Leach & Trumpower take Panther Track & Field to states

Hancock’s Track and Field team propelled themselves beyond the Washington County Championship to the regional showdown last Wednesday, May 15. Two athletes – Waylon Leach and Logan Trumpower – will represent Hancock as they compete in the May 22 MPSSAA 1A State Track & Field Championship at Prince George’s Sports Complex. Leach qualified for the Shot Put state final and Trumpower will compete in the High Jump event.

At the West Region Championships on Wednesday, May 15 at the Fort Hill High School stadium, the Hancock Boys Varsity team’s performance earned them a 10^th place slot.

Boys’ Varsity

400 Meter – Hancock’s Eamon Faith came in 24^th place with his Personal Record (PR) of 1:02.00

4×100 Relay – Hancock’s team of Aiden McCarty, Landyn Clark, Jacob Anderson and Shawn Thomas came in 10^th with a time of 47.22

4×200 Relay — Hancock’s team of Aiden McCarty, Landyn Clark, Jacob Anderson and Shawn Thomas came in 9^th with a time of 1:40.69

Shot Put — Hancock’s Waylon Leach (senior) came in 8^th with a distance of 41-01.00, his PR.

Brody Stratton (junior) also threw his PR, with a distance of 39-11.00, coming in 11^th place.

Hancock’s Reese Weller (senior) earned the 22^nd place with a throw of 34-09.00

Discus — Leach came in 7^th as well, with a throw of 122-10, another PR.

Weller earned the 17^th place slot with a throw of 104-02.

Brody Stratton secured 23^rd place with a throw of 96-01.

High Jump — Hancock’s Logan Trumpower earned fifth place with a jump of 5-09.00.

Long Jump — Trumpower also secured the fifth place in the event, with a jump of 18-11.50, a PR for him.

Junior Shawn Thomas secured 19^th place with a jump of 16-10.25 and Jayten McCarty settled in 25^th place with a jump of 16-04.25.

Triple Jump — Hancock’s Aiden McCarty earned the 16^th slot with a jump of 34-09.25. Jacob Anderson earned the 18^th slot with a jump of 33-09.75 and Logan Trumpower grabbed the slot below him with a jump of 33-03.25.

Girls’ Varsity

100 Meter — Hancock runners Amy Davis and Emalee Chewning grabbed the 28^th and 29^th slots, with times of 15.65 and 15.69 respectively.

Discus — Hancock’s Amy Davis secured the 28^th slot with a throw of 62-01.

Long Jump — Hancock’s Emalee Chewning grabbed the 21^st place with a jump of 12-05.00, a school record.

Triple Jump — Chewning grabbed the 19^th place slot in the event with a jump of 25-03.50.

Hancock’s Track & Field team

Hancock Middle-Senior High School’s track and field team of 2024 includes:

–Aiden McCarty (11^th)—100 meters, 4×100 Relay, 4×200 Relay, Long Jump, Triple Jump

–Brody Stratton (11^th) – Shot Put, Discus

— Cameron Chewning

— Dominick McKee (12th) – 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters, 4×100 Relay, 4×200 Relay

— Eamon Faith (10^th) – 200 meters, 400 meters, 4×100 Relay, 4×200 Relay, Long Jump

–Jacob Anderson  (11^th) – 100 meters, 200 meters, 4×100 Relay, 4×200 Relay, Long Jump, Triple Jump

—Jayten McCarty (9^th) – 100 Meters, 4×100 Relay, 4×200 Relay, Shot Put, Long Jump

—Jerry Stratton (11^th) – Shot Put, Discus

–Landyn Clark (10^th) – 100 meters, 4×100 Relay, 4×200 Relay,  High jump, Long Jump

–Logan Trumpower (11^th) – High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump

–Nick Creek (11^th) – 200 meters, 400 meters, 800 meters, 4×100 Relay, 4×200 Relay, Discus

–Reese Weller (12^th) – Shot Put, Discus

–Shawn Thomas (11^th) – 100 Meters, 4×100 Relay, 4×200 Relay, Long Jump

–Tommy Tingler (9th) – 4×100 Relay, 4×200 Relay, Shot Put, Discus

–Waylon Leach (12^th) – Shot Put, Discus

–Amy Davis (12^th) – 100 meters, Shot Put, Discus, Long Jump

–Emalee Chewning (10^th) – 100 meters, 200 meters, Long Jump, Triple Jump.

Coaches Brian Foltz, Ron Hare, Karen Strait.