Davidson County seniors claim NCHSAA track and field state championships
GREENSBORO — West Davidson senior Katarina Kepley claimed a Class 2A state track and field championship title Friday with a high jump of 5-02.
Also a Central Carolina Conference hurdles champ and all-league runner who had more than 100 kills for the Dragons' volleyball team this season, Kepley improved on her 5-foot seeding jump that qualified her for states by 2 inches to win the NCHSAA 2A title.
Oak Grove senior Jacob Murphy gave Davidson County another state title with his 13-06.00 pole vault leap. He also won a state pole vault title with a 13-00 jump at the NCHSAA indoor championships in February.
Here's a look at how the other Davidson County qualifiers fared Friday at the state championships on the campus of NC A&T.
NCHSAA track and field championships
Girls' 2A
Haley Eddinger, East Davidson: The senior Mars Hill commit had a long jump of 15-7 ¼ to finish 13th, and she was 12th in the triple jump with a 32-0 ¾.
Grace Prevette, East Davidson: A junior, Prevette posted a time of 1:00.77 to finish 15th in the 300-meter hurdles.
Emma DeRemer, West Davidson: The sophomore finished 14th in the 3,200 meters in 14:42.93.
West Davidson girls' 4x800 relay team: Maggie DeRemer, Berkeley Allen, Mackenzie Walser and Emma DeRemer ran the 3,200 relay in 10:58.36 to finish in seventh place.
Emma O'Connell, Lexington: The senior finished seventh in the 800 meters with a time of 2:25.51.
Boys' 2A
West Davidson 4x800 boys' relay team: Caden Warg, Killian Burr, Caleb Broom and Portland Allen ran the 3,200-meter relay in 9:07.62 to finish 12th.
Namaurion Koontz, West Davidson: The senior posted a high jump of 6-00 to finish in fifth place.
Girls' 3A
Jillian Parks, Central Davidson: The Mid-Piedmont Conference Cross Country Runner of the Year is only a freshman and she finished less than 3 hundredths of a second off the state championship time of 2:17.93 in the 800 meters. Parks was second with a 2:20.39. She was also on the Spartans' 3,200-meter relay team that finished in 12th place.
Brea White, Ledford: The sophomore sprinter finished 13th in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:02.94.
Ciara Major, Oak Grove: The freshman's discus throw of 71-8 was good for a 15th-place finish. She'd qualified with a 95-06.
Central Davidson girls' 4x800-meter relay team: Cassie Angell, Riley Horen, Gracie Phillips and Jillian Parks ran the 3,200-meter relay in a time of 10:56.51 to finish 12th.
Oak Grove girls' 4x800-meter relay team: Chloe Koper, Rachel Vannoy, Melody Murray and Natalia Everhart put up a 3,200 relay time of 11:24.04 to finish 16th.
Mattie Berrier, North Davidson: The sophomore's pole vault leap of 8-0 landed her in a tie for 10th place.
Hadley Smith, North Davidson: A freshman for the Black Knights, Smith finished tied with teammate Mattie Berrier for 10th place in pole vault competition with a leap of 8-00.
Boys' 3A
Jacob Murphy, Oak Grove: The senior's 13-6 pole vault won him a state championship.
Collin Frank, Oak Grove: The senior's shot put throw of 47-6 ½ gave him a fifth-place finish.
Oak Grove boys' 4x100-meter relay team: Jacob Murphy, Patrick Stephens, Evan Walters and Talib Tuttle ran the 400 relay in 45.25 to finish in 14th place.
Isaac Reyna, Ledford: The senior ran a 1,600-meter time of 4:49.01 to finish 13th. He also finished 13th in the 3,200-meter run at 10:36.01.
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