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Big East: Regional meetto be held in Red Oak44continued from page IBEast Regional to be held on Oct. 26 cm the same course.“I’m definitely happy with winning,” she said. “But at the same time, I’m frustrated that my time didn’t get better. I ran under 20 (19:40 at the Freshman-Sophomore Invitational in Kemersville over the weekend), so I know I can get back in the 19s.“But I ran a 19:25 here at the beginning of the season. And I’m definitely going to have to run that fast, if not faster, at the regional meet,I just have to train hard and push myself harder.FIKFS RUN ENDSIn the team standings, the Fike girls placed third with 71 points behind second place Nash Central (65) and champion Rocky Mount (46). It ended a three-year run by the Lady Golden Demons as the Big East’s best.Junior Leighann Bowen and freshman Erin Pichey each achieved all-conference with their finishes of sixth (personal-best 21:30) and ninth (21:42), respectively.We wanted to get out to a fast start and stay with the Rocky Mount girls,” Bowen said. “Overall, we are very pleased with how we raced. Erin goes out the first mile and is faster, we’re usually about even on the second, and then I am faster in the last mile.”Pichey said they were proud of the way Fike performed.“It was a good race and we tried our best,” the freshman said. “Wb pushed each other, trying to get our personal bests.”First-year coach Patrick Yarbrough said the team came out and improved, which is what he wanted.“We’re not as competitive yet in conference,” he said. “We’re young and improving on both sides, with the boys not even having a senior. We have a lot of work to do in the summer, but if we put in the work, I believe we will be very competitive again soon.”Senior Kristin Ewan finished 112th for Fike with a time of 22:13, while teammates sophomore Marie-Page Smith was 21st (23:38) and sophomore Hailee Cockrell was23rd(24:07).Hunt was fourth with 92 points to top Northern Nash (97) and Southern Nash (115). -S'Freshman Megan Westbrook was 15th (22:43), junior Eynde Frazier was 19th (23:23), senior Baylee Brick was 28th (24:50) and sophomore Kaitlyn Bradshaw was 29th(24:52).Hunt coach Stephen Boyette said the Lady Warriors ran strong.“You can’t argue with Lauren, finishing first in every race this year,”% • ^ -iifc *v • ’ ’•• ■ • iit* . .. fi'Southern Nash's Kevin Bryant was the top area finisher in the boys 3-A Big East Conference championship race. The senior was third with atime of 17:40. Randy Jones | Timeshe said. “The rest of the girls, Kristin had a personal-best time and I believe everyone in my top five was close to, or had a personal best. So it was a good day of running.”BRYANT TOP AREA RUNNERSouthern Nash senior Kevin Bryant flew out in front of the pack along with Whitehead and second-place finisher Christian Tippette, but by the time the runners came out of the mile mark, Bryant had settled in to third place, which is where he finished with a time of 17:40.“This is probably my favorite course of the whole conference,” Bryant said. It’s got a lot of hills, but its not too hard. But at the same time, it’s got some challenges.”He said he was happy with third, but believes he could have done a little better even though he shaved 2 seconds off his personal-best time. Three weeks ago, his personal best was 18:16.“I had been getting second the past few meets, so really, I was looking for that,” he said. “But, I got a personal best of 17:40. So in the end, I beat the clock, but I didn’t beat the runner.”Hunt sophomore Marcus Medi-na-Artis took fifth to be the highest-placing Wilson County boys runner with a time of 17:59.Afterward he sad that he was a little disappointed in is race.“Fifth place, if s not that bad, but I could’ve done better,” Medina-Artis said. “It’s definitely motivation. (With regionals here) I know what I have to do — train harder and push■M■kaBHHunt sophomore Marcus Medina-Artis leads Fike sophomore Tyler Joyner about midway through Wednesday's 3-A Big East Conference championship meet. Medina-Artis would finish fifth, while Joyner would be 11th.Randy Jones | Times “ ’3-A Big East Conference championships results9. Coleman Cherry (NN)10. Nick Com (RM)18:2718:28BOYSTeam scoresNorthern Nash 33, Rocky Mount 57, Nash Central 78, Hunt 94, Southern Nash 120, Fike 131GIRLSTeam scoresRocky Mount 46, Nash Central 65, Fike 71, Hunt 92, Northern Nash 97, Southern Nash 115 -Top 10 individuals1. Stephen Whitehead (NN)2. Christian Tippette (NN)3. Kevin Bryant (SN)4. Zach Shea (RM)5. Marcus Medina-Artis (H)6. Clark Everett (RM)7. Jermain Jones (NN)8. Chris Moore (NC)16:5617:0517:4017:4317:5918:1418:1518:25Top 10 individuals1. Lauren West (H)2 Mary McCall Leland (RM)3. Michaela Williams (NC)4. Halie Huffman (NN)5. Barkley Browder (RM)6. Leighann Bowen (F)7. Caresha Leonard (NC)8. Alexis Bryant (RM) \ V9. Erin Pichey (F)10. Briana Winham (NN)20:2320:5021:0021:1921:2021:3021:34214021:4221:47Fike junior Leighann Bowen, left, and freshman teammate Erin Pichey battle with Rocky Mount's Barkley Browder during Wednesday's Big East championship race. Bowen finished sixth overall, while Pichey was ninth.Randy Jones | Timesmyself to do better.”Whitehead and Tippette finishing first and second paved the way for Northern Nash to claim the team title with 33 points, a whopping 24 ahead of second-place Rocky Mount. Nash Central was third (78), followed by Hunt (94), Southern Nash (120) and Fike (131).After Medina-Artis, Fike soph-more Tyler Joyner (11th, 18:34) and Hunt senior Dominique Singletary (12th, 18:39) just missed all-conference status.Hunt freshman Evan Lee was 15th (19:05), junior Jimmy Johnson was 24th (19:36) and sophomore Jay Johnson was 46th (20:46).For Fike, who raced without top runner Zovek Chapa, junior Derek Collins was 28th (19:56), Ethan Whalen was 29th (19:59), freshman Chris Jenkins was 33rd (20:08) and sophomore Sam Johnson was 35th(20:13).rjones@wilsoritirnes.com 1265*8117 Twitter ©RandyJonesWT
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