Eagles, Chargers compete in NCISAA 1A/2A state track meet

By News-Argus Staff
Published in Sports on May 19, 2014 1:48 PM

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GREENSBORO -- Wayne Christian's Connor Jones concluded his prep career with a trio of top-five finishes during the season-ending N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association Classes 1-A/2-A track and field championship meet.

A senior, Jones seized fourth place in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 4 minutes, 42.25 seconds. He took fifth in both the 800 run (2:07.79) and 3,200 run (10:21.08).

Chandler King placed 13th in the 110 hurdles in 21.34 seconds. Teammate Austin Kornegay shared 27th in the discus with a throw of 85 feet, 101/2 inches.

Wayne Country Day's Jack Zhao crossed the line eighth in 11.95 seconds during the 100 dash. Zhao ran the anchor leg on the Chargers' 800 relay that ended up fourth in 1:38.96 -- 1.14 seconds out of third place behind St. David's of Raleigh.

Joining Zhao were Corey and Ramel Carpenter and David Huang.

On the girls' side, Wayne Christian's Sarah Sawyer took 28th overall in the shot put (20 feet, 6 inches).

Emily Wells captured 16th place in the 100 hurdles with a time of 22.8 seconds. Freshman Holly Gurley ended up 18th in 25.39. Georgia Parnell competed in the preliminaries, but did not advance to the championship heat.