Fayetteville boys take 6A-West titles

On the boys' side, Fayetteville was able to win the team title despite holding some athletes out of certain events, such as freshman standout Isaiah Sategna in the 110 hurdles and senior distance runner Camren Fischer out of all three distance races. The Bulldogs compiled 170.5 points, followed by Bentonville with 147.2 and Rogers with 121.2. Other Bulldogs came through with first-place finishes. Those people included Ryan Roark in the pole vault (16-0), the 4x800 relay team of Wayne Narcisso, Zane Thompson, Sam Fischer and Camren Fischer (8:08.13), Drake Stanton in the 100 (10.94), and the 4x100 team of Connor Flannigan, Stanton, Bryan Marks and Link Lindsey (42.58). "It's all about the team, and we've been preaching that since last year at Bryant," Yoakum said. "We're trying to build up a team here, and I think that's what we showed here. We have a lot of people and a lot of parts, and hopefully it's enough to win a state championship. It's still going to be a hard week next week." Sategna not only sat out the 100 hurdles, but also the 4x400 relay despite his pleas to Yoakum to run. The freshman, however, performed well in the events he did compete in, including a meet record in the long jump as he leaped 23-11 and broke the previous mark of 23-10 set by Robert Wright of Conway in 1981. "On my first jump, I didn't feel that good of a pop," said Sategna, who also won the 300 hurdles (38.69) and the 200 (22.07). "I didn't feel that good, but when I hit 23-11 I was so happy to be jumping good again. At Fayetteville, I only jumped 22 feet, so that's a big improvement. That's close to my lifetime-best of 24-1, but that was indoors."

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FAYETTEVILLE BOYS TAKE 6A-WEST TITLES

HENRY APPLE

Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette | 4/27/2019

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