STEVENSVILLE — Cambridge-South Dorchester High’s girls track and field program has had a nice list of talented athletes, including a handful of state champions.
Le’Asia Todd may have pushed her way to the top of that list.
Two days after winning the triple jump at the Class 1A East Region outdoor championships, Todd returned to Kent Island High on Thursday to win the long jump, high jump and 300-meter intermediate hurdle crowns during an impressive second day.
“I guess you have to say that she is the finest female track athlete we’ve ever had,” said Dr. Lois Narr, Cambridge-SD’s co-head coach. “We’ve never had a girl that I can think of who’s won four open events at the regionals.”
The defending Class 1A state champion, Todd won the triple jump during Day 1 on Tuesday, with a leap of 34 feet, 3 inches, finishing well ahead of Kent County’s Zoe Angennieux, who was runner-up at 30-10.
The junior started her day Thursday by winning the long jump with an effort of 16-5. She brushed sand off her legs and moved over to high jump, where she cleared her first height, but then had to pause to run the 300 hurdles. Todd clocked a first-place time of 49.29 seconds in the hurdles, then returned to the high jump, where she won with a 4-8, clearing the height in fewer attempts than runner-up Angenieux.
“She’s so talented,” Narr said.
Cambridge-SD picked up a fifth title, when Kassidy Young won the shot put with a heave of 33-1, and also got big points from Al’Janae Jackson, who was runner-up in the 100 meters (13.06) and 200 (27.27) and the pole vault (7-9).
Washington won the girls team title with 124 points, followed by Cambridge-SD and Colonel Richardson, who finished tied for second with 89 points.
Colonel was led by its relays, as the 4x100 (Chaney Paul, Sadie Prettyman, Viergena Toussaint, Anijah Hammond) won in 52.99, and 4x400 (Addison Claytor, Paul, Prettyman, Landine Dorleans) finished first in 4:20.60. The Colonels’ 4x200 relay of Hammond, Toussaint, Prettyman and Claytor were second (1:52.57).
Led by Jayden Smith, Tori Willis Jr., and Tekai Drummond, Cambridge-SD won the 1A boys title with 155½ points, easily outdistancing second-place Perryville (94½).
Smith led a 1-2-3 Viking finish in the 110 high hurdles, crossing the finish line in 14.701 to edge Willis (14.705) and Antonio Blueford (14.82). Smith went on to win the long jump (21-2½) and was fourth in the triple jump (42-4).
Willis won the 300 hurdles (39.28), was second in the 100 (10.68), and teamed with Jakuez Snead, Kay’ion Marine and Tekai Drummond to win the 4x100 relay in 43 seconds flat.
Tekai Drummond gave the Vikings a fourth individual title, when he won the 800 meters in 1:59.64. He also joined his brother Teshar Drummond, Zy’Meir Wilson and Preston Adkins to place second in the 4x800 relay (8:27.26).
Kent County senior Larry Steward, who won the Class 1A state indoor high jump title this past season, added another championship to his resume, clearing 6-4 to finish first at regionals. Teammate Gavin Larrimore won the shot put in 42-10 and was second in the discus (127-3). North Dorchester’s Jase Todd won the discus with a throw of 128-5.
Harford Tech swept the 2A East titles, the boys totaling 151 points, while the girls finished with 171.
Kent Island girls were second with 89 points, as sophomore Lacey Dauses won the 800 (2:23.28), while senior Gabrielle Bernhard delivered another strong performance in her final meet on her home track, placing second in the 100 hurdles (15.55), 300 hurdles (45.81) and pole vault (10-10). Bernhard also teamed with Kendra Coffey, Reese Heyliger and Dauses to take second in the 4x400 relay (4:12.02).
Easton senior Sumayah Wilkins won the high jump, clearing the bar in a personal-record 5-6.
“I had a little hiccup with 5-2,” said Wilkins, who got over the height on her third attempt.
Wilkins then went to 5-6, and again needed a third attempt before cleanly slipping over the bar to win the title.
“I was looking at the heat sheets and some girls were jumping 5-3,” said Wilkins, who was seeded first. “I was seeded the highest, but I said, ‘That doesn’t mean anything. They could come here and finish on top. So I’m going to come here and just do my best.’”
North Caroline’s 4x800 relay of Linda Ridgelll, Brooke Sullivan, Seanna Rupp and Morgan Knott proved best in the region, winning in 10:05.91.
Kent Island’s boys finished third in the team competition, getting a boost from Evan Newcomer. A senior, Newcomer missed the bulk of the indoor season while recovering from a foot injury, but looked in fine form Thursday, winning 400 in a school-record 49.52 and the 200 (21.99). Newcomer then anchored the Bucs’ 4x400 relay to victory in the meet’s final event, as he, Isaiah Diaz, Caleb Heater and Trey Donnelly won in 3:30.56, punctuating head coach Justin Holland’s final meet on his home track.
“Mentally-wise I knew he’d be there,” Holland said of Newcomer. “I didn’t know if he was ever going to get as fast as he is currently. I didn’t know if he was going to get all that back.”
Kent Island also got victories from Jack Middleton in the high jump (6-0) and Josh Fuller in the shot put (45-4½).
Queen Anne’s middle-distance standout Ben Marks won the 1,600 in 4:21.32, then came back to finish second in the 800 (1:55.61), getting edged by Harford Tech’s Alex Wockenfuss (1:55.28). Queen Anne’s freshman teammate Ja’Dereon Thompson won the long jump in 21-9.
Easton’s Jed Smith was third in the 1,600 (4:34.09) and 3,200 (10:15.08).
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