Friday night at Van Meter Stadium former Beckley track and field standouts were honored and current stars were on display at the Pete Culicerto Hall of Fame Track Invitational.
When all of the points were tallied, it was a good night for the hosts on both the girls and boys side of the ledger.
The Beckley girls were 59 points better than second place Shady Spring, while the boys slipped past Oak Hill by seven points.
The Lady Flying Eagles were a strong favorite coming into the event and the Beckley girls were true to form.
Flying Eagle speedster Ama Ackon-Annan ran her best time of the year to win the 100-meter dash. Teammates Kyndall Ince and Salia Harris finished second and third, respectively.
Ackon-Annan also dominated the 200 meter dash winning by nearly a second and a half.
Beckley sophomore Bria Donatelli and senior Nevaiah Simmons picked up two individual wins Friday as well. Donatelli won the 400 meter and 800 meter runs with Simmons coming out on top in the 300 meter hurdles and the long jump.
Ince, Harris, Ackon-Annan combined with Donya Burton to dominate the 4×100 relay, while the top-three in the 100 meter dash joined Simmons for an easy win in the 4×200 meter relay.
Donatelli ran with Carley Fisher, Skyler Ren and Hannah Keiling for a six-second win in the 4×800 meter relay.
Beckley freshman Cadence Reid was two-foot better than all others to win the Shot Put.
State champion gymnast from Independence, Lilli Honaker, won the 100-meter hurdles in a tight race with Lillian Hatfield from Shady Spring. Honaker’s teammate Bella Green edged Leiloni Manns from Beckley by six inches to win the discus throw.
A pair of Richwood standouts picked up wins when Carlee Dillard won the high jump and Baylee Jarrett was first in the 1600 meter run.
Carli Spade from PikeView earned a convincing win in the 3200 meter run, while Kylie Wahl, Rachel Mann, Allison Betkijian and Hatfield earned the shuttle hurdle relay title for Shady Spring by edging Independence by two-tenths of a second.
On the boys side, Kennedy Award winner Dom Collins from Princeton was the fastest man of the night with wins in the 100- and 200-meter runs.
Collins also combined with Marquel Lowe, Brad Mosser and Jaden Helmandollar to win the 4×200 meter relay.
Beckley senior and Marshall commit, Ryan Mukhtar pulled off the double as well with wins in the high jump and the 110 meter hurdles.
Mukhtar’s teammates Nelson Staples and Brandon Canaday also picked up wins Friday.
Staples won the 300 meter hurdles, while Canaday, who is the reigning Lootpress Cross-Country Runner of the Year, laid waste to the 1600 meter field with a nearly 10-second win.
Conlan Brooks (Oak Hill) won the 400 meter run and Hank Marson (Bluefield) was first in the 800 meter run.
Gabriel Kidd, Konnor Ray, Daniel Walling and Christian Stewart gave Beckley the 4×100 meter title, while Andre Wright, Chase Crosier, James Green and Marc King from Oak Hill combined to win the 4×800 relay.
Gabe Knoblet from Shady Spring won the shot put by over six feet and David Adkins from Liberty won the discus throw.
Gerrard Wade from Bluefield entered the meet with the best long jump in Class AA. Wade not only walked out as the long jump champion Thursday, he now has the best jump in the state regardless of class, leaping 21-10.50 feet.
Nate Cook, Michael O’Sullivan, Kam Taylor and Caleb Christian from PikeView won the shuttle hurdle relay.
The 2024 Woodrow Wilson Track Hall of Fame inductees included Cherlee Thomas Street, Robert Walton Jr., Melvin “Hookie” Ross, Sr., Jamar Dunnigan, Flemmon “Cadallic” Wright, Kimberly Lynn Spales Barnes, Kea Austin, Sincere Adolfus Glenn, Nate Manns, Rev. Nelson Staples II, Demetrick Burger and Mike Harvey.
