Rolesville senior Joslyn Hamilton will have left her mark on the Rams’ track & field program when she graduates next month.

Hamilton won first place in three different events and ran the first leg of the 4×100 relay team that finished third. Her performance helped lead Rolesville to the team championship, narrowly beating out three-time reigning state champion Cuthbertson.

Rolesville finished the day with 63 points, Cuthbertson, which had won two straight 4A titles and a 3A title before that, finished second with 62 points.

Hamilton set a new meet record in the 300 meter hurdles, finishing with a time of 41.10 seconds. The previous record of 41.41 was set by Clayton’s Keni Harrison in 2011. Hamilton’s time was 0.34 seconds faster than Marvin Ridge’s Aria Wegh who placed second with a time of 41.44.

Hamilton also won the 100 meter dash with a time of 11.67 seconds and the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 13.57 seconds. Jordan Rochester finished third for Rolesville in the 100 meter hurdles.

The Rams had two third-place finishes in relay races. Hamilton and Rochester joined Ra’Keya Cofield Wade and Londyn Atkinson in the 4×100 relay and Atkinson, Rochester, and Wade joined Carsona Marshall in a third-place finish in the 4×200 meter relay.

Wade added a third-place finish in the 200 meter dash as well.

Cuthbertson dominated the longer runs, led by two first-place finishes from Charlotte Bell.

Bell broke her own state meet record in the 1600 meter run with a time of 4:38.92 — over four seconds faster than her previous record of 4:43.27 set last year. Cuthbertson swept the top three finishes in the 1600 meter run — Justine Preisano was second with a time of 4:44.27 and Stella Kermes was third with a time of 4:44.66.

Bell also won the 800 meter run with a time of 2:08.78. Kermes finished second with a time of 2:09.59.

Garner’s Kori Randle had a big day in field events. She set a new meet record in the triple jump with a distance of 41-3.50, beating the previous record of 41-2.50 set by Pinecrest’s Twyla Smith in 1995. Randle also won the long jump with a distance of 19-8.50.

Rounding out the top five in the team standings was Clayton (40), Mallard Creek (37), and a fifth place tie with Hillside & Mount Tabor (34).

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4A Girls Track & Field Results: Running Events

4×800 Meter Relay

1. Mount Tabor (Eliza Brand, Katie McFerrin, Rachel Riley, Bronwyn Parks) – 9:02.71

2. Cardinal Gibbons (Addy Mitchell, Hannah Rae Shaffer, Maggie Whitham, Mikaela Provsic) – 9:12.97

3. Hoggard (Annie Mulligan, River Mead, Ashlei Summers, Savannah Moore) – 9:22.07

100 Meter Hurdles

1. Joslyn Hamilton (Rolesville) – 13.57

2. Jayda Lewis (Mallard Creek) – 13.88

3. Jordan Rochester (Rolesville) – 14.00

100 Meter Dash

1. Joslyn Hamilton (Rolesville) – 11.67

2. Maya Love (Independence) – 11.78

3. Selena Carlyle (Clayton) – 11.80

4×200 Meter Relay

1. Clayton (Jalaisia Judd, Selena Carlyle, Chloe Trevant, Amilia Speller) – 1:37.14

2. Hillsisde (Aria Alexander, Maya Southerland, Kaylen Marable, Zyon Alston) – 1:38.62

3. Rolesville (Londyn Atkinson, Carson Marshall, Jordan Rochester, Ra’Keya Cofield Wade) – 1:39.90

1600 Meter Run

1. Charlotte Bell (Cuthbertson) – 4:38.92 (New Meet Record)

2. Justine Preisano (Cuthbertson) – 4:44.27

3. Stella Kermes (Cuthbertson) – 4:44.66

Previous meet record of 4:43.27 set by Charlotte Bell (Cuthbertson) in 2023.

