Middletown's Lampkin sets state record in 200

Dickerson Davashaye Jones, center, competes in the girls 4×100 Relay during the Blue Hen Conference track and field meet Saturday.

Appoquinimink’s Sierra Sadler clears the pole in the course of the girls High Jump event during the Blue Hen Conference track and field meet Saturday.

Glasgow’s Ja’saan Cunningham competes in the Boys Long Jump during the Blue Hen Conference track and field meet Saturday.

Appoquinimink’s Samantha Pittman, left, finishes in second place in the Girls 800-meter run during the Blue Hen Conference track and field meet Saturday.

Glasgow’s Ja’saan Cunningham competes in the Boys Long Jump during the Blue Hen Conference track and field meet Saturday.

Glasgow’s Paris Taylor competes in the Girls 800-meter run during the Blue Hen Conference track and field meet Saturday.

St. Georges’ Victoria Shepherd injured herself in the course of the Girls 100-Meter Hurdles during the Blue Hen Conference track and field meet Saturday.

A.I duPont Erick Jones clears the pole in the course of Pole Vault competition during the Blue Hen Conference track and field meet Saturday.

Middletown Ayo Fisher clears the last hurdle in the course of the Girls 100-Meter Hurdles during the Blue Hen Conference track and field meet Saturday.

St. George’s Daivyne Bailey knocks down the pole in the course of Pole Vault competition during the Blue Hen Conference track and field meet Saturday.

St. George’s Victoria Shepherd clears the last hurdle in the course of the Girls 100-meter hurdles during the Blue Hen Conference track and field meet Saturday.

MIDDLETOWN – Daija Lampkin wasn’t feeling her best before the girls 200-meter dash on Saturday.

That didn’t keep the Middletown junior from running her best.

Lampkin blazed around a half-lap of the Appoquinimink track in 23.75 seconds to set a state record and highlight the Blue Hen Conference track and field championships.

“I was feeling nervous before my 200, because I was sick. My stomach was messed up,” Lampkin said. “But I just focused and said, ‘Do good in this 200, because I want to hit a 23 [seconds].”

She did, eclipsing the state mark of 23.96 set by Padua’s Maiya Dendy at the 2013 Caravel Invitational.

“She keeps getting better, because she works for it,” Middletown girls coach Mary Kay Waltemire said of Lampkin. “She’s out here every day, so she works hard to get where she is. She wants the records. That’s way she’s looking for.”

Middletown’s Daija Lampkin lowered the girls 200-meter state record to 23.75 seconds on Saturday at the Blue Hen Conference track and field championships.

Lampkin wasn’t happy with her winning performance in the 100, even though her 11.99 time tied for fifth-fastest all time. The disappointment fueled the fire for her next race.

“It pushed me to work harder,” she said. “My 100 wasn’t where I wanted to be, so I wanted to make my 200 where I wanted to be.”

Lampkin still has next weekend’s New Castle County championships, the DIAA Division I state meet and the Meet of Champions to chase Dendy’s 100 record of 11.68, set at the 2013 Division II state meet.

Charter draws another Flight A title, coasts past Middletown

Dendy’s younger sister, Micaiah, also had an outstanding meet Saturday. The St. Georges senior tied the state record in the triple jump, covering 39 feet, 3½ inches to match the mark set by Newark’s Krystina Muhammad in 2008. Micaiah Dendy also won the long jump with a leap of 18-11½, second all time only behind the 19-5½ of Christiana’s Lynn Harris at the 1999 Penn Relays.

The Charter of Wilmington girls didn’t win a single individual event or relay, but still racked up 101½ points to easily outdistance Delcastle (62) for the team title. Force freshman Sophia Gulotti finished second in both hurdles races, fourth in the triple jump and fifth in the long jump. Charter also went 3-4-5 in the 800 meters, 4-5-6 in 3,200 and scored in all four relays.

“We had a couple of things not go our way early on, but some of the girls that we normally don’t count on to get points stepped up,” Force coach Lavel Walker said. “That really was a big help.”

Delcastle’s Sherita Lowman swept the 100 and 300 hurdles and finished second in the triple jump, and the Cougars’ Jalissa Emmens won the 800. Other girls individual winners were William Penn’s Alyssa Armor (400) and Shanira Mitchell (high jump), St. Georges’ Gyllian O’Neill (pole vault) and Bethany Clement (discus), Concord’s Katie Macturk (1,600), Newark’s Rachel Beston (3,200) and Hodgson’s Traunasha Burson (shot put).

A.I. du Pont earned 103 points to outpace Mount Pleasant (77) and Appo (73) for the boys team title. The Tigers’ Noah Agwu swept the shot put and discus, and Tahaire Riley cleared 6-4 to win the high jump.

“We had some kids struggle today, but on the whole it was a really good team effort,” A.I. coach Steven Lantz said. “We scored a lot of small points in a lot of different places, so it was a nice team win.”

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Mount Pleasant’s Malachi Davis swept the long jump and triple jump, and the Green Knights’ Johnelle Joe took the 1,600. William Penn’s Mike Mills won the 200 and combined with Lance Edwards, Kamau Floyd and Zach Burton to sweep the 4×100 and 4×200 relays.

Other boys individual winners were St. Georges’ Michah Joseph-Young (110 hurdles) and James Mankus (pole vault), McKean’s Ryan Thompson (300 hurdles), Glasgow’s Ja’saan Cunningham (100), Howard’s Edwin Rosembert (400), Charter’s Coby Collins (800) and Appo’s Vail Freed (3,200).

Contact Brad Myers at bmyers@delawaronline.com. Follow on Twitter: @BradMyersTNJ.

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