Girls Team Results
1. Woodrow Wilson 175
2. Shady Spring 116
3. Independence 48
4. Bluefield 41
4. Richwood 41
6. PikeView 25
7. Herbert Hoover 23
8. Oak Hill 13
9. Westside 7
10. Princeton 5
Boys Team Results
1. Woodrow Wilson 108
2. Oak Hill 101
3. Shady Spring 70
4. Bluefield 68
5. Princeton 60
6. PikeView 32
7. Liberty (R) 22
8. Richwood 21
9. Herbert Hoover 6
10. Westside 2
Girls Results
100 meter
1. Ama Ackon-Annan (WW), 2. Kyndall Ince (WW), 3. Salia Harris (WW), 4. Iyana Patton (BL), 5. Navaeh Nicholes (OH), 6. Cara Brown (BL)
200 meter
1. Ama Ackon-Annan (WW), 2. Iyana Patton (BL), 3. Arionna Dowell (BL), 4. Queen-Asia Padgett (BL), 5. Abi Honaker (SS), 6. Djahnae Padgett (WW)
400 meter
1. Bria Donatelli (WW), 2. Jadyn Farmer (SS), 3. Abi Honaker (SS), 4. Emme Cottrell (HH), 5. Baylee Jarrett (RW), 6. Emma Bickford (OH).
800 meter
1. Bria Donatelli (WW), 2. Bre Crouse (SS), 3. Gwynn McGinnis (SS), 4. Alyssa Strickland (HH), 5. Alysa Bailey (RW), 6. Berkley Davis (SS)
1600 meters
1. Baylle Jarrett (RW), 2. Bre Crouse (SS), 3. Skyler Ren (WW), 4. Jaycee Pritchett (PR), 5. Morgan Booth (WW), 6. Leah White (WW)
3200
1. Carli Spade (PV), 2. Audrey Justice (SS), 3. Abi Szuch (SS), 4. Skylaer Ren (WW), 5. Morgan Booth (WW), 6. Hannah Keiling (WW).
100 meter hurdles
1. Lilli Honaker (IN), 2. Lillian Hatfield (SS), 3. Lexi Thomas (WW), 4. Neveah Howard (WW), 5. McKenzie Taylor (IN), 6. Kylie Wahl (SS)
300 meter hurdles
1. Nevaiah Simmons (WW), 2. Lilli Honaker (IN), 4. Rachel Mann (SS), 5. Neveah Howard (WW), 6. Carlee Dillard (RW)
4×100
1. Woodrow Wilson (Ince, Harris, Ackon-Annan, Donya Burton), 2. Bluefield, 3. Shady Spring, 4. Woodrow Wilson (B), 5. Herbert Hoover, 6. PikeView
4×200 Relay
1. Woodrow Wilson (Ince, Harris, Ackon-Annan, Simmons), 2. Bluefield, 3. Oak Hill, 4. Shady Spring, 5. Herbert Hoover, 6. PikeView.
4×800
1. Woodrow Wilson (Carley Fisher, Ren, Hannah Keiling, Donatelli),k 2. Shady Spring, 3. PikeView, 4. Woodrow Wilson (B), 5. Herbert Hoover, 6. Oak Hill
Shot Put
1. Cadenhce Reid (WW), 2. Bella Green (IN), 3. Phoenix Gauldin (WW), 3. Gracie McCallister (SS), 5. Ava Spangler (BL), 6. Leiloni Manns (WW)
Discus
1. Bella Green (IN), 2. Leiloni Manns (WW), 3. Cadence Reid (WW), 4. Chloe Cox (RW), 5. Gracie McCallister (SS), 6. Chloe Sovine (HH)
High Jump
1. Carlee Dillard (RW), Lilian Hatfield (SS), 3. Sydney Cochran (W), 4. Chloe Cox (RW), 5. Kendall Lilly (SSW), 6. Marlie Lambert (W)
Long Jump
Nevaiah Simmons (WW), 2. Baylee Jarrett (RW), 3. Zyneria Grant (WW), 4. Lillian Hatfield (SS), 5.l Lilli Honaker (IN), 6. Reece Keffer (SS)
Mens Results
100 meters
1. Dom Collins (PR), 2. Conlan Brooks (OH), 3. Christian Stewart (WW), 4. Gabriel Kidd (WW), 5. Daniel Walling (WW), 6. TRistan Camarillo (WW)
