Great job at regionals yesterday

The Daily Reflector
Sunday, May 14, 2006
GOLDSBORO – Ayden-Grifton's boys' track and field team earned a third-place finish at the Class 1-A Mideast Regional Meet Saturday at Rosewood High.
The Chargers will be sending 20 boys and seven girls competitors to the state finals at N.C. A&T in Greensboro Friday. The top-four finishers from the regional meets earn a trip to A&T.
A-G was led by its 4X800 relay team made up of Matt Daugherty, Jordan Evans, Jarvis Murphy and Jordan Cayton. The Chargers finished first with a time 8 minutes, 53.94 seconds.
Daugherty qualified for states in four events – the 4X800 relay, the 800-meter run (fourth place, 2:15), 1,600 (second place, 4:53) and the 3,200 (second place, 11:21). Courtney Fuller will compete in three state events after taking second in the 300 hurdles (41.78), second in the high jump (6 feet, 4 inches) and fourth in the 110 high hurdles (15.65).
Other top-four Ayden-Grifton boys' finishers were: Cayton, 400, fourth, 55.01; Josh Crane, shot put, third, 42-5; 4X400 relay (Fuller, Cayton, Murphy, Keith Jones), third; Daniel Greene, 200, fourth, 23.28; Joshua Hunter, discus, fourth, 114-5; Murphy, 400, third, 53.82; 4X200 relay (Jones, Marcus Moore, Jeremy Hardy, Steven Vines), fourth, 1:38.32; Alternates – Perseus Williams, Jack Brock, Tavon Singletary.
Wallace-Rose Hill won the boys' competition with 96 points, followed by Heide Trask (86) and Ayden-Grifton (84).
Shamira Robertson led the Charger girls with a first-place finish in the high jump, clearing 5 feet. Angelica Curry took second in the 400 with a time of 1:06.65 to help lead A-G to a ninth-place finish with 24 points.
The 4X200 relay squad of Curry, Robertson, Krystal Williams and Felicia Pope also qualified for the state meet with a third-place finish in 1:55.04. Team captain Khadeejah Boss will also make the trip to A&T as an alternate.
Princeton won the girls regional title.