Lady Rebels Romp to Three Rivers Track & Field Title
by STEVE WILMOTH
TriCitiesSports.com
May 7, 2018
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. – Riding the running of senior Lyric Schmit and the jumping of freshman Madison Cowan, the Sullivan South Lady Rebels romped to the 2018 Three Rivers Conference Track & Field Girls’ Championship Monday at Citizens Bank Stadium.
South piled up 204 points, well clear of second-place Sullivan Central’s 92. Sullivan East was just behind in third with 85 points followed fourth-place Elizabethton with 80.
Cowan was named as the Meet’s Most Oustanding Field Events Performer after winning the high jump (4-8), the long jump (15-11) and the triple jump (34-11½). Cowan also took first in the 100 meter hurdles in 17.58, finishing with a maximum possible 40 individual points in the meet.
Schmidt, a Western Kentucky soccer signee, swept the 100 meters in 13.81 and the 200 meters in 28.01 and combined with Abbey Clark, Mattie Topping and Olivia Kent to win the 4x100 meter relay (52.58) and with Clark, Topping and Tiffany Corby to win the 200 meter relay (1:52.64), setting two meet records in the process.
Clark was second to Schmidt by 0.08 seconds in the 100 meters (13.89) and by 0.06 seconds in the 200 meters (28.07).
Kent placed second in the high jump (4-6), second in the triple jump (29-7½), and third in the long jump (14-2½). South’s Corby went 14-3 to finish runner-up in the long jump, was third in the triple jump (29-3¼) and tied for fourth in the high jump.
The runner-up Lady Cougars got a win from Laiken Hoback in the 400 meters (1:02.46). Hoback also teams with Maci Cloninger, Kara Giles and Maggie Brewer to place first in the 4x400 meter relay.
Cloninger also placed second in the 800 meters while Noemi Morales was second in the 1600 meters (6:06.62) and third in the 800 meters (2:43.60).
The Lady Patriots failed to snag any event wins, but consistently placed to earning enough to points to finish third. Among the East highlights were a second place in the 400 meters (1:03.97) and a third-place in the 100 meters (13.19) by Katie Anderson. Rebecca Glover was third in the 400 meters (1:05.72) and fourth in the 200 meters (29.44).
Camiel Oliver was solid in the hurdles, crossing second in the 100 meter hurdles in 18.59 and crossing sixth in the 300 meter hurdles.
Elizabethton Lady Cyclones set three meet records in winning five events. Lauren Pilkton, the meet’s Most Outstanding Runner won the 1600 meters (6:05.41) and the 3200 meters (13:29.03) and broke the 800 meter meet record of 2:34.03 set in 2014 with a 2:31.60.
Lady Cyclone throws Jasmine Roberts and Camryn Koroma claimed the top two spots in both the shot put and the discus.
Roberts threw 34-11 in the shot to surpass Kendall Ivester’s 2015 meet record heave of 32-3, while Koroma measured out at 112-9 in the discus to top Emily Schubert’s toss 104-4 in 2016. Koroma was second in the shot put (31-7½) while Roberts placed runner-up in the discus (98-1).
Unicoi County’s 4x800 relay foursome of Valeria Ponce, Kaitlyn Tilson, Jillian Taylor and Megan Todd won in 11:16.79, to best the mark 11:21.57 set the Lady Devils last year.
2018 Three Rivers Conference Girls Track & Field Championships
Citizens Bank Stadium at Elizabethton High School – Elizabethton, TN
Monday, January 7
TEAM SCORES – 1. Sullivan South 204, 2. Sullivan Central 92, 3. Sullivan East 85, 4. Elizabethton 80, 5. Unicoi County 56, 6. Happy Valley 42, 7. Johnson County 32.
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
100 Meters – 1. Lyric Schmidt, Sullivan South, 13.81; 2. Abbey Clark, Sullivan South, 13.89; 3. Katie Anderson, Sullivan East, 14.19; 4. Trinity Starnes, Sullivan Central, 14.25; 5. Madisyn Boroughs, Sullivan East, 13.34.
200 Meters – 1. Lyric Schmidt, Sullivan South, 28.01; 2. Abbey Clark, Sullivan South, 28.07; 3. Trinity Starnes, Sullivan Central, 29.21; 4. Rebecca Glover, Sullivan East, 29.44; 5. Charity Greene, Happy Valley, 29.92.
400 Meters – 1. Laiken Hoback, Sullivan Central, 1:02.46; 2. Katie Anderson, Sullivan East, 1:03.97; 3. Rebecca Glover, Sullivan East, 1:05.72; 4. Kara Giles, Sullivan Central, 1:06.79; 5. Erika David, Sullivan East, 1:07.41.
