DON McDERMOTT / PVT Beatty's track teams, coached by Jerry Adcox, center, had Chris Payton, pole vault 10 feet; Cody Diehl, who hit 9-6, and Joe Serrano, who was fourth at 8-6. DON McDERMOTT / PVT Amber White placed in the shot put. DON McDERMOTT / PVT The Lady Hornets' 4x200-meter relay team was also in action at Del Sol High School in Las Vegas last weekend. Advertisement

LAS VEGAS -- Most schools would be pleased to have one pole vaulter. Jerry Adcox, the Beatty High School track coach, has ... count 'em ... three. And all were eligible to compete in the Nevada Class A Track and Field Championships last weekend at Del Sol High School here.

"We had one last year, and he qualified for the state meet as well," said Adcox. "Now, we have three and they're all here."

And all three did reasonably well, considering their major adversary was Tim Nelson, from Pole Vault High School -- Smith Valley -- the winner with a 12-foot vault.

Among his Smith Valley predecessors was Jordan Savidge, who holds the state Class A record pole vault of 16 feet, set in 2005 at Palo Verde High School in Las Vegas. And the girls' champion is Kylee Gleason, who Friday cleared 11 feet, 8 inches, a state 1-A record.

Vaulting for Beatty were Chris Payton, who finished second at 10 feet; Cody Diehl, who hit 9-6, and Joe Serrano, who was fourth at 8-6. They combined for 19 of the 37 points compiled by the Nye County-based Hornets.

Beatty's boys were seventh, trailing champion Spring Mountain (88); Smith Valley (83), Las Vegas Calvary Chapel (61), Indian Springs (61), Reno Sage Ridge (50), and Las Vegas Trinity Christian (46).

Spring Mountain did not win an event, but the Eagles were 2-3-5 in the 110-meter high hurdles; second in the 100; third in the 200; added nine points in the 300 hurdles; were third in the 4x100 relay; second in the 4x200; second in the open 400; third in the 4x400; sixth in the 4x800; scored nine points in the shot put; had one in the 3200, and added six in the discus.

Sage Ridge may have finished third, but that Reno area team featured Nathan Chellman, who won the 800 in 1:59.22 and the 1600 in 4:24.76; both are 1-A state records, as is his 9:57.66 in winning the 3200.

Calvary Chapel, in its first track season, won state titles in the 4x100 (0:46.37), 4x200 (1:35.5) and the 4x400 (3:38.84) and was third in the 4x800 (9:35.23).

Round Mountain had 33 points, with Tonopah at 32, Pahranagat Valley Alamo 32, Sparks Excel Christian 27, Lund 27 1/2, Reno Sierra Lutheran 27, Carlin 22, Owyhee 12 1/2, Eureka 12, McDermitt 11, Austin 11, Jackpot 7, Pyramid Lake 5, Gabbs 4, and Wells 2.

Producing points for Nye County 1-A teams:

Mykal Peterson, Round Mountain, third, 100, 012.08;

Brock Flaming, Tonopah, fourth, 100, 0:12.15;

Peterson, fourth, 200, 0:24.10;

Tyrell Akers, Round Mountain, second, 800, 2:03.34; third, 400, 0:53.78;

Kevin Valentine McElroy, Tonopah, sixth, 800, 2:10.8;

Ricardo Martinez, Beatty, eighth, 1600, 5:42.19; seventh, 3200, 11:59.85;

Mitch Lehner, Tonopah, fourth, 110-meter high hurdles, 0:17.99; fifth, 300 hurdles, 0:44.96;

Tonopah, 4x100, second, 0:47.07.

Beatty, 4x100, fourth, 0:50.0;

Beatty, 4x200, fourth, 1:42.35;

Beatty, 4x800, fourth, 9:42.05;

Akers, triple jump, second, 40 feet, 5 inches;

Valentine-McElroy, triple jump, fifth, 37-11 1/4;

Bobby Murray, Tonopah, shot put, seventh, 37-3 1/4; eighth, discus, 84-3;

Gene Chratti, Gabbs, discus, fifth, 120-2.

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Katie Redman ended an illustrious career for Round Mountain, with the Lady Knights' senior winning the 1-A triple jump at 34 feet, 2 1/4 inches.

Amber White of Beatty was second in the shot put at 32-4 and sixth in the discus at 79-11.

Tonopah's Ashley Brock was third in the shot put at 32-3 and fourth in the discus at 87-3.

Belinda Hooper of Gabbs was sixth in the shot at 31-1 3/4.

In the girls' team title chase, Smith Valley, led by the incomparable Gleason, was first with 112 points. Laughlin had 103, Wells 73, Lund 67, Round Mountain 43, Owyhee 40, Indian Springs 35, Sage Ridge 34, Beatty 28, Calvary Chapel 22, Excel Christian 22, Tonopah 22, Austin 21, Trinity 17, Carlin 15, Eureka 12, Jackpot 8, Gabbs 7, Pyramid Lake 5, Sierra Lutheran 5, McDermitt 5 and Alamo 2.

Gleason won the 200-meter dash in 0:27.01, the 400 in 0:57.9, and the 800 in 2:19.88; those last two times are state 1-A meet records.

Scoring for Nye teams were:

Heather Lucchesi, Gabbs, 100, fifth, 0:14.54;

Lindsay Wilson, Tonopah, 200, eighth, 0:30.28;

Katie Redman, Round Mountain, fourth, 400, 1:05.05;

Jennifer Porte, Beatty, 400, sixth, 1:06.79;

Blanca Ramirez, Round Mountain, fourth, 800, 2:39.02;

MacKenzie Musselman, Round Mountain, eighth, 3200, 16:04.18;

Tonopah, 4x200, fourth, 2:02.29;

Beatty, 4x200, sixth, 2:04.66;

Beatty, 4x400, third, 4:53.79;

Round Mountain, 4x800, sixth, 12:31.13;

Beatty, 4x800, seventh, 13:17.62.

Redman, long jump, second, 16 feet, 1/2 inch;

Ramirez, long jump, third, 14-11 1/2; high jump, fourth, 5 feet.