118 - CAPE GAZEIWE, Friday, May 2 - May 8, 2003
Cape girls run past Sussex Tech; boys suffer third loss of season
The Vikings of Cape Henlopen
hosted the Ravens of Sussex Tech
April 29 under warm, sunny skies
in Lewes. The Raven boys are a
team that has been on the losing
end of the baton in the past when
visiting loaded Cape teams, but
this year's Tech team is loaded
with sprinters, and is solid in the
distances and field events to
spread out well and score points in
many places.
The interesting thing about the
Tech/Cape meet is that because
Sussex Tech draws athletes from
many areas of the county, several
Cape and Tech athletes know each
other on a first name basis, many
went to elementary school with
each other, and Tech names Jones,
Mann, Mauli all have Cape ties.
Charlie Pollard's Cape boys
suffered their third loss of the sea-
son as Sussex won 15 of the 18
events, including all four relays en
route to an 88-58 victory.
"We have had some long days
in the past few years when we
have come to Cape so we wanted
to run well today and get ready for
the end of the season," said Tech
coach Marty Cross.
The Vikings only scored 24
points on the track to Tech's 68,
only six points shy of winning the
meet without scoring in any field
events. Cape outscored Tech 34-
20 in the field events.
Sussex Tech's Kevin Maull,
brother of Cape grad Kai Maull,
had a big day winning the long
jump and anchoring a blistering
400-meter relay win in 43.6, while
Marcus Morris (400/200), and
Chris Singh (1600/800) each won
two eventsand were a part of a
winning relay.
Cape's Vince Lewis and Greg
Swift competed tough against tal-
ented Morris and Singh, but the
most exciting event of the day was
the 400-meter relay win by Bran-
don Mann, Andre Johnson, Justin
Hardy, and Maull.
The Vikings led going into the
third turn with Brandon Streett,
but Tech's Hardy ate up the turn
like a freight train oto give Maull
the stick with a five-yard lead into
the anchor leg.
Cape's Jake Adams won the dis-
cus in 108=2, while teammate
Nick Lemmon won the pole vault
in 12-0.
Tim Bamforth
CAPE GIRLS WIN - The
Cape girls continued their win-
ning ways with an easy win of
101-40 over the Ravens.
Cape's Katharine DeVilbiss
scored 20 points to be named meet
high scorer as she captured the
100 hurdles in •15.4, the 300 hur-
dles in a quick 46.7, the 200 me-
ters in 26.9 and the pole vault in 8-
6.
DeVilbiss was only tenths of a
second away from the school
record in the 300 hurdles held by
teammate Rhonda Ferguson.
Charli Tabler won the shot put
(32-11) and the discus (120-2),
while the Vikings won three of the
four relays on the day.
RUNNING
Sussex Tech's Toni Jones, a for-
mer Cape runner, had an impres-
sive homecoming as she won the
long jump (17-2), the triple jump
(32-9), finished third in the 100
meters (13.4) and brought the
Tech fans to their feet with a blis-
tering anchor in the 400 meter re-
lay to bring her team home in
52.3.
The Vikings travel to the Easton
Invitational on Friday, May 2, as
will the Ravens of Sussex Tech.
PENN RELAYS - The largest
Track Carnival in the country was
held last weekend in Philadelphia
as the annual Penn Relays brought
the local Vikings north to the city.
Both the boys and the girls com-
peted in the 400-meter and 1600-
meter relays, while Charli Tabler
competed in the high school girls
discus championship.
The Cape girls finished lOth in
a heat of 12 in the mile relay with
a time of 4:23.7 which ranked
them seventh among Delaware
teams, however, was able to cap-
ture their heat of eight in the 400-
meter relay in a time of 51.25
which ranked them third only be-
hind Padua (49.46) and Glasgow
(50.37) among Delaware teams.
California's Long Beach Poly
won the girls mile relay in 3:35,
while Tabler was 13th in the dis-
cus with a toss of 115-7.
The Cape boys did not fair as
well on the track finishing fourth
in their 400-meter race in 44.74
and ninth in the mile relay in
3:47.8.
Among Delaware teams, the
Cape boys finished eighth in the
400-meter relay and 17th of 18 in
the mile relay.
