Chase Farlow (Jann Ortiz / For Randolph Record)
GREENSBORO — Chase Farlow left his final high school track and field meet with two medals, including another coveted gold in his specialty.
The Randleman senior captured the high jump in the Class 2A state meet Saturday at North Carolina A&T. He was second in the long jump.
“Pretty good day in the office,” Farlow said.
He cleared 6 feet, 10 inches, in the high jump, matching his personal best. He was most pleased that he made it to that point of the competition without a scratch.
He didn’t clear the 7-foot mark, but by then he already had secured his second consecutive championship in the event. The runner-up was Deitrich Williams of Greene Central at 6-6.
For Farlow, any stress came from trying to go to a new height.
“I kind of put a lot of pressure on myself because I want that (7-foot mark),” he said.
While he qualified for three events at the state meet, Farlow said the high jump is his priority. He was in that competition while also participating in the long jump.
“I was running back and forth between that and high jump,” he said.
Farlow’s long jump of 22-3¾ put him second behind Farmville Central’s Elijah Able (22-9½).
Later, Farlow didn’t make the finals flight in the triple jump. He ended up 11th at 41-¾.
So it was a long day, arriving at the stadium prior to 8 a.m. and completing his last jump after 5 p.m.
Yet it was a rewarding prep career before Farlow goes off to compete for North Carolina State.
“I was getting better,” Farlow said. “I figured out what I was good at.”
Across the four classifications in two days of state meets, only one other high jumper cleared 6-10.
Senior Jay Richards of Randleman recorded the fourth-best pole vault at 12 feet, while teammate Jay Bowman was seventh at 10-6.
Ty Moton’s shot put toss of 47-11 gave the Randleman senior seventh place.
Randleman’s Triston Chriscoe was 10th in the 110-meter hurdles in 15.85 seconds.
Wheatmore’s Finley Bryant cleared 5-8 in the high jump.
Beane excels again
Gracie Beane of Randleman placed in two events in girls’ competition. She participated in her fourth state meet.
“Just getting to compete,” Beane said. “States is a pretty big deal.”
Beane took second place in the high jump at 5-2 behind defending champion D’Anna Cotton of Burlington Cummings. Randleman’s Jaquline McDaniel was eighth at 4-10.
Beane third in triple jump with a bound of 37-10.
“I got better marks this meet,” Bean said. “I’m happy with where I finished, especially being my senior year and going out up at the top.”
Beane will play basketball and compete in track and field for Division II Ferrum.
McDaniel, a freshman, captured fourth place in the long jump at 17-2¼.
Also, Providence Grove’s Laurel Bernhardt was 10th in the 800 at 2:32.89. Wheatmore’s Scarlett Hildreth finished 11th in the 1,600 in 5:43.54.
