Strong Finish In Two-Mile Keys Rogers Victory
Lady Tigers Claim Team Title
Last updated Friday, March 23, 2007 10:40 PM CDT in Sports
By Paul Nielsen
The Morning News
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BENTONVILLE -- A strong 1-2-3 finish in the 3200-meter run pushed the Rogers Mountaineers to victory lane at the Bentonville Tiger Invitational Track and Field Meet on Friday at the Tiger Athletic Complex.
Rogers edged host Bentonville 232-219 after Taylor Surly, Aaron Hamilton and Cameron Efurd swept the top three spots in the 3200, which was the second to last event. Springdale High finished a distance third with 72 points.
Surly ran a state qualify time by winning the event in 9 minutes, 49.39 seconds. The qualify mark is 9:49.71.
"We had to yell at him at the end to finish strong," said Rogers coach Jay Miles. "Taylor ran a real fast last quarter. That was good."
Miles was pleased with the victory but is anxious to see how the Mounties stack up against the rest of the 7A-West Conference.
"This was basically just a dual meet between us and Bentonville," Miles said. "You bring Northside, Van Buren, Southside and Fayetteville into it and that will make a difference. I can't wait for the Fayetteville meet."
Patrick Hester scored 32.5 of the Tigers' 219 points to win high-point honors. Hester won the high jump, the triple jump and the long jump. Hester has only been on the track for two weeks after taking a week off after the basketball season ended.
"(Hester) is responding very well to coaching," said Bentonville coach Rick Rachel. "He is very talented and capable of going even higher in the high jump."
Bentonville's Michael Mikita was another double winner with victories in the shot put and discus.
"We have a good combination of kids this year," Rachel said.
Bentonville had an easy time in the girls division as the Lady Tigers scored 255.5 points. Springdale High was a distant second with 107 points. The Lady Tigers' Torie Quinn won high-point honors with 40.5 points after winning the long jump and 200-meter run to go with second-place efforts in the triple jump and high jump.
The Lady Tigers 4x800 relay team of Katie Dalton, Alyssa Potter, Brittany Potter and Hanna Bryant continued their dominating performances with a winning time of 9:48.14. The defending Meet of Champs title holders easily outdistanced Rogers, which finished in 9:50.97.
Bentonville Tigers Invitational Track and Field Meet
Boys
1. Rogers, 232
2. Bentonville 219
3. Springdale High 72
4. Springdale Har-Ber 54
5. Waldron 4:38.36
Girls
1. Bentonville 255.5
2. Springdale 107
3. Waldron 99.5
4. Rogers 82
5. Har-Ber 64
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