Parkersburg's Carter Thorpe finished first and Tyler Consolidated's Travis Moore was runner-up during Friday's 3200 at the Erickson Invitational. (Photo by Jay W. Bennett)

PARKERSBURG — Despite cold temperatures here Friday during the Erickson Invitational a pair of meet records fell as Parkersburg’s boys and girls claimed the team titles.

Tyler Consolidated’s Amos Kimble, who is set to compete at Marshall University, clocked in with a record-breaking time of 4:17.27 in the 1600, which erased the 2021 effort of 4:24.78 set by Belpre’s Eli Fullerton.

Parkersburg’s Javel Chandler, who also won the high jump (6-2) and the 300 hurdles (40.60), not only earned high-point honors with 32, but his time of 14.68 in the 110 high hurdles eclipsed the old mark of 14.78 set by Ripley’s Ridge Dalrymple in 2017.

The Big Red boys, who also had individual first-place efforts from AJ Payne (400, 49.62), Rogan Mincks (800, N/A), Carter Thorpe (3200, 9:46.16) and Drey Grinter (shot put, 51-7), finished with 146 points.

Ritchie County was runner-up with 104 while Point Pleasant (77), Ripley (74.5) and Williamstown (71) rounded out the top five.

Williamstown's Cassie Sites won the 3200 while Parkersburg South's Alyssa McCrady was runner-up during Friday's Erickson Invitational. (Photo by Jay W. Bennett)

Ripley’s girls finished in fifth place with 54 points and 24 of those were scored by high-point Kyndyll Butler, who won the long jump (15-5.25), was runner-up in the 100 to Point Pleasant’s Josie Wray (12.69 to 12.82) and finished third in the 200 (26.61) behind Wray’s 26.48 and Magnolia’s Bella Sockman (26.56).

The host Patriots of head coach Megan Jones got their top individual effort from the girls in the 3200 thanks to Alyssa McCrady finishing runner-up to Williamstown’s Cassie Sites (11:46.71 to 12:11.68).

PSHS, which finished in fourth place with 69 points and trailed PHS (166), Williamstown (100) and the Silver Knights (87), also had a win in the shuttles thanks to Jaclynne Welch, Tae Richards, Sophia Shamblin and Lilly Dye finishing in 1:12.13.

Parkersburg’s girls not only won the 4×4 (Olivia Carpenter, Morgan Metz, Kelina Utietiang, Allison Poole: 4:29.06) and the 4×8 (Audrey Wagoner, Metz, Hadley Edwards, Carpenter: 10:18.29), but also received golds from Mya Baruwa in the high jump (5-2), Avery Matthews in the 100 hurdles (16.71) and by Metz in the 1600 (5:24.62).

Ravenswood’s Riley Sotomayor (400, 1:01.52; 800, N/A) and Williamstown’s Reagan Corbett also were double-winners. Corbett won the shot put with a throw of 36 feet, 3 inches and took the discus crown by throwing 124-0. ‘Jacket Grace Boone cleared 10-0 in the pole vault to earn the win.

Parkersburg South's Shawn Thornhill competes in the pole vault during Friday's Erickson Invitational. (Photo by Jay W. Bennett)

The 300 hurdles title went to Wahama’s Adyson VanMeter, who ran a 50.71.

Williamstown’s quartet of Audrey Lefebure, Addison Richardson, Luci Collins and Maggie Johnson clocked in at 1:52.47 in the 4×2, but so did the Big Reds’ Aniya Payne, Adilynn Deuley, Olivia Eakle and Addison Mosso. Following a review, the judges’ call for first went to the Yellowjackets.

In the 4×1, the Silver Knights crossed first with a time of 52.67 thanks to Elaina Winfrey, Andi Fiber, Addison Blosser and Katie Grimm.

Parkersburg South’s top efforts for the boys came via Jordan Foster placing third in each of the hurdles events along with a third-place showing from Wyatt Bartley in the long jump, whose effort of 19-0.75 placed him behind Tyler’s Gideon Winfrey (19-7.5) and Ritchie County’s Kellen Cress (19-3).

In the other field events, Williamstown’s Christian Hoosier won the discus with a throw of 171 feet, 2 inches while Wahama’s Nate Harris cleared 12-0 in the pole vault. Caden Hill of Point Pleasant was runner-up in both the shot put and discus.

Ripley's Kyndyll Butler comes out of the blocks during the 200 prelims at Friday's Erickson Invitational. (Photo by Jay W. Bennett)

Ripley’s Mason Casto had enough to defeat Big Red Gavin Bowman in the 100 (11.06 to 11.41) while Ritchie County’s Ayden Pittman topped Ravenswood’s Braydan Rymer in the 200 (23.52 to 23.93).

