By OANow Staff

Published: May 4, 2008

GULF SHORES — Beauregard High School claimed its first team championship in any sport when the boys track team took first place in the AHSAA Class 4A State Championships.

Beauregard finished with 81.5 points, just ahead of second-place finisher Guntersville, who had 77.

Beauregard track coach Glenn Copeland was ecstatic at the results.

“It was totally a team effort for the kids,” Copeland said. “Everybody did their part to get that championship. From the ones that finished seventh and eighth to the ones that won championships, everybody played their part.”

Even with his excitement over the boys championship, Copeland was just as happy for his third-place girls team.

“Just with 10 girls (qualifying for the state championships), they went after it,” Copeland said. “The girls worked hard to get what they got. I’m just as proud, if not more, of what they’ve done.”

After finishing second last year, Copeland said his boys were ready to go this weekend.

“The kids saw what they could do and went after it,” he said.

In 6A, Opelika’s boys failed to win their third straight state championship, finishing third, 18.5 points behind state champion Vestavia Hills.

Auburn High’s boys finished fifth, and Smiths Station finished 10th.

In 6A girls, Smiths Station finished seventh, Auburn eighth and Opelika 10th.

Tallassee’s boys finished sixth in Class 5A, while Valley’s finished eighth. The Tallassee girls finished 10th.

Dadeville’s girls finished seventh in the 4A track meet.

In addition to the team championship, several area athletes brought home individual championships.

Beauregard got individual championships from John Ware in the boys triple jump, Laveeta Bellamy in the girls 400-meter dash and the boys 4x800-meter relay team of Russell Alexander, Jeffery Jenkins, Brandon Hunter and Jonathan VanWettering.

Also, Kaley Glover won the 3,200 meters for the second consecutive year.

Opelika’s Corey Grant brought home titles in the 6A boys 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash, Nick Clayton won the boys discus championship and Bianca Pitts was first in girls javelin.

Auburn High’s Mary Ashton Nall brought home another title in girls 6A pole vault, and Smiths Station’s Amanda Daniel finished first place in the girls 6A triple jump.

Dadeville’s Kevin Keyes finished first in the boys 4A javelin throw, and the girls 4x400-meter relay team of Miranda Russell, Ebone Shaw, Karmeshae Thomas and Vontavia Finley also brought home a state championship.

The Tallassee boys 4x800-meter relay team brought home the 5A state championship. Team members were Tecumseh Huitzil-Brown, Joel Langley, Brian Simpson and Brandon Smith.

Here’s the list of all area finishers (in the top 8) from this weekend’s state track and field meet:

Class 4A
Boys
Shot Put
6 Man Tables Beauregard High 43-06.25

Long Jump
2 John Ware Beauregard High 21-04.25

Triple Jump
1 John Ware Beauregard High 44-10.50

High Jump
T7 John Ware Beauregard High 5-08.00

Pole Vault
2 Penn Cooper Beauregard High 12-06.00
6 Chris Wilder Beauregard High 10-06.00

Javelin
1 Kevin Keyes Dadeville 168-08
4 John Ware Beauregard High 161-03
7 Greg Thomas Beauregard High 142-01

110 hurdles
3 Willis Fields Beauregard High 15.69
4 Chad Strickland Beauregard High 15.91

300 Hurdles
4 Dewaun Blackwell Dadeville 42.59
5 Chad Strickland Beauregard High 43.03

800 meters
5 Jeffery Jenkins Beauregard High 2:07.54

1600 meters
7 Jonathan VanWettering Beauregard High 4:58.06

3200 meters
5 Jonathan VanWettering Beauregard High 11:07.52
8 Russell Alexander Beauregard High 11:30.59

4x100 relay
6 Beauregard High School 45.72

4x400 relay
7 Beauregard High School 3:41.83
1) Brandon Hunter 2) Jeffery Jenkins
3) Rafael Alvarado-Rivera 4) Princeston Johnson

4x800 relay
1 Beauregard High School ‘A’ 8:51.09 8:43.74
1) Russell Alexander 2) Rafael Alvarado-Rivera
3) Brandon Hunter 4) Jonathan VanWettering

Class 4A
Girls
Discus
8 Jasmine Fears Beauregard High 88-06

Long Jump
6 Kiva Holcey Beauregard High 15-11.00

Triple Jump
3 Kiva Holcey Beauregard High 34-07.25
7 Valeeta Bellamy Beauregard High 32-09.75

High Jump
4 Valeeta Bellamy Beauregard High 4-08.00

Pole Vault
3 Tyeshia Hart Beauregard High 7-06.00

100 meters
7 Laveeta Bellamy Beauregard High 13.37

400 meters
1 Laveeta Bellamy Beauregard High 1:01.88
6 Miranda Russell Dadeville 1:04.35

300 hurdles
3 Kiva Holcey Beauregard High 47.73
5 Miranda Russell Dadeville 49.40

800 meters
4 Milira Marbury Dadeville 2:36.17

1600 meters
3 Kaley Glover Beauregard High 5:38.81

3200 meters
1 Kaley Glover Beauregard High 12:32.84
5 Milira Marbury Dadeville 13:03.27

4x400 relay
1 Dadeville High School 4:20.07
1) Miranda Russell 2) Ebone Shaw
3) Karmeshae Thomas 4) Vontavia Finley

