SOMERSET — The Lincoln County High School girls and boys track and field teams made their presence known in Friday’s Randy Elmore PCI Track Classic at Pulaski County High School, with the Lady Patriots winning two races and the teams combining for 10 Top 5 finishes in the large meet.

Lady Patriot freshmen Lucy Singleton and McKenzie Settles and eighth-graders Constance Johnson and Ava Morgan finished at the head of the pack in the 3200-meter relay, coming in eight seconds ahead of the runner-up team. The Lincoln quartet crossed in a time of 10:33.79. Host Pulaski County came across in second place in 10:41.04. 

Singleton teamed up with seniors Tate Newcomb and Courtney Snow and eighth-grader Maddy Slone to capture first in the 800-meter relay. Lincoln edged out Williamsburg at the finish for the win, covering the distance in 1:55.73 while Williamsburg posted a time of 1:58.06.

Those wins accounted for just two of Lincoln’s 10 Top 5 finishes. The Lady Patriots added five other finishes of fifth or better and the Patriots had three total.

The Lady Patriots finished third in three different events – 400-meter relay, 1600-meter relay, 800-meter dash. Singleton, Newcomb, Snow and Slone ran third in the 400 relay in 56.03 seconds, Meredith Dennis, Snow, Morgan and Settles were timed at 4:44.12 to take third in the 1600, then Singleton clinched third on her own in the 800-meter dash, finishing in 2:32.29.
Settles followed Singleton across the finish in the 800-meter dash, placing fourth in a time of 2:38.39. 

Alexa Wesley rounded out the Lady Patriots’ Top 5 finish roll by placing fifth in the high jump field event. She cleared a height of 4-04.00.

Darius Napier had the Patriots’ high finish for the meet, placing fourth in both the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes. Napier, a junior, sprinted to the finish in the 100 in 11.81 seconds and crossed in the 200 in 24.75 seconds.

Napier was also in on the Patriots’ other Top 5 finish, teaming up with junior Dalyn Pope, freshman Gavin Skipper and senior Brady Patterson for the 400-meter relay. The Lincoln runners finished fifth in the event in 49.04 seconds.

A total of 30 girls and boys teams competed in the PCI Track Classic. The Lincoln girls placed sixth overall out of 14 teams with 49 points. Rockcastle County won the girls team title with 161 points and host Pulaski was runner-up with 114.50 points. The Lincoln boys placed 12th out of 16 teams with 16 points. East Jessamine took the boys team title with 117 points and North Laurel was second with 86.

Lincoln’s next scheduled meet is the Danville All-Comers on April 10.

Results from the Pulaski meet follow:

Randy Elmore PCI Track Classic
at Pulaski Co.

Girls
Team scores: 1) Rockcastle Co. 161; 2) Pulaski Co. 114.50; 3) East Jessamine 82; 4) Williamsburg 72; 5) Green Co. 59.50; 6) Lincoln Co. 49; 7) Corbin 47.50; 8) North Laurel 30; 9) Somerset 29; 10) Cumberland Co. 21; 11) Taylor Co. 20; 12) Danville 8; 13) Southwestern 6.50; 14) Owsley Co. 2.

Lincoln Results:
100: 19) Tate Newcomb 14.49; 22) Maddy Slone 14.70; 38) Libby Renner x16.12.
200: 12) Newcomb 29.89; 22) Renner 32.49.
400: 9) McKenzie Settles 1:04.93; 11) Courtney Snow 1:07.94; 19) Meredith Dennis x1:13.21.
800: 3) Lucy Singleton 2:32.29; 4) Settles 2:38.39; 25) Dennis x3:13.32.
1600: 11) Ava Morgan 6:15.79; 14) Alexis Slone 6:25.27; 23) Dennis x7:15.63.
3200: 12) A. Slone 14:03.27; 17) Jasmine Steele 16:42.41; 18) Kennedy Kirkpatrick x16:45.77.
300 Hurdles: 12) Constance Johnson 1:00.61.
400 Relay: 3) Lincoln Co. ‘A’ 56.03 (Lucy Singleton, Tate Newcomb, Courtney Snow, Maddy Slone).
800 Relay: 1) Lincoln Co. ‘A’ 1:55.73 (Singleton, Newcomb, Snow,, M. Slone).
1600 Relay: 3) Lincoln Co ‘A’ 4:44.12 (Snow, Meredith Dennis, Ava Morgan, McKenzie Settles).
3200 Relay: 1) Lincoln Co. ‘A’ 10:33.79 (Singleton, Morgan, Constance Johnson, Settles).
High Jump: 5) Alexa Wesley 4-04.00; 11) Emma Kaiser 4-00.00; — Alli House NH.
Long Jump: 7) Wesley 13-02.00; 21) Kaiser 11-02.00; 23) House x11-00.00.
Shot Put: 9) Abigail Carter 27-02.00; 17) Suzan Johnson 20-06.00.
Discus: 10) Carter 67-10; 13) S. Johnson 57-06; 14) Kerri Kidd x56-09.

Boys 
Team scores: 1) East Jessamine 117; 2) North Laurel 86; 3) Williamsburg 67; 4) Corbin 65; 5) Danville 62; 5) Pulaski Co. 62; 7) Taylor Co. 60; 8) Green Co. 46; 9) Rockcastle Co. 31; 10) McCreary Central 22; 11) Southwestern 20; 12) Lincoln Co. 16; 12) Somerset 16; 14) Cumberland Co. 14; 15) Bell Co. 12; 16) Oneida Baptist Institute 3.

Lincoln Results:
100: 4) Darius Napier 11.81; 18) Gavin Skipper 12.60; 25) Brady Patterson x12.97.
200: 4) Napier 24.75; 12) Patterson 25.49; 18) Skipper x26.15.
400: 13) Nick Harris 1:00.17; 20) Jacob Goetz 1:02.12; 29) Seth Freeman x1:06.46.
800: 21) Austin Wethington 2:29.09; 25) Carter Muse 2:33.02; 35) Carter Tillett x2:51.87.
1600: 27) Sam Singleton 5:36.04; 30) Bradley Adams 5:50.90; 31) John Sparkman x5:54.74.
3200: 15) Singleton 11:42.68; 25) Muse 13:09.42; 26) Adams x13:15.37.
300: 13) Malcolm Wright 52.16; 18) Jerek Pope 54.87.
400 Relay: 5) Lincoln Co ‘A’ 49.04 (Dalyn Pope, Gavin Skipper, Brady Patterson, Darius Napier).
1600 Relay: 9) Lincoln Co. ‘A’ 4:17.10 (Austin Wethington, John Sparkman, Jacob Goetz, Nick Harris).
3200 Relay: 7) Lincoln Co. ‘A’ 10:03.18 (Gabe Singleton, Carter Muse, Jerek Pope, Wethington.
High Jump: — Freeman NH; — Goetz NH; — Harris NH.
Long Jump: 13) David Brock 15-08.00; 21) Harris 14-08.50; 26) Dalyn Pope x14-02.00.
Triple Jump: 14) Brock 31-04.00.
Shot Put: 20) Jacob Napier 30-07.00; 28) Ethan Carman 28-03.00; 29) Brandon Rowe x27-01.00.
Discus: 19) Napier 70-02; 24) Rowe 68-05; 28) Gabe Singleton x55-10.