Wise Central's Reynolds grabs rare four-peat at Class 1&2 indoor track meet

LYNCHBURG — Southwest Virginia athletes racked up a myriad of medals at the VHSL Class 1 and 2 combined indoor track & field championships on Wednesday and Thursday at Liberty's Matthes-Hopkins Track & Field Complex.The top eight finishers in each event earned all-state honors.Bruton won the boys team title with 65 points over runner-up Galileo (50). Glenvar beat out Appomattox County by one point (61-60) to win the girls title.Wise Central senior Maddox Reynolds accomplished an incredibly rare feat by winning his fourth consecutive 55-meter hurdles title in 7.89 seconds.According to the VHSL record books, Reynolds joins Potomac long jumper Mike Newell as the only boys to win an individual indoor event four times in high school. Newell won the old Group AAA title from 1996-99.Union's Keyandre Davis won the shot put with a new school record heave of 51-1. Davis won the event by five feet.Tazewell's Abigail Rhudy won the 500 with a sizzling time of 1:18.93, winning by almost two seconds and setting a new state meet record. She was also eighth in the long jump with a leap of 14-9 and was also a leg on the 4x800-meter relay that finished runner-up (10:42.67).The other team members for the Lady Bulldogs were Josie Whitt, Lauren Keene and Sage Dagout.Rhudy was also fourth in the long jump (32-10.5).Keene later won the individual title in the 3,200 with a time of 12:18.85, beating runner-up Bethany Vogel of Poquoson by almost 20 seconds. The Lady Bulldogs finished fourth in the team standings with 46 points.SPRINTS SHOWCASEIn all of the short distance races, local athletes fared well.In the girls 55 dash, John Battle's Olivia Stevens was runner-up with a time of 7.64 seconds. Marion's Gracie Umbarger (seventh in 7.87) and Patrick Henry's MaKenna Clay (eighth in 7.92) also received honors.Rural Retreat's Olivia Crigger had a busy two days as she finished runner-up in the 55 hurdles with a time of 9.21 seconds. She was also third in the triple jump (33-9.5) and racked up two all-state finishes with a runner-up showing in the long jump (16-0) and an eight-place finish in the high jump (4-8) on Wednesday.John Battle's Jada Samuel (fourth in 9.32) and Marion's Umbarger (sixth in 9.91) also placed in the hurdles.On the boys side, Virginia High's Patrick Poku was runner-up in the dash with a sizzling time of 6.71. Tazewell's Cassius Harris was sixth in 6.83 while Virginia High's Brody Jones (seventh in 6.87) and Marion's Travis Doane (eighth in 6.92) also had solid efforts.Harris also