800 Meters – 1. Lauren Pilkton, Elizabethton, 2:31.60 (New Meet Record – 2:34.03, Elizabethton, 2014); 2. Maci Cloninger, Sullivan Central, 2:31.66; 3. Noemi Morales, Sullivan Central, 2:43.60; 4. Florina S, Sullivan South, 2:49.96; 5. Ashley Radtke, Sullivan South, 2:56.49.
1600 Meters – 1. Lauren Pilkton, Elizabethton, 6:05.41; 2. Noemi Morales, Sullivan Central, 6:06.62; 3. Megan Todd, Unicoi County, 6:19.72; 4. Hanna Wolfe, Sullivan South, 6:33.58; 5. Rachel Yates, Sullivan South, 6:41.11.
3200 Meters – 1. Lauren Pilkton, Elizabethton, 13:29.03; 2. Megan Todd, Unicoi County, 13:49.73; 3. Sabrina Todd, Unicoi County, 14:37.90; 4. Aisha Mann, Sullivan South, 14:47.71; 5. Madi Griswold, Sullivan Central, 15:04.98.
100 Meter Hurdles – 1. Madison Cowan, Sullivan South, 17.58; 2. Camiel Oliver, Sullivan East, 18.59; 3. Jessica Earp, Happy Valley, 20.35; 4. Caleigh Blair, Johnson County, 20.84; 5. Alexis Kirk, Sullivan East, 23.49.
300 Meter Hurdles – 1. Natalie Newsome, Happy Valley, 50.82; 2. Caleigh Blair, Johnson County, 55.83; 3. Jessica Earp, Happy Valley, 55.87; 4. Mattie Topping, Sullivan South, 57.05; 5. Linnea DaBrescia, Sullivan South, 57.32.
4x100 Meter Relay – 1. Sullivan South (Abbey Clark, Mattie Topping, Olivia Kent, Lyric Schmidt), 52.58 (New Meet Record – 54.24, Happy Valley, 2013); 2. Sullivan Central 54.87; 3. Sullivan East, 55.89; 4. Happy Valley, 56.07; 5. Elizabethton, 56.74.
4x200 Meter Relay – 1. Sullivan South, 1:52.64 (New Meet Record – 1:53.24, Sullivan South); 2. Happy Valley, 1:56.99; 3. Elizabethton, 2:03.52; 4. Sullivan East, 2:08.40.
4x400 Meter Relay – 1. Sullivan Central (Maci Cloninger, Laiken Hoback, Kara Giles, Maggie Brewer), 4:30.56; 2. Sullivan South, 4:48.46; 3. Sullivan East, 5:01.69.
4x800 Meter Relay – 1. Unicoi County (Valeria Ponce, Kaitlyn Tilson, Jillian Taylor, Megan Todd), 11:16.79 (New Meet Record – 11:21.27, Unicoi County, 2017); 2. Sullivan South, 11:24.88; 3. Elizabethton, 12:30.27; 4. Sullivan East, 13:16.67.
High Jump – 1. Madison Cowan, Sullivan South, 4-8; 2. Olivia Kent, Sullivan South, 4-6; 3. Noemi Morales, Sullivan Central, 4-6; t-4. Camiel Oliver, Sullivan East, 4-2; Tiffany Corby, Sullivan South, 4-2.
Long Jump – 1. Madison Cowan, Sullivan South, 15-11; 2. Tiffany Corby, Sullivan South, 14-3; 3. Olivia Kent, Sullivan South, 14-2½; 4. Rebecca Glover, Sullivan East, 14-1; 5. Madison Dotson, Sullivan East; 13-8½.
Triple Jump – 1. Madison Cowan, Sullivan South, 34-11½; 2. Olivia Kent, Sullivan South, 29-7½; 3. Tiffany Corby, Sullivan South, 29-3¼.
Shot Put – 1. Jasmine Roberts, Elizabethton, 34-11 (New Meet Record – 32-3, Kendall Ivester, Sullivan East, 2015); 2. Camryn Koroma, Elizabethton, 31-7½; 3. Autumn Garrett, Sullivan East, 31-0½; 4. Meredith St. Clair, Sullivan South, 30-0; 5. Devyn Booher, Sullivan Central, 29-5.
Discus – 1. Camryn Koroma, Elizabethton, 112-9 (New Meet Record – 104-4, Emily Schubert, Elizabethton, 2016); 2. Jasmine Roberts, Elizabethton, 98-1; 3. Devyn Booher, Sullivan Central, 96-7; 4. Autumn Garrett, Sullivan East, 95-2; 5. Jasmine Hon, Sullivan South, 93-2.
Pole Vault – 1. Halie Hawkins, Unicoi County, 8-6; t-2. Alexis Harvey, Unicoi County, 7-6; Alex Carter, Unicoi County, 7-6; t-4. Natalie Newsome, Happy Valley, 7-0; Rachel Altemose, Unicoi County, 7-0.