PHS closed the meet by winning the 4×4 with a time of 3:28.37 thanks to the anchor Payne along with Landen Deuley, Gavin Bowman and Mincks. In the 4×8, PHS used Payne, Deuley, Calvin Lantz and Ricardo Salazar to win with an 8:49.38 clocking.

Winfrey anchored Tyler’s win in the 4×1 (46.91) with the aid of teammates Jacob Henderson, Jonathon Kelly and Maddox Corley, while Ripley won the 4×2 (1:32.45) with Casto anchoring the unit with fellow Vikings Jordan Adkins, Isaac Butcher and Che Wilkinson.

Point Pleasant posted a winning time of 59.94 in the shuttles thanks to Isaiah Waminan, Lucas Beckett, Wyatt Meadows and Evan Bailes.

Contact Jay Bennett at jbennett@newsandsentinel.com

Parkersburg South's Wyatt Bartley placed fourth in the long jump at Friday's Erickson Invitational. (Photo by Jay W. Bennett)

Erickson Invitational

BOYS TEAM SCORES: Parkersburg 146, Ritchie County 104, Point Pleasant 77, Ripley 74.5, Williamstown 71, Tyler Consolidated 63, Wahama 57, Parkersburg South 35, Magnolia 29, Wood County Christian 19.5, Ravenswood 15

High-point: Javel Chandler (PHS) 32

100: Mason Casto (Rip) 11.06, Gavin Bowman (PHS) 11.41, Isaac Butcher (Rip) 11.42, Cooper Roush (Wah) 11.43, Ayden Pittman (RC) 11.54, Jackson Kerr (WT) 11.66, Maddox Corley (TC) 11.70, Braydan Rymer (RW) 11.94

200: Ayden Pittman (RC) 23.52, Braydan Rymer (RW) 23.93, Jordan Adkins (Rip) 24.28, Garrett Boardman (WCC) 24.67, John Amrine (WT) 24.90, Cade McCoy (Rip) 24.91, Cole Smith (WT) 25.54

400: AJ Payne (PHS) 49.62, Landen Deuley (PHS) 50.12, Kellen Cress (RC) 53.11, Sawyer Thacker (Rip) 54.34, Kayden Utt (TC) 55.55, Holden Misel (WCC) 56.14, Jackson Kerr (WT) 56.32, Kingston Balog (PHS) 56.82

800: Rogan Mincks (PHS) N/A, Vincent Zegrea (WT) N/A, Carter Thorpe (PHS) N/A, Blake Seese (RC) N/A, Chase Pickering (WT) N/A, Travis Moore (TC) N/A, Anthony Herrera (PHS) N/A, Che Wilkinson (Rip) N/A

1600: Amos Kimble (TC) 4:17.27*(NEW MEET RECORD, broke the 4:24.78 set in 2021 by Belpre’s Eli Fullerton), Koa Navarro (WCC) 4:31.69, Connor George (PHS) 4:32.91, Blake Seese (RC) 4:41.65, Jenner Stewart (RC) 4:46.32, Ricardo Salazar (PHS) 4:46.62, Gavin Wilburn (WT) 4:46.73, Jimmy Erlandson (WT) 4:49.33

3200: Carter Thorpe (PHS) 9:46.16, Travis Moore (TC) 10:09.44, Riley Dennis (Mag) 10:16.48, Gatlin McLain (South) 10:23.09, Gavin Wilburn (WT) 10:35.03, Kenson Roman (RC) 10:40.92, Brody Nice (TC) 10:47.11, Brody Pickens (WT) 11:17.83

110H: Javel Chandler (PHS) 14.68*(NEW MEET RECORD, broke the 14.78 set in 2017 by Ripley’s Ridge Dalrymple), Evan Bailes (PP) 15.07, Jordan Foster (South) 15.24, Trace Simpkins (Wah) 15.49, Reece Gerlach (Wah) 15.61, Kellen Cress (RC) 15.94, James Lewis (PHS) 16.47, Kellan Dalrymple (TC) 20.23

300H: Javel Chandler (PHS) 40.60, Lucas Beckett (PP) 40.65, Jordan Foster (South) 41.32, Noah Shoemaker (RC) 42.21, Evan Bailes (PP) 42.77, Cooper Roush (Wah) 43.51, Kellen Cress (RC) 43.67, Reece Gerlachh (Wah) 43.88

4×1: TC (Jacob Henderson, Jonathon Kelly, Maddox Corley, Gideon Winfrey) 46.91, PP 47.19, RC 47.78, Rip 48.58, Rwood 48.91, Wtown 49.69, PHS 50.10, WCC 52.54

