Staff report

TYRO — Salisbury’s boys track and field team won the Central Carolina Conference Championships hosted by West Davidson on Tuesday.

The meet scored eight places with 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 scoring. The Hornets totaled 149 points to win a three-team battle with West Davidson (136) and North Rowan (131). South Davidson (74), Thomasville (64), East Davidson (56) and Lexington (39) followed.

Salisbury had won in 2022 and 2023, but West Davidson, which piled up points in the jumps, had won in 2024.

Salisbury’s strength was the running events and the relays.

The Hornets won the 4×800 relay in 8:38 and won the 4×400 relay in 3:31:35. They were second to North Rowan in the 4×100 and 4×200.

Finnegan Avery, Jeremiah Davidson, Austin Massaquoi and Samuel Fatovic ran the 4×800. The 4×400 team was Davidson, Fatovic, Jordan Waller and Elijah Asare.

Waller won the 200 (22.61) where he went 1-2 with teammate Christian McNeely. The 400 was big for the Hornets with Waller winning in 50.23 and Asare and Fatovic adding third-place and fourth-place points.

In the 800, Fatovic won in 2:04.95, with Avery third and Massaquoi fourth.

David Shankle was instrumental in the Hornets’ win with win in the triple jump (42-3.25), a second place in the long jump and fourth in the 300 hurdles.

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North Rowan was powerful in the throws, racking up 21 points with a 1-3-4 placement in the shot put and adding 18 more with 1-3-7 in the discus. KaMahri Feamster won the shot put with 47-9, while Brenden Ellis won the discus with an effort of 126 feet.

Jeremiah Alford had thirds in both throws. Yasir Wactor placed in both.

Myles Witherspoon won the high jump (6-0) and placed in both hurdling events.

Nicholas Morrow provided sprint points with second in the 400 and third in the 200.

Zy’Quize Carpenter was runner-up in the triple jump.

North edged Salisbury to win the 4×100 and 4×200 relays.

Deonte Davis, Zyalon Simmon, Emanuel Ellis and Morrow ran the 4×200 in 1:30.83.

Carpenter, Ellis, Derrek Edwards and Shakeel Monroe ran the 4×100 in 44.18 seconds.

North took second in the 4×400.

North fell a little short of winning because it doesn’t have distance runners.