Varsity Track and Field

On a wet Thursday, March 24th, a few of our Varsity teams competed. Here are their updates. 

 

TRACK & FIELD (Written by Mary Elizabeth Martin) 

On Thursday, March 24^th, St. David’s Track and Field traveled to Ravenscroft School to participate in a 5-team meet under very swampy conditions, with Cary Christian, Trinity School of Durham and Chapel Hill, Carolina Friends School, and Ravenscroft. The team performed well with Kailey Wadsworth tying her own school record with a 4’6 high jump. Strong placings for the women’s team included second place for Laura Martin in the 100-meter hurdles, a first place in the 4x1 relay for Maya Foster, Mary Elizabeth Martin, Isabel Driggers, and Kailey Wadsworth, a second place in the discus for Rebecca Driggers, and a second in high jump and long jump for Kailey Wadsworth. Martin also took second place in the girls shot-put with a personal record breaking throw. Strong events for the men’s team included a first place in the 300-meter hurdles for Ghiair Chisley with a personal record of 46.53, and second place in the shot-put for Fabián Fallas Retaña. Jackson Rouser took first place in the long-jump and broke a school record while scoring first in the discus with a throw of 103’7. The mens 4x400 relay also ran well with William Fox, Dhru Govindji, Kaishun Sato-Choi, and Ghiar Chisley placing third. Overall, the team did very well and had a strong meet. Good job Warriors! 

GOLF: Warriors Prevail in Sloppy Conditions (Written by: Davis Adams) 

It was an emotional day for the St. David’s Varsity Boys Golf Team. Not only was it an important EPIC Conference match, but it was also the first meeting of the season against their rivals, Cary Christian. Despite the soggy and wet conditions at MacGregor Downs Country Club, St. David’s remained focused and determined. St. David’s posted a team score of 291, 3-over-par, defeating Cary Christian by 15, Parrot Academy by 46, and Grace Christian by 83 strokes. Michael LaSasso once again medaled, this time with a blistering 4-under-par 68. Seniors Davis Adams and Christian Conway shot a pair of 2-over-par 74’s, and eighth grader Preston Hage added a 3-over-par 75 to complete scoring for the Warriors. Eighth grader Spence Saik shot 83, and senior Grayson Chesson fired an 87. Coach Wilson was pleased with the effort, and had this to say: “In our 2nd EPIC Conference match at MacGregor Downs in rainy, muddy conditions, our Warrior golfers displayed great composure and focus on the task at hand. We played great golf and scored 3 over par 291 as a team. Beating Cary Christian by 15 shots and other teams by as many as 83 shots, and making an early season statement that we’re here to play hard and win! I’m very proud of our Warrior golfers! Congrats on the WIN gentlemen!” The Warriors look to continue their hot streak on Monday the 28th, where they’ll travel to Lochmere Golf Club for another EPIC Conference match. 

 LACROSSE: Cary Academy defeats St. David's Boys Lacrosse in Overtime

In a really great showing by the Warriors, the team took on Cary Academy on a wet Thursday, March 24^th. The Warriors made a strong comeback against a good Chargers team in the 4th quarter, only to come up short in overtime. In the first half, the opponent outplayed St. David’s and ended up with a 5-2 going into the third quarter. Making some adjustments in the offense and defensive coverage, the Warriors began to chip away at the lead, cutting CA's edge to 7-4 going into the 4th quarter. Not to be denied and sensing that victory was within their grasp, the defense made some key takeaways and got the ball to the offense, who, with great passes leading to scores, cut the lead to 8-7 with 1:30 seconds remaining. Redmond Smith, who filled in for face off middle Davis Wall, who was unable to play, won the face-off which in turn lead to tying score. Smith then won the face-off again, getting the ball to senior middle Nolan Homeister, who had a chance to score the go ahead goal with seconds remaining, but good defense by the Chargers thwarted the opportunity. Going into the sudden death overtime, Smith again gave us an opportunity to gain the offensive possession,  unfortunately with a turnover to the Chargers, they took the ball the length of the field and scored the winning goal to end the game.  St. David scores were made by senior middies Harper Pennington(3 goals and 2 assists) and Nolan Homeister (1 goal). Junior attackman Will Horn added 1 goal and freshman attackman Cooper Berkoff cashed in for 3 goals.  “Tonight we saw a St. David’s team that wouldn't quit and  overcame a deficit and almost pull out a victory against a strong Charger team. Look for more good things to happen to this St. David varsity boys lacrosse team”, said Coach Hink. The boys play again at home on Monday, March 28^th at 4:15 against NRCA.

