Posted on 07 October 2013 by coachsmithi.
Some of the best high school talents in the state met in the Hagan Stone XC Invitational over the weekend in Pleasant Gardens, NC. The course where the conference championship will be held next Tuesday, made for some 5K fast times, but the big surprise was at the end of the meet when two runners from North received trophies.
Running against over 100 runners, Andy Romero (a sophomore) bested all but four competitors in the Varsity men’s race, taking with him a fifth place trophy. He ran his season best time for Hagan Stone XC course, shaving 2 minutes off his time and running his second fastest 5K this season. Of the 33 teams competing, the Viking men (Romero, Diego Garcia, Sammy Garcia, Misael Luis, M. Blackburn, G. Harmon and Juan Perez) took 11th place overall.
Erika Rodas took home one of three trophies in the girl’s JV race out sprinting teamer Marisol Isidor at the last 50m. Marisol finished second for the Vikings and fourth overall. Frosh Aylin Sandoval, along with Emili Perez, Leslie Garcia, Lucero Garcia, Karen Romero, Alma Sanchez, while finishing well behind their teammates, shattered their own personal best records by one to four minutes.
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Posted on 09 September 2013 by coachsmithi.
The meet held Saturday, September 7 at NF cross country course wasn’t the hot ticket over the weekend when it comes to the various meets around the state that day. However, even with two teams cancelling at the last minute, the North Forsyth men’s and women’s team had a competitive battle with the Walkertown high school Wolf-pack. The schools split wins with the Viking women besting the Wolf-pack ladies for the first place.
Jasmine Romero finished second behind a game Alexandra Ott, from Walkertown, but managed to best her personal best in the 3.2 mile race by seconds. Erika Rodas, who was North’s top finisher for North at the city county meet, took third place in a new personal best time. Overall the Viking ladies took 5 of the 7 medals and a plaque to boot.
The boys lost their bid for a meet title; however they didn’t make it easy for the Wolf-pack men. Andy Romero finished in first place in a personal best time, but the Wolf-pack did just that and ran in pack formation taking the next four places, giving them a 10 point spread. North men produced multiple personal records for the course.
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Posted on 29 August 2013 by coachsmithi.
NFHS cross-country athletes participated in their first of 5 Invitational meets of the 2013 cross-country season, held at Beeson Park, in Kernersville, NC on Wednesday, Aug. 28. Running against teams from all over the Piedmont, The Vikings posted several personal best times in the 3200m. The boys varsity capped off a productive night by placing 7th place overall, besting Parkland and Glenn. Last season the boys didn’t place at all in that meet.
Senior Steve Stowe had a modest but helpful debut in a cross-country meet. His 17th place helped the Vikings fend off determined Parkland and Glenn. Senior Leon Smith however showed the most improvement from his performance last year. He was North’s second finisher, shattering his personal best time by 3:00. Michael Blackburn, James Gray, Aldo Lopez, Misael Manuel and Hunter Pless, all posted personal best times.
Junior, Erika Rodas, made her second time at the invitational meet meaningful. Rodas was North’s first finisher in the 3200m event comfortably posting a personal best time 16:00, shattering her PR by over two minutes.
Full Results: http://nc.milesplit.com/meets/148857-norman-trzaskoma-invitational-forsyth-county-championships#.Uh9VsNI3uH8
Saturday, September 7, 2013, North Forsyth Cross-country team will be hosting it’s first 5k invitational meet. Please come out and support the team. A concession stand will be open. Meet starts at 10am @ North Forsyth HS.
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Posted on 28 August 2013 by coachsmithi.
North Forsyth Hs Cross country season begins today. We will be heading to Beeson park to compete in the Trazkoma Invitational meet (city county championship. Varsity teams race begins at 5:45pm. GO VIKINGS!!!
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Posted on 14 April 2013 by coachsmithi. Tags: Scott Brent Invitational (City/County Championship)
A big crowd and a big night at the Scott Brent Invitational (City/County Championship April 12 & 13), all added up to a big confidence boost for the North Forsyth Vikings Track and Field teams. Running against some of the top schools in the state and county area, North Forsyth boys finished third place with 73 points. A far cry from the 7th place finish last year.
The performance of the meet for the north boys was in the 4x100m relay, where they emerged winners, coming in seeded 4th at best. The quartet of Adrion Miller, Tyvon Johnson, Gevontae Hardy; and a gutsy performance from senior Markeen Carmichael bested a game Carver and Reagan to win in a 3A Mideast region qualifying time of 43.9.
Marvin Fulwood blasted a regional championship qualifying mark in the 110m hurdles (15.44) after a long absence from that event due to injury. He finished in 2nd place overall. Marvin went on to qualify for the 300m hurdle finals in a season best time, only to be sidelined for the finals by a persistent foot injury. His teammate Gevontae Hardy earned his own regional championship bid by running a personal best time 40.53 in the 300m hurdles followed by Gambrel’s 3rd place in a near personal best time of 40.83. Eric Cabbell also made the finals in the 110m hurdles but because of the 3 athlete limit did not compete in the finals.
