Parkersburg South’s Miguel Amezquita, left, and Doddridge County’s Will Adams run side by side in a photo finish in the 4x200 during Tuesday’s Fenton Relays at Williamstown High School. Amezquita edged Adams for first place by two-hundredths of a second. (Photo by Kerry Patrick)

WILLIAMSTOWN – Depth in an array of events on both the boys and girls side enabled the Doddridge County track program to make it a clean sweep of the team titles during Tuesday’s Fenton Relays at Williamstown High School.

“I found out that the girls can really work hard when they have to and when they really want to,” said DCHS’ Faith Ball, who is in her first year as girls head coach after serving as an assistant in previous years.

On the girls side, the Bulldogs only won two of a possible seven relay events on the track, but peppered high placings in the field events. Kali Cooper won the high jump (4-8), while Payton Trent followed suit in the long jump (15-9). In the throws, DCHS duplicated a second, fifth and sixth place showing in both the shot and discus.

DCHS finished with 92 points, compared to 68 for runner-up Williamstown. Parkersburg South was a close third at 67 points, while Wahama took fifth at 42 points. Behind a school record height for freshman Addison Reutzel in the pole vault and another school record by the distance medley relay, Wood County Christian finished with 26 points.

“We are right where we need to be — we are pretty much on track for where we need to be in May,” Ball continued. “The girls are excited about this season — they know what the goal is and they have personal goals as well as team goals.”

Parkersburg South’s Alyssa McCrady, left, receives the baton from teammate Lexi McKinney during the girls distance medley relay during Tuesday’s Fenton Relay at Williamstown High School. (Photo by Kerry Patrick)

On the boys side, Williamstown’s distance runners set a school record right off the bat after winning in a time of 19:58.59. The same foursome of Chase Pickering, Jimmy Erlandson, Gavin Wilburn and Vincent Zegres competing in the 4×800 accounted for the Yellowjackets’ only other win on the track.

That opened the door for DCHS, which won three relays on the track in addition to individual victories for Nathanael Lloyd in the high jump (5-10) and Trey McDonough in the pole vault (13-6). Another seven Bulldogs placed in the top three in their respective field events.

In the team standings, DCHS scored 104 points, while runner-up Williamstown finished with 75 points. Marietta and Wahama tied for third at 62 points, and Parkersburg South slipped into the No. 5 slot with 59 points. One school record was established by the WCCS boys (23 points).

“This is a really fun meet — people may be in some different events they are used to competing in,” DCHS boys coach Bobby Burnside said. “This is the last of our midseason meets and now we are into the stretch run where we have to dial in and figure our final lineups in the next few weeks.

“We are starting to get healthy and that’s good. It’s shaping up to be a real monumental battle at the state track meet. Right now I’m looking at four teams — Doddridge, Williamstown, Frankfort and Independence. It will be interesting to see how it plays out.”

Doddridge County’s Jaycee Lipscomb placed second as an individual in the pole vault during Tuesday’s Fenton Relays at Williamstown High School. (Photo by Kerry Patrick)

Parkersburg South walked off with a total of five wins on the track, including four from the girls team. Kymani Prince, Sophia Shamblin and Jaclynee Welch competed on the winning shuttle hurdles and 4×100 relays.

“We had really good handoffs in most of our races — we were really working on that (Monday),” South coach Megan Jones said. “Today, the kids ran well. Today revealed a lot for us, actually, even though it was a fun meet.

“We have been moving people around on relays to see what’s going to work, what’s going to fit. We will be switching some things up, changing some stuff.”

Other individual winners from the field events included two members from the Williamstown girls track program. Grace Boone cleared 9 feet, 6 inches to win the pole vault while teammate Reagan Corbett swept the throws — going 127-7 in the discus and 35-9 in the discus.

Corbett’s winning margin in the discus was 21-plus feet.

Wood County Christian’s Angelus Palata lands in the long jump pit during Tuesday’s Fenton Relays at Williamstown High School. (Photo by Kerry Patrick)

“My disc wasn’t anywhere close to a personal best, but I was definitely consistent today on the field,” Corbett said. “My shots weren’t where I want them to be. I started off the beginning of the season really strong. I’m just trying to work through some things. I’ll get there.”

Like their female counterparts, the WCCS boys also set a school record in the distance medley relay.

“For our distance runners, it was a very successful night,” WCCS coach Emily Sams said. “But a lot of our sprinters are new this year. We’re kind of starting from the beginning with those kids

“As for the team, none of our kids have peaked yet. We are having PRs at pretty much every meet, but not every kid is peaking at every meet, which is the way I’m intending it to go. So we are making small victories along the way.

“Hopefully, we are setting them up to peak right around regionals and state.”

