Posted on 15 February 2013 by coachsmithi.
North Forsyth’s boys tied for fourth in the team competition, with Monroe Weddington and Charlotte Berry, and had second-place finish from Steve Stowe in the 1,000 meters (2:34.90). North also took second in the 4×400 relay, with the team of Stowe, Gevontae Hardy, Marvin Fulwood and Brandon Gambrell finishing in 3:31.55.
Other top-three finishers from area schools were: Marvin Fulwood of North Forsyth (3rd 55 hurdles); Andrews’ McIver (2nd 300); Wilkes Central’s Laney Browder (2nd 1,000); and West Davidson’s Callie Wynn (2nd 3,200).
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Posted on 15 February 2013 by coachsmithi.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – North Forsyth High School Indoor Track and Field Team concluded the regular season, wrapping up with June Lisa Foster running a state qualifying mark in the 300m dash over the weekend. As part of Head Coach Michael Smith’s strategy of putting NFHS track and field back on the map, the last two meets has paid off. Steve Stowe in a different than normal event last Tuesday ran the 500m for the second time this season. Stowe fared well, notching a state qualifying and season best time. The 4 x 400m men’s relay ran a season best 3:32.03 in a losing effort to Mt. Tabor at the last “Fleet Feet Series, the fifth fastest 1A/2A/3A time of the season in the event. Senior Marvin Fulwood- who is the first Viking to qualify for states since the 1980s in the 55m high hurdles- bested his own personal best time, as he ran a 7.87. Fulwood’s time is just off the East Rowan’s third seeded Hunter Walker. Teammates Gevontae Hardy and Brandon Gambrell crossed the line in the 55m hurdles their last regular season meet in 8.35 and 8.37, respectably, falling just .20 seconds short from qualifying for states; nevertheless, both will join Stowe and Fulwood in trying to win the 4 x 400m relay at states.
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Posted on 09 January 2013 by coachsmithi.
NFHS track and field athletes participated in the third of four “Fleet Feet Series” track meets of the 2012-23 indoor season, held at JDL Fast Track, here in Winston-Salem on Tuesday, January 08. Running against teams from all over the Piedmont, The Vikings produced several personal bests and another state championship qualifier.
The boy’s 4 x 400m relay capped off a productive night by remaining undefeated at the series. Pressed hard from the beginning by Parkland, and surprised by the second leg of Josiah Elliot who stretched the lead out some, NF struggled to stay close. However, at the exchange zone, Parkland runners fumbled their baton pass, giving Gerrick Harmon a chance to capitalize on the mistake. After that it was over, once Harmon passed the baton to Marvin Fulwood the Vikings were on their way to another 4 x 400m relay win in their third fastest time of the season.
Gevontae Hardy, Marvin Fulwood, and Brandon Gambrell, once again proved to be a powerful hurdle trio. Capturing first, 4th and 5th places overall, Marvin’s 8.08 hurdle time and first place, made him the third NF track athlete to qualify for a individual event. Gevontae and Brandon are near the qualifying mark and still have two meets to join their teammate.
Steve Stowe had an exciting night as he came face to face with his tough rival from Parkland, Josiah Elliot, who is currently the top 500m runner in the entire state, and also leads the ranks in the 1000m. Coming off a brutal win by Josiah over Steve in the 800m invitational, Steve was able to exact some revenge in the 1600m. It was a tactical race all the way, and it seemed the two were playing a game of chess. The lead changed several times until Steve surprised Josiah with an early move causing Josiah to expend more energy in catching back up from behind diminishing a typical Josiah finishing surge. But if you ask Steve, the highlight of the meet for him was winning the 300m dash in a surprising 37.10.
Senior Arthur Carswell and Frosh Michael Blackburn both ended their night with two personal best times in the 1600m and 3200m races.
Other notable performances came from the only two girls that participated. Rosa Martinez won her heat in the 500m, beating her personal best time by 2 seconds. Her sister Lucia Martinez also ran her personal best time in the 1000m, beating her time by almost 5 seconds.
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Posted on 09 January 2013 by coachsmithi.
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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. The hurdle duo also ran personal bests in the 300m dash taking 2nd,and 4th place with teammate Brandon Gambrell 3rd, 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.
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. 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 01 January 2013 by coachsmithi.
NFHS track and field athletes participated in the Ncrunners Elite Holiday Invitational this past December 28-29. Dubbed probably the biggest meet of the season where athletes came from as far away as Michigan, this meet proved to be an important stepping stone towards the state championships in February 2013 for several of our athletes.
Gevontae Hardy, Marvin Fulwood, Brandon Gambrell found themselves on the starting line with some of the best hurdlers in the country. As you can expect in a situation like that, three ran their personal best times, with Marvin Fulwood coming closest to the state championship qualifying time by less than a second. Two of the three hurdlers went on to produce personal best in the 300m dash (M. Fulwood/B.
Gambrell).
Sophomore Gerrick Harmon made his first major invitational meet meaningful. Harmon ran comfortably in the 500m run, posting a personal best by 4 seconds. He also went on to beat his 1000m best by 2 seconds.
Junior June “Lisa” Foster ran for a second place in her heat of the 55m dash prelims, not only in a near personal best time of 7.57, but against a strong field of girls from all over the southeast region. The 300m dash turned out to be her strongest performance of the meet. June won her heat in a personal best time of
43.7, besting her last time by one second. Only .20 seconds separate her from a state championship bid.
Junior Steve Stowe was one of the featured runners of the meet and he proved why.
Just being his second 1000m race of the season, Stowe showed that he is well ahead of where he was when he captured second place at states last year. In an impressive personal best time of 2:39.06, Steve took second place in what was seen as one of the most exciting races of the meet. Leading most of the race, Stowe found himself battling to the finish line with a determined Providence HS runner, besting Steve by only .02 seconds for the gold medal.
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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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