Monticello’s Mathes put together a brilliant performance at the Class 3 state track meet at Liberty University.
Mathes won the 3200 meter race to earn an individual state title and also took third in the 1600 meters as the sophomore put his mark on on the meet and took the next step in his career after placing ninth in the state cross country meet back in the fall, then third in the Class 3 state indoor meet. Mathes has worked his way up the distance leaderboard methodically over the last two years and now he brings home his first individual state title.
He wasn’t the only local athlete who had a big day in the Class 3 boys meet. Fluvanna County’s Aidan Girard finished second in the 800 meets and took eighth in the 400 meters. Charlottesville’s Eli Cook took fifth in the 1600 and seventh in the 800 and his teammate Edison Tennant grabbed fifth in the 800. The Black Knights’ 4×800 relay team took fourth in the state.
Three area throwers also got going, with Alex Rosenbaum of Goochland taking fifth, Bryce Hoffman of William Monroe grabbing seventh and Charlottesville’s Dante Bernardini taking eighth.
Class 3 Girls
On the girls side in Class 3, Charlottesville’s squad finished fifth overall, with Evelyn Brantley’s state title run in the 300 hurdles leading the way. Brantley clocked a 45.88 for a school record. Brantley also took fourth in the 100 hurdles, finishing a couple of spots behind teammate Jaelyn Lynch, who finished second in the 100 hurdles. Lynch also took sixth in the state in the triple jump.
Rose O’Shea finished eighth in the 300 hurdles for the Black Knights.
The Black Knights also posted a third place finish in the 4×100 relay and an eighth place finish in the 4×800.
Fluvanna and Goochland also got a couple of bigtime performances with Goochland’ Jadelyn Taylor winning the 100 hurdles while Fluvanna’s Shea Hart took second in the 300 hurdles and third in the 100 hurdles.
