SportsWeek
section B Also Religion , Obituaries, Classifieds august 7, 2008
Thorpe
Cup
kind
to Wake
Nelson wins her
second straight women 's
individual title
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Wake Forest assistant track
& field coaches Lela V. Nelson,
Chris Helwick and Chris Boyles
repre
s e n t e d
Team
USA
with
strong
perform
ances in
the 15 th
annual
Thorpe
~ C"P this
past
weekend
(Aug. 2-3), in Manhattan,
Kansas.
Nelson took home the
women's individual title for sec
ond straight year, setting a new .
Thorpe Cup record with 6,029
in the heptathlon. That mark
was also a career-best for the
former collegiate All- American.
Despite Nelson's perform
ance, the U.S. women fell short
for the second year in a row, this
time falling to their German
counterparts by just 105 points,
17,267 to 17,162.
On the men's side, Helwick
and Boyles finished fourth and
sixth individually to lead the
U.S. men's squad to their sixth
straight victory by a score of
40,093 to 38,496. The win
improves the U.S. to 12-3 over
all in the competition's history.
On (iay one, Nelson won
both the 100-meter hurdles
(13.46) and 200-meter dash
(24.16) to take the lead after the
first day. She widened her lead
right out of the gate on Sunday,
winning the long jump with a
remarkable leap of 6.65 meters.
Solid finishes in the final two
events gave Nelson a final mar
gin of 238 points over Ulrike
Hartz of Germany.
Helwick, coming off a sev
enth place finish at the U.S.
Olympic trials, finished fourth
with a personal-best 8,143
points. He started the second
day in eighth, but blew away the
competition in the javelin, win
ning by almost six meters, with
a toss of 66.72 meters. He con
tinued his climb on day two as
he finished third in the pole
vault with a mark of 4.95
meters.
Backed by second place fin
ishes in both the high jump
(2.03m) and the discus
(47.15m), Boyles turned in a
season-best score of 7,723
points to finish sixth.
Norman Muller of Germany
won the men's individual title
with 8,199 points but the U.S.
men captured the next five spots
to secure the victory.
Photos by Ourlie Pfaff
Carver's Dequan Holder burst through the line during a recent Yellowjacket practice. Holder
is one of many players that will be key to Carver's success this season.
Roberts, (ihodfelter lead
Tri-City at Junior Olympics
BY ANTHONY HILL
THE CHRONICLE
The Tri-City Relays Track and Field
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few heads in
Ypsilanti, Michigan
as its athletes won
two gold medals
and a silver medal
during the Junior
Olympics this past
weekend.
Overall, the
team finished the
meet with eight
individual medals
and four relay
medals. Makaila
Roberts started the
meet by winning the
Sub-Midget girls
(11 year old) pen
tathalon. Roberts
outscored the com
petition oy compet
ing in the 80m hurdles, high jump, long
jump, shot put, and the 800m run.
"I really didn't think I was going to
do as well as I did," said Roberts.
"When I ran the hurdles, I knew that I
had a chance to win."
Roberts was well ahead on points
oeiore me nnai event,
which was the 800m
run.
"Makaila embodies
what track and field
should be about at this
age" said Tri-City
coach Perry Cabean.
"Kids should be will
ing to try to learn dif
ferent events and
explore. We -don't
know if they are going
to be a sprinter, dis
tance runner or high
jumper when they grow
up. Coach Jeffery Sides
(high jump), coach
^ ? ?*? rws
Tri Qity Relays Denard "Hurricane
Williams clears the high jump.
^.Michael Smith (hur
dles), Tyrone Holman
(hurdles) and Jay
Carlton and David Hill
(shot put) all provided the tutelage, but
Makaila provided the heart."
See TH-Clty on B2
Let's
Get It!
o
Carver already thinking state championship
BY ANTHONY HILL
THE CHRONICLE o O
The following story is the second of a series on some of the
high school football teams in Forsyth County. Fans will get an
early look at what's going on with their favorite team this sum
mer ?
Most teams feel
like they have a
shot at winning a
state championship
before each season.
But very few teams
feel the intense
pressure of winning
a title before each
year as much as the
Carver
Yellowjackets.
There may be
more pressure on
the Yellowjackets
heading into the
2008 season. Most
of the extra pres
sure seems to lie on
the shoulders of
first-year head
coach Brent David,
who was an assis
tant coach last year.
David and his fjere> Carver head coach Brent David
troops seemed to be ge{S pumped after a play.
ready for the chal
lenge, though. There's no doubt that David still feels the pres
sure of trying to fill the shoes left by former coach Keith
Wilkes, who left to coach a school in Georgia.
"They're some really big shoes," David said. "I'm trying to
keep them tied as tight as I can just to keep them on. My coach
ing staff is really helping me a lot. Guys like Melvin Palmer,
Greg Scales, James McMillan, coach Holmes, Robert Wynn,
David Pearson, Sam Davis, Richard Daniels and the rest of the
See Carver on B4
Tri City Relays 4x800 squad made up of Perry Cabean Jr. (from lop left),
Emmanuel Patton, Nick Colebaugh and Steve Stowe collected medals.
Photo by Anthony Hill
Local golfer
Booster Thomas
watches a ball
moments after
connecting with
it during a
recent golf out
ing. Thomas
was one of
many golfers to
participate in
the 60th Annual
Forsyth
Invitational
Golf
Tournament
over the week
end.
Life & Golf
The following column was written by the pub
lisher of The Chronicle Ernie Pitt. He participat
ed in the 60th Annual Forsyth invitational Golf
Tournament over the weekend. I spoke with him
on Monday morning, and he had so much to say
that I thought it would be a good
idea to express it in my column.
He talked about life and golf, and
how the two intertwine. I thought
that was interesting.
The real game of golf can eas
ily be compared to life and seen
in every day encounters. I was
fortunate enough to play in this
year's Forsyth Invitational Golf
Tournament, the longest running
golf tourney in the county I
think. The tourney was very well
organized even though participation was down a
bit from previous years.
All of the golf courses including Reynolds
Park, Winston Lake and Tangle wood were in
FROM THE
HUDDLE
very good shape. Fairways and greens were
mostly characteristic of each course with a few
exceptions. At Reynolds Park, there really isn't
must to complain about. The fairways are wide
and the course is not very long. At Winston Lake
the greens were a little slow unlike
what most regulars at the Lake are
accustomed to. Tanglewood, of
course, is a professional golf
course... sand traps everywhere.
You certainly can't role your ball
onto Tanglewood's greens. And the
greens were fast and deceptive. You
might see a break one way only to
find out that the break is complete
ly in the opposite direction.
Golf:~as~f-view it is a lot like
life. It only takes 10 percent physi
cal skill and ability but 90 percent
mental ability. You. can make up for lack of skill
by managing your game-land yourself during a
round. For instance, if you're a bad chipper don't
See HUI on B2