Congratulations to Preston Walker

Congratulations to Preston Walker for joining the world's finest fighting force. He will go to Parris Island this fall where he will begin recruit training. This was Preston's first year running for us and did superb. He will be missed but will be in very able hands. Good luck and Semper Fidelis...Coach D. aka GySgt Jeffrey A. Dufour USMC Ret sends...

What a great year...

Daily Reflector Sunday May 13th

In the 1-A state meet, the Ayden-Grifton boys' team finish in fifth place.

Courtney Fuller had a busy day for the Chargers as he finished no worse than sixth in any of his four events. He finished third in the 110 hurdles (15.11), fourth in the 300 hurdles (40.63) and sixth in the high jump (6 feet, 2 inches).

Fuller also teamed with Jarvis Murphy, Preston Walker and Jordan Cayton to place third in the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:29.71.

Cayton and Murphy also joined Zach Pipkin and Matt Dougherty to place second in the 4x800 (8:30.16).

Jeremy Hardy finished seventh in the long jump (20-7) for the Chargers, while Joshua Hunter placed fifth in the discus (131-4).

In the girls' meet, Ayden-Grifton's Shamira Robertson placed eighth in the high jump (4-10) and the 300 hurdles (49.70). In the discus, Teiarra Johnson took home an eighth-place finish (82-7).

The day after...

Congratulations to the boys and girls team for their best finish ever at the North Carolina State 1A meet. The boys finished 5th and the girls finished 32nd. What a year and what a great performance out of all of you. See you at the banquet ...

Sidenote-Our boys 4 X 800 meter team finished 2nd which is the highest finish in the three years I have been there. What a great job. Members of that team were:


Zach Pipkin-Sophomore
Matt Daugherty-Junior
Jordan Cayton- Junior
Jarvis Murphy-Junior

Time- 8:30:16(finishing second to eventual winner NCSSM by only a few seconds.)
Thanks to ZP for the correction...

Link to State 1A results

http://ncpreptrack.net/07tk1a.html

NCHSAA web posting

NCSSM, TOPSAIL TAKE TEAM TITLES IN NCHSAA 1-A TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
5/11/2007


GREENSBORO—Philip Curley took first place in three individual events to lead the North Carolina School of Science and Math of Durham to the team title in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 1-A men’s track and field championships at North Carolina A&T State University on Friday.
Curley captured top honors in the 800, 1600 and 3200 meters to earn Most Valuable Performer honors as NCSSM recorded 62 points to 45 for runners-up Pamlico and Siler City Jordan-Matthews, who were knotted in second place.
Polk County was fourth with 37 and Ayden-Grifton finished fifth with 34 points.
NCSSM won its first track championship ever as a member of the NCHSAA.
Hampstead Topsail’s Ahmad Garrison established a new meet mark in the discus by better than two feet, recording a toss of 159 feet, six inches.
Topsail rolled to an easy victory in the women’s meet, more than doubling the score of its nearest competitors. Topsail tallied a whopping 88 points to 40 for second-place Princeton. Swain County was third with 38, followed by South Stokes and Hayesville with 36 points each.
Joule Breedlove of Swain County earned the women’s MVP, winning the triple jump with a new 1-A meet record distance of 38 feet, 1.25 inches. She also finished second in the 100 hurdles and fifth in the 300 hurdles.
Princeton’s Janie Bogle was a double champion, taking first in both the 100 and 200.

Boys win Regionals-Girls 3rd-Best ever

A-G qualifies 23 for state track and field meet



Monday, May 07, 2007

LUMBERTON — The Ayden-Grifton boys' track and field team won its first-ever North Carolina High School Athletic Association Class 1-A Eastern Regional championship Saturday at South Robeson High School.

The Chargers scored 116.5 points to easily defeat Union (92.5) and Lakewood (76).

Fifteen boys qualifed for the state championship meet during the victory, led by Courtney Fuller and Matt Daugherty's qualification in four events each. Eight Ayden-Grifton girls also qualifed for state.

Fuller earned a spot with first-place finishes in the 110-meter high hurdles (14.81 seconds) and 300 hurdles (40.51), while also finishing second in the high jump and helping the 4x400 relay team win its race. Daugherty won the 800 and 1,600 runs, and also placed second in the 3,200 and ran with the winning 4x800 relay squad.

In girls' action Saturday, the Chargers finished third with 63 points behind Princeton (108) and James Kenan (67). Michelle Lowery, Felicia Pope and Shamira Robertson qualifed for state competition in three events each.

Each of the 23 state qualifiers for Ayden-Grifton will travel to the Class 1-A meet Friday at North Carolina A&T University.

Class 1-A Track and Field

Eastern Regional

Site: Saturday at South Robeson.

Boys' scores: Ayden-Grifton 116.5, Union 92.5, Lakewood 76.

Boys' state qualifiers: Jordan Cayton 400 dash (2nd, 51.80); Matt Daugherty 800 run (1st, 2:07), 1,600 (1st, 4:39), 3,200 run (2nd, 10:37); Courtney Fuller 110 hurdles (1st, 14.81), 300 hurdles (1st, 40.51), high jump (2nd, 6-4); Jeremy Hardy long jump (2nd, 21-0), Josh Hunter discus (1st, 128-2), shot put (4th, 44-9); 4x200 relay team (Hardy, Preston Walker, Justin Whitaker, Perseus Williams) 3rd, 1:32.80; 4x400 relay team (Cayton, Jarvis Murphy, Fuller, Walker) 1st, 3:32.92; 4x800 relay team (Zack Pipkin, Cayton, Murphy, Daugherty) 1st, 8:46.70.

Girls' scores: Princeton 108, James Kenan 67, Ayden-Grifton 63.

Girls' state qualifers: Michelle Lowery 400 dash (4th, 1:08.64); Felicia Pope 800 run (2nd, 2:47.85); Shamira Robertson 110 hurdles (2nd, 16:40), 300 hurdles (2nd, 49.90), high jump (2nd, 4-8); Krystal Williams triple jump (3rd, 30-11); Teiarra Johnson discus (2nd, 87-0); 4x400 relay team (Chelsea Dufour, Angelica Curry, Lowery, Pope) 4th, 4:59.94; 4x800 relay team (Lena Kirkpatrick, Dufour, Pope, Lowery) 2nd, 12.07.42.

Courtesy Brock Letchworth The Daily Reflector

Senior Courtney Fuller prepares for Regionals

Photo Daily Reflector- Jason Frizelle

NC Runners--MileSplit.com site

The coaching staff would like to thank the staff at NC Runners/MileSplit for allowing us to participate in their website and look forward to placing more things on here to enable our kids to have the best opportunities they can have. Thanks to Ben Hovis for allowing us to do this.
More to follow...Coach D. sends