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Bulldogs, Panthers perform well at Bull Run meet

May 22, 2023 Pagevalleynews 0

LHS senior Jaidyn McClung competes in the 100-meter hurdles at the Page Valley Invitational on April 14. (Photo by Wendy Johnson)

~ PVN staff report

STRASBURG, May 17 — Luray and Page County combined for 20 Top 5 finishes at the Bull Run District Track Championships held at Strasburg High School on Wednesday.

Luray senior Jaidyn McClung once again excelled in multiple events, finishing first or second in four competitive categories. McClung took the district championship in the girls 100 meter hurdles (:16.31), while finishing as the district runner-up in the 300 meter hurdles (:48.94), the long jump (16-02), and the triple jump (34-10).

Page County senior Jacob Martz claimed the Bull Run title for the boys high jump (6-00), while also finishing as the district runner-up in 110 meter hurdles (:16.04) and as the second-leg of the PCHS 4×400 boys relay team, which also includes Stephon Hawkins, Logan Heiston and Brett Paul Campbell.

Luray sophomore Davey Johnson won the district championship in the boys 1600 meter run (4:46.76) and and finished district runner-up in the boys 3200 meter run (10:25.11).

Luray sophomore Drayvin Stevens finished district runner-up in three events — boys 100 meter dash (:11.83), 400 meter dash (:52.55), and the long jump (19-03).

Page County’s Landry Burns was district runner-up in the shotput (29-09), while fellow Panther Elizabeth Ramos finished as the Bull Run runner-up in the discus (103-05). Luray’s Carolina Wood was the district runner-up in the girls 3200 run (12:39.41).

Overall, Luray finished fourth among the nine district boys teams and sixth among girls, while Page County came in fifth among girls teams and sixth in boys. Strasburg won the girls division as a team, while East Rockingham won the boys side.

Below are other Top 5 finishers at the Bull Run District meet May 17:

GIRLS

Annah Whitmer, LHS, 3rd place, 400 meter dash (1:03.07).
Lucy Currle, Alexa Davis, McKenna Talghadar, Hannah Martin, LHS, 3rd place, girls 4×100 meter relay (:56.61).
Summer Kite, PCHS, 4th place, 1600 meter run (5:45.76).
Lucy Currle, LHS, 4th place, 100 meter hurdles (:18.25).
Brooke Johnson, Maddie Murphy, Megan Davis, Madison Turpen, PCHS, 4th place, 4×100 meter relay (1:01.8).
Carolina Wood, Annah Whitmer, Laney Roy, Lanie Brown, LHS, 4th place, 4×800 meter relay (11:58.96).
Lucy Currle, LHS, 4th place, high jump (4-08).
Elizabeth Ramos, PCHS, 4th place, shotput (28-03).
Landry Burns, PCHS, 4th place, discus (93-06).
McKenna Talghadar, LHS, 5th place, 100 meter dash (:14.47).
Alyson Shores, LHS, 5th place, 400 meter dash (1:08.81).
Maryn Cave, Emma Rinaca, Marta Milam, Summer Kite, PCHS, 5th place, 4×400 girls relay (5:15.26).

BOYS

Eli Jones, LHS, 3rd place, 800 meter run (2:06.31).
Brett Paul Campbell, PCHS, 3rd place, 110 meter hurdles (:16.77).
A.J. Bosely, Logan Heiston, Brayden McKay, Aaron Hensley, PCHS, 3rd place, 4×800 boys relay (9:30.72).
Stephon Hawkins, PCHS, 4th place, 100 meter dash (:12.0).
Josh Nuckols, LHS, 5th place, 800 meter run (2:09.08).
Aaron Hensley, PCHS, 5th place, 1600 meter run (4:53.04).
Ace Campbell, PCHS, 5th place, triple jump (37-02.5).