 

 

On Tuesday, March 22nd, St. David’s Track and Field traveled to Durham to compete against Durham Academy and Wesleyan Christian Academy. St. David’s had a much larger team than they did last year and were able to compete in more events than ever before so it was great to see everyone competing. The spring weather began to show and it was warm and sunny at the meet. Here are the results of the meet. 

 

Men’s Results: 

100m 

-Will Sink (13.57s)

-Sam Fox (13.82s)

-Alexander Pettifer (14.02s)

-Tomas Retana (15.07s)

-Elias Bostic (15.36s)

-Connor Thornton (15.67s)

-Benjamin Gardner (16.50s)

 

200m

-Ghiair Chisley (24.19s)

-Jackson Rouser (25.40s)

-Dhru Govindji (27.93s)

-Kaishun Sato-Choi (27.97s)

-Beckham Creel (28.00s)

-Navin Deol (29.99s)

 

400m

-William Fox (1:00.51)

-Dhru Govindji (1:01.57)

-Phinehas Creel (1:09.91)

-Elias Bostic (1:12.61)

-Isaac Bostic (1:13.70)

-Turnage Monk (1:14.20)

-Benjamin Gardner (1:19.22)

 

800m

-Will Patrick (2:30.93)

 

1600m

-William Fox (5:34.24)

-Will Patrick (5:47.01)

-Isaac Bostic (6:56.57)

 

3200m

-Jack Wells (13:56.31)

 

300m Hurdles – 36”

-Ghiair Chisley (48.54)

 

4x100m Relay

-Tucker Wells (53.73)

Fletcher Steele

Jake Stickney

Kaishun Sato-Choi

 

-Will Sink (54.15)

Fabián Fallas Retana

Navin Deol

Alexander Pettifer

 

4x200m Relay 

-Ghiair Chisley (1:43.13)

Beckham Creel

Jackson Rouser

Dhru Govindji

 

-Tucker Wells (1:54.23)

Fabián Fallas Retana

Navin Deol

Kaishun Sato-Choi

 

4x400m

-Jake Stickney (4:37.03)

Turnage Monk

Phinehas Creel

Fletcher Steele

 

Shot Put - 12lb

-Fabián Fallas Retana (33’7.25)

-Jake Stickney (28’11.25)

-Beckham Creel (26’9.75)

-Sam Fox (25’3.75)

-Will Sink (25’3.5)

 

Discus – 1.6kg

-Jackson Rouser (100’9)

-Tomas Retana (62’0)

-Sam Fox (54’5)

 

Long Jump 

-Jackson Rouser (20’4)

 

Women’s Results:

100m

-Isabel Driggers (14.66)

-Maya Foster (15.07)

-Lizzie Latchford (15.38)

 

200m

-Laura Martin (29.49s)

-Isabel Driggers (30.92s)

-Mary Elizabeth Martin (34.89s)

 

400m

Anne George (1:10.96)

Mary Elizabeth Martin (1:16.26)

 

800m

-Lizzie Latchford (2:56.80)

 

1600m

-Anne George (6:10.96)

 

100m Hurdles – 33”

-Laura Martin (19.25s)

 

4x100 Relay 

-Laura Martin (57.82)

Lizzie Latchford

Isabel Driggers

Maya Foster

 

Discus – 1kg

Rebecca Driggers (65’10)

 

High Jump

Maya Foster (4’0)

Kailey Wadsworth (4’0)

 

Long Jump

Kailey Wadsworth (16’1)

 

Triple Jump 

-Kailey Wadsworth (31’9)

 

Overall, St. David’s had a strong first performance and this was a good way to test everyone’s strengths. The Warriors will be traveling to Ravenscroft on 3/24/22 for their second meet of their season. Good luck Warriors!

