JASON EPP • Leader & Times
CHEROKEE, Okla.—Beaver County schools brought home three individual titles and the Turpin girl track team was named Academic State Champions at the Class A State Track Meet, Saturday in Cherokee. Zoee Weaver of Beaver brought home the gold in dramatic fashion with a come-from-behind win in the 800 meters and medaled in two other events. Beaver’s Clay Pugh set a new school record in winning the boy’s discus with a throw of 158 feet. Turpin’s Brianna Behrendt became state champion in the girl’s discus with a toss of 133-01.
Boise City kept the girls team crown in the panhandle for the 8th straight year, winning their third straight title. It would most likely have been a fourth straight if not for the cancelation of the 2020 State Track meet due to the pandemic. A new state record was set in the boy’s pole vault by Caden Laverty of Shattuck with vault of 15-04.
All athletes who finished first through sixth place medaled, team points were scored through 8th place. Here is a list of all athletes who competed at State.
GIRLS
Team Results:
1.Boise City, 92; 10. Beaver, 24; 15. Turpin, 19;
Individual Results:
100 Meter Dash—9. Zoee Weaver, Beaver, 13.63.
200 Meter Dash—5. Weaver, Beaver, 27.13.
400 Meter Dash—3. Weaver, Beaver, 1:00.54.
800 Meter Run—1. Weaver, Beaver, 2:26.91.
3200 Meter Run—14. Aidaly Ramos, 14:51.85
4X200 Meter Relay—9. Turpin (Gwynlyn Hannah, Abigail Buller, Lizzete Aquino, Calli Jones) 1:56.56.
4X400 Meter Relay—10. Turpin (Brooklyn Romero, Buller, Riley Lehnert, Jones) 4:34.51.
4X800 Meter Relay—9. Turpin (Romero, Ramos, Allison Weber, Jones) 11:22.18, 11. Balko (Aspen Freeman, Sawyer Stockton, Emelie Trentham, Madelyn Trentham) 11:40.55.
High Jump—4. Weber, Turpin, 4-10; Trentham, Balko, NH.
Pole Vault—5. Lehnert, Turpin, 8-0.
Long Jump—5. Malloree Schlessman, Beaver, 15-8.5; 10. Stockton, Balko, 15-0.5.
Discus—1. Brianna Behrendt, Turpin, 133-01.
BOYS
Team Results:
1.Thomas, 119; 9. Beaver, 23; 11. Forgan, 21; 28. Tyrone, 9; 38T. Turpin, 2; 38T. Balko, 2.
Individual Results:
200 Meter Dash—14. Jordan McGowan, Forgan, 23.79.
400 Meter Dash—3. Roberto Hernandez, Tyrone, 51.28; 13. Kobe McGowan, Forgan, 53.97.
110 Meter Hurdles—2. Kobe McGowan, Forgan, 16.21; 7. Jaden Hall, Balko, 17.49.
300 Meter Hurdles—13. Hall, Balko, 45.00.
4X400 Meter Relay—8. Turpin (Christian Quinones, Aaron Resendiz, Kaden Moses, Javier Talamantes) 3:43.94.
High Jump—4. Jordan McGowan, Forgan, 6-2; 6. Hernandez, Tyrone, 5-10; 16. Talamantes, Turpin, NH.
Pole Vault—6. Willie Norton, Beaver, 9-06.
Long Jump—2. Jordan McGowan, Forgan, 22-01.75
Discus—1. Clay Pugh, Beaver, 158-00; 3. Zacc Hugg, Beaver, 145-03.
Shot Put—5. Hugg, Beaver, 45-00.25; 11. Pugh, Beaver, 39-09.75; 15. Hall, Balko, 37.04.75.