4×100 Meter Relay

1. Clayton (Chloe Trevant, Selena Carlyle, Jalaisia Judd, Kamayiah Bobbitt) – 46.19

2. Mallard Creek (Gabby Emerson, Shiasia Mitchell, Sana’ia Lazenby, Laila Ramadan) – 46.81

3. Rolesville (Joslyn Hamilton, Ra’Keya Cofield Wade, Jordan Rochester, Londyn Atkinson) – 47.10

400 Meter Dash

1. Maya Love (Independence) – 53.91

2. Shaune Ingraham (Garner) – 55.50

3. Amilia Speller (Clayton) – 55.74

300 Meter Hurdles

1. Joslyn Hamilton (Rolesville) – 41.10 (New Meet Record)

2. Aria Wegh (Marvin Ridge) – 41.44

3. Kindal Smith (Gray’s Creek) – 42.69

Previous meet record of 41.41 set by Keni Harrison (Clayton) in 2011.

800 Meter Run

1. Charlotte Bell (Cuthbertson) – 2:08.78

2. Stella Kermes (Cuthbertson) – 2:09.59

3. Louisa Betz (Broughton) – 2:10.67

200 Meter Dash

1. Maya Love (Independence) – 23.82

2. Selena Carlyle (Clayton) – 24.33

3. Ra’Keya Cofield Wade (Rolesville) – 24.52

3200 meter Run

1. Mary Bonner Dalton (Myers Park) – 10:23.71

2. Hannah Rae Shaffer (Cardinal Gibbons) – 10:29.29

3. Sofi Alexander (Asheville) – 10:33.28

4×400 Meter Relay

1. Marvin Ridge (Brynn Buckowsky, Natasha Simmons, Brooke Rediger, Aria Wegh) – 3:54.09

2. Hillside (Aria Alexander, Maya Southerland, Morgan Norwood, Kaylen Marable) – 3:57.12

3. Cuthbertson (Nya Burrell, Alexandria Pierson, Charlotte Bell, Tatiana Blake) – 3:57.24

4A Girls Track & Field Results: Field Events

Long Jump

1. Kori Randle (Garner) – 19-8.50

2. Chazmin Johnson (Berry Academy) – 19-6

3. Kelly MacBride (Panther Creek) – 18-6.50

High Jump

1. Audrey Jenkins (Grimsley) – 5-6

2. Kirstin Smalls (Panther Creek) – 5-6

3. Chazmin Johnson (Berry Academy) – 5-6

Discus Throw

1. Tyler Glover (Ardrey Kell) – 147-7

2. Macy Dulaney (Mallard Creek) – 143-1

3. Natalie Brown (Weddington) – 142-1

Triple Jump

1. Kori Randle (Garner) – 41-3.50 (New Meet Record)

2. Rafaela Drake (Riverside) – 39-1.25

3. Mariama Hunt (Myers Park) – 38-4.50

Previous meet record of 41-2.50 set by Twyla Smith (Pinecrest) in 1995.

Pole Vault

1. Rachel Riley (Mount Tabor) – 12-0

2. Eleni Fiore (Weddington) – 11-6

T3. Olivia Burroughs (Watauga) – 11-0

T3. Isabella Leonard (Cardinal Gibbons) – 11-0

Shot Put

1. Tyler Glover (Ardrey Kell) – 44-0

2. Macy Dulaney (Mallard Creek) – 42-1

3. Alexandria Jefferson (Rocky River) – 41-5

4A Girls Track & Field Team Standings

1. Rolesville – 63
2. Cuthbertson – 62
3. Clayton – 40
4. Mallard Creek – 37
T5. Hillside – 34
T5. Mount Tabor – 34
7. Garner – 31
8. Marvin Ridge – 30
T9. Weddington – 29
T9. Independence – 29
11. Ardrey Kell – 25
T12. Cardinal Gibbons – 23.5
T12. Grimsley – 23.5
14. Panther Creek – 19
T15. Broughton – 17
T15. Olympic – 17

Source: highschoolot.com