Posted on 20 December 2012 by coachsmithi.
Aldo in a Personal Best Performance (1000m run)
Stowe Helps 4 x 400m relay to the state championship in Feb. 2013
NFHS track and field athletes participated in the second of four “Fleet Feet Series” track meets of the 2012-23 indoor season, held at JDL Fast Track, here in Winston-Salem on Tuesday December 18. After finishing a disappointing fourth in the 4 x 800m (although they did run a season best); the boys’ 4 x 400m relay lead by senior Marvin Fulwood provided an exciting finale to the meet. Gevontae Hardy, Marvin Fulwood, Brandon Gambrell and Steve Stowe had to fight off an early challenge by West Forsyth, but by the middle of the second leg, North was in control. The quartet ran another season best time, shattering their previous best by three seconds exactly, qualifying them for the state championship in February 2013.
Sophomore Gerrick Harmon made his indoor 1000m run debut meaningful. Harmon won his heat comfortably, posting a personal best. Teammate Montay Sprinkle took first in his heat of the 500m run, posting the 5th fastest time on the team this season.
Junior June “Lisa” Foster tied for second place in the 55m dash, not only in a personal best time of 7.51, but in a state championship qualifying time. She will join Steve Stowe in becoming two individual state qualifiers so far.
Junior Calvin Hawkins took second place in his debut in the shot put, while freshman thrower Milizhia Mills threw another personal best by four feet, taking fourth place over all. The most exciting part of the night was seeing all athletes competing, running personal bests, proving that hard work and dedication pays off….GO VIKINGS!
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Posted on 12 December 2012 by coachsmithi.
NFHS track and field athletes participated in the first of four “Fleet Feet Series” track meets of the 2012-23 indoor season, held at JDL Fast Track, here in Winston-Salem on Tuesday December 11. Running against teams from all over the Piedmont, The Vikings posted 24 personal bests. The boys 4 x 400m relay capped off a productive night. Gevontae Hardy, Marvin Fulwood, Brandon Gambrell and Steve Stowe had an exciting come from behind win against determined Parkland and Reagan. The quartet ran a season best time and only .78 seconds shy of qualifying for the state championship in February 2013.
Senior Marvin Fulwood, made his indoor 55m hurdles debut meaningful. Fulwood won the event comfortably, posting a personal best time of 8.44. Teammate Gevontae took third in a personal best time of 8.53. Both hurdlers along with Brandon Gambrell are ranked in the top ten in 3A at this time. The hurdle trio also ran personal bests in the 300m dash taking 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place behind a talented Cam Stover from West Forsyth.
Junior Steve Stowe was edged out of first place in the last 20 meters of his first 1600m race in over a year. Steve managed a season best time of 4:47, moving into the 5th spot overall in 3A.
Other notable performances came from the boys’ freshmen and sophomore group. Diego Garcia proved to have the most solid night of the group. He surprised the coaches as he ran 3:10 in his first ever 1000m, moving him to number 5 freshmen in 3A. He doubled back and ran the 3200m, and became the first Viking to break the 12 minute mark this season.
The girls had an equally successful night. All though there were no winning performances to recall, most ran personal best. Junior Codi James and Senior Brandi Gray improved their 1600m marks by an impressive 10 seconds, while frosh Shot Putter Milizhia Mills posted her own personal best by over one foot.
Next week the athletes from will head back to the Fleet Feet Series, December, 18, 2012 at the JDL Fast track facility here in Winston-Salem. Admission is $5.00 for spectators. Featured for North will be the boys’ 4 x 800m relay and 4 x 400m relay, among other talented athletes from North Forsyth High School. Please come out and cheer your Vikings on as they try and qualify for the State 3A 2013 Championship.
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Posted on 10 December 2012 by coachsmithi.
NFHS track and field athletes participated in the first major Indoor track meet of the 2012-23 indoor season,
held at JDL Fast Track, here in Winston-Salem on Saturday December 8. Running against teams from all over NC,
including teams from Virginia and Georgia, Junior June Lisa Foster posted a personal best (7.67), winning her
heat in the 55m dash. In the 300m dash, June also ran a personal best, taking third in her heat. Her teammates
Gevontae Hardy, Marvin Fulwood, Gerrick Harmon and Steve Stowe easily took 1st place in their 4 x 400m relay heat
and placing 8th over all out of 34 teams. Brandon Gambrell improved on his personal best in the 55m hurdles, running
sub 9.0 seconds in his heat.
Junior Steve Stowe was edged out of first place, which could be seen as the race of the meet, in the 1000m run.
However, Steve also managed to run a season best time of 2:41, qualifying him for State Championships being held
in February 2013.This week several track athletes from NFHS will head to the Fleet Feet Series, December, 11,
2012 at the JDL Fast track facility here in Winston-Salem. Admission is $5.00 for spectators. Featured for
North will be June Foster in her first 500m dash; Steve Stowe in the 1600m, 4 x 800m relay and 4 x 400m relay;
while Gevontae Hardy, Marvin Fulwood and Eric Cabbell will all compete in the 55m hurdle race; Among other
talented athletes from North Forsyth High School.
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Posted on 03 December 2012 by coachsmithi.
NFHS track and field athletes participated in their first track meet of the 2012-23 indoor season, held at N. Stokes H.S. on Friday November 30th, and dubbed “Friday Night Lights Polar Bear Meet. Running against 5 other teams, including 2 teams from Virginia, Junior June Lisa Foster posted a double win in the 55m and 300m dash. Her teammates Codi James, Amelia Hernandez, Brandi Gray and Natiesha Green, easily took 1st place in the 4 x 800m relay. Newcomer, Rosa Martinez took first place in the girls 500m, while Natiesha Green took first in the 1000m.
Junior Steve Stowe won the 500m dash, just ahead of teammate Marvin Fulwood and was part of the winning 4 x 800m relay team that also had Gerrick Harmon, Gevontae Hardy and Arthur Carswell as part of the quartet.
This week several track athletes from NFHS will head to the High School Indoor Kick-Off on Saturday, December, 8, 2012 at the JDL Fast track facility here in Winston-Salem. Admission is $5.00 for spectators. Featured for North will be June Foster in the 55m and 300m dash; Steve Stowe in the 1000m and 4 x 400m relay; while Gevontae Hardy, Marvin Fulwood and Brandon Gambrell will all compete in the 55m hurdle race as well as the 4 x 400m.
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