Asheboro’s Tyson vaults to state title as Blue Comets finish as team runners-up

Aaron Tyson (NCHSAA photo)

WINSTON-SALEM — Boosted by Aaron Tyson’s performance, Asheboro was the team runner-up in the Class 6A boys’ indoor track and field state championships Thursday at JDL Fast Track.

Tyson won the pole vault and had three other strong finishes on the way to being named the meet’s Most Valuable Participant.

Mount Tabor topped the field with 53½ points, with Asheboro at 51. Tyson collected 29 of the Blue Comets’ points.

Tyson’s pole vault of 13 feet was the winning mark by 6 inches on Asheville Roberson’s Wyatt Peele.

Tyson was the runner-up in the long jump (21-8), third in the high jump (6-2) and fourth in the triple jump (43-1½).

The Blue Comets also had third-place finishes from Caden Kutschenko (long jump, 21-6½) and Jamayion Balfour (shot put, 47-6½).

Also for Asheboro, Michael Mark was fourth in the 55-meter hurdles (7.88 seconds), Boone Hinesley (sixth, 46-1½) and Juan Palbo Munoz (seventh, 46-1) had scoring marks in the shot put.

Kutschenko, who finished 10th in the triple jump, received the meet’s Sportsmanship Award.

Class 6A girls

Asheboro’s Jalaya Showers placed third in the 55 dash (7.19 seconds) and took fourth in the long jump (16-7¼).

Class 4A boys

Randleman’s Izaiah Troxler was fifth in the shot put (46-3¾) and Matthew Bowman claimed sixth in the pole vault (10-0).