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Hawks takle another state title; East is 27th
Hazelwood Central Boys’ Track Team
Earns 3RD Straight Stage Title
For the third year in a row, the Hazelwood Central High School boys’ track team has earned the Class 4 state title. The team scored a total of 38 points to win the 2012 Missouri State High School Activities Association Track and Field Championships. The team is led by Rich Copenhaver, physical education teacher at HCHS.
The 4×200-meter relay team – seniors Marc Franks and Sean Wills, junior DeAndre Wade and sophomore Matt Quarells – earned first place with a final time of 1:27.32.
The 4×400-meter relay team earned second place with a time of 3:17.59. The team includes senior Cole Davis, Quarells, sophomore Brandon Chunn and Franks.
The 4×100 relay team took third place with a time of 42.74. The team includes senior Aaron Floyd, Franks, Wills and Wade.
In the 110-meter hurdles, Chris Wright, a sophomore, earned eighth place with a time of 18.00. He took fifth place in the 300-meter hurdles in 39.13.
In the 100-meter, Wills took seventh place with a time of 11.00. He came in fifth place in the 200-meter in 21.78.
In the 400-meter, Quarells took sixth place in a time of 50.37.
The boys’ team from Hazelwood East ranked 27th at state competition, scoring 10 points. They are led by Darryl Levy, physical education teacher at Keeven Elementary School. The 4×200-meter relay team took third place with a time of 1:27.57. The team includes senior Lamar Lewis and juniors Bobby Smith, Armani Perkins and Tim Harris.
The 4×100-meter relay team – senior Mikhail Young, Smith, Perkins and Harris – took sixth place, finishing in 50.49. In the 300-meter hurdles, Smith took eighth place with a time of 41.09.
Hazelwood West ranked 43rd at state, earning three points. Anthony Ball, a junior, competed in the triple jump, finishing in sixth place with a distance of 44-09.00. The coach is Mark Mendoza, practical arts teacher at HWHS.
The Hazelwood School District serves more than 18,000 students and is the second largest district in St. Louis County. Communities in the district include Hazelwood, Black Jack, Spanish Lake, a large section of Florissant, portions of Bridgeton, Bellefontaine Neighbors and Ferguson, and several square miles of unincorporated St. Louis County.
