MANNFORD — The Mannford Pirate boys and girls track teams turned the postseason into a two-week fl ex, fi rst sweeping the conference championships with both the boys and girls bringing home team chips, then carrying that momentum into the Class 4A Regional at Jay, where the boys fi nished regional runner-up, the girls fi nished third, and a strong group punched tickets to the state meet in Catoosa.
Head coach Nathan Reed said both teams had “great showings," and the scoreboard backed him up twice. At the conference meet, the Mannford girls won the team championship with 166 dominating points, ahead of Bristow's 148 and Cushing's 103. The boys matched them with a conference title of their own, scoring 164 points to destroy Berryhill's 101 and Bristow's 82.
The conference meet was where Mannford stacked hardware by the busload.
Girls take Conference
For the girls, Kylin Reed placed third in the 100 meters and helped power three relay runner-up fi nishes, joining Madi Hale, Jalynn Roper and Addison Pehrson for second in the 4x100; Reed, Hale, Bella Gilbert and Pehrson for second in the 4x200; and Reed, Hale, Gilbert and Pehrson again for second in the 4x400. The 4x800 relay team of Karlee Christian, Hayden Butler, Alyssa McCrackin and Beshear fi nished third.
Hale also placed third in the 300 hurdles, while Marley Beshear owned the distance races, winning the 800, 1600 and 3200. Jayden Jenkins fi nished second in the 100 hurdles and tied Ella Maxville for third in the high jump. Emmy Firey took second in the long jump. Trinity Tuell won the pole vault decisively. Throwing for Mannford, Roseline Baker fi nished second in the shot put and Adley Elliott placed third in the discus.
Boys take conference
The boys were a little more loaded at conference. Jerritt Robinson won the 100 meters and placed second in the 200, while Landon Owens won the 200 and the long jump and fi nished second in the high jump. Max Moore placed second in the 110 hurdles and third in the 300 hurdles. Trey Scott fi nished third in the long jump, and Joey Bish took the pole vault title.
The sprint relays were gold, with Luke Naylor, Trey Scott, Brayden Rodriguez and Robinson winning the 4x100, and Naylor, Robinson, Scott and Owens winning the 4x200.
The 4x400 team of Jaxon Harvey, Naylor, Robert Gonzalez and Louis Perodeau placed third, while Ben Shasteen, Isaac Brown, Evin Holloway and Gonzalez fi nished second in the 4x800.
Then came regionals at Jay last weekend, where the Pirates had to do it again against a deeper fi eld. The girls fi nished third as a team, behind only Lincoln Christian and Bristow, while the boys fi nished regional runner-up, behind only Lincoln Christian. Reed called them the public school champs and runner-up, and that's exactly what the results showed.
Girls third at regionals
At regionals, the Mannford girls were led by statequalifying performances from Tuell, Beshear, Pehrson, Hale, and the 4x400 relay.
Tuell won the pole vault at 10-0, while Rosaline Baker placed fi fth at 7-6 and Emma Townsell placed seventh at 6-0. Beshear qualifi ed in the 3200, fi nishing third in 12:11.68, and also placed eighth in the 800 at 2:34.39 and fi fth in the 1600 at 5:40.77. Pehrson qualifi ed in the 200 meters, placing third in 26.50, and Hale qualifi ed in the 300 hurdles with a second-place fi nish in 47.75.
The 4x400 relay team of Kylin Reed, Hale, Bella Gilbert and Pehrson also qualifi ed, fi nishing third in 4:14.07.
The girls’ regional list ran deep. Francella Jenkins fi nished 16th in the 100 at 13.91, 11th in the 200 at 27.95, and 12th in the 400 at 1:04.15. Serenity Myrter fi nished 21st in the 100 at 14.61, 23rd in the 200 at 30.69, and 25th in the 400 at 1:16.90. Hayden Butler placed 11th in the 800 at 2:43.01. Kylia Mathena fi nished 21st in the 800 at 2:55.53 and 22nd in the 1600 at 7:34.40.
