Track: Falcons run away with 7-AAA boys title (4/29)

CUMMING -- Norvell Van won two events to lead the Flowery Branch boys track team to the Region 7-AAA title Tuesday at the West Forsyth track.

The Falcons led after the first day's field events and then ran away from the field during the track finals tallying 111 points to outdistance second-place West Hall (87) and third-place Gainesville (70).

North Hall (55) took fourth and Gilmer (46) was fifith.

Top two finishers in each event qualify for state meet, including the relay teams.

Despite finishing fourth, North hall completed the sweep in the distance events. One day after winning the 1,600-meter run, Nick Long won the 800-meter while teammate Nolan Clark won the 3,200-meter event.

The complete list of the finishers in each even follows, as does the final team standings.

FINALS REGION 7-AAA TRACK MEET

Event 14 Boys 4x100 Meter Relay Varsity
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School Prelims Finals
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Finals
1 West Hall High School 'A' 44.97 43.97
2 Gainesville High School 'A' 44.69 44.17
3 Gainesville High School 'B' 44.69 44.60
4 Gilmer County High School 'A' 44.86 44.62
5 Flowery Branch High School 'A' 44.73 44.69
6 West Forsyth High School 'A' 44.95 44.87
7 Flowery Branch High School 'B' 45.74 45.27
-- Johnson High School 'A' 45.68 DQ

Event 18 Boys 400 Meter Run Varsity
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Name Year School Prelims Finals
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Finals
1 Chilton, Scott Flowery Branch H 51.62 51.29
2 Henson, Jonathan Gilmer County Hi 53.21 51.67
3 Malquist, Paul Gainesville High 53.43 52.70
4 Loggins, Zach West Hall High S 54.41 52.74
5 Harkins, Korey White County Hig 52.87 53.68
6 Green, Derrick Gilmer County Hi 54.61 54.00
7 Allen, Dereck Gainesville High 54.54 55.31
-- Kells, Logan West Forsyth Hig 53.79 DQ

Event 20 Boys 100 Meter Dash Varsity
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Name Year School Prelims Finals
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Finals
1 Penland, Terrell West Hall High S 11.08 11.16
2 Stephens, Marquise West Hall High S 11.30 11.20
3 Adetona, Tyler Gainesville High 11.33 11.42
4 Duguay, Christian Johnson High Sch 11.51 11.52
5 Chapman, Parker West Forsyth Hig 11.56 11.61
6 Stewart, Ian Gilmer County Hi 11.41 11.67
7 Wright, Sam Gainesville High 11.41 11.70
8 Souther, Ethan Chestatee High S 11.47 11.74

Event 22 Boys 110 Meter Hurdles Varsity
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Name Year School Prelims Finals
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Finals
1 Van, Norvell Flowery Branch H 14.71 14.93
2 Tennett, Michael Pickens County H 15.65 15.73
3 Millsap, Josh West Hall High S 16.64 16.23
4 Koeller, Greg Lumpkin County H 16.35 16.74
5 Lowery, Ashley White County Hig 16.98 16.75
5 Simmons, Matt Johnson High Sch 16.52 16.75
7 Ervin, Xavier Gainesville High 17.24 17.14
8 Becker, Dale Gilmer County Hi 18.12 19.61

Event 24 Boys 800 Meter Run Varsity
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Name Year School Prelims Finals
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Finals
1 Long, Nick North Hall High 2:06.94 2:00.07
2 Riden, Maurice Flowery Branch H 2:10.94 2:05.85
3 Loggins, Zach West Hall High S 2:12.32 2:07.76
4 Martin, Andy West Hall High S 2:09.58 2:09.40
5 Farist, David Flowery Branch H 2:10.63 2:09.46
6 McPherson, Eric White County Hig 2:13.44 2:10.02
7 Bagwell, Brian East Hall High S 2:11.27 2:11.71
8 Taylor, Kyle West Forsyth Hig 2:12.04 2:13.86

Event 26 Boys 200 Meter Dash Varsity
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Name Year School Prelims Finals
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Finals
1 Sims, Blake Gainesville High 23.41 22.59
2 Adetona, Tyler Gainesville High 23.24 23.16
3 Zhao, Linze West Forsyth Hig 23.62 23.26
4 Stewart, Ian Gilmer County Hi 23.86 23.59
5 Stephens, Marquise West Hall High S 23.57 23.61
6 Kimbrough, Darius Flowery Branch H 24.37 23.71
7 Duguay, Christian Johnson High Sch 23.42 23.98
8 Gray, Taylor Gilmer County Hi 23.92 24.21