200 meter
1. Dom Collins (PR), 2. Conlan Brooks (OH), 3. Daniel Wallingt (WW), 4. Nolaqn Brooks (OH), 5. Je’zer Battle (OH), 6. Brad Mosser (PR)
400 meter
1. Conlan Brooks (OH), 2. Hank Marson (BL), 3. Nate Cook (PV), 4. James Green (OH), 5. Seth Farmer (SS), 6. Marquel Lowe (PR)
800 meter
1. Hank Marson (BL), 2. Jadon Acord (L), 3. Chase Crosier (OH), 4. Eli Jordan (SS), 5, Logan Malott (SS), 6. Reid Radford (SS)
1600 meter
1, Brandon Canaday (WW), 2. Vance Lindley (WW), 3. Ethan Dowdy (SS), 4. Jadon Acord (L), 5. Zach Neal (PR), 6. Kyle Peters (WW)
Shuttle Hurdles
1. Shady Spring (Kylie Wahl, Rachel Mann, Allison Betkijian, LIllian Hatfield), 2. Independence, 3. PikeView, 4. Shady Spring (B), 5. Herbert Hoover, 6. Oak Hill
110 meter hurdles
1. Ryan Mukhtar (WW), 2. Milton Byard (BL), 3. Nelson Staples (WW), 4. Caleb Christian (PV), 5. A’marvion Howard (PR), 6. Joshua Woods (BL)
300 meter hurdles
1. Nelson Staples (WW), 2. A’marvion Howard (PR), 3. Caleb Williams (RW), 4. Alex Hudgins (BL), 5. Jack Billeter (SS), 6. Armentrout Garren (SS)
4×100 relay
1. Woodrow Wilson (Gabriel Kidd, Konnor Ray, Daniel Walling, Stewart), 2. Princeton, 3. Bluefield, 4. Bluefield (B), 5. Woodrow Wilson (B), 6. Oak Hill
4×200
1. Princeton (Lowe, Jaden Helmandollar, Mossor, Collins), 2. Woodrow Wilson, 3. Oak Hill, 4. Bluefield, 5. Bluefield (B), 6. Shady Spring
4×800
1. Oak Hill (Andre Wright, Crosier, James Green, Marc King), 2. Shady Spring, 3. PikeView, 4. Woodrow Wilson, 5. Oak Hill (B), 6. Shady Spring (B)
Shuttle Hurdles
1. PikeView (Nate Cook, Michael O’Sullivan, Kameron Taylor, Caleb Christian), 2. Oak Hill, 3. Shady Spring, 4. Herbert Hoover, 5. Shady Spring
Shot Put
1. Gabe Knoblet (SS), 2. Jaden Francisco (BL), 3. Tyler Ashmore (OH), 4. Aaron Mann (RW), 5. Nathan Hill (SS), 6. Colton Henderson (SS)
Discus
David Adkins (L), 2. Jayden Francisco, 3. Tyler Ashmore (OH), 4. Sam Pendergrass (PR), 5. Colton Henderson (SS), 6. Keandre Goode (WW)
High Jump
1. Ryan Mukhtar (WW), 2. Carson Nicalau (OH), 3. Ian Crowder (RW), 3. Nate Cook (PV), 5. Andre Wright (OH), 6. Nathan Vecellio (SS)
Long Jump
1. Gerrard Wade (BL), 2. Ryan Mukhtar (WW), 3. Ian Crowder (RW), 4. R.J. Cobbs (WW), 5. Isaiah Conley (OH), 6. John Jones (HH).
Girls Team Results
1. Woodrow Wilson 175
2. Shady Spring 116
3. Independence 48
4. Bluefield 41
4. Richwood 41
6. PikeView 25
7. Herbert Hoover 23
8. Oak Hill 13
9. Westside 7
10. Princeton 5
Boys Team Results
1. Woodrow Wilson 108
2. Oak Hill 101
3. Shady Spring 70
4. Bluefield 68
5. Princeton 60
6. PikeView 32
7. Liberty (R) 22
8. Richwood 21
9. Herbert Hoover 6
10. Westside 2