Williamstown’s Maggie Johnson anchors the winning 4x200 during Tuesday’s Fenton Relays at Williamstown High School. (Photo by Kerry Patrick)

Marietta’s lone outright victory occurred with the 4×1600 foursome of Kelly Nicholas, Aubrey Christensen, Jordan Haessly and Teagan Brown) winning in a time of 26:39.86.

Fenton Relays

Team Standings: 1. Doddridge County 104; 2. Williamstown 75; 3T. Marietta and Wahama 62; 5. Parkersburg South 59; 6. Wood County Christian 23

Parkersburg South’s Shawn Thornhill clears the bar during the boys pole vault competition during Tuesday’s Fenton Relays at Williamstown High School. (Photo by Kerry Patrick)

4×1600: 1. Williamstown (Chase Pickering, Jimmy Erlandson, Gavin Wilburn, Vincent Zegres) 19:58.59; 2. WCCS 21:33.12; 3. Wahama 24:19.15; 4. Doddridge 24:42.41

Distance Medley: 1. Marietta (Camden Space, Ezekiel Minard, Emmett Parman, Ian Putnam) 11:26.38; 3. Williamstown 12:32.90; 4. South 13:18.93; 5. Wahama 15:37.78

4×200: 1. South (Cayson Posey, Bowen Rader, Wyatt Bartley, Miguel Amezquita) 1:35.91; 2. Doddridge 1:35.93; 3. Wahama 1:37.15; 4. Marietta 1:38.55; 5. South ‘B’ 1:39.84; 6. Doddridge ‘B’ 1:42.63; 8. Williamstown 1:52.53

Shuttle Hurdles: 1. Doddridge (Trey McDonough, Will Adams, Nathanael Lloyd, Brycen Eidel) 1:02.08; 2. South 1:04.27; 3. Marietta 1:09.95; 4. Williamstown 1:10.33; 5. Doddridge ‘B’ 1:14.44

4×800: 1. Williamstown (Chase Pickering, Jimmy Erlandson, Gavin Wilburn, Vincent Zegres) 8:41.93; 2. Marietta 9:18.62; 3. Doddridge 9:49.99; 4. Williamstown ‘B’ 9:57.49; 5. Wahama 11:22.31

Sprint Medley: 1. Doddridge (Tristan Swiger, Jacob Riffle, Tommy Walters-Hickman, Jerod Trent) 1:39.26; 2. Marietta 1:40.52; 3. South 1:42.68; 4. Williamstown ‘B’ 1:46.71; 5. Wahama 1:47.24; 6. Wood County Christian 1:48.41; 7. Williamstown 1:51.59; 8. WCCS ‘B’ 1:52.17; 9. South ‘B’ 1:54.57

4×100: 1. Wahama (Reezin Stitt, Trace Simpkins, Cooper Roush, Joshua Leport) 45.41; 2. Doddridge 45.67; 3. South 46.81; 4. South ‘B’ 48.20; 5. Marietta 49.97; 6. Williamstown 48.99; 7. Doddridge ‘B’ 49.14; 8. Williamstown ‘B’ 49.84

4×400: 1. Doddridge (Tommy Walters-Hickman, Trey McDonough, Brycen Eidel, Noah Bodkin) 3:37.42; 2. Williamstown 3:40.54; 3. South 3:44.03; 4. Marietta 3:50.42; 5. Doddridge ‘B’ 3:58.44; 6. Wahama 4:05.38; 7. South ‘B’ 4:16.65; 8. Williamstown ‘B’ 4:22.66

Shot Put: 1. Charlie Long, WAH, 47-0; 2. Jaden Solomon, DC, 45-11; 3. Aaron Glaspell, DC, 45-2; 4. Christian Lockhart, WILL, 45-2; 5. Hunter Miller, WAH, 43-2; 6. Colin Jones, WILL, 39-9

Discus: 1. Christian Hoosier, WILL, 167-10; 2.Jacob Britton, DC, 134-11; 3. Hunter Miller, WAH, 132-0; 4. Charlie Long, WAH, 131-7; 5. Aaron Glaspell, DC, 130-0; 6. Caleb Atkinson, WILL, 117-8

High Jump: 1. Nathanael Lloyd, DC, 5-10; 2. Tristan Swiger, DC, 5-8; 3. Evan Bailey, WILL, 5-8; 4. Blake Becker, MTTA, 5-6; 5T. Jordan Foster, South, Nate Harris, WAH, , Kellen Miller, MTTA, and Jadon Blackwell, WCCS 5-4

Long Jump: 1. Reezin Stitt, WAH, 20-1; 2. Tommy Walters-Hickman, DC, 19-4; 3. Nathanael Lloyd, DC, 17-9; 4. Levi Hearn, MTTA, 17-8; 5. Wyatt Bartley, South, 17-6; 6. Ja’Qwae Brown, South, 17-5