Karlee Christian placed 11th in the 1600 at 6:05.71. In the hurdles, Jayden Epperley fi nished sixth in the 100 hurdles at 17.52, Baker was 11th at 18.66, and Zoey Henley was 16th at 24.07. In the 300 hurdles, Jaylnn Roper placed 12th at 52.90, and Henley fi nished 17th at 1:03.48.
The relay crews gave Mannford more near-misses. Reed, Hale, Roper and Jenkins placed fourth in the 4x100 at 51.17.
Reed, Hale, Gilbert and Pehrson placed fourth in the 4x200 at 1:47.58. Christian, Butler, Gilbert and Beshear placed fourth in the 4x800 at 10:42.66. In the fi eld, Baker placed ninth in the discus at 84-2. Ella Maxville fi nished sixth in the high jump at 4-8, Emmy Firey tied for eighth at 4-6, and Epperley placed 12th at 4-6. Firey also fi nished 11th in the long jump at 14-6.5, Epperley was 13th at 14-4.5, and Gracelyn Dowdy was 15th at 14-1.25.
Boys second at regionals
The Mannford boys had their own pile of state berths.
Bish won the pole vault at 12-0, with Brayden Rodriguez placing seventh at 10-6 and Luke Colson ninth at 9-0. Moore qualifi ed in the 110 hurdles, fi nishing third in 16.03, and also placed seventh in the 300 hurdles at 42.94. Owens qualifi ed in both jumps, fi nishing second in the high jump at 6-2 and second in the long jump at 21-3.75. The 4x800 relay team of Shasteen, Brown, Hollaway and Gonzalez also qualifi ed, placing third in 8:42.42.
The rest of the boys regional results showed just how much Mannford had in the meet. Jerrett Robinson fi nished fourth in the 100 at 11.19, Perodeau placed 14th at 11.66, and McMonigle was 19th at 11.88. In the 200, Owens was fi fth at 22.60, Jehudi Ortiz was 15th at 24.37, and Harvey was 21st at 25.06. In the 400, Harvey placed 15th at 56.53, Ortiz was 17th at 57.56, and Patrick Wesley fi nished 19th at 59.81. Gonzalez placed sixth in the 800 at 2:06.47, Hollaway was 20th at 2:21.62, and Shasteen was 24th at 2:31.44. Brown placed sixth in the 1600 at 4:56.54, Dayne Ficken was 16th at 5:21.13, and Brody Sizemore was 17th at 5:23.95. In the 3200, Ficken placed 15th at 12:16.62, and Jesse Fast fi nished 16th at 12:33.15.
In the hurdles, Ryder Tidwell placed fourth in the 110 hurdles at 16.42 and ninth in the 300 hurdles at 44.56. DJ Sanderson fi nished 16th in the 110 hurdles at 21.10, and McMonigle added a 10th-place fi nish in the 300 hurdles at 44.98. In the relays, Naylor, Scott, Rodriguez and Robinson placed fourth in the 4x100 at 43.50, while Naylor, Robinson, Scott and Owens fi nished fourth in the 4x200 at 1:30.46.
Rodriguez, Naylor, Perodeau and Gonzalez placed seventh in the 4x400 at 3:38.31.
The boys also scored and competed hard in the throws and jumps. Kendall Howard placed 11th in the shot put at 4011.25, Zane Upton was 12th at 40-9.5, and Bobby Blackburn recorded no distance. In the discus, Upton placed sixth at 1240, Blackburn fi nished 15th at 110-0, and Howard recorded no distance. In the high jump, Doug Tingley and Chase Bougher both recorded no height. In the long jump, Scott placed 14th at 17-11.75, and Wesley fi nished 26th at 16-10.
By the time the two-meet stretch was fi nished, Mannford had a conference sweep, a regional runner-up fi nish from the boys, a third-place regional fi nish from the girls, and a state roster with real teeth. The Pirates didn't just send a few athletes through by accident. They built it across sprints, distance, hurdles, relays, jumps and vaults.