Markeen Carmichael and Trenard “Wu” Alexander won bronze medals in their events as a bonus to the team. Senior Carmichael took third place in the shot put and 6th place overall in the 100m. Trenard in his second only long jump competition jumped a near regional mark of 20’6” to take third place.
Adrion Miller (sophomore) and senior Tyvon Johnson both made the 200m finals and earned unexpected points by taking 5th and 6thplace, and helping the 4x200m relay along with Steve Stowe and Brandon Gambrell take a bronze medal and besting the season best time by close to a second.
Steve Stowe (suffering from a knee problem) struggled to a third place finish in the 800m in a near season best time. He also made the finals of the 400m, but opted not to run it to focus on the 800m.
The North Forsyth Vikings will be heading to Bishop McGuinness HS “Villain’s Relays” on April 20.
3A Mideast Region Championship Qualifiers: National championship qualifiers
Marvin Fulwood: 110m Hurdles 4x200m Relay
Brandon Gambrell: 300m Hurdles 1600m Sprint Medley Relay
Gevontae Hardy: 300m Hurdles 4x100m Relay
Steve Stowe: 800m run
4x100m Relay
4x200m Relay
4x400m Relay
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Posted on 08 April 2013 by coachsmithi.
North Forsyth Viking’s Brandon Gambrell won the battle of the hurdle stars (at least the ones that showed up) at the Winston Salem State College High School Invitational, Saturday April 6, and the 3
Mideast Region got a new 300m hurdle leader.
The junior hurdler was at his fastest in the heats, where he sped a PR 40.69 to take the gold medal. Steve Stowe continued his climb in the 800m ranks by narrowly beating Knightdale’s Henry Keidy for the gold medal and running a season best time of 1:59.35.
As an added surprise to the day Markeen Carmichael took second in the shot put, earning important points to North’s 4th place meet finish. He assisted the 4x100m relay (Adrion Miller, Tyvone Johnson and Trenard Alexander) to a 4th place finish.
Other highlights of the men’s team 4th place finish were respectable finishes in the 4x200m relay (Gambrell, Hardy, Stowe, and Johnson), and 4th place in the 4×400 relay (Hardy, Gambrell, Fulwood and Stowe).
The Men’s and Women’s track teams will be competing on April 12-13in the Scott Brent Invitational (City/County Championship) being held at MT. Tabor H.S.
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Posted on 09 January 2013 by coachsmithi.
Posted by on December 12, 2012
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 07 July 2012 by coachsmithi.
NFHS track and field athletes participated in their third post season meet held at UNCC Saturday, June 15-17, 2012. The Jim Law Meet presented a great field of runners from all over the state, including several state champions. Graduating Senior and outgoing team captain Marcus Jones continued to show he continues to get better by placing second and running a personal best (4:31) in the young men’s 1500m run. In his last meet of the season, rising junior Gevontae Hardy placed second in the Intermediate Boys 400m hurdles running a near season’s best in that event (1:01.75). In the 110m Hurdle finals, Hardy faced off against top hurdlers in NC, including state champion and national qualifier Isaiah Moore and took a respectable 4th place finish
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Posted on 07 July 2012 by coachsmithi.
NFHS track and field athletes participated in their second post season meet held at Bishop McGuiness H.S. Saturday, June 2, 2012. Running unattached or with a club several NF athletes continued to improve their performances in addition to trying new events. Rising Junior Lisa Foster nearly matched her personal record in the 100m recording a second place. She also ran her season best 200m time and made her debut in the 400m taking a second place in both events. Rising Junior Natiesha Green ran her season best 200m dash besting her previous time by 2 seconds. She also ran a season best in the 100m. Rising senior Marvin Fulwood ran his first 400m hurdle race and placed a respectable 2nd place. In the 110 hurdles Marvin ran a season best 16.4 sec. placing 3rd. Gevontae Hardy bested his best 400m hurdle time by almost 6 seconds, securing him 3rd place. Team mate and graduating senior Dion Fowler took 1st place in the long jump and also made his debut in the 100m triple jump, placing 2nd.
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Posted on 07 July 2012 by coachsmithi.
NFHS track and field athletes participated in their first post season meet ( 9th Annual Johnson-Riley Track and Field Challenge) held at Walkertown H.S. Saturday, May 26, 2012. Running unattached or with a club several NF athletes continued to improve on their season bests. Rising Junior Lisa Foster bested her personal record in the 100m by improving her time by almost 1 full second, recording a 12.7. She also equaled her season best 200m time at the meet that featured top state athletes like Paisley Simmons and The Parkland Girls. Rising Junior Steve Stowe (w/Tricity Relays) won the 800m in an easy 2:01 sec. Rising junior Gevontae Hardy won the 110 hurdles in a season best 16.1 sec. Hardy also made the 100m final where he ran another season best placing 6 overall. Team mate Brandon Gambrell took 3rd place in the 110 hurdles and also made the 100m finals. Marvin Fulwood in the young men’s category took 4th place in the hurdles and open 400m dash, including making the finals in the 100m. Dion Fowler took 3rd place in the long jump.
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