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Whittell sophomore Kyler Felton competes in the triple jump at the Nevada 2A state track meet on Saturday in Reno.
RENO - There is no end in sight to the Whittell High School girls' track and field dynasty.
Whittell used its superior depth to pull away on the second day of competition Saturday to win its fourth straight Nevada 2A state championship.
"The kids did a really nice job," said Whittell assistant coach Bill Harvey, who attributed the team's success and improvement to the ambitious regular season schedule. "We had a number of young ladies and guys who weren't too sure about it at first, but they made the transition. Every girl on the team got a medal but one."
The Warriors won five events, including four on Friday, to join Manogue, which did it twice, and The Meadows as the only schools to have won four consecutive 2A girls' track titles.
Natalie Daly, Jane MacKelvie and Jordan Reeder have been a part of all four championship teams.
"That's phenomenal," Daly said. "My freshman year was the first year we won state, so getting all four years (is) great."
Whittell used its superior depth to pull away on the second day of competition Saturday to win its fourth straight Nevada 2A state championship.
"The kids did a really nice job," said Whittell assistant coach Bill Harvey, who attributed the team's success and improvement to the ambitious regular season schedule. "We had a number of young ladies and guys who weren't too sure about it at first, but they made the transition. Every girl on the team got a medal but one."
The Warriors won five events, including four on Friday, to join Manogue, which did it twice, and The Meadows as the only schools to have won four consecutive 2A girls' track titles.
Natalie Daly, Jane MacKelvie and Jordan Reeder have been a part of all four championship teams.
"That's phenomenal," Daly said. "My freshman year was the first year we won state, so getting all four years (is) great."
The rest of the state may not want to hear it, but the Warriors will return many of their stars next season.
"I think we can get to five, and then it gets a little tougher," Harvey said. "We've had good luck. You have to stay healthy."
Shannon Marshall eclipsed the field by four inches to win the high jump (5-2) for the second straight year. Marshall didn't enter the competition until the height reached 4-8, a decision that seemed to psyche out her competitors.
"I usually go in at 4-8 or 4-10, depending on how I'm doing that day," said Marshall, who cleared 5-2 for the fourth time in her high school career. Her best is 5-4.
Marshall also breezed to first place in the 300 hurdles (48.29), winning by more than a second and a half on Friday. Sophomore Hannah Daly also claimed state titles in two events, winning the 100 meters in 12.88 seconds and the shot put (36.11.75).
Marshall and both Dalys ran legs on the victorious 4x400 relay team (4:09.10) that shattered the state meet record by more than 10 seconds. Runner-up Battle Mountain was a distant 20.24 seconds behind the winners.
"They didn't tell us what the original record was, so when we finished, I didn't think we broke it," Natalie Daly said.
"I think we can get to five, and then it gets a little tougher," Harvey said. "We've had good luck. You have to stay healthy."
Shannon Marshall eclipsed the field by four inches to win the high jump (5-2) for the second straight year. Marshall didn't enter the competition until the height reached 4-8, a decision that seemed to psyche out her competitors.
"I usually go in at 4-8 or 4-10, depending on how I'm doing that day," said Marshall, who cleared 5-2 for the fourth time in her high school career. Her best is 5-4.
Marshall also breezed to first place in the 300 hurdles (48.29), winning by more than a second and a half on Friday. Sophomore Hannah Daly also claimed state titles in two events, winning the 100 meters in 12.88 seconds and the shot put (36.11.75).
Marshall and both Dalys ran legs on the victorious 4x400 relay team (4:09.10) that shattered the state meet record by more than 10 seconds. Runner-up Battle Mountain was a distant 20.24 seconds behind the winners.
"They didn't tell us what the original record was, so when we finished, I didn't think we broke it," Natalie Daly said.
Added Marshall, "This was our next-best (time). We have been working real hard and probably have our fastest runners at the school (on the team)."
