WINSTON-SALEM – Cherokee’s Byron Locust placed eighth in the boys shot put finals at the 1A/2A Indoor Track & Field Championships on Friday, Feb. 10 at the JDL Fast Track facility in Winston-Salem. He accomplished this with a throw of 44-5.75.
Locust was the only Cherokee qualifier in the event and represented the first time in school history the Braves have had a qualifier.
Other Smoky Mountain Conference results are as follows:
Murphy
* Girls 500M Dash: Peyton Wood, 12th, 1:25.45
* Girls 1600M Run: Cameron Rice, 13th, 5:56.43
* Girls 55M Hurdles: Kelsey Fulgham, 13th, 9.51
* Girls 4x800M Relay: 15th, 11:33.85
*Boys 500M Dash: Grant Lindsay, 13th, 1:12.73
* Boys 1000M Run: Ethan Murray, 4th, 2:45.96; Aidan Hall, 10th, 2:49.71
* Boys 55M Hurdles: DeAndre Jackson, 22nd, 8.56
* Boys 4x400M Relay: 8th, 3:44.29
* Boys 4x800M Relay: 6th, 8:46.91
*Boys Long Jump: Ian Johnston, 20th, 18-4
*Boys Triple Jump: Cole West, 13th, 39-2.25
* Boys Shot Put: Riley Blalock, 15th, 40-6.25
Robbinsville
* Girls 500M Dash: Meghan Myler, 15th, 1:28.30
* Girls High Jump: Lanie Stewart, 12th, 4-10
Swain County
* Girls 500M Dash: Emma Pindur, 7th, 1:22.82
* Girls Long Jump: Maggie Burns, 22nd, 14-1.5
* Girls Pole Vault: Ashley Winchester, 6th, 8-0
* Boys Pole Vault: Tanner Wiggins, 9th, 10-6
– One Feather staff report