Carroll, Mitchell And Jones Claim Wins For RC
The Rockbridge County High School track a nd field teams had strong performances, with several personal records, at meets last Wednesday at East Rockingham and Saturday at Turner Ashby.
Against Valley District teams at ER, sophomore Emily Carroll and freshman Ariana Mitchell both claimed victories for the RC girls.
Carroll won the 300-meter hurdles in 55.87 seconds, a personal record (PR), while Broadway’s Natalie Flora placed second in 1:01.14. It was one of several strong showings for Carroll, who placed eighth in the triple jump with a distance of 28 feet, ninth in the long jump with a leap of 13-6, and 11th in the 200-meter dash in 31.11 seconds.
Mitchell won the girls’ high jump, clearing 4-10, two inches higher than the runner-up, ER’s Adeline Douglas. Mitchell had already qualified for the Class 3 state meet by clearing 5 feet in the first meet of the season on March 28 in Harrisonburg. In the 200-meter dash, Mitchell placed second in 29.59 seconds.
RC’s Celia Jones placed second in the girls’ 100-meter hurdles in 18.2 seconds, crushing her previous PR and trailing only ER’s Shanna Robertson (17.82). Jones finished second in the 100-meter dash in 13.83 seconds, trailing only Spotswood’s Makenna Doss (13.69), and tied for third in the high jump, clearing 4-4.
Also stepping up for RC in the 100-meter hurdles was Abby Harding, placing third in 18.99 seconds, and she finished seventh in the 100-meter dash in 15.05.
Kyra Strowbridge placed fifth in the 100-meter hurdles in 20.97 seconds and 12th in the 200-meter dash in 34.45. Tasha Shorter placed sixth in the 100-meter hurdles in 21.1 seconds and 25th in the 200-meter dash in 34.45. Also competing for RC was Harper Bruno, tying for 19th in the 100-meter dash in 16.33 seconds.
The RC girls placed third in the 4 X 100-meter relay in 54.85 seconds. Team members were Harding, Jones, Mitchell and Strowbridge.
Leading the RC girls’ throwers was Sydney Knick, placing 18th in the shot put with a PR toss of 23-9 and 23rd in the discus with a heave of 55-5.
Teammate Cate Wilson placed 12th in the discus (68-4) and 21st in the shot put (20-2), while Julieanne Woodward finished 26th in the shot put (14-7.25).
For the RC boys, Marshall Earhart tied for fifth place in the high jump, clearing 5-6, a PR. He also placed ninth in the 200-meter dash in 26.56 seconds and 11th in the 100-meter dash in a PR time of 12.38 seconds.
Jakob Bailey placed 11th in the high jump, clearing 5 feet. He finished 12th in the 200-meter dash in 26.73 seconds and 16th in the 100-meter dash in 13.03.
The RC girls and boys both placed fifth of five teams. Spotswood won the girls’ meet with 166 points, ER (79.66) placed second, and Broadway (75.33) finished third). Completing the standings were Turner Ashby (64) and RC (54).
Spotswood (145.5) won the boys’ meet, ER (129.5) placed second, and Broadway (119) finished third. Rounding out the standings were TA (59) and RC (2).
Jones Leads RC At TA
On Saturday, Jones led the RC girls by winning the 100meter high hurdles in 18.06 seconds, a PR, at the Turner Ashby Knights Invitational in Bridgewater. ER’s Shanna Robertson placed second in 18.17 seconds.
Jones tied for fourth in the high jump, clearing 4-6, a PR, and finished seventh in the 100-meter dash in 13.81 seconds. Mitchell also tied for fourth place in the high jump, clearing 4-6.
Harding placed fourth in the 100-meter hurdles in 19.18 seconds.
The RC girls again placed third in the 4 X 100-meter relay improving their time to 54.42 seconds.
For the RC boys, Bailey and Earhart tied for 13th place in the high jump, both clearing 4-2.
The RC girls tallied 29.5 points to place 10th of 15 scoring teams. Millbrook won the meet with 129 points, Spotswood (104) placed second, and Waynesboro (68) placed third. Rounding out the top five were Clarke County (66) and Fort Defiance (56). The RC boys did not score any points.
The Wildcats are on spring break this week and will return to action when they compete in a meet at Wilson Memorial High School in Fishersville next Wednesday, April 23, at 5 p.m.
Vesuvius
Carolyn Terrell, (540) 430-4915/[email protected]
This week is the Easter Holy Week. This past Sunday was Palm Sunday, when Jesus entered Jerusalem on the back of a donkey. The crowd laid palm branches down and cried “Hosanna.” In less than a week, they screamed “Crucify Him.” Read this week from the four gospels their accounts of the different happenings of this week. Because of His death, burial, and resurrection we can have eternal life with Him.
Emory United Methodist Church will have Good Friday service at 7 p.m. on April 18. An Easter egg hunt will be held at 1 p.m. on April 19. Easter morning service at Emory will be at 9 a.m..
The Sonrise Service at Haines Chapel will begin at 7:30 a.m. Tomorrow, April 17, Old Providence Presbyterian Church will have a fellowship supper at 6:30 with a Maundy Thursday service following. Their Sonrise service will be at 7 a.m. on April 20 with breakfast following. They will have their Sunday school at 9 a.m. and Easter morning service at 10 a.m. Vesuvius Baptist Church will have its Easter service Sunday, April 20, starting at 11 a.m.
Happy birthday wishes are being sent to Martha Black and my granddaughter, Courtney Terrell, who came to visit on Saturday, April 12. Better health prayers for Kenneth Ramsey.
