Rodrigo Rodarte won the 1600 meter run to highlight the performance of the Bryant Hornets freshman track team at the Junior Hornet Relays at Bryant Stadium on Monday.
Conway White won the meet with 132 points. Lakeside was second with 77.
Bryant placed seventh with 36 points. The Bryant White eight grade team of Bryant Middle School placed 15th with 11 points and the Bryant Blue eighth grade team of Bethel Middle School scored 2 points at the meet which featured 15 mostly freshman squads.
Rodarte finished the 1600 in 5:08.44 just ahead of Little Rock Christian eighth grader Ben Fiser (5:08.91).
The Hornets also got a second-place finish from Stoney Stevens in the 400. He finished in 57.12 just behind Conway White’s Andrew Nance (55.89).[more]
Josh Keyes contributed a pair of sixth-place finishes for the Hornets freshmen. He finished behind Rodarte in the 1600 with a time of 5:26.39 then added a sixth-place finish in the pole vault, clearing 8 feet, 6 inches.
Blake Hobby was sixth in the discus for Bryant, with a throw of 111 feet. In the shot, Hunter Schelle had the seventh-place toss of 38-4.
In addition, Damian Kropp picked up two points in the 1600 finishing seventh in 5:26.86 and Austin Wadley picked up a point as the eighth-place finisher in the 200 meter dash, finishing in 25.80.
Stevens and Rodarte teamed up with Hunter Berry and Austin Wadley in the 1600 meter relay and picked up third-place points with a time of 3:59.78.
Bryant White picked up its points in the 3200 meter relay and the 1600 meter run. In the former, Clifton Hampton, Bryan Riley, Spencer Qualls and Nick Ballew combined to finish seventh in 10:26.90. In the latter, Riley was fourth in 5:25.55 and David Powery was fifth in 5:25.66.
One of Bryant Blue’s points also came in the 1600 in which six of the eight scoring spots were claimed by Bryant athletes. Tyler Purtle was eighth in 5:28.66. He was also eighth in the 800 with a time of 2:26.85.
Bauxite’s freshman team also competed at the meet, finishing 14th with 15 1/3 points.
Dylan Herron was third in the high jump, clearing 5-6 with teammate Logan Williams tying for eighth with a leap over 5 feet. Herron was sixth in the 200 with a time of 25.65 and seventh in the long jump with a leap of 17-6. Garrett Wilcox was eighth in the 110 hurdles with a time of 18.64. Herron, Williams and Wilcox also teamed up with Austin Ward in the 4×100 relay, placing sixth in a time of 49.51.
Here are the scoring results:
JUNIOR HORNET RELAYS
Bryant Stadium
Monday, March 15
Boys
Team
1. Conway White 132; 2. Lakeside 77; 3. Conway Blue 64; 4. Stuttgart 56; 5. White Hall 54.68; 6. Bryant 38; 7. Benton 36; 8. Magnet Cove 32; 9. Jessieville 28; 10. Little Rock Christian 21; 11. Carlisle 18; 12. Fountain Lake 16; 12. Hot Springs 16; 14. Bauxite 15.33; 15. Bryant White* 11; 16. Lakewood 7; 17. Bryant Blue (Bethel) 2
100 meter dash
1. Andre Willard*, Conway White, 12.22; 2. Garrett Garner, Lakeside, 12.29; 3. Bo Weddle*, Carlisle, 12.67; 4. D.J. Hayes, Jessieville, 12.68; 5. Adam Efird, Magnet Cove, 12.74; 6. Shquan Walls, White Hall, 12.76; 7. Terrance Warren, White Hall, 12.78; 8. Treyvon Reedy, Hot Springs, 12.79
200 meter dash
1. Brandon Cox, Conway White, 24.38; 2. Ramon Henry, Benton, 24.68; 3. Jacob Bradshaw, Lakeside, 25.19; 4. Andre Willard*, Conway White, 25.21; 5. H. Hampton, Stuttgart, 25.57; 6. Dylan Herron, Bauxite, 25.65; 7. Deandre Baker, Conway Blue, 25.66; 8. Austin Wadley, Bryant, 25.80.