placed in the triple jump (sixth; 39-11¼) and in the 300 (third in 37.07).RELAYS RACK UPIn the girls 4x200 relay, the Battle quartet of Allison Ratliff, Julia Crowder, Samuel and Stevens teamed up to finish fifth with a time of 1:59.05.In the 4x400, Crowder, Kendall Jarvis, Stevens and Samuel finished sixth with a time of 4:35.61. Chilhowie was eighth as Audrey Gilley, Kayman Atwell, Kenna Russell and Tess Somervell ran 4:42.24.For the boys, Tazewell finished sixth in 1:40.02 with a team composed of Jackson Duty, Chase Noel, Logan McDonald and Harris.Rural Retreat finished eighth (1:40.29) as Jacob Crouse, Jonah Hamman, Gatlin Hight and Gunner Hagerman made up the relay.DISTANCE AND THROWS SHOW WELLTazewell's Lauren Keene finished runner-up in the 1,600 with a time of 5:38.43 while Battle's Jarvis was third (5:47.82). Jarvis was also eighth in the 1,000 with a time of 3:40.23.Grundy's Jessi Looney also finished with honors in seventh (5:58.02).Lebanon's Derek Mitchell finished eighth in the 1,600 with a time of 4:55.15 and was seventh in the 3,200 with a time of 10:34.83.In the 1,000, Wise Central's Tyler Kiser finished fifth with a time of 2:46.28.In the girls shot put, Patrick Henry's Madison Osborne (seventh, 31-8¾) and MacKinley Ottinger (eighth, 29-5¾) both left Lynchburg with honors. Auburn's Haley Hollins won the event with a new meet record of 41-1¾.Tazewell high jumper Ethan Mills had a solid day, finishing third with a clearance of 5-10.FROM WEDNESDAYOn the boys' side, J.I. Burton's Xadrian Taybron was seventh in the triple jump (39-5¼) and the long jump (19-6.25).The Galileo 4x800 quartet of Jamison Mantooth, Dylan Kirk, Jackson Herndon and Alexander Gomez-Hernandez won the event in a time of 8:18.12, which was a new state meet record by eight seconds.VHSL Class 1 and 2 Combined Indoor Track & Field ChampionshipsAt Matthes-Hopkins Track Complex, LynchburgMarch 2 and 3, 2022Key to teamsAlleghany (Alleg), Altavista (Alta), Appomattox County (AppoCo), Auburn (Aub), Brunswick (Brun), Bruton (Brut), Buffalo Gap (BG), Charles City County (CCC), Chilhowie (Chil), Covington (Cov), Cumberland (Cumb), East Rockingham (EastRock), Floyd County (FloydCo), Fort Chiswell (Fort), Galileo (Gal), George Wythe-Wytheville (GW), Glenvar (Glen), Grundy (Grundy), Holston (Hol), James River-Buchanan (JR), J.I. Burton (JIB), John Marshall (JM), John Battle (JB), Lancaster (Lan), Lebanon (Leb), Luray (Luray), Marion (Mar), Martinsville (Mville), Mathews (Mat), Narrows (Nar), Nelson County (NelCo) Northampton (Nhamp), Northumberland (Nland), Nottoway (Nott), Parry