4×2: Rip (Jordan Adkins, Isaac Butcher, Che Wilkinson, Mason Casto) 1:32.45, RC 1:36.49, PP 1:38.08, TC 1:38.37, Wah 1:39.54, PHS 1:41.48, Wtown 1:42.58, WCC 1:43.59

4×4: PHS (Landen Deuley, Gavin Bowman, Rogan Mincks, AJ Payne) 3:28.37, Rip 3:35.70, PP 3:42.16, South 3:48.11, RC 3:52.06, Wah 4:05.25

4×8: PHS (AJ Payne, Landen Deuley, Calvin Lantz, Ricardo Salazar) 8:49.38, Rip 9:08.69, Mag 9:14.11, PP 9:17.52, RC 9:24.45, Wtown 10:13.27, Rwood 10:46.84

Shuttles: PP (Isaiah Waminan, Lucas Beckett, Wyatt Meadows, Evan Bailes) 59.94, PHS 1:03.12, RC 1:05.90, Mag 1:12.04, Rip 1:15.50

High jump: Javel Chandler (PHS) 6-2, Bryce Nichols (TC) 5-10, Cooper Roush (Wah) 5-8, Evan Bailey (WT) 5-6, Cooper Eastman (Rip) and Jenner Keen (RC) 5-4, Jadon Blackwell (WCC) and Quinten Byrd (RC) 5-2

Long jump: Gideon Winfrey (TC) 19-7.5, Kellen Cress (RC) 19-3, Wyatt Bartley (South) 19-0.75, Cade McCoy (Rip) 18-10.5, Ja’Qwae Brown (South) 17-8.5, Ashton Skelley (Mag) 17-7.5, Jenner Keen (RC) 17-6, Reese Edwards (RC) 16-2.25

Pole vault: Nate Harris (Wah) 12-0, Brayden Watson (RC) 11-6, Cole Shaw (PP) 11-6, Tyrell Miller (WT) 11-0, Austin Blackshire (Wah) 11-0, Shawn Thornhill (PS) 10-6, Cole Smith (WT) 10-6, Carter Satterfield (RC) 10-0

Shot put: Drey Grinter (PHS) 51-7, Caden Hill (PP) 48-9, Christian Lockhart (WT) 47-7, Charlie Long (Wah) 45-11, Colin Jones (WT) 44-8, Anthony Lancaster (Mag) 43-9, Ben Eakins (PHS) 43-7.5, Chase Morris (RC) 43-3

Discus: Christian Hoosier (WT) 171-2, Caden Hill (PP) 165-9, Anthony Lancaster (Mag) 138-6, Hunter Miller (Wah) 136-9, Drey Grinter (PHS) 135-1, Chase Morris (RC) 134-2, Charlie Long (Wah) 124-9, Austin Jones (PHS) 120-3

GIRLS TEAM SCORES: Parkersburg 166, Williamstown 100, Tyler Consolidated 87, Parkersburg South 69, Ripley 54, Point Pleasant 47, Wood County Christian 39, Magnolia 36, Ritchie County 33, Wahama 31, Ravenswood 26

High-point: Kyndyll Butler (Rip) 24

100: Josie Wray (PP) 12.69, Kyndyll Butler (Rip) 12.82, Bella Sockman (Mag) 12.90, Maggie Johnson (WT) 13.28, Katie Grimm (TC) 13.35, Addison Mosso (PHS) 13.41, TC Allen (PHS) 13.60, Mya Baruwa (PHS) 14.28

200: Josie Wray (PP) 26.48, Bella Sockman (Mag) 26.56, Kyndyll Butler (Rip) 26.61, Adilynn Deuley (PHS) 27.80, Andi Fiber (TC) 28.53, Addison Mosso (PHS) 29.15, Ayo Buerger (TC) 29.99

400: Riley Sotomayor (RW) 1:01.52, Kelina Utietiang (PHS) 1:04.35, Ayo Buerger (TC) 1:04.88, Addison Richardson (WT) 1:05.16, Andi Fiber (TC) 1:06.87, Bridget Kirby (WT) 1:07.00, Isabella Ferrell (South) 1:07.62, Allison Poole (PHS) 1:08.36

800: Riley Sotomayor (RW) N/A, Olivia Carpenter (PHS) N/A, Elliot Handley (WCC) N/A, Calli Angelos (PHS) N/A, Allison Poole (PHS) N/A, Hadley Edwards (PHS) xN/A, Amber Perkins (WCC) N/A, Linsey Barker (RW) N/A, Annalise Goddard (Mag) N/A