3 Beauregard High School 4:23.93
1) Allison Maisel 2) DeeDee Bellamy
3) Laveeta Bellamy 4) Kiva Holcey

4x800 relay
4 Dadeville High School 10:54.94
1) Milira Marbury 2) Ebone Shaw
3) Karmeshae Thomas 4) Crystal Young

Class 5A
Boys
Long Jump
5 Marley Allen Valley HS 20-11.00

Triple Jump
4 Marley Allen Valley HS 44-01.75

200 meters
6 Brandon Smith Tallassee 22.78

400 meters
6 Brandon Smith Tallassee 51.62
7 Brian Simpson Tallassee 51.82

110 hurdles
3 Antonio Presley Valley HS 15.42
4 Quant Lockhart Valley HS 15.43

300 hurdles
1 Brian Simpson Tallassee 40.21
2 Quant Lockhart Valley HS 41.05

4x100 relay
5 Tallassee 44.77

4x400 relay
1 Tallassee 3:29.75
1) Tecumsen Huitzil-Brown 2) Joel Langley
3) Brian Simpson 4) Brandon Smith

Class 5A
Girls
Triple Jump
6 Cierra Heard Valley HS 32-09.50

100 meters
3 Derrekia Harris Tallassee 12.61
5 Laveeta Oliver BTW 12.70

200 meters
6 Derrekia Harris Tallassee 26.01
7 Ashley Crim Valley 26.54

4x100 relay
2 Tallassee 50.16
5 Valley 51.93

Class 6A
Boys
3 Jay Locke Opelika HS 51-05.75
6 Nick Clayton Opelika HS 49-11.50
8 Josh Rowe Opelika HS 48-05.00

Discus
1 Nick Clayton Opelika HS 164-10
3 Jerome Burroughs Opelika HS 143-01

Long Jump
4 Chance Jackson Auburn 21-09.50
7 Dequavious Cobb Auburn 21-04.00

High Jump
T8 Marquel Pressley Opelika HS 6-00.00

Pole Vault
3 Josh Nelson Smiths Station 14-00.00

Javelin
6 Joran Spence Opelika HS 180-09

100 meters
1 Corey Grant Opelika HS 10.84

200 meters
1 Corey Grant Opelika HS 22.06
8 Quitaze Baker Opelika HS 22.63

400 meters
2 Quitaze Baker Opelika HS 49.13
5 Charles Johnson Opelika HS 50.20

110 hurdles
3 Chance Jackson Auburn 14.82
6 Tyler Agee Opelika HS 15.18
8 Dequavious Cobb Auburn 15.38

300 hurdles
5 TJ Hogan Smiths Station 40.79
6 Dequavious Cobb Auburn 40.85

800 meters
2 Shane George Smiths Station 1:56.92

1600 meters
2 Patrick Gomez Auburn 4:20.84
8 Howard Graves Auburn 4:32.31

3200 meters
3 Howard Graves Auburn 9:34.33
5 Patrick Gomez Auburn 9:49.85
7 Jon Fischer Smiths Station 9:57.82

4x100 relay
4 Opelika HS 43.06

4x400 relay
2 Opelika HS 3:21.54
1) Quitaze Baker 2) Andrew Fort
3) Javarious Hughley 4) Charles Johnson
6 Smiths Station 3:25.71
1) Spencer Ferguson 2) Shane George
3) Jerime Henson 4) Cedric Mccoy

4x800 relay
5 Smiths Station 8:14.17
1) Spencer Ferguson 2) Andy Henderson
3) Jerime Henson 4) Cedric Mccoy

Class 6A
Girls
Discus
5 Bianca Pitts Opelika 106-08
7 Erica Jones Smiths Station 105-05

Long Jump
5 Desni Scaife Auburn HS 17-00.50

Triple Jump
1 Amanda Daniel Smiths Station 38-04.75

High Jump
T8 Kelly Wilson Opelika 5-00.00
T8 Renee Usher Smiths Station 5-00.00

Pole Vault
1 Mary Ashton Nall Auburn HS 11-00.00

Javelin
1 Bianca Pitts Opelika 130-11 *state record
6 Ambreia Williams Opelika 108-00

100 meters
6 Jasmine Beavers Opelika 12.68

400 meters
3 Alicia Beasley Opelika 58.30
4 Mary Ashton Nall Auburn HS 58.59
7 Yalonda Taylor Smiths Station 59.50

110 hurdles
8 Amanda Daniel Smiths Station 16.18

300 hurdles
2 Mary Ashton Nall Auburn HS 45.68

800 meters
5 Yalonda Taylor Smiths Station 2:22.46
8 Jasmine Garcia Smiths Station 2:24.78

3200 meters
5 Amanda Smith Auburn HS 11:27.53

4x100 relay
4 Smiths Station 49.52
7 Opelika 50.60

4x400 relay
5 Smiths Station 4:05.27
1) Mikel Armstrong 2) Jasmine Garcia
3) Sheila Perry 4) Yalonda Taylor
8 Opelika 4:10.43
1) Alicia Beasley 2) Ketesia Beasley
3) Jasmine Beavers 4) Kim Harper

4x800 relay
2 Smiths Station 9:38.93
1) Alicia Daniel 2) Janisha Davis
3) Jasmine Garcia 4) Yalonda Taylor
7 Auburn 10:13.75
1) Haley Davies 2) Madison Enebak
3) Olivia Glasscock 4) Julie Gottfried