On Thursday, the Benton High School Track & Field team competed in Alexandria at the region 1-4A meet. The girls team took home third place, and the boys finished sixth in a 15 team field. The following athletes (noted along with their event and place at regional meet) qualified for the state meet: Alex Brown (Discus-1st); Ross Brown (Pole Vault – 2nd); Emmitt Stephens (100 – 2nd); Trey Elliot (1600 – 2nd); Hannah Cherry (Javelin – 2nd); Katie Carrell (Pole Vault – 1st); Charlen Rumbaugh (Pole Vault – 3rd); Kaitlin Flattman (800 – 2nd, 1600 – 1st, 3200 – 1st). Kaitlin Flattman was also named outstanding female track athlete. Click here to view complete results.

Region 1-4A

At Alexandria Senior High

Top three qualify for state meet

BOYS

Team scores: 1. Alexandria, 75; 2. Parkway, 65; 3. West Ouachita, 51; 4. Neville, 50; 5. Bossier, 49; 6. Benton, 45; 7. Haughton, 42; 8. Tioga, 34; 9. Carroll, 31; 10. Leesville, 29; 11. Fair Park, 25; 12. Woodlawn, 24; 13. Minden, 20; 14. Peabody, 10; 15. Bastrop, 8.

Field events

Discus—1. Alex Brown (Be) 139-6 ½; 2. Justin Ellis (N) 138-2; 3. Demontrel Thomas (FP) 130-5 ½.

Shot put—1. Kadeem Taylor (C) 47-11 ¼; 2. Justin Davis (P) 47-5; 3. Glen Heard (P) 47-3 ½.

Javelin—1. Jamie Bunting (ASH) 191-4; 2. Michael Brimer (ASH) 173-6; 3. Josh Alleman (WO) 171-8.

Long jump—1. Giorgio Bryant (Bos) 23-2 ¼; 2. Brandon Mustiful (T) 22-2 ½; 3. Aurthur Lewis (Wood) 21-1.

Triple jump—1. Giorgio Bryant (Bos) 45-9; 2. Cordero Lewis (M) 45-8; Paul Wycherly (ASH) 44-6.

High jump—1. Sean Lewis (N) 6-4; 2. Seth Lugo (P) 6-2; 3. Justin Patten, (Bos) 6-0.

Pole vault—1. Lance Ardoin (ASH) 14-0; 2. Ross Brown (Be) 12-6; 3. Jonkiedric Dixon (M) 12-0.

Running events

100—1. Michael Ford (L) 11.23; 2. Emmitt Stephens (Be) 11.28; 3. Malcolm Carter (WO) 11.31.

200—1. Morris Claiborne (FP) 22.30; 2. Torian Lindsey (P) 22.42; 3. Clint Boykins (ASH) 22.572.

400—1. Ty Willis (Wood) 50.20; 2. Billy Minnifield (WO) 51.07; 3. Wa'Darius Sellars (N) 51.43.

800—1. Matt Wolfe (P) 2:02.10; 2. Jacob Heckford (WO) 2:04.00; 3. Steve Melancon (H) 2:05.24.

1,600—1. Matt Wolfe (P) 4:46.00; 2. Trey Elliot (Be) 4:51.78; 3. Matt Thorne( T) 5:45.93.

3n200—1. Matt Wolfe (P) 10:35.73; 2. Steve Melancon (H) 10:51.52; 3. Zack Burns (not available) 10:52.30.

110 hurdles—1. Ray Moss (WO) 15.29; 2. Taylor O'Neal (Hau) 15.47; 3. Mike Henderson (C) 15.71.

300 hurdles—1. Daryl Surgent (ASH) 41.27; 2. Favyoun, Richard (C) 41.72; 3. Jarvis Rose (not available) 42.22.

4X100—1. Leesville (Cassetti Brown, Michael Ford, Michael Ramey, Travante Stallworth), 42.11; 2. Fair Park 42.80; 3. Bossier 42.85.

4X200—1. Bossier (Antonio Raney, Murph Robertson, Verndell Winn, Georgio Bryant), 1:28.57; 2. Leesville, 1:29.03; 3. Neville, 1:29.00.

