With about half a team due to other events, the Tigers were still able to outshine their competition. The day started with the field events where the Tigers won the shot put by Andrew Scott (Brooklyn, NY) with a throw of 35 feet (personal best). Fellow shot putters also had personal bests, Charles Massina (Togo) took 3rd with a throw of 33 feet and Jordan Dunn (Charlotte, NC) had a personal best of 31 feet.
The Tigers would not stop there as they took first, second, and third place in the discus. Cameron Spangler (Wilmington, NC) took first with a throw of 97 feet and 1 inch, Scott finished 2nd with a throw of 81 feet and 3 inches, and Dunn took third with a personal best of 80 feet and 9 inches.
In the jumping events the Tigers took second, third, and fourth in the long jump with Mark Billups (Charlotte, NC) taking second with a jump of 19 feet and a half inch, Elyas Harris took second with a jump of 18 feet and 6 inches, and Austin Bennett (Raleigh, NC) with a jump of 16 feet and 7 inches respectively. Harris, took first in the Triple Jump with a jump of 39 feet and 7 inches. “It was a great day to be a Tiger,” said assistant coach Jeremy Eubank. “We had a lot of guys throw/run personal bests against two conference teams which gave us a good idea of where they stand in the conference.”
In the running events, Joahcin Taneus took second with a time of 2:20 in the 800 meter run. In the 4 x 100 meter relay made up of Richard Jiang, Harris, Billups, and Bennett took second with a time of 48.60 seconds. In the 3200 meters, Sean Witmer took second with a time of 12 minutes and 20 seconds with Gabriel Medlin ( Chatham, VA) taking fifth place with a time of 12 minutes and 42 seconds.
“Overall we are really proud of the guys and the effort they put forth,” stated Eubank. The Tigers will return to the track on Thursday as they travel to Altavista to run against Altavista High School meet time will start at 5 PM.
