Alleghany – 38-08.00
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Boys Shot Put
1. Orren Trey, Parry McCluer – 45-10.75
2. Jackson Ross, Alleghany – 39-01.00
3. Quamea Gray, Appomattox – 37-03.25
8. Aidan Nicely, Alleghany – 32-01.00
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Class 2C
Girls 1600 Meter Run
1. Carley Wilkes, Glenvar – 5:32.36
2. Madison Martin, Appomattox – 5:59.11
3. Angie Lin, Radford – 6:05.28
6. Cassy Evans, Alleghany – 6:53.04
