Miller, Shackelford win regional titles
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Dukes’ sophomore Dayannha Curry sprints towards the finish line during the women’s 100-meter dash preliminaries at Friday’s VHSL Region 5A track meet. While Curry did not appear in the finals, she did set a personal record in the event with a 14.01. Curry also competed in the 200-meter dash and 4x100m relay. Photo by Peter J. Teagle
Here, GHS senior Isaiah Spencer clears the bar in the men’s high jump competition during Friday’s VHSL Region 5A track meet, hosted by GHS. Spencer went on to finish fourth with a jump of 5 feet, 10 inches. As a whole, the Dukes men’s team finished fifth with 48 points while the women claimed eighth place with a score of 35. Princess Anne topped the men’s competition with a score of 86 and Nansemond River took first for women with 139 points. Photo by Peter J. Teagle
Gloucester High School sophomore Ainsley Miller and junior Joshua Shackelford won gold at the 2018 VHSL Class 5A Regional Track and Field Championships, which were held Friday and Saturday at the Gloucester High School sports complex.
Gloucester athletes excelled at the meet, which saw 15 teams and 500 athletes compete. The Gloucester girls had 10 new personal records and the boys had 18 new PRs. There were three school records broken.
In team rankings, the boys placed fifth with 48 team points, while the girls placed eighth with 35 points. Princess Anne (86 points) and Nansemond River (139 points) were the top boys’ and girls’ teams, respectively.
Miller took the regional title in the girls’ pole vault on Friday, also qualifying for the state meet as she cleared 9’0”. On Saturday, Shackelford set a school record and a PR as he took first in the boys’ 800-meter run with a time of 1:58.54.
Senior John Pryor Jr. qualified for both boys 100m dash and 200m dash finals on Friday. Pryor placed sixth overall in both races but in the 100m dash on Saturday had a new PR and state qualified with a time of 11.2 seconds.
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