Pole Vault: 1. Trey McDonough, DC, 13-6; 2. Tyrell Miller, WILL, 12-6; 3T. Tristan Swiger, DC, and Nathanel Lloyd, DC 12-0; 5. Nate Harris, WAH, 11-6

Girls

Team Standings: 1. Doddridge County 92; 2. Williamstown 68; 3. Parkersburg South 67; 4. Marietta 64; 5. Wahama 42; 6. Wood County Christian 26

4×1600: 1. Marietta (Kelly Nicholas, Aubrey Christensen, Jordan Haessly, Teagan Brown) 26:39.86; 2. Doddridge 32:08. 10

Distance Medley: 1. South (Haley Raper, Lexi McKinney, Alyssa McCrady, Jalyn Eddy) 14:05.18; 2. WCCS 14:16.25; 3. Marietta 14:42.49; 4. Williamstown 16:09.74

4×200: 1. Doddridge (Taylor Bodkin, Emily Davis, Heidi Tomes, Payton Trent) 1:58.55; 2. South 1:59.90; 3. Marietta 2:02.18

Shuttle Hurdles: 1. South (Jaclynne Welch, Taelyn Richards, Sophia Shamblin, Kymani Prince) 1:09.49; 2. Wahama 1:12.99; 3. Williamstown 1:13.30; 4. Marietta 1:18.07; 5. Doddridge 1:22.90

4×800: 1. Williamstown (Luci Collins, Bridget Kirby, Sylvia Harris, Cassie Sites) 10:21.40; 2. South 10:27.91; 3. Marietta 11:45.43; 4. Doddridge 13:10.87

Sprint Medley: 1. Doddridge (Jaycee Lipscomb, Tiana Solomon, Heidi Tomes, Payton Trent), 2:01.60; 2. Williamstown 2:07.23; 3. Wahama 2:07.45; 4. Marietta 2:07.69; 5. Wood County Christian 2:12.30; 6. South 2:19.08

4×100: 1. South (Jaclynne Welch, Lilly Dye, Sophia Shamblin, Kymani Prince) 52.29; 2. Doddridge 53.26; 3. Wahama 54.68; 4. Williamstown 55.26; 5. Marietta 1:01.71; 6. Doddridge ‘B’ 1:01.30

4×400: 1. South (Sophia Shamblin, Raylen Reeder, Isabella Ferrell, Lilly Dye) 4:26.66; 2. WCCS 4:36.78; 3. Marietta 4:41.15; 4. Wahama 4:42.40; 5.Doddridge County 4:52.34

Shot Put: 1. Reagan Corbett, WILL, 35-9; 2. Brooke Burnside, DC, 35-5; 3. Sabena Stewart, WCCS, 31-11; 4. Jordyn Gains, WILL, 30-6; 5. Savanna Johnston, DC, 29-0; 6. Jeonah Underwood, DC, 26-4

Discus: 1. Reagan Corbett, WILL, 127-7; 2. Brooke Burnside, DC, 106-6; 3. Sabena Stewart, WCCS, 100-0; 4. Jordyn Gains, WILL, 98-1; 5. Ella Powers, DC, 94-4; 6. Jeonah Underwood, DC, 93-4

High Jump: 1. Kali Cooper, C, 4-8; 2T. Jaycee Lipscomb, DC, and Mahayla Jones, WAH, 4-6; 4. Taylor Bodkin, DC, 4-4; 5. Aly Barnitz, WAH,and Corell Reck, WILL, 4-2

Long Jump: 1. Payton Trent, DC, 15-9; 2. Addisyn Kerby, WILL,14-6; 3. Aly Barnitz, WAH, 14-0; 4. Corell Reck, WILL, 13-5; 5. Blaire Reed, MTTA, 13-2; 6. Abby Richards, 13-1

Pole Vault: 1. Grace Boone, WILL, 9-6; 2. Jaycee Lipscomb, DCHS, 9-0; 3. Olivia Buttrey, WILL, 8-0; 4T. Addison Richardson, WILL, and Addison Reutzel, WCCS, 7-0; 6.Julianna Thomas, DC, 6-6

Williamstown’s Grace Boone finished in first place as an individual in the pole vault after clearing 9-6 during Tuesday’s Fenton Relays at Williamstown High School. (Photo by Kerry Patrick)

Williamstown won the Throwers Relay and earned them a free pizza during Tuesday’s Fenton Relays at Williamstown High School. PIctured from left are: Christian Lockhart, Christian Hoosier, Williamstown coach Zach Hall, Jackson Melonas and Colin Jones. (Photo by Kerry Patrick)