400 meter dash
1. Andrew Nance, Conway White, 55.89; 2. Stoney Stevens, Bryant, 57.12; 3. Devaughn Johnson, Hot Springs, 57.68; 4. Ethan Graham**, Little Rock Christian, 57.68; 5. S Noble, Stuttgart, 59.28; 6. Logan Burks, Jessieville, 59.35; 7. Tim Curry, Lakewood, 59.86; 8. Trent Walder*, Conway Blue, 59.96
800 meter run
1. Cole Slayton, Lakeside, 2:22.44; 2. Ben Fiser*, LR Christian, 2:23.38; 3. Austin Stringfellow, Magnet Cove, 2:24.25; 4. Devin Redding, Conway White, 2:24.96; 5. Jonathan Dixon, Benton, 2:25.16; 6. Tanner Branscum, Conway Blue, 2:25.25; 7. J. Kennedy*, Stuttgart, 2:25.36; 8. Tyler Purtle*, Bryant Blue, 2:26.85.
1600 meter run
1. Rodrigo Rodarte, Bryant, 5:08.44; 2. Ben Fiser*, LR Christian, 5:08.91; 3. Cole Slayton, Lakeside, 5:13.06; 4. Bryan Riley*, Bryant White, 5:25.55; 5. David Powery*, Bryant White, 5:25.66; 6. Josh Keyes, Bryant, 5:26.39; 7. Damian Kropp, Bryant, 5:26.86; 8. Tyler Purtle*, Bryant Blue, 5:28.66.
110 hurdles
1. Joseph Stewart, White Hall, 16.37; 2. Tanner Blumhorst, Conway White, 17.22; 3. Andrew Nance, Conway White, 17.43; 4. H. Hampton, Stuttgart, 17.85; 5. Garrett Garner, Lakeside, 17.86; 6. D. Ice, Stuttgart, 18.45; 7. Tucker Rudisill, Lakeside, 18.49; 8. Garrett Wilcox, Bauxite, 18.64.
300 hurdles
1. H. Hampton, Stuttgart, 45.14; 2. Tucker Rudisill, Lakeside, 46.05; 3. Joseph Stewart, White Hall, 46.38; 4. Quinton Winston, White Hall, 47.25; 5. Brad Bogart*, Conway Blue, 47.51; 6. Tanner Blumhorst, Conway White, 47.69; 7. Beau Bailey*, Conway White, 50.16; 8. Payton Holmes, Lakewood, 50.27.
4×100 Relay
1. Conway White (Willard, Wilson, Tolbert, Cox) 46.55; 2. Stuttgart (Hampton, Ice, Noble, Cox) 46.90; 3. Benton (Hill, Henry, Worthington, Ramirez) 47.78; 4. White Hall (Warren, Adams, Walls, Stewart) 47.90; 5. Conway Blue (Baker, Ruth, Wright, Wardlow) 48.69; 6. Bauxite (Herron, Williams, Ward, Wilcox) 49.51; 7. Magnet Cove (Clements, Linam, Costello, Efird) 49.60; 8. Hot Springs (Reedy, Perkins, Pondexter, Jones) 49.80
4×400 Relay
1. Stuttgart (Baden, Ice, Hampton, Noble) 3:57.68; 2. Benton (Hill, Henry, Worthington, Ramirez) 3:57.86; 3. Bryant (Berry, Stevens, Wadley, Rodarte) 3:59.78; 4. Lakeside (Slayton, Rudisill, Henderson, Bradshaw) 4:02.74; 5. Lakewood (NA) 4:04.35; 6. White Hall (Farmer, Arnold, Walls, Stewart) 4:06.55; 7. Magnet Cove (Garner, Garrett, Dennison, Stringfellow) 4:07.13; 8. Conway White (Smith, Nance, Camp, Jones) 4:08.91.