McCluer (PM), Patrick County (PatCo), Patrick Henry-Glade Spring (PH), Poquoson (Poq), Prince Edward County (PEC), Radford (Rad), Riverheads (River), Rural Retreat (RR), Stuarts Draft (SD), Tazewell (Taz), Union (U), Virginia High (VaHigh), William Campbell (WillCam), Wise Central (Wise). GirlsTeam Scores1 Glenvar 61, 2 Appomattox County 60, 3 Bruton 53, 4 Tazewell 46, 5 Poquoson 41, 6 Riverheads 31, 7 Lancaster 29, t8 Floyd County 27, t8 John Battle 27, t10 Stuarts Draft 23, t10 Auburn 23, t10 Rural Retreat, 12 Prince Edward County 22, 14 Northumberland 18, 15 Galileo 14, 16 Cumberland 12, t17 James River-Buchanan 9, t17 East Rockingham 9, 19 Marion 7.5, 10 Mathews 6.5, t21 Parry McCluer 6, t21 Northampton 6, t21 Martinsville 6, t21 Narrows 6, 25 John Marshall 5, t26 Patrick Henry-Glade Spring 4, t26 Chilhowie 4, t28 Charles City County 2, t28 Grundy 2, t30 Radford 1, t30 Fort Chiswell 1. Final Results55 — 1 Alecia Kissoon (Brut) 7.49, 2 Olivia Stevens (JB) 7.64, 3 Rickyah Mitchell-Hairston (Mville) 7.66, 4 Nalonda Henderson (Cumb) 7.70, 5 Amyah Bolar (AppoCo) 7.71, 6 Harmony Troxler (AppoCo) 7.79, 7 Gracie Umbarger (Mar) 7.87, 8 MaKenna Clay (PH) 7.92. 300 — 1 Sydney Loder (Glen) 42.24, 2 Alecia Kisson (Brut) 42.37, 3 Alexis Peshehonoff (Poq) 42.64, 4 Summer Wallace (River) 42.93, 5 Abigail Rhudy (Taz) 43.80, 6 Cassidy Spakes (Poq) 43.85, 7 Kelsey Hackett (AppoCo) 44.43, 8 Leah Wood (SD) 46.62. 500 — 1 Abigail Rhudy (Taz) 1:18.93 (new meet record), 2 Layla Leo (Nland) 1:20.92, 3 Lucy Lusk (Nhamp) 1:22.97, Aubrey Quesenberry (FloydCo) 1:26.08, 5 Holly Hylton (JR) 1:27.30, 6 Delaney Eller (Glen) 1:27.60, 7 Tess Somervell (Chil) 1:29.01, 8 Audrey Gilley (Chil) 1:31.85. 1000 — 1 Carly Wilkes (Glen) 3:00.95, 2 Hailey Smith (Lan) 3:01.81, 3 Koya Chandler (PM) 3:26.04, 4 Ava Wray (Gal) 3:27.49, 5 Camdin Sisk (Nland) 3:28.19, 6 Lizzy Woolard (Lan) 3:28.41, 7 Emily Swartzbaugh (Poq) 3:39.02, 8 Kendall Jarvis (JB) 3:40.23. 1600 — 1 Carly Wilkes (Glen) 4:59.78, 2 Lauren Keene (Taz) 5:38.43, 3 Kendall Jarvis (JB) 5:47.82, 4 Bethany Vogel (Poq) 5:48.50, 5 Madison Martin (AppoCo) 5:52.08, 6 Sylvia Hemmer (PEC) 5:53.23, 7 Jessi Looney (Grundy) 5:58.02, 8 Angie Lin (Rad) 6:06.02. 3200 — 1 Lauren Keene (Taz) 12:18.85, 2 Bethany Vogel (Poq) 12:38.97, 3 Madison Martin (AppoCo) 12:42.98, 4 Carol-Anne Garrett (Gal) 12:43.00, 5 Sylvia Hemmer (PEC) 13:29.74, 6 Kelsey Back (River) 13:38.39, 7 Carolina Wildemann (Brut) 13:43.11, 8 Camila Rodriguez (Gal) 13:53.71. 