Franklinton, NC – The NCHSAA held the 3A Mideast Regional at Franklinton High School on Friday afternoon.
Under the leadership of coach Cameron Isenhour, the Northwood men’s team has their highest finish in 3A with 8 and 2nd highest finish overall since 2010. The women’s team had their best finish since 2019.
Below are the Northwood Track & Field members who are advancing to the NCHSAA 3A State Championships on Friday, May 20 at NC A&T University in Greensboro.
Field Events
Northwood’s field event student-athletes did extremely well with Jack Nicholson and Bentley Brooks finishing 3rd and 4th advancing to the 3A State Championships in the Discus. Nicholson broke a 4 year old school record in the discus by throwing 134-06 a PR by 10 Feet 8 Inches
Men’s Discus Jack Nicholson – 3rd Place with a PR and breaking a 4 year old school Record of 134 Feet 6 inches
Women’s Discus Bentley Brooks – 4th Place with a throw of 90 Feet
Sprints/Hurdles/Relays
Ethan Wilson finished 4th in the 110m Hurdles with a PR of 16.26 (Ethan ran 15.41 in the Preliminaries)
Men’s 4x800m Relay – NCHSAA 3A Mideast Regional Champions with a breaking an 18 year old school record 8:14.78 Noah Nielson, Jackson Adams, Marco Sanchez, Christian Glick
Men’s Sprinters and Hurdlers had a phenomenal day with Ethan Wilson running a lifetime best of 15.41 in the Preliminaries finishing 3rd. In the Finals Ethan ran 16.26 finishing fourth.
The Quarter of Noah Nielson, Jackson Adams, Marco Sanchez and Christian Glick led start to finish running a 15 second PR and breaking an 18 year old school record in the process.
Women’s 4x800m Relay – 4th place with a Season Best by 16 seconds of 10:34.52, Emma Serrano, Rokia Sissoko, Avery Adams, Caroline Murrell
Women’s 4x400m Relay team of Hailey Hirschman, Skylar Adams, Caroline Murrell, and Rokia Sissoko run 1 second off the school record and won our heat by over five seconds. We beat 3 of the teams in the faster heat. This is a SB by 29 seconds.
Men’s 4x400m Relay – 3rd Place with a time of 3:29.51 Noah Nielson, Jack Spotz, Christian Glick, Marco Sanchez
Northwood Men’s 4x400m Team finished 3rd with season best splits from Noah Nielson and Christian Glick. Marco runs a 51 after the 4×8 and 400m. Jack runs 52 after not running for a week
Distance
Caroline Murrell NCHSAA 3A Mideast Regional Champion in the 3200m Run with a season best of 10:59.13. The #1 time in 3A. Caroline Murrell 2nd Place in the 1600m with a time of 5:05.65
Girls 3200 Meter Run NCHSAA 3A
Name Year School Finals
1 Caroline Murrell 12 Northwood 10:59.13
2 Hannah Preisser 12 Carrboro 11:30.26
3 Natalia Serre 10 Carrboro 12:13.10
4 Trinity Konvalinka 11 Durham Schoo 12:22.68
5 Emma Serrano 12 Northwood 12:30.79
6 Sophia Siquig 9 Union Pines 13:11.23
7 Addison Bartlett 9 Durham Schoo 13:15.40
8 Alleigh Flewwellin 9 Union Pines 13:26.66
9 Avery Adams 9 Northwood 14:06.83
10 Ellory Jackson 9 Rocky Mount 14:26.47
11 Alyssa Mabe 9 Union Pines 14:39.95
Women – NCHSAA 3A – Team Rankings
18 Events Scored
1) Durham School of the Arts 111
2) Union Pines 89
3) Rocky Mount 87
4) E.E. Smith 76
5) Seventy-First 42
6) Carrboro 40
6) Franklinton 40
8) Northwood 38
9) Southern Durham 35
10) Cedar Ridge 24
11) Eastern Alamance 23
12) Person 18
13) Scotland County 14
14) Terry Sanford 12
14) Cape Fear 12
16) Harnett Central 9
16) Southern Nash 9
16) Orange 9
19) Western Harnett 5
20) Northern Nash 4
21) Westover 2
22) Williams, Walter M 1
22) Lee County 1
Men – NCHSAA 3A – Team Rankings
18 Events Scored
1) Southern Nash 82
2) Orange 73.50
3) Durham School of the Arts 61.50
4) Cape Fear 49
5) Williams, Walter M 47.50
6) Northern Nash 45
7) Person 39
8) Northwood 36
9) Union Pines 33.50
10) Carrboro 29
11) E.E. Smith 28
11) Southern Lee 28
13) Scotland County 27.50
14) Eastern Alamance 21.50
15) Triton 20.50
16) Lee County 20
17) Franklinton 16.50
18) Southern Durham 14
19) Western Harnett 9
20) Cedar Ridge 7
21) Rocky Mount 6
22) Seventy-First 4
23) Harnett Central 3
24) Douglas Byrd 1