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Falcons edge Buchtel. North boys successful in defending crown
By David Lee Morgan Jr.
Beacon Journal sportswriter
Published on Saturday, May 17, 2008
The piercing scream that emanated, in unison, from members of the Firestone girls track team was almost deafening.
The excitement the young women displayed was understandable.
When the public address announcer revealed the final team scores of the City Series Track Championships Friday at Ellet and announced that Firestone, with 129 points, had edged out Buchtel (121), the celebration began.
For a moment, coach Malia Milec and assistant Megan Carey, both Firestone graduates, didn't know what to do first.
''You guys go take a victory lap,'' Milec suggested.
It was understandable why Milec wasn't sure what to do. It was the first City championship in the school's history for the girls.
''They are so deserving,'' Milec said. ''This is a great group that worked extremely hard.''
Sophomore Kachay Hullum led Firestone by winning the 100-meter race (11.5) and the 200 (23.9). Alana Gaither was the City champ in the 800 with a time of 2:34.3, and Cierra Harris won the shot put with a toss of 33-71/2.
''I really thought we had a chance to win (the City championship) a week ago, after the Orange Bowl relays,'' Milec said. ''We did a nice job then, and that's when I thought we had a shot.''
Buchtel's Tiffany Tucker also was a multiple champ, winning the 100 hurdles (15.0) and setting a meet and stadium record in winning the 300 hurdles with a time of 45.1.
Tucker was on the winning 800 relay team and the 400 relay team along with Joan Davis, Ava Woods and Christy Campbell, which set a meet record with a time of 49.0.
Ellet's Cara DeAngelis set a meet record in the 1,600 with a time of 5:31.2.
On the boys' side, North did something no one had done in the City since the 1978 and '79 seasons: win back-to-back titles. The Vikings, led by Lase Brooks, Larry Dawson, Dontae Covington and Troy Burgan, finished with 147 points. Buchtel was second with 102 points and Ellet was third with 94 points.
North coach Tom O'Neil got his just reward, a cooler full of ice-cold water poured over his head by his athletes.
''I kind of knew something was going on because I saw a few guys standing behind me and following me around,'' O'Neil said, his North Vikings pullover soaked and water dripping from his face.
Brooks won the 100 (10.5) and the 200 (22.2), Burgan won the 110 hurdles (14.8) and the high jump (6-2), Covington won the 400 (50.1).
Motivation for the Vikings was on the back of their T-shirts with the motto, ''Men on a Mission . . . ''
''We knew Buchtel would be tough and we just came out here and worked hard,'' Dawson said. ''It was great to be able to come out here together as a team and do what we did. With so much going on in the world — people locked up in jail, people starving in Darfur — we were just blessed to have the opportunity to come out here as a family and win.''
Added Brooks, ''We were ready to be champs.''
Buchtel's Terence Somerville, a University of Cincinnati recruit, was the favorite to win both hurdle events but he false-started in the 110 hurdles. He redeemed himself in the 300 hurdles, setting a meet and stadium record with a time of 37.6.
David Lee Morgan Jr. can be reachedat dlmorgan@thebeaconjournal.com.
The piercing scream that emanated, in unison, from members of the Firestone girls track team was almost deafening.
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