55H — 1 Sydney Loder (Glen) 9.08, 2 Olivia Crigger (RR) 9.21, 3 Nadiyah Abdussalaam (AppoCo) 9.32, 4 Jada Samuel (JB) 9.32, 5 Sarah Taylor (Mat) 9.68, 6 Gracie Umbarger (Mar) 9.91, 7 Aliyah Millner (Brut) 10.04, 8 Anna Callo (SD) 10.43. 800R — 1 Appomattox County (Bolar, Hackett, Troxler, Abdussalaam) 1:53.57, 2 Poquoson (Peshehonoff, Spakes, Creasman, Romine) 1:55.37, 3 Bruton (Kissoon, Moore, Millner, Cadwell) 1:55.70, 4 James River-Buchanan (Mills, VanBuren, Hylton, Wright) 1:56.18, 5 John Battle (Ratliff, Crowder, Samuel, Stevens) 1:59.05, 6 Cumberland (Bartee, Henderson, Jones, Long) 1:59.72, 7 John Marshall (Lewis, Garcia, Brock, Cain) 1:59.84, 8 Floyd County (Spangler, Brewer, Ballinger, Quesenberry) 2:00.52. 1600R — 1 Glenvar (Hall, Wilkes, Eller, Loder) 4:20.60, 2 Lancaster (Saunders, Boyd, Woolard, Smith) 4:24.91, 3 Floyd County (Quesenberry, Spangler, Ballinger, Benson) 4:25.98, 4 Poquoson (Harper, Spakes, Peshehonoff, Creasman) 4:28.29, 5 Northumberland (Smith, Blake, Sisk, Leo) 4:28.41, 6 John Battle (Stevens, Jarvis, Crowder, Samuel) 4:35.61, 7 Stuarts Draft (Clark, Callo, Baska, Wood) 4:40.42, 8 Chilhowie (Gilley, Atwell, Russell, Somervell) 4:42.24. 3200R — 1 Lancaster (Woolard, Boyd, Saunders, Smith) 10:41.53, 2 Tazewell (Whitt, Keene, Dagout, Rhudy) 10:42.67, 3 Auburn (Lewis, Connelly, Terry, Lafon) 11:09.44, 4 Bruton (Townsend, Bartels, Mutter, Lohr) 11:13.41, 5 Poquoson (H. Swartzbaugh, E. Swartzbaugh, McCarthy, Harper) 11:14.65, 6 Galileo (Rodriguez, Kirk, Garrett, Wray) 11:20.51, 7 Northumberland (Sapanara, Smith, Blake, Sisk) 11:38.52, 8 Floyd County (Willie, Landon, Cox, Benson) 11:42.21. HJ — 1 Amaya Millner (Brut) 5-4, 2 Sydney Loder (Glen) 5-3, 3 Summer Wallace (River) 5-2, 4 Naomi Gesler (Brut) 5-0, 5 Margo Fox (EastRock) 4-10, t6 Raegan Cox (Mar) 4-8, t6 Sarah Taylor (Mat) 4-8, 8 Olivia Crigger (RR) J4-8. PV — 1 Leah Wood (SD) 11-6 (new meet record), t2 Summer Wallace (River) 9-0, t2 Nadiyah Abdusalaam (AppoCo) 9-0, 4 Anna Callo (SD) J9-0, 5 Kylee Turman (Aub) 8-6, t6 Ayanna Moore (Brut) 7-6, t6 Naomi Gesler (Brut) 7-6, 8 Morgan Flamm (AppoCo) J7-6. LJ — 1 Summer Wallace (River) 16-3, 2 Olivia Crigger (RR) 16-0, 3 Mia Spangler (FloydCo) 15-11, 4 Amyah Bolar (AppoCo) 15-8.5, 5 Saye Woodward (PEC) 15-7.5, 6 Monae Cain (JM) 15-5, 7 Nadiyah Abdussalaam (AppoCo) 15-3, 8 Abigail Rhudy (Taz) 14-9. TJ — 1 Nadiyah Abdussalaam (AppoCo) 34-5.5, 2 Mia Spangler (FloydCo) 34-4.5, 3 Olivia Crigger (RR) 33-9.5, 4 Abigail Rhudy (Taz) 32-10.5, 5 Nalonda Henderson (Cumb) 32-7, 6 Saye Woodard (PEC) 32-5.5, 7 Neveah Coney (CCC) 31-6, 8 Katie Alderman (Fort) 31-5. SP — 1 Haley Hollins (Aub) 41-1.75 (new meet record) 41-1.75, 2 Aaliyah Bell PEC) 