4X400—1. Alexandria (Clint Boykins, Oscar Oliver, Nic Miles, Sewell), 3:27.75; 2. Neville, 3:29.16; 3. Minden, 3:32.88.

Outstanding Track — Matt Wolfe, Parkway.

Outstanding Field — Giorgio Bryant, Bossier.

GIRLS

Team scores: 1. Alexandria, 147; 2. Parkway, 80; 3. Benton, 61; 4. Bossier, 50; 5. West Ouachita, 40.50; 6. Leesville, 33.50; 7. Carroll, 32; 8. Grant, 30; 9. Peabody, 24; 10. Haughton, 17; 11. Neville, 14; 12. Northwood, 12; 13. Tioga, 7; 14. Bastrop, 6; 15 Minden, 4.

Field events

Discus—1. Jasmine Boiner (G) 103-10; 2. Cassandra Moody (Bos) 99-10 ½; 3. Delanie Nock (Park) 92.

Shot put—1. Taylor Benjamin (ASH) 37-8 ½; 2. Kendra Thornton (Peab) 34-5 ½; 3. Alice Robinson (Park) 33-6 ¾.

Javelin—1. Delanie Nock (Park) 112-11; 2. Hannah Cherry (Be) 109-5; 3; Chelsea Dobeznig (G) 107-10 1/2.

Long jump—1. Janae Fountain (C) 17-10 ½; 2. D.D. Aaron (ASH) 17-9; 3. Shayna Wilcox (Park) 16-8.

Triple jump—1. Kyeisha Edwards (L) 35-9; 2. Janae Fountain (C) 34-8; 3. Carissa Brown (Bos) 34-5 ¼.

High jump—1. Brittany Smith (Northwood) 5-2; 2. Jasmine Marshall (H) 5-1; 3. Janae Fountain (C) 5-1.

Pole vault—1. Katie Carrell (Be) 8-6; 2. Abby O'Neal (ASH) 8-6; 3. Charlen Rumbaugh (Be) 8-0.

Running events

100—1. Shanderric Allen (ASH) 12.81; 2. Ebony Freemont (Bos) 13.12; 3. Shakiah Mitchell (Bos) 12.24.

200—1. Carrisa Brown (Bos) 25.62; 2. Kyeisha Edwards (not available) 26.00; 3. Kidra James (Pea) 26.97.

400—Shanderric Allen (ASH) 59.42; 2. Brittany Rogers (Park) 59.85; 3. Peyton Karr (Bas) 1:00.29.

800—1. Karensa Ellis (not available) 2:23.02; 2. Kaitlin Flattman (Be) 2:26.61; 3. Beth Brown (WO) 2:33.27.

1,600—1. Kaitlin Flattman (Be), 5:11.81; 2. Karensa Ellis (ASH) 5:29.61; 3. Linda Smith (L) 5:59.25.

3,200—1. Kaitlin Flattman (Be) 11:18.73; 2. Karensa Ellis (ASH) 12:53.41; 3. Olivia West (WO) 13:15.97.

100 hurdles—1. D.D. Aaron (ASH) 15.78; 2. Detra Chark (ASH) 15.88; 3. Shayna Wilcox (Park) 15.92.

300 hurdles—1. Detra Chark (ASH) 48.31; 2. Kasia Taylor (C) 48.89; 3. Alex Belvin (ASH) 49.08.

4X100—1. Alexandria (Detra Chark, D.D. Aaron, Alex Belvin, Shanderrick Allen), 49.14; 2. Bossier, 49.60; 3. Parkway, 50.475.

4X200—1. Alexandria (Detra Chark, DD Aaron, Alex Belvin, Shanderrick Allen), 1:45.97; 2. Parkway, 1:46.60; 3. Leesville, 1:48.82.

4X400—1. Parkway (Midori McAte, Samantha Smith, Ariel Poole, Brittany Rogers), 4:09.68; 2. Alexandria, 4:11.07; 3. West Ouachita, 4:17.67.

Outstanding Track — Kaitlin Flattman, Benton.

Outstanding Field — Janae Fountain, Carroll.