STEVENSVILLE — Kent County High School opened its outdoor track and field season March 25 with a four-school meet at Kent Island High School. It was a showcase for some of the Trojans’ established stars, such as 2024 state qualifiers Ke’yare Hawkins, Kamari Hoxter, Ramon “RJ” Peterson and Rah ‘Zir Wilson, and the introduction of some runners and jumpers we’re sure to be reading about over the next couple of years.
The meet also was the debut of KCHS head coach Lakesha Hoxter.
She’s got a robust roster of 13 girls and almost twice as many boys, a mixture of veterans and first-timers.
Heading that list is program record-holders Hawkins (shot put and discus) and Wilson (long jump), as well as Peterson, who established and re-established the indoor 300-meter record this winter.
While there were no records set in the season opener, Peterson was just 2 inches off the triple jump mark of 43 feet, 5 inches that was set in 1983.
Printed here are complete results for Kent County High School. Top 10 place-finishes also are noted.
GIRLS
100 meters: Ayrin Houston, 14.3, first; Kamari Hoxter, 14.9, tie for eighth; and Sanorra Parker, 15.1.
200 meters: Houston, 29.9, second; and Izabella Hinefelt, 35.5, seventh.
800 meters: Janey Depp, 2 minutes, 55.9 seconds, sixth; Deliliah Markovic, 3:10.5; and Alicia Nolasco Perez, 3:19.1.
1600 meters: Markovic, 7 minutes, 13.0 seconds, fifth; and McKenzie Smith, 9:26.5.
3200 meters: Depp, 14 minutes, 19.6 seconds, first; and Smith, 21:11.4, fourth.
100-meter hurdles: Hoxter, 19.5, third.
4×100-meter relay of Houston, Hinefelt, Love Jackson and Hoxter, 58.5, third.
4×200-meter relay of Hinefelt, Amari-Chi Hollins, Jackson and Houston, 2 minutes, 9.0 seconds, second.
4×800-meter relay of Markovic, Smith, Brooke Potts and Depp, 14 minutes, 3.2 seconds, fourth.
Shot put: Ke’yare Hawkins, 32 feet, 3 inches, second; and Sydney Bortz, 12-3.
Discus: Hawkins, 79 feet, 4.5 inches, first; and Bortz, 27-4.
High jump: Jackson and Hoxter, 4 feet even, tied for fourth.
Long jump: Hoxter, 13 feet, 5,75 inches, seventh; and Jackson, 11-11.75, 10th.
BOYS
100 meters: Rah ‘Zir Wilson, 11.2, first; Bennett Harris, 13.1; and Brian Aldrich, 13.3.
200 meters: RJ Peterson, 22.9, first; and Jayden Larrier Thomas, 27.9.
400 meters: Kiyan Hynson, 56.5, third; Trent Johnson, 56.8, fourth; and John Coleman, 1:01.8.
800 meters: Johnson, 2 minutes, 27.4 seconds, fifth; and Coleman, 2:37.2, 10th.
1600 meters: Thomas, 5 minutes, 52.8 seconds, ninth.
110-meter hurdles: Rah’ Zir Wilson, 17.7, fourth.
300-meter hurdles: Hynson, 46.9, second; Ka’Ron Houston, 48.5, fifth; and Coleman, 54.9, eighth.
4×100-meter relay of Rah ‘Zir Wilson, Harris, Hynson and Peterson, 46.7, second.
4×200-meter relay of Eli Wilson, Elijah Copper, Xavier Johnson and Aldrich, 1 minute, 51.7 seconds, third.
4×400-meter relay of James Owens, Joshua Na-El, Lamine Diagne and Johnson, 4 minutes, 55.8 seconds, sixth.
Shot put: Harrison Gibby, 37 feet, 11 inches, fourth; TaeShaun Demby, 28-3, 10th; Antonio Parker, 26-3; Robert Ervin, 26-2; Cody Cummings, 24-4; and Owens, 21-1.
Discus: Gibby, 110 feet, 10.25 inches, fourth; Ervin, 73-9.75, ninth; and Cummings, 65-3.75, 10th.
High jump: Rah ‘Zir Wilson, 6 feet, 2 inches, first.
Long jump: Peterson, 21 feet even, second; Rah ‘Zir Wilson, 20-4.5, third; and Tyrie Wright, 18-5.
Triple jump: Peterson, 43 feet, 3 inches, first.
