WMHS track and field

Grace Webber wins 100 and 200 at Lisbon

Thu, 05/10/2018 - 4:00pm

Wolverine Grace Webber topped a field of 22 runners from five high schools to win the 100-meter dash at Lisbon Tuesday, May 8. Other high schools competing were Spruce Mountain, Madison and Oak Hill.

Webber’s winning time was 13.29 seconds; her sister, Gwen Webber, placed third in the 100 at 14.30. Grace also captured the 200-meter race with a winning time of 27:22.

Wolverines Vanessa Dunn and Ayanna Stover had another strong afternoon. Dunn won the 300-meter hurdles, crossing the finish line in 53.04, a little more than two seconds ahead of second place finisher Abby Drummond of Spruce Mountain. Earlier in the meet, Stover won the 100-meter hurdles in 16.77. Lisbon’s Destiney Deschaines was second at 17.92.

The Wolverines’ 4x100 relay team of Gwen and Grace Webber, Dunn and Stover placed first in 53.42. Spruce Mountain was second in 54.28 and Lisbon third in 55.31. Gwen Webber cleared a height of 4-2 and won the high jump, Lisbon’s Savannah Fischer was second, clearing 4-0.

Stover placed second in the long jump, 15-1, behind Spruce Mountain’s Hannah St. Pierre who jumped 15-5. Grace Webber placed fifth, 14-7. Spruce Mountain’s Avery Williams won the triple jump, 31-6, while Stover was second at 30-11.

Boys results

Caleb Gabriele won the 800-meter race for the Wolverines with a time of 2:26.57. Madison’s Nate McGray ran second.

Matt Chapman won the 110-meter hurdles in 16.56 seconds. Chapman also won the 300-meter hurdles posting a time of 42.47.

The Wolverines’ 4x100 meter relay team of Chapman, Max Sampson, Caleb Gabriele and Chris Loyola placed second at 48.86. The winning time was 47.32. WMHS captured second, third and fourth places in the triple jump. Max Sampson jumped 37-4, Cedrick Loyola, 37-0 and Josh Gabriele 36-9.5. The winning distance was 37-5.

Max Sampson placed second in the long jump, 19-9.5. The winning jump was 19-11. Chapman placed fourth in the 200-meter dash in 24.37. Nate Gilliam placed fifth in the 3,200-meter race, 13.06.22.

The Wolverines' final home meet of the season is set for Tuesday, May 15 at 4 p.m. with Richmond, Monmouth and Winthrop.