Mikhaela Cochrane's dominance of the field events sparked the Lady Blackhawks to an overwhelming victory in the first ever high school track and field meet held on the Pea Ridge campus.
Pea Ridge's girls rolled up 243 points to far outdistance runner-up Gentry who finished with 94. Gravette was third with 69, Decatur took fourth with 50, followed by Prairie Grove with 44. Farmington was a surprisingly easy victor in the boys division, accumulating 167 points, well ahead of second-place Prairie Grove who finished with 97. Gentry was third with 96, Gravette fourth at 90, with Pea Ridge coming in with 81 and Decatur 24.
Cochrane's unusual quadruple victories saw her best the field in two throwing events as well as two jumping events. She earned her blues in the discus (100-0), shot put (29-4), long jump (14-10), and high jump (4-7) events. Together with her third and fourth place finishes in the 300 (56.3) and 100 meter hurdles (19.97), Cochran piled up 51 points to lead all scorers, easily the highest point total achieved by a Pea Ridge track athlete in many seasons.
Emma Pitts proved to be the top athlete on the track with victories in all three sprints. She won the 100 (13.64), the 200 (28.81) and 400 (1:08.76) while also running a leg on the winning 4 by 100 relay team (56.71). Pitts rounded out her scoring by taking a third place in the discus and a fifth in the high jump to tally 42.5 points, second most in the meet behind teammate Cochran. Pitts' and Cochran's individual points together were only a half point behind the total of team runner-up Prairie Grove.
Sophomore Ashtyn Mondy was the third highest scorer for the Lady 'Hawks, ringing up 30.5 points in the meet. Mondy was second in both the 100 (13.83) and 200 (29.9), and finished third in both the triple (29-3) and long jumps (13-7). She ran a leg on the first place 4 by 100 team, along with Pits, Gloria Vargas and Savannah Cypert for the remainder of her points.
Other Lady 'Hawk athletes and their places include: Vanessa Wing, fifth, 100 (14.54) and fifth, long jump (12-5); Gloria Vargas, fourth, 200 (31.12); Courtney Loewe, third, 400 (1:16.18); Haley Harrison, fifth, 400 (1:26.44); Casi Caton, third, 800 (3:03.2) and fourth, 1600 (6:59.1); Tamra Tarango, fifth, 800 (3:40.1) and 6th, 100 hurdles (23.69); Lexi Bradrick, 2nd, 3200 (16:06) and fifth, 1600 (7:04.9) and 6th, triple jump (27-9); Kami Parmenter, 6th, 3200 (17:27); Kelsie Merritt, fifth, 100 Hurdles (22.45) and fifth, 300 Hurdles (1:01.59); Elizabeth McGowan, second, shot put (27-10) and fourth, discus (65-7); and Savannah Cypert, second, high jump (4-6) and seventh, triple jump (26-2). The 'Hawks 4 by 400 (5:17.3) and 4 by 800 (12:17.3) relays were both second place finishers but names were not available.
In the boys side of things, the Blackhawks had one individual winner in both the field and track events. Jesse Undernehr was the team's high point leader with 16 individual points as he won the 300 hurdles (47.32) and took third in the 100 hurdles (19.12). The other champion was Lloyd Kalberloh who sailed to first place in the long jump with a leap of 19-5.5. Kalberloh also took eighth place in the 100 (12.27) and high jump (5-4) events to accumulate 12 individual points.
Other Blackhawk scorers and their events: Ryan Jackson, third, 200 (25.81); Kody Losey, seventh, 800 (2:58.6); Mark Wilson, sixth, 1600 (6:24.6) and eighth, 800 (3:01.2); Trysten Hook, fifth, 1600 (6:23.5); Jonathan Small, fifth, 110 hurdles (19.61); Logan Rose, fifth, discus (99-6), sixth, high jump (5-6), and fifth, triple jump (37-8); Nick Mooneyhan, seventh, long jump (17-6); Hunter Carrigan, eighth, shot put (30-2); and Dakota Winn, sixth, triple jump (37-7).
Sports on 03/19/2014