4×800 Relay
1. Conway Blue (Branscum, Ennis, Staton, Thompson) 9:44.09; 2. Hot Springs (Danner, Johnson, Vega, Hampton) 9:44.35; 3. Magnet Cove (Eskola, Garner, Garrett, Stringfellow) 10:10.23; 4. Conway White (Mitchell, Freedle, Boothe, Lemons) 10:11.54; 5. Benton (Stanger, Terry, Bowen, Shelton) 10:18.62; 6. Jessieville (Weaver, Malcom, Combs, Davis) 10:19.81; 7. Bryant White* (Hampton, Riley, Qualls, Ballew) 10:26.90; 8. White Hall (Willis, Braden, Reber, Lee) 10:29.22.
High Jump
1. D.J. Hayes, Jessieville, 5-10; 2. Bo Weddle*, Carlisle, 5-6; 3. Dylan Herron, Bauxite 5-6; 4. Garrett Garner, Lakeside, 5-4; 5. Deandre Baker, Conway Blue, 5-4; 6. Hunter Linam, Magnet Cove, 5-2; 7. Jared Williams, Jessieville, 5-2; 8. Percy Arnold, White Hall; Ben Reber*, White Hall; Logan Williams, Bauxite, 5-0.
Pole vault
1. Connor Lusby, Conway Blue, 10-0; 2. Brandon Henderson, Lakeside, 9-0; 3. Tyler Garrison*, Conway Blue, 9-0; 4. Billy Reaves*, Jessieville, 9-0; 5. Cade Jones*, Conway White, 8-6; 6. Josh Keyes, Bryant, 8-6; 7. John Reynolds, Carlisle, 8-6; 8. Jacob Jones*, Carlisle; Isiah Dickson, Jessieville, 8-6.
Long jump
1. Brandon Cox, Conway White, 20-7; 2. Joseph Stewart, White Hall, 19-4; 3. Ramon Henry, Benton, 18-11; 4. Tucker Rudisill, Lakeside, 18-8; 5. Evan Wilson*, Conway White, 18-2.5; 6. Jacob Bradshaw, Lakeside, 17-7; 7. Dylan Herron, Bauxite, 17-6.5; 8. Adam Efird, Magnet Cove, 17-3.75
Triple jump
1. Brandon Cox, Conway White, 39-5.5; 2. Joseph Stewart, White Hall, 38-3; 3. Evan Wilson*, Conway White, 36-0.5; 4. Quincy Wardlow, Conway Blue, 35-7; 5. Garrett Garner, Lakeside, 35-0.5; 6. Tucker Rudisill, Lakeside, 34-10; 7. Quinton Winston, White Hall, 34-7; 8. Tyler Garrison*, Conway Blue, 34-2.
Shot put
1. C. Warren, Stuttgart, 43-0; 2. MaKenzie Ross, Fountain Lake, 42-7; 3. Justin Warren, Fountain Lake, 42-0; 4. Brandon Kotch, Conway White, 41-9; 5. Bryton Booher, Conway White, 40-9; 6. Forrest Irons*, Magnet Cove, 39-5; 7. Hunter Schelle, Bryant, 38-4; 8. Oscar Ridgle, White Hall, 38-3.
Discus
1. Brandon Koch, Conway White, 162-3.5; 2. Jarrell Credit, Conway Blue, 132-8; 3. Paul Revis, Conway Blue, 119-7; 4. Zach Garrett, Magnet Cove, 115-1.5; 5. Blake Farris, Conway White, 111-9.5; 6. Blake Hobby, Bryant, 111-0; 7. Justin Warren, Fountain Lake, 109-0.5; 8. John Reynolds, Carlisle, 108-11.
*eighth grade
**seventh grade