Congratulations to the St. David’s Varsity Track and Field team for their participation in the NCISAA Division II State Championship meet on Saturday, May 15. Just hours after a night of dancing at the prom, sixteen athletes boarded the bus at 7:00 AM headed for Forsyth Country Day School on the other side of Winston-Salem. Arriving just in time for a quick warm-up, senior co-captain Caroline Ross competed in the first of her three open events, the 3200m. Caroline posted a top-10 finish and a season record of 12:34.21. Just a few hours later, Caroline posted another season record of 5:46.63 in her 12th-place finish in the 1600m. To round out the day, Caroline ran step for step with teammate Laura Martin in the 800m, Laura edging out Caroline in the final yards for 15th and 16th places overall. Laura also had a busy day, competing in the long jump and 110m hurdles, posting a PR of  13”9.5” with a 12th-place overall finish in the former and a 9th-place overall finish in the latter. Isabel Driggers ran to an 18th-place overall finish in the 100m and spent the rest of the day with sister, Rebecca (injured this season), cheering on their teammates from the side of the track. Meanwhile, junior co-captain Kailey Wadsworth was occupied jumping high and long. Even without posting new records, Kailey’s 4th-place finish in the high jump led to a 5th-place finish in the long jump and finally, a 2nd-place medal finish in the triple jump and a spot on the podium! The only medal finish for St. David’s! Congratulations, Kailey! Now for the boys: First on the track were the 4 x 800m relay team: Will Patrick to Mason Herr to Isaac Bostic to William Fox, who ran well but unfortunately were DQed in a questionable call on their second exchange. Thanks go to alternate Jack Wells, who was also ready to go, if needed. Three other relay teams had good performances: the 4 x 100m relay team (Jack Piner, Jackson Rouser, Kaishun Sato-Choi, Ghiair Chisley) rounded the turns and exchange zones safely to a 11th-place overall finish in 50.15; the 4 x 200m relay team (Dhru Govindji, Sam Fox, Kaishun Sato-Choi, Jackson Rouser) to another 11th-place finish in 1:51.36; finally, the 4 x 400m relay (Will Patrick, Ghiair Chisley, Kaishun Sato-Choi, William Fox) to an 8th-place overall finish in 3:59.05. Other open track event athletes included Jack Piner in the 300m hurdles who tied for 18th and William Fox in the 800m whose PR of 2:15.84 was good enough for a 20th-place overall finish. In the field events, Ghiair Chisley jumped to a new personal height of 5’4” for an 8th-place finish and Jackson Rouser’s PR of 19’2” in the long jump earned him a 6th-place overall finish. At the end of a long day, St. David’s boys team finished in 11th place overall and the girls tied for 13th. The athletes remained spirited all the way home and are already looking forward to building on this year’s performances next season.

Our Track and Field Warriors faced tough competition against Durham Academy and Wake Christian Academy and emerged with new personal records and state qualifying times. After weeks of practicing baton handoffs, our boys’ relay teams blew us away with great performances. Sam Fox (’24), Sadler Powell (’22), Dhru Govindji (’24), and Kaishun Sato-Choi (’24) ran in the 4 x 100 meter relay, placing 3^rd with a time of 55.6. For the first time this season, Will Patrick (’22), Ghiair Chisley (’23), Dhru Govindji (’24), and William Fox (’23) banded together to enter the 4 x 400 meter relay and earned a respectable 4^th place with a time of 4:06.7. 

In the individual events, Laura Martin (’23) placed 2^nd in the 100 meter hurdles with a personal record time of 20.1. Caroline Ross (’21) pushed through the 1600 meters and 3200 meters, finishing 2^nd and 3^rd with times 5:52.3 and 12:41.3. Kailey Wadsworth (’22) and Ghiair Chisley (’23) flew past the competition in the 200 meters, both earning 3^rd place with times of 29.2 and 24.3 respectively. Mason Herr (’24) soared in the 1600 meters and earned a personal record time of 5:35.9. Even with the tough competition, Sadler Powell (’22) won 1^st place in the shot-put, throwing a distance of 29’6”, and even though we have no sand pit in which to practice the long jump and triple jump, Kailey Wadsworth (’22) won 1^st in both events, flying distances of 15’6.5” and 32’11”.

After a few weeks of recovery and tough workouts, the Warriors will race again in the State Championship meet on Saturday, May 15^th.

 

Our boys’ and girls’ Track and Field teams took third place against Trinity Academy and Ravenscroft School on April 15^th at Ravenscroft’s home track. Though low in numbers, we pushed ourselves to the limits and gave some great performances.

In the men’s running events, William Fox (’23) won first place in the 800 meters with a time of 2:24.46, and Ghiair Chisley (’23) took third in the 200 meters with a time of 24.35. In the field events, Sadler Powell (’22) earned third place in the shot-put, throwing a distance of 29’3”, and Jackson Rouser (’23) achieved second in the long jump with a distance of 17’.5”. In the women’s events, Caroline Ross (’21) finished second in the 1600 meters with a time of 5:58.84 while Laura Martin (’23) hopped into third in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 20.65. Kailey Wadsworth (’22) continued to soar to new heights, earning third place in both the long jump and the high jump with distances of 14’7.5” and 4’6” respectively.

 It was a strong meet for all our runners, and we’ll be back on the track Thursday, April 22^nd at Durham Academy to continue our path of excellence.