POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — A total of 11 athletes from Mason County qualified for the 2014 Class AAA state meet at Laidley Field after Friday’s Region 4 track and field championships held at Ohio Valley Bank Track and Field in Mason County.
Point Pleasant had seven girls and four boys qualify in a total of 12 different events, with both the boys and girls teams being represented in six events apiece. PPHS also had six at-large qualifiers advance to the state meet.
The Lady Knights finished sixth out of nine scoring teams with 32 points. Hurricane won the girls regional title with 157 points, finishing five points ahead of runner-up Winfield (152).
Aislyn Hayman led the Point girls by qualifying in two events and earning the program’s only regional title. The freshman won the discus event with a throw of 116 feet, 10 inches and also placed third in the shot put with a heave of 36 feet, 9 inches.
Brooklyn Blankenship advanced with a fourth place effort of 94 feet, 10 inches in the discus, while Cassie Jordan placed fifth overall in the 100m hurdles with a time of 16.63 seconds. Morgan Roush also earned an at-large bid in the shot put with a throw of 33 feet, 6 inches.
Jordan, Carlee Dabney, Kennedy Young and Siera Toles are also headed to state after placing fifth in the 4×102.5m shuttle hurdles relay with a time of 1:09.72.
The Big Blacks finished sixth out of eight scoring teams with 47 points. Both Huntington and Winfield shared first place in team honors with matching tallies of 109 points.
Tannor Hill qualified for two state events after winning the shot put (49-10) and placing second in the discus (155-8). Cody Mitchell earned Point’s other regional title on the boys side after winning the discus event with a throw of 160 feet, 4 inches.
Noah Morgan also qualified for state in two events after finishing third in the shot put (43-4) and fourth in the discus (129-9). Chase Moses also advanced to state after finishing fifth in the shot put with a heave of 42 feet, 8 inches.
Complete results of the 2014 Class AAA Region 4 track and field championships are available on the web at runwv.com