1600: Morgan Metz (PHS) 5:24.62, Audrey Wagoner (PHS) 5:43.61, Elliot Handley (WCC) 5:50.77, Bentlee Williams (RC) 6:03.13, Gwyn Gorrell (RW) 6:06.73, Phoebe McPeak (PHS) 6:14.50, Katelyn McCune (Rip) 6:27.81, Payton Bartlett (RC) 6:28.89

3200: Cassie Sites (WT) 11:46.71, Alyssa McCrady (South) 12:11.68, Amber Perkins (WCC) 12:14.27, Haley Raper (South) 12:44.50, Sylvia Harris (WT) 12:46.10, Bentlee Williams (RC) 12:58.41, Lily Haught (TC) 13:49.71, Kendall Smith (RC) 14:14.76

100H: Avery Matthews (PHS) 16.71, Addison Blosser (TC) 17.14, Jaclynne Welch (South) 17.32, Addi Kerby (WT) 17.34, Jessa Anderson (Mag) 17.78, Aly Barnitz (Wah) 17.84, Chloe Gribble (PHS) 18.52, Berklee Bonecutter (PP) 18.97

300H: Adyson VanMeter (Wah) 50.71, Kelina Utietiang (PHS) 52.93, Shelby Battin (South) 53.85, Makayla House (PHS) 54.00, Tae Richards (South) 54.50, Berklee Bonecutter (PP) 54.53, Eliana Winfrey (TC) 55.61, Eva Barton (PP) 56.62

4×1: TC (Eliana Winfrey, Andi Fiber, Addison Blosser, Katie Grimm) 52.67, PHS 53.37, South 54.03, Wtown 54.57, Wahama 55.39, Mag 56.50, Rip 59.20, WCC 59.53

4×2: Wtown (Audrey Lefebure, Addison Richardson, Luci Collins, Maggie Johnson) J1:52.47, PHS (Aniya Payne, Adilynn Deuley, Olivia Eakle, Addison Mosso) J1:52.47, South 1:57.45, Wahama 1:59.81, TC 2:01.94, Rip 2:02.06, WCC 2:04.77, Mag 2:07.76

4×4: PHS (Olivia Carpenter, Morgan Metz, Kelina Utietiang, Allison Poole) 4:29.06, South 4:31.34, WCC 5:03.18, Mag 5:11.01, RC 5:15.21

4×8: PHS (Audrey Wagoner, Morgan Metz, Hadley Edwards, Olivia Carpenter) 10:18.29, South 10:50.91, Wtown 10:56.10, Mag 12:20.54, RC 12:31.29, TC 13:20.91, Rip 14:36.69

Shuttles: South (Jaclynne Welch, Tae Richards, Sophia Shamblin, Lilly Dye) 1:12.13, Wah 1:12.44, PHS 1:12.67, TC 1:13.29, PP 1:15.62

High jump: Mya Baruwa (PHS) 5-2, Katie Grimm (TC) 5-0, Ayo Buerger (TC) 4-10, Tiffany Fisher (Rip) 4-10, Ava Sayre (PHS) 4-8, Katie Householder (TC) 4-8, Nia Cousins (PHS)/Eva Barton (PP) and Mahaylah Jones (Wah) 4-6

Long jump: Kyndyll Butler (Rip) 15-5.25, Ava Sayre (PHS) 14-10.25, Addi Kerby (WT) 14-4.75, Mya Baruwa (PHS) 14-4.5, TC Allen (PHS) 14-1.5, Jessa Anderson (Mag) 13-9.25, Eden Engle (Rip) 13-5, Correll Reck (WT) 13-1

Pole vault: Grace Boone (WT) 10-0, Dezzie Steele (Rip) 9-6, Ralynn Heintzman (TC) 9-0, Olivia Buttrey (WT) 8-0, Mackenzie Durback (Rip) 8-0, Mackenzie Weikle (PP) 7-6, Jalynn Shamblin (Rip) 7-6, Madalee Davis (PHS) 7-0

Shot put: Reagan Corbett (WT) 36-3, Ayo Buerger (TC) 34-4, Morgan Morris (RC) 32-9.5, Karma Hedges (PHS) 32-4.5, Makayla Billings (PP) 32-4, Sabena Stewart (WCC) 32-0.5, Jordyn Gains (WT) 31-6, Cassandra Weikle (PP) 31-0.5

Discus: Reagan Corbett (WT) 124-0, Natalie Henger (RC) 119-7, Sabena Stewart (WCC) 101-6, Cassandra Weikle (PP) 100-7, Makayla Billings (PP) 99-11, Jordyn Gains (WT) 95-7, Zoe Fisher (TC) 95-3, Morgan Morris (RC) 86-3