COLLEGE NOTE - cape grad
and Clemson long jumper Kai
Maull made a quick exit in the
long jump with three straight fouls
which moved into the NCAA lead
with 21 fouls this season.
MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACK
- The Lewes girls track team lost a
close meet to the Seaford Blue
Jays by a score of 65-53, while the
Lewes boys dominated the Blue
Jays 90-28 in a contest held Mon-
day, April 28, in Seaford. In the
girls meet, each team won six
events and a relay in the close
contest as Lewes was led by
Christine MacDonald and Allison
Young each capturing two events
each. MacDonald won the 100
meters in 13.9 and the high jump
in 4-4, while Young Won the 1600
meters in 6:29 and the long jump
in 13-1. Natalie Dorman (800-
3:03) and Tiamia Black (triple
jump-27-2) also captured individ-
ual events.
In the boys action, Lewes was
led by Matt Talbot as he captured
three events on the day: Talbot
won the 400 meters in 68.6, the
shot put in 33-11, and the discus in
75-6 to score 15 points. Lewes
had a pair of double event winners
as Garrett Williams captured the
triple jump in 31-5 and the long
jump in •16-4, while Isaiah Brisco
won the 800 meters in 2:25 and
the high jump in 5-0. Conner
MacDonald (hurdles- 17.1), Brett
Morris (1600-5:57) and Ivan Cruz
(200-30.2) each won individual
events. Lewes is home with meets
the next two Monday's at the
Cape track.
SPLITS - Lewes riverboat pi-
lot Dan MacElrevey led the
Downstate Delaware crew at the
unique Mount Penn Mudfest 15K,
9.3 mile trail running event in
Reading, Pa. The event takes run-
ners through a course that throws
all of the elements at the competi-
tors, including stream crossings
and steep inclines that were made
only for walking. This fun event is
considered one of the top 21 trail
races in the U.S. by "Runners
World."
MaeElrevey finished in 1:13:32
to place 30th in thefield of 515
finishers, while 26-year-old Huy-
bert Groenendaal of Philadelphia
won in 1:02:41. Twenty-one-
year-old Sue Clinton was the first
female to finish in 1:10:.48, while
Ken Dickens of Milton was 98th
in 1:23:22.
Linda Lassen of Rehoboth
Beach finished 227th in 1:35:24,
while Margaret Colvin of Re-
hoboth Beach finished 254th in
1:37:20. Husband Bob Hughes
was 257th in 1:37:33, while Joe
Selph of Milford was 327th in
1:44:40. Anne Colwell of Milford
finished 432nd in 1:58:36, while
Jeanne Colwell of Milford fin-
ished 433rd in 1:58:39
MARINE CORPS
MARATHON - Congratulations
to the following team of 10 run-
ners calling themselves the
Groovin' Grovers (from Re-
hoboth's Grove Club) who were
recently selected in a group lottery
to take part in the Marine Corps
Marathon in October: Joan and
Phil Williamson, Arlene and
Rusty Laporte, Fran and Chuck
Donaway, Doris Hicks, Ken Dick-
ens, Joe LoBiondo and Jim Bast-
ian.
In addition, Pat Cooper of
Lewes, Pat Pollock of Lewes and-
Middletown, Jennifer Buffington
of Ocean View, Robert Thorpe of
Milton and Tom Peters of Re-
hoboth Beach will also take part
in the event for Delaware.
Dan Cook photos
Cape's Katharine DeVilbiss races towards a first place fin-
ish in the 100-meter hurdles en route to a 20-point perform-
ance against the Ravens.
Left, Cape's Andy Bradley grimaces as he unleashes a toss
in the shot put. Right, Kevin Maul], brother of Cape grad Kai
Maull, placed first for the Ravens in the long jump.
Cape's winning 4 x 200 relay team included (l-r) Vi Parker,
Stephanie Huerta, Tiffany Partlow and Domineque Scott.
Submitted photo
Cape Region runners competing in the Mudfest included
(back row l-r) Margaret Colvin, Bob Hughes, Dan MaeElrevey
and Troy Selph. In front are Linda Lassen, Anne Colwell and
Jeare Colwell.
