Two local male athletes win regional track titles
Forestview’s Dominique Breedlove and South Point’s Justus Watkins took home gold medals from Saturday’s 3A West track and field championships.
Breedlove won the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 40.74 seconds and also qualified for the state meet by finishing third in the 110-meter hurdles.
South Point’s Justus Watkins placed first in the long jump with a distance of 22 feet, 2.75 inches.
The duo joined four Gaston County females and one relay team in winning regional titles: North Gaston’s Maleena Reid (100 and 200 meters), Ashbrook’s Destinie Sykes (300 hurdles), Forestview’s Tatyana Brewton (100 hurdles),
Forestview’s Catherine Crawford (400 meters) and Forestview’s 400-meter relay team.
Sixteen individuals and 11 relay teams from Gaston County qualified for Friday’s state championship meet in Greensboro. The top four from each event qualify.
State meet qualifiers
(top four in each event advance)
Girls
Maleena Reid, North Gaston — first, 100 meters; first, 200 meters
Catherine Crawford, Forestview — first, 400 meters; second, 200 meters; third, 100 meters
Tiana Ondayog, Ashbrook — third, 200 meters
Tatyana Brewton, Forestview — first, 100 hurdles; fourth, triple jump
Janay Brickey, Ashbrook — second, 100 hurdles; third, high jump
Destinie Sykes, Ashbrook — first, 300 hurdles; fourth, 100 hurdles
Forestview — first, 400 relay
Hunter Huss — third, 400 relay; fourth, 800 relay
Ashbrook — third, 800 relay; third, 1600 relay; fourth, 3200 relay
Jackie Reid, North Gaston — tied-fourth, high jump (won jump off)
Alexa McCullen, Forestview — fourth, pole vault
Dyasia Robinson, Hunter Huss — third, discus
Boys
Tyler Humphries, North Gaston — fourth, 800
James East, Forestview — third, 1600 meters
Bradley Allf, Forestview — fourth, 3200 meters
Dominique Breedlove, Forestview — first, 300 hurdles; third, 110 hurdles
Hunter Huss — third, 400 relay
Kings Mountain — second, 800 relay; second, 400 relay; second, 1600 relay
Forestview — second, 3200 relay
Justus Watkins, South Point — first, long jump
Terrance Young, Kings Mountain — third, triple jump
Cameron Harris, Kings Mountain — second, shot put; second, discus