Event 28 Boys 300 Meter Hurdles Varsity
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Name Year School Prelims Finals
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Finals
1 Van, Norvell Flowery Branch H 41.87 40.64
2 Tennett, Michael Pickens County H 41.42 41.72
3 Henson, Jonathan Gilmer County Hi 41.55 42.51
4 Eckeareth, Stephen West Hall High S 44.83 43.06
5 Gray, Jordan Gilmer County Hi 43.09 43.55
6 Koeller, Greg Lumpkin County H 45.02 44.46
7 Ervin, Xavier Gainesville High 44.94 44.99
-- Mata, Kerry Johnson High Sch 41.56 DQ

Event 30 Boys 3200 Meter Run Varsity
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Name Year School Seed Finals
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1 Clark, Nolan North Hall High 10:03.00 9:49.75
2 Martinez, Daniel Flowery Branch H 10:07.00 9:55.96
3 McCormack, Ty North Hall High 10:28.00 10:13.11
4 Velez, Jeffery Flowery Branch H 10:22.00 10:23.93
5 Montano, Aurelio Gainesville High 10:45.00 10:29.95
6 Dunn, Tyler Pickens County H 10:09.00 10:41.06
7 Ortega, Steven White County Hig 10:49.00 10:44.81
8 Bagley, Jeff West Forsyth Hig 11:06.00 10:46.51
9 Du Preez, Cornel West Forsyth Hig 11:06.00 10:58.41
10 McNeil, Shamus Gilmer County Hi 11:19.00 10:59.54
11 Murphy, Dustin Pickens County H 11:00.00 11:01.86
12 Pendley, Josh West Hall High S 11:05.00 11:02.97
13 McPherson, Eric White County Hig 10:58.00 11:05.06
14 Hoang, Andy East Hall High S 12:40.00 11:38.39
15 Mullins, Brett Chestatee High S 11:40.00 11:48.13
16 Hamner, Travis Lumpkin County H 12:15.00 11:50.46
17 Sanford, Reece Gilmer County Hi 11:58.00 11:54.63
18 Zeller, Patrick Lumpkin County H 12:50.00 11:54.96
19 Feizett, Michael Chestatee High S 11:50.00 12:00.12

Event 31 Boys 4x400 Meter Relay Varsity
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School Prelims Finals
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Finals
1 Gilmer County High School 'A' 3:39.73 3:30.97
2 Flowery Branch High School 'A' 3:39.07 3:33.21
3 Gainesville High School 'A' 3:39.75 3:34.04
4 East Hall High School 'A' 3:43.31 3:41.65
5 White County High School 'A' 3:43.98 3:42.53
6 West Hall High School 'A' 3:45.40 3:44.95
7 Gainesville High School 'B' 3:45.88 3:46.95
8 West Hall High School 'B' 3:48.10 3:49.24

Event 33 Boys 4x800 Meter Relay
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School Seed Finals
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1 West Hall High School 'A' 10:00.00 9:17.35
1) Padilla, Jairo 2) Phillips, Hamilton
3) Maehrlein, Dean 4) Kyle, Keegan
2 West Forsyth High School 'A' 9:58.00 9:21.78
1) Causey, Josh 2) Elhabassi, Jake
3) Gallardo, Luis 4) McAleenan, Connnor
3 Gilmer County High School 'A' 9:24.85
4 Flowery Branch High School 'B' 9:10.00 9:28.06
1) Souther, Justin 2) Clendenin, AJ
3) Lamay, JJ 4) Orr, JT
5 Flowery Branch High School 'A' 9:20.00 9:52.23
1) Earnhardt, Thomas 2) Lambert, James
3) King, Nick 4) Massaro, Matt
6 North Hall High School 'A' 10:01.41
1) Mason, Eric 2) Meers, Grahm
3) Lawson, Tyler 4) Satterfield, Matt
5) Walker, Reece 6)
7 West Forsyth High School 'B' 9:54.00 10:05.61
1) Lunning, Chase 2) Nahabedian, David
3) Sanford, Levi 4) Quisenberry, Jake
8 Flowery Branch High School 'C' 11:08.12
-- Pickens County High School 'A' 12:00.00 DQ
-- Lumpkin County High School 'A' DQ
1) Zeller, Patrick 2) McMillan, Trey
3) Moore, Lee 4) Chugaris, John
5) Hamner, Travis 6)

Men - Varsity - Team Rankings - 16 Events Scored
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1) Flowery Branch High School 111 2) West Hall High School 87
3) Gainesville High School 70 4) North Hall High School 55
5) Gilmer County High School 46 6) Pickens County High Schoo 30
7) Lumpkin County High School 27 8) East Hall High School 19
9) Johnson High School 17.50 10) Chestatee High School 16
11) West Forsyth High School 12 12) White County High School 7.50