34-9.5, 3 Abby McGlothin (Nar) 34-2.5, 4 Emily Washington (EastRock) 33-2, 5 Abby McKolay (SD) 32-.5, 6 Kenzie Swicegood (Aub) 31-11.75, 7 Madison Osborne (PH) 31-8.75, 8 MacKinley Ottinger (PH) 29-5.75. BoysTeam Scores1 Bruton 65, 2 Galileo 50, 3 Brunswick 48, 4 Glenvar 36, 5 Auburn 34, 6 Appomattox County 29, 7 Lancaster 26, 8 Alleghany 25, 9 Tazewell 21, t10 Stuarts Draft 20, t20 Floyd County 20, 12 Parry McCluer 18, t13 Radford 17, t13 Altavista 17, 15 East Rockingham 15, t16 Nottoway 14, t16 Wise Central 14, 18 Mathews 12, t19 Virginia High 10, t19 Covington 10, t19 Union 10, t19 Poquoson 10, 23 Northumberland 9, 24 Narrows 8, 25 Patrick Henry-Glade Spring 7, 26 Cumberland 6, t27 George Wythe-Wytheville 5, t27 Prince Edward County 5, t27 Nelson County 5, t27 Rural Retreat 5, 31 J.I. Burton 4, 32 Lebanon 3, 33 Luray 2, t34 Marion 1, t34 James River-Buchanan 1. Final Results55 — 1 Leonie Bentley (Bruns) 6.66, 2 Patrick Poku (VaHigh) 6.71, 3 Jackson Swanson (Glen) 6.77, 4 Kevin Ward (Brut) 6.82, 5 Casee Jones (Brut) 6.82, 6 Cassius Harris (Taz) 6.83, 7 Brody Jones (VaHigh) 6.87, 8 Travis Doane (Mar) 6.92. 300 — 1 Casee Jones (Brut) 35.60 (new meet record), 2 Leonie Bentley (Brun) 36.85, 3 Cassius Harris (Taz) 37.07, 4 Kyle Dobyns (Nland) 37.81, 5 Vance Steele (Rad) 37.81, 6 Zach Curfiss (Glen) 38.41, 7 Jamarion Crawley (PEC) 38.52, 8 Jaxon Brewer (FloydCo) 38.58. 500 — 1 Alexander Gomez-Hernandez (Gal) 1:08.43, 2 Keith Taylor (Mat) 1:09.41, 3 Zach Curfiss (Glen) 1:10.50, 4 Dylan Jones (GW) 1:10.92, 5 Jonah Hamman (RR) 1:12.06, 6 Forest Beegle (FloydCo) 1:12.24, 7 Grant Biddlecomb (Nland) 1:12.52, 8 Eric Nichols (Alta) 1:14.01. 1000 — 1 Jamison Mantooth (Gal) 2:38.55, 2 Michael Foulkes (Lan) 2:43.77, 3 Dylan Kirk (Gal) 2:44.41, 4 Miles Baldwin (FloydCo) 2:45.08, 5 Tyler Kiser (Wise) 2:46.28, 6 Louis Wincheski (brut) 2:46.38, 7 Davey Johnson (Luray) 2:48.21, 8 Carter McGee (Lan) 2:49.12. 1600 — 1 Gabe Miller (Alleg) 4:37.41, 2 George Austin III (EastRock) 4:38.81, 3 Daniel Zearfoss (Glen) 4:42.75, 4 Jamsion Wall (Nar) 4:45.14, 5 Jackson Herndon (Gal) 4:46.72, 6 Kellen Bishop (Rad) 4:52.41, 7 Micah Kawecki (Poq) 4:53.39, 8 Derek Mitchell (Leb) 4:55.15. 3200 — 1 Kovyk Chandler (PM) 10:02.47, 2 Chase Gwynn (Aub) 10:12.42, 3 Daniel Zearfoss (Glen) 10:20.61, 4 George Austin III (EastRock) 10:25.77, 5 Cameron Stearns (Mat) 10:30.56, 6 Jamison Wall (Nar) 10:33.92, 7 Derek Mitchell (Leb) 10:34.83, 8 Levi Counts (Alleg) 10:38.05. 55H — 1 Maddox Reynolds (Wise) 7.89, 2 Daniel Graham (Aub) 8.04, 3 Mario Carter (Cumb) 8.37, 4 Aaron Nice (SD) 8.45, 5 Ken Cyrus (Alta) 8.53, 6 Mannix Wilhoit (AppoCo) 8.60, 7 Ben Belcher (PH) 8.64, 8 Ron Foskett (Poq) 8.77. 