Nash County's top performers at the NCHSAA 3-A Track and Field Championships

GREENSBORO - Here are Nash County's best performers at last weekend's NCHSAA 3-A State Track and Field Championships held at Irwin Belk Track on the campus of N.C. A&T University. Nash Central's Xaviera Bass was the only athlete to come away with a state championship medal, thanks to her winning effort in the 100 meter hurdles.

Rocky Mount's athletes are listed in bold.

Boys

• Shot Put -- Kieffer Griffen, Nash Central (6th at 50-07.50) and Johvone Smith, Rocky Mount (13th at 44-07.25)

• Discus -- Aaron McFarland, Southern Nash (4th at 143-06)

• Long Jump -- Justin Hines, Northern Nash (10th at 20-09.50) and Devonte Jenkins, Rocky Mount (12th at 20-08)

• Triple Jump -- Chris Yarborough, Southern Nash (8th at 43-04) and Devonte Jenkins, Rocky Mount (11th at 42-10.25)

• Pole Vault -- Russell Langley, Nash Central (9th at 12-06); Will Smith, Southern Nash (9th at 12-06) and Josh Taylor, Nash Central (no height)

• 3200 Relay -- Nash Central (7th at 8:11.93) and Rocky Mount (12th at 8:26.31)

• 110 Hurdles -- Exzavier Cooper, Rocky Mount (3rd at 14.55) and Danny Simmons, Rocky Mount (6th at 14.94)

• 800 Relay -- Rocky Mount (6th at 1:30.41) and Southern Nash (10th at 1:32.11)

• 1600 -- Jeremy Judd, Nash Central (12th at 4:42.15); Andrew Nguyen, Nash Central (15th at 4:42.15) and Paul Lilley, Rocky Mount (DNF)

• 400 Relay -- Southern Nash (3rd at 43.00) and Rocky Mount (6th at 43.33)

• 300 Hurdles -- Alkeem Thomas, Southern Nash (6th at 41.24) and Dominique Allen (7th at 41.93)

• 800 -- Tevin Richardson, Nash Central (3rd at 1:54.58) and Paul Lliley, Rocky Mount (5th at 1:56.20)

• 200 -- Exzavier Cooper, Rocky Mount (8th at 22.82)

• 3200 -- Nepolian Patel, Southern Nash (14th at 10:16.91)

• 1600 Relay -- Nash Central (2nd at 3:26.64) and Northern Nash (13th at 3:30.48)

Girls

• Long Jump -- Aerostata Brown, Rocky Mount (11th at 16-0)

• Triple Jump -- Aerostata Brown, Rocky Mount (5th at 36-02) and Danaisha Pitchford, Nash Central (8th at 35-09)

• High Jump -- Xaviera Bass, Nash Central (4th at 5-02) and Takeyra Thomas, Rocky Mount (13th at 4-08)

• 3200 Relay -- Rocky Mount (11th at 10:42.92)

• 100 Hurdles -- Xaviera Bass, Nash Central (1st at 14.89)

• 800 Relay -- Rocky Mount (13th at 1:54.02)

• 1600 -- Michaela Williams, Nash Central (DNF)

• 400 -- Zikeena Parker, Rocky Mount (4th at 57.33)

• 200 -- Zikeena Parker, Rocky Mount (5th at 25.53)

• 3200 -- Michaela Wiliams, Nash Central (11th at 12:00.06) and Kaitlyn Jacob, Rocky Mount (13:31.72)

• 1600 Relay -- Rocky Mount (6th at 4:09.27)