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Cape track girls back in town after taking down CR 78-67

Kadijah Doughty explodes from the blocks and hands the baton to Ahkeesha Duffy in the 4-by-100-meter relay. Carissa Stevens and Tyra Weatherly brought home the bacon as the Vikings won the event. BY DAN COOK
Dave Frederick
April 6, 2011
Ali Coning cruises with confidence in the 1,600 meters. Coning also won the 3,200 and led off the winning 4-by-800-meter relay team. BY DAN COOK
Cape's 4-by-800 team took top honors during the tri meet with a time of 11:10. Shown are (l-r) Ali Coning, Elizabeth Sparks, Juli Kyritisis and Shanel Dickens. BY DAN COOK
Cape's Tyra Weatherly took second place in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 17.8. BY DAN COOK
Cape junior Kayla Albertella cleared eight feet to take first place in the pole vault. BY DAN COOK
Cape's Elizabeth Sparks runs the third leg of the winning 4-by-800-meter relay. BY DAN COOK
Cape's Elizabeth Sparks, right, hands the baton off to Juli Kyritsis during the 4-by-800-meter relay. BY DAN COOK

The Cape girls' track team lost prime-time performers and point producers Andrea Wells, Rebecca Pepper, Shellie Pearsall and Arvantis Smith to graduation, but the deep pool of diversified talent has been replenished as Cape’s 78-67 win over Caesar Rodney proved on the Riders’ track April 5. Cape broke a 12-year streak of losing to the Riders last season, and it took an across-the-board productive effort to pull it off.

Shanel Dickens won the open 400 meters in 61.5 seconds, the 800 in 2:47 and ran anchor on the winning 4-by-800-meter relay team. Kadijah Doughty won the shot put at 36-feet-5-inches, discus 87-feet-4-inches and led off the winning 4-by-100-meter team that also included Ahkeesha Duffy, Carissa Stevens and Tyra Weatherly.

Hannah Pepper got after her new event, the 300-meter hurdles, winning in 50.6, then also captured the triple jump at 34-feet-3-inches and placed second in the high jump at 4-feet-8-inches.

Ali Coning doubled down, winning the 1,600 meters in 6:01, the 3,200 in 13:12 and led off the victorious 4-by-800-meter relay that also included Elizabeth Sparks, Juli Kyritsis, and Shanel Dickens, finishing in 11:10. Kayla Albertella, who also plays soccer, won the pole vault by clearing 8 feet.

The depth necessary to ice the victory came in the 100 hurdles with Tyra Weatherly's second place 17.8 and Amanda Hurst's third at 18.4.

In the 100-meter dash, Ahkeesha Duffy placed second in 13.3, and Johnesha Warren crossed third in 13.5.

Megan Hart ran 69.0 in the 400 for third place. Tyra Weatherly's 52.5 earned a second in the 300. Johnesha Warren came in third in the 200 in 27.2, and Emma Trugman finished third in the 3,200 in 14:46.

Tiana Evans at 27-feet-2 and Vonshe Johnson at 26-feet-9 placed second and third in the shot put, respectively, and Alexus Duffy's throw of 67-feet-7 was good for second in the discus.

The girls also beat Laurel in the tri meet 138-4.

Cape will next compete in the Keith Burgess Invitational Saturday, April 9. Action on the track will commence at 11 a.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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