800R — 1 Brunswick (Bentley, Moore, Coleman, Hicks) 1:35.72, 2 Bruton (Ward, Corbin, Evans, Hasberry) 1:37.57, 3 Alleghany (Griffith, Craft, Prior, Madsen) 1:39.35, 4 Altavista (Cyrus, Pippin, Davis, Stone) 1:39.59, 5 Poquoson (Meetze, Blake, Markley, Benson) 1:39.93, 6 Tazewell (Duty, Noel, McDonald, Harris) 1:40.02, 7 Appomattox County (Slagle, Wilhoit, Epperson, Copeland) 1:40.16, 8 Rural Retreat (Crouse, Hamman, Hight, Hagerman) 1:40.29. 1600R — 1 Galileo (Mantooth, Kirk, Herndon, Gomez-Hernandez) 3:37.93, 2 Lancaster (Laws, Waddy, Kane, Foulkes) 3:39.71, 3 Bruton (Jones, Snyder, Offenbacher, Wincheski) 3:44.23, 4 Glenvar (Linkous, Thompson, Wilkes, Curfiss) 3:44.76, 5 Auburn (Vaughan, Scaggs, DeHart, Tickle) 3:45.46, 6 Prince Edward County (Hamilton, Bates, Douglas, Wright) 3:47.06, 7 Altavista Pippin, Cyrus, Nichols, Derrick) 3:50.38, 8 Stuarts Draft (Nice, Obaugh, Hurd, Callo) 3:51.98. 3200R — 1 Galileo (Mantooth, Kirk, Herndon, Gomez-Hernandez) 8:18.12 (new meet record), 2 Lancaster (Foulkes, McGee, Kane, Scott) 8:44.08, 3 Auburn (Scaggs, Vaughan, Gwynn, Tickle) 8:44.09, 4 Floyd County (Baldwin, Weaver, Schroeder, Beagle) 9:00.87, 5 Glenvar (Horrell, Norman, Wilkes, Zearfoss) 9:02.71, 6 Bruton (Coykendall, Perrin, Curry, Wincheski) 9:02.82, 7 East Rockingham (Stapleton, Smith, Fox, Austin III) 9:03.50, 8 James River-Buchanan (Shorter, Voight, Miller, Hill) 9:11.27. HJ — 1 Elliot Grayson (Rad) 6-4, 2 Casee Jones (Brut) 6-0, 3 Ethan Mills (Taz) 5-10, 5 Jayden Curry (Brut) J5-8, 6 Christopher Watkins (SD) J5-8, 7 Mannix Wilhoit (AppoCo) 5-6, 8 Joel Phillips (Alta) J5-6. PV — 1 Mitchell Tallman (Cov) 12-3, 2 Andy Vaughn (Aub) 11-9, 3 Blake Fulcher (AppoCo) 10-3, 4 Hunter Garrett (NelCo) 8-9, 5 Ken Cyrus (Alta) 8-3, 6 Evan Harris (Poq) 7-9. LJ — 1 Leonie Bentley (Brun) 21-4, 2 Kevin Ward (Brut) 21-0.25, 3 Vori Copeland (AppoCo) 20-3.75, 4 Jaheim Hicks (Brun) 20-3, 5 Tyler Banks (Nott) 19-9.5, 6 Max Madsen (Alleg) 19-6.5, 7 Xadrian Taybron (JIB) 19-6.25, 8 Mannix Wilhoit (AppoCo) 19-4.75. TJ — 1 Tyler Banks (Nott) 43-3, 2 Vori Copeland (AppoCo) 42-6.25, 3 Jaxon Brewer (FloydCo) 41-4, 4 Max Madsen (Alleg) 40-3.25, 5 Johns Hurd (SD) 40-2, 6 Cassius Harris (Taz) 39-11.25, 7 Xadrian Taybron (JIB) 39-5.25, 8 Matthew Epperson (AppoCo) 39-4.5. SP — 1 Keyandre Davis (U) 51-1, 2 Orren Trey (PM) 46-11.75, 3 Jason Gaines (Brut) 46-3, 4 Tyler Barrett (PH) 45-7.5, 5 Aaron Nice (SD) 42-5.5, 6 Edgar Briones (SD) 42-4, 7 Jay Bea (Nland) 41-7, 8 Troy Cox (Lan) 39-3.