phoot by Roger Lee

After winning the triple jump and placing Top 5 in two other field events, Summerville senior Dejon Wilkinson was named the Boys’ Most Outstanding Field Athlete for the Outback Classic Invitational.

The Summerville girls won their 13th Outback Steakhouse Azalea Classic championship March 13 and a member of the Green Wave boys claimed the MVP for the field events.

Summerville won four events on the girls’ side and had Top 3 finishes in six other events as the accumulated 114 points to win the 18th annual meet. Rounding out the top five spots in a field of 20 teams were Wando (90 points), Fort Dorchester (62), West Ashley 943) and Cane Bay (42).

“We have a great group of leaders who work hard at getting better every day,” Summerville girls’ coach Jim Kilbreth said. “They know what to do when they get out here so I don’t have to coach them much.”

Junior distance runner Sydney Hazel won the 1,600-meter run with a 5:23.13 time in the fnals and the 3,200 with an 11:38.66 finish. Fellow junior Breanna Blanton set a new meet record in the 800, finishing in 2:19.40. Her seedtime was 2:18.34.

With their help, the Lady Wave relay teams also did well. Summerville won the 4x400 relay with a 4:10.68 time and placed third in the 4x100 relay.

Noelle Cunningham placed second in the 400 hurdles and fifth in the 100 hurdles. Nyala Waring placed third in the 400 and fifth in the 100.

In the field events, Briunna Jones placed second in the long jump with a mark just 1.25 inches shy of the winner’s. She also placed third in the high jump and triple jump.

RoShani Glover tied for third place in the high jump while also placing fourth in the triple jump and sixth in the long jump.

Others scoring points for the Wave girls are Shaycoya Smith (8th in the 200), Ashton Tyler (5th in the 400), Anya Bunao (7th in the 3200), Autumn Porter (6th in the discus) and the 4x800 relay team (8th).

After earning several points for the Wave boys, senior Dejon Wilkinson was named the Most Outstanding Field Athlete for the boys’ side. He won the triple jump with a 45-02.50 mark. He also placed second in the high jump with a mark just two inches off the winner’s and fourth in the high jump.

Wilkinson, the 4-A defending state champion in the triple jump, has big goals this season.

“First of all, I don’t want to lose in the event I won at state last year,” he said. “Otherwise, we’ve got a good team so I want to do everything I can for it and stay ahead of the game. It’s early in the season, but I’m not satisfied with my results so far. I need to make improvements.”

Summerville compiled 99 points to place second to Fort Dorchester, which finished with 109. Rounding out the top five for a field of 20 teams were Wando (90), Battery Creek (43.5) and Spring Valley (42).

Wave distance runner Issac Grant won the 800 with a 2:01.54 time. Devin Taylor tied for first place in the shot put, but finished second on a tiebreaker. Michael Thomas lost a lean at the end of the 100 and finished as the runner-up. Fort Dorchester’s Miguel Quinn won the event with an 11.13 time while Thomas finished at 11.16.

Carvin Nkanta placed third in the 400 and Chad Robinson placed third in the pole vault. The Wave placed second in the 4x400 relay and third in the 4x100 and 4x800.

Also earning points for the Wave boys were Cody Reese (4th in the 200), Marques Moore (fifth in the 200), Mark Vedders (6th in the 3200), Andrew Scholz (5th in the pole vault) and D’Andre Hines (7th in the discus).

Contact Roger Lee @ 873-9424 ext. 213 or rlee@journalscene.com.

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