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Travis Brotherton wins three events in track meet at North Henderson
Smoky Mountain’s women’s track squad tied for second among six teams while the men were fifth out of seven teams in a meet last Thursday at North Henderson.
Travis Brotherton dominated distance events by winning three races for the Mustangs. Victoria Palmer was the lone individual winner for the SM women.
The Mustang men compiled 77 points. Although scores for other teams were not available, Coach Jamie Extine said the order of finish was Brevard, West Henderson, Hendersonville, North Henderson, SM, Polk and East Henderson.
“We did real well,” Extine said. “I felt like we were a second or third place team. Two teams beat us by four or five points.”
He noted the 3,200-meter relay squad was disqualified when the baton was dropped on the last exchange. SM was in second place at that point.
Brotherton won the 1,600-meter run in 4:37. He took the 800 in 2:06 and the 3,200 in 10:48.
Others who placed for the Mustangs included:
100 dash – Cory Siler, third, 11.4.
1,600 run –Will Cowan, sixth, 5:20.
400 relay – Zack Watson, Cody Lewis, Abram Scott and Siler, second, 46.7.
300 intermediate hurdles – Tyler Clarke, third, 45.0
200 dash – Siler, fourth, 24.01.
3,200 run – Cowan, fourth, 11:41.
1,600 relay – Watson, Lewis, Clarke and Jack Cooper, fourth, 3:53.
High jump – Lewis, fourth, 5-8.
Long jump –Dayne Bowers, fifth, 17-10.
Triple jump – Bowers, second, 36-10.
North Henderson won the women’s meet with 147 points. SM tied Polk for second at 96. Hendersonville was fourth at 81 followed by Brevard (73) and East Henderson (42).
“I feel good about the way we’re competing,” Coach Tom Westbrook said. “Those were six pretty good teams we ran against.”
Of the 23 team members who participated, 19 scored points, Westbrook said.
Palmer won the 800 run in 2:38.11
Others who placed for the Lady Mustangs included:
3,200 relay – Whitney Parris, Courtney Spaulding, Brittney Burns and Tabitha Stephens, fourth, 13-10.
100 high hurdles – Laura Hambrick, fifth, 22.27; Cory Bumgarner, sixth, 22.81.
100 dash – Cetera DeGraffenreid, second, 13.12.
800 relay – Sky Kanott, Sarah Haggard, Sheena Kanott and DeGraffenreid, third, 1:58.
400 relay – Sky Kanott, Haggard, Sheena Kanott and DeGraffenreid, second, 54.19.
400 dash – Palmer, second, 1:04.5.
300 low hurdles – Hambrick, second, 1:00.07; Charlotte Dunlap, fourth, 1:05.00; Brooke Mitchell, fifth, 1:07.32.
1,600 relay – Palmer, Bumgarner, Parris and Hambrick, third, 4:57.
Discus – Shay Pruitt, fifth, 61-11.5; Laura Larias, sixth, 61-5.
Shot put – Amy Cogdill, second, 28-9.5; Sky Kanott, fourth, 27-10.
High jump – Burns, fifth, 4-2.
Long jump – DeGraffenreid, fourth, 14-1.
Triple jump – Tina McDonald, third, 26-6.5; Samantha Extine, fifth, 23-3.
As an example of the team’s competitiveness, Westbrook pointed out that Justin Mathis had her best time of the year in the 1,600 despite running with an injured ankle.
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