The Lady Knights competed in the Harry Green Invitational on May 13th. This meet is considered to be the Statewide Middle school Track & Field Championship by many primarily due to the significant number of the top track teams in the state competing. The Knights accumulated 107 total points and out distanced their second-place opponent – Winfield by 37 points.
The scoring for the Harry Green Invitational went as follows:
100 Meters: 1st Reagan Cline, 2nd Kiana McClung
400 Meters: 2nd Avery Thompson, 3rd Noelle McClintic
800 Meters: 3rd Neena McClintic (broke her own school record with time of 2:24.7)
1600: 3rd Neena McClintic
100H: 5th Mia Rowan
200H: 1st Avery Thompson, 4th Mia Rowan
HJ: 1st Place Mia Rowan
4×100: 2nd Place Reagan Cline, Aryn Cleghan, Gabby Walker, Kiana McClung
4×200: 1st Reagan Cline, Aryn Cleghan, Noelle McClintic, Kiana McClung
4×400: 1st Avery Thompson, Aryn Cleghan, Neena McClintic, Noelle McClintic
4×800: 6th Ellie Russell, Caroline Hancock, Abby Taylor, Jillian Styles
Shuttle Hurdle Relay: 2nd Place Mykah Judy, Tiana Brigham, Penelope Campbell, Mia Rowan
The Lady Knights had another outstanding season in which they competed in several highly competitive meets in Hurricane, Charleston, and Bridgeport where they went against the top competition in the state. The Knights won all of these meets along with several other meets in southern WV. The Knights also participated in an extremely large meet in Roanoke VA (45-teams) and finished second with just being in a “limited amount” of events. This meet was a warmup for the Harry Green Invitational and Kanawha County Principals Cup Invitational.
The Lady Knights had the fastest time in the state of West Virginia for middle schools in the following events:all
4×100 Relay Team, 4×200 Relay Team, 4×400 Relay Team and tied in the High Jump
The 2023 Season saw several team records fall again this year, seven in total.
200-meter – Noelle McClintic (27.63 – broke her sister, Maddie McClintic’s record from 2012)
800-meter- Neena McClintic (2:24.78)
1600-meter – Neena McClintic (5:22.74)
100-meter Hurdles – Mia Rowan (17.20)
4×100 Relay: Regan Cline, Aryn Cleghan, Gabby Walker, Kiana McClung (52.83)
4×200 Relay: Reagan Cline, Aryn Cleghan, Avery Thompson, Kiana McClung (1:52.69)
Tied High Jump – Mia Rowan (5’)
The Lady Knights are coached by Nikola McClintic, Robert McClintic & Tim Holbrook
