2016 DCSD Track and Field Champions -- Lakeside Vikings

2016 DCSD Track and Field Champions — Lakeside Vikings

The Lakeside Vikings tasted victory in the DeKalb County Track and Field Championships for the first time since 1974 with their 107.5-89 win over the Cedar Grove Saints on Monday at Godfrey Stadium.

Defending county and Class 5A state champ Southwest DeKalb finished third with 87.5 points just behind Cedar Grove.

The Class 3A defending champion Saints held a slim 3.5 point lead (46-42.50) after the first day on Saturday, but the Vikings took over the lead for good on the first event Monday with a third place finish in the 4×100 relay.

The Vikings ran a full one second faster (42.36) to pick up 6 points to Cedar Grove’s 2 in the event won in a record setting time of 40.73 by Southwest DeKalb’s team of Marcellus Boykins, Terry Conwell, Terryon Conwell and Jaylan Muhammad. Southwest broke the record of 40.90 set by Miller Grove in 2009.

Lakeside's Andrew Kent doubled up on gold medals with wins in the 1600 and 3200 meter runs. (Photo by Mark Brock)

Lakeside’s Andrew Kent doubled up on gold medals with wins in the 1600 and 3200 meter runs. (Photo by Mark Brock)

Lakeside followed up the 4×100 relay with an 18 point effort in the 1600 meter run as Andrew Kent (4:19.59) and Davis Stockwell (4:26.78) teamed up for their second 1-2 finish in the distance events. Kent’s time of 9:51.47 had won the 3200 on Saturday with Stockwell (9:51.85) just behind in second.

Freshman phenom Brian Herron added 10 more points to the Lakeside total by upsetting defending champ Terry Conwell of Southwest DeKalb in the 400 meter dash finishing with a time of 46.99 (1/100th of a second off the county record).

Herron would go on to take silver in the 200 (21.45) finishing between the twin duo of Terryon (21.16) and Terry Conwell (21.67) as the Vikings maintained the lead over Cedar Grove and Lakeside.

Terryon’s win in the 200 gave him a sweep in the 100 and 200 meter dashes for the second consecutive season as he took the 100 with a time of 10.46. Cedar Grove freshman Israel Spivey took third in the 100 as the Saints continued to hold on to second place in the standings.

Sophomore Myles Boyd added to the Vikings’ total with a big win in the 800 meter run (2:00.25) in a tight race with Stephenson’s Brandon Hines (2:00.82). Boyd’s victory was the fifth gold medal for the Vikings and sealed the win putting the Vikings up 91.50 to Cedar Grove’s 64 and Southwest DeKalb’s 61.50.

Cedar Grove’s Jessie Reverio (38.59) solidified the Saints second place standing by nipping Stephenson’s Denzel Harper (38.60) by 1/100th of a second to win the 300 meter hurdles.

Southwest DeKalb's 4x100 relay set a new DCSD record of 40.73 in the event. (Photo by Mark Brock)

Southwest DeKalb’s 4×100 relay set a new DCSD record of 40.73 in the event. (Photo by Mark Brock)

Southwest DeKalb came within a the time it took to pick up a dropped baton to setting its second record of the meet as a bad exchange on the final leg of the 4×400 relay slowed down Jaylan Muhammad just enough to prevent the record breaking time. The Panthers still ran a 3:17.48 to win by almost three seconds over Lakeside (3:20.42).

Cedar Grove’s 4×400 team finished third to hold off Southwest for second place in the meet.

Other double gold medal winners include Stephenson’ Denzel Harper in the long jump (23-01.00) and 110 hurdles (14.77) and Southwest DeKalb’s Tariq Bradford in the triple jump (46-01.75) and high jump (6-00.00).

Arabia Mountain’s Michael Willingham won the discus (147-08.00), Cedar Grove’s Johnny Thomas won the shot put (48-07.50) and Chamblee’s Will West won the pole vault (13-00.00).