With the 2021-22 school year complete, The News is recognizing the local student-athletes that were presented with All-Conference Honors for their respective sports during the spring.
Mount Airy competes in the Northwest 1A Conference (NW1A), Millennium Charter Academy competes in the Northwest Piedmont 1A Conference (NWPC), and East Surry, North Surry and Surry Central all compete in the Foothills 2A Conference (FH2A).
No All-Conference Honorable Mentions were named in Outdoor Track and Field.
Student-athletes that earned All-Conference Honors in multiple events have the corresponding number listed after their name in parentheses.
Girls Track and Field All-Conference
East Surry – Faith Braithwaite (3), Madeline Dayton (3), Arianna Liberatore (2), Ember Midkiff (2), Chloe Anne Tew, Clara Willard
Millennium Charter – River Edge (2), Ruby Hoerter (4), Clara Minix (3), Ava Utt (3)
Mount Airy – Audrey Marion, Sydney Seagraves
North Surry – Ella Riggs
Surry Central – Andrea Gonzalez, Mia McMillen: FH2A Female Athlete of the Year (4), Yeira Munoz (2), Ella Priddy (3), Cassie Sneed, Ivy Toney (3), Madelyn Wilmoth (2)
Girls season summary
East Surry’s girls finished fifth out of seven teams in the FH2A team standings, No. 18 of 29 teams at the 2A Midwest Regional Championship, and tied for No. 25 of 57 teams at the 2A State Championship.
Clara Willard won the conference title in discus throw, and the team of Faith Braithwaite, Madeline Dayton, Ember Midkiff and Arianna Liberatore won the 4×100-meter relay. The relay team of Braithwaite, Dayton, Midkiff and Liberatore also finished second in the 4×200 relay. Individually, Braithwaite finished second in the 200 meters, Dayton finished second in triple jump and Chloe Anne Tew finished second in high jump.
East’s Willard went on to win the 2A Midwest Regional Championship and 2A State Championship in discus throw.
Millennium Charter finished fourth out of seven teams in the NWPC standings, No. 10 of 14 teams in the 1A Midwest Regional Championship, and did not score at the 1A State Championship.
Ruby Hoerter earned All-Conference Honors in four events, including the Lions’ only conference championship victory which came in pole vault. She added three All-Conference performances by finishing second in the 3,200 meters, 4×400 relay and 4×800 relay. Hoerter teamed with River Edge, Clara Minix and Ava Utt on both relay teams. Minix added a second-place finish in the 800 meters, and Utt was second in high jump.
The 4×800 team of Utt, Minix, Hoerter and Edge went on to finish fourth at the 1A Midwest Regional Championship, then the group finished No. 11 at the 1A State Championship.
Mount Airy finished seventh of seven teams at the NW1A Championship. Team scores for the 1A West Regional Championship are not available on MileSplit.
Sydney Seagraves won the conference title in shot put, and Audrey Marion finished second in high jump. Seagraves went on to compete in the discus throw and shot put at the 1A West Regional Championship, finishing No. 8 in shot put and No. 10 in discus. Mount Airy did not send any girls to the 1A State Championship.
North Surry finished seventh of seven teams in the FH2A team standings, No. 26 of 29 teams at the 2A Midwest Regional Championship, and tied for No. 41 of 57 teams at the 2A State Championship.
Ella Riggs was the Lady Greyhounds’ lone conference champion by winning shot put. Riggs finished fourth at the 2A Midwest Regional Championship, then took fifth at the 2A State Championship.
Surry Central finished first of seven teams to win the FH2A Championship, No. 2 of 29 teams to finish runner-up at the 2A Midwest Regional Championship, and No. 8 of 57 teams at the 2A State Championship. Mia McMillen was named FH2A Female Athlete of the Year, and Kevin Pack was named FH2A Coach of the Year.
Individually, the Lady Golden Eagles won eight gold medals at the FH2A Championship. McMillen won four conference titles, doing so in long jump, 100 hurdles, 300 hurdles and 100 meters. Yeira Munoz won the 3,200 meters, and Ivy Toney won pole vault. Two of Central’s relay teams also won gold: Toney, Andrea Gonzalez, Ella Priddy and Madelyn Wilmoth won the 4×400, and Munoz, Priddy, Toney and Wilmoth won the 4×800. Two Eagles added second-place finishes: Priddy in the 400 meters, and Cassie Sneed in discus throw.
Central had seven girls finish in the top four of the 2A Midwest Regional Championship to qualify for the 2A State Championship. McMillen won the regional championship in 300 hurdles, and then she teamed with Aylin Rodriguez, Toney and Priddy to win the 4×200 relay. The relay team of Wilmoth, Toney, Munoz and Priddy won gold in the 4×800. McMillen added second-place finishes in 100 hurdles and long jump, Munoz was second in the 3,200 meters and Sneed was second in discus throw. The relay team of Wilmoth, Rodriguez, Toney and Priddy finished second in the 4×400, and Toney finished third in pole vault.
At the 2A State Championship: McMillen won the state title in 300 hurdles, finished third in 100 hurdles, fifth in long jump, and teamed with Rodriguez, Toney and Priddy to finish sixth in the 4×200 relay; Sneed finished ninth in discus; Toney was No. 10 in pole vault; Munoz was No. 13 in the 3,200 meters; the relay team of Wilmoth, Rodriguez, Toney and Priddy finished sixth in the 4×400; the relay team of Wilmoth, Toney, Munoz and Priddy finished sixth in the 4×800.
Source: https://www.mtairynews.com
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