Their time, however, didn't approach their school record of 4:06.59 set earlier this season in Grass Valley. Sammy Brumbach was the fourth member of that relay team.
Natalie Daly keyed the Warriors second-day point barrage with second-place finishes in the 200 (27.15) and 400 meters (63.10).
Sophomore Isabel Concha-Foley PR'd twice in the discus, including her final throw (99-9), to finish runner-up in an event she has been trying to figure out for the past year.
"On April 24, at 3:30 in the afternoon, she got it," Harvey said. "She PR'd by 11 feet the next day. Today, she PR'd on her first throw and when a girl right before her beat her, she PR'd on her last throw. That's pretty good stuff."
The Warriors' overwhelming depth showed in the events that they didn't win.
Their time, however, didn't approach their school record of 4:06.59 set earlier this season in Grass Valley. Sammy Brumbach was the fourth member of that relay team.
Natalie Daly keyed the Warriors second-day point barrage with second-place finishes in the 200 (27.15) and 400 meters (63.10).
Sophomore Isabel Concha-Foley PR'd twice in the discus, including her final throw (99-9), to finish runner-up in an event she has been trying to figure out for the past year.
"On April 24, at 3:30 in the afternoon, she got it," Harvey said. "She PR'd by 11 feet the next day. Today, she PR'd on her first throw and when a girl right before her beat her, she PR'd on her last throw. That's pretty good stuff."
The Warriors' overwhelming depth showed in the events that they didn't win.
Hannah Daly finished second in the 800 (2:28.85) and Holly Brumbach placed in the 3,200 (13:31.41). Reeder was third in the 300 hurdles and fifth in the 100 hurdles; Sammy Brumbach placed third in the 200, fifth in the 100 and fifth in the long jump; and Sasha Rupp finished third in the 3,200 and fourth in the 1,600. The Warriors' other relay teams fared well, too, finishing fourth in the 4x100 and fourth in the 4x800.
Final team scores were Whittell 147, North Tahoe 98 and Lovelock 97. The Warriors led The Meadows by 21 points entering the second day of competition.
Whittell's boys' team finished in 10th place, and its only individual state title belonged to David King in the 3,200 meters (10:54.62). King won the event for the second consecutive year.
Senior Paul Waite and sophomore Kyler Felton were factors in their events. Waite finished runner-up to North Tahoe's Ryan Blount in the 110 hurdles. Their times were 16.08 and 16.39, respectively.
Felton juggled a busy event load on Saturday to finish third in the 300 hurdles (45.38) and fourth in triple jump (38-5.25). In his last event, he ran a leg on the fourth-place 4x400 relay team (3:40.50).
"I'm really happy with third. I thought I was going to get a lot slower than that," said Felton as he was trying to catch his breath following the 300 hurdles. "The second hurdle I went over kind of goofy, but other than that, I hit them all right."
Earlier in the meet, he finished fifth in the long jump at 18-11.5.
Final team scores were Whittell 147, North Tahoe 98 and Lovelock 97. The Warriors led The Meadows by 21 points entering the second day of competition.
Whittell's boys' team finished in 10th place, and its only individual state title belonged to David King in the 3,200 meters (10:54.62). King won the event for the second consecutive year.
Senior Paul Waite and sophomore Kyler Felton were factors in their events. Waite finished runner-up to North Tahoe's Ryan Blount in the 110 hurdles. Their times were 16.08 and 16.39, respectively.
Felton juggled a busy event load on Saturday to finish third in the 300 hurdles (45.38) and fourth in triple jump (38-5.25). In his last event, he ran a leg on the fourth-place 4x400 relay team (3:40.50).
"I'm really happy with third. I thought I was going to get a lot slower than that," said Felton as he was trying to catch his breath following the 300 hurdles. "The second hurdle I went over kind of goofy, but other than that, I hit them all right."
Earlier in the meet, he finished fifth in the long jump at 18-11.5.
