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Published 8:07 am Thursday, April 17, 2025 By Jason O. Boyd Southside High School has a long tradition of track and field athletes who have crossed the fields at the school. It continues with this year’s group of teenagers.
(Jason O. Boyd | Washington Daily News) Andrea Quinerly has made coaching track and field a part of his duties at Southside High School, which includes being head football coach and athletic director along with his role as a health and physical education teacher. (Jason O.
Boyd | Washington Daily News) Jeremiah Moore finished second in the high jump at last Thursday’s meet with a height of 5 feet, 6 inches. Northside’s Zanek McCloud won with a height of 5 feet, 8 inches. (Jason O.
Boyd | Washington Daily News) Jeremiah Moore finished second in the high jump at last Thursday’s meet with a height of 5 feet, 6 inches. Northside’s Zanek McCloud (pictured) won with a height of 5 feet, 8 inches. (Jason O.
Boyd | Washington Daily News) I’Kiriyah Minor won the long jump with a distance of 15 feet, 8 inches. She also placed second in the triple jump and was first in the 100-meter dash. (Jason O.
Boyd | Washington Daily News) I’Kiriyah Minor won the long jump with a distance of 15 feet, 8 inches. She also placed second in the triple jump and was first in the 100-meter dash. (Jason O.
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Southside track meet (Jason O. Boyd | Washington Daily News) CHOCOWINITY, N.C.
— As the Southside High School hurdles are placed off to the side of the track by coaches and volunteers, runners get ready at the far end of the track to start the series of dash races. Southside’s girls have four who flew like the wind past those hurdles and to the finish line at last Thursday’s meet with Northside High School. The group was led by senior I’Kiryah Minor, who beat out teammate Tamie Mcneal for the top spot.
Minor is one of several athletes who has been with the program for four years. In addition to playing volleyball and basketball, Minor stays busy in track by participating in the long jump, triple jump, 100 meters, 4×100 meter relay and 4×200 relay. Minor and the team are hopeful of repeating its past success in the regionals with a spot in the states on their minds.
“ My first year, I only did like maybe one or two events,” Minor said. “And then like maybe the fourth meet I realized, or my coach had told me I could do a triple jump. From there, I’ve just been doing really good at it.
“ Some things just come easy to me. I mean, like I’m not trying to be cocky, but like any event I think I could do, not like really long-distance anything, but like jumping, it’s kind of easy to me.” The Southside track program has been a successful one ever since Gerald Klas started it after years of doing the same at Northside.
Since then, coaches have done their part to make sure the sport and its athletes not only thrive but find success in a variety of events put on at each track meet. Individuals like My’Quan Clark, another senior who has been with the program since he was a freshman, have thrived when they compete. Others like Chris Bell and Nehemiah Credle in the shot put and discus and Indiah Moore in hurdles and the 200-meter dash have also found their way at or near the top in their events.
“ It’s been great. Just running against other fast people, other good people, just learning and also getting better at tackle,” said Clark, who participates in the long jump, the 100 meters, 4×100 and 4×200 relay teams. “ Oh, the team’s been performing great.
Getting better every week. Winning more and more. Times have been getting better.
Shortening up. All around, just been doing great.” Southside girls track coach Andrea Quinerly has seen that success and believes it’s on par with previous seasons.
The goal is to always improve, perform well at the conference and regional meets then carry that success over to states if given the chance to compete. “Yeah, it’s something about track,” Quinerly said. “And, you know, it’s a sport where it’s something for everybody.
It doesn’t matter what sport you play. “ It doesn’t matter if you’re fast, strong, big or small. It’s something for everybody.
And the one thing I would say about track, and especially in our conference, is that it’s the only sport that we, well, one of the only two sports that we don’t have any officials out here, no umpires yet. “ With all the competition, the kids seem to get along with each other better than any other sport. They really do.
They cheer each other on, and it’s just awesome. They talk before and after, and that’s amazing. That’s what it’s all about.
” Quinerly and boys head coach Davelle Whitney along with assistants Stanley Dixon and Jeff Carrow work with all the athletes in one way or another. The goal is to uplift the team as a whole while also seeing individuals shine in their respective events. “ They’re getting better, and they’re seeing it themselves through the meets, and each meet, as we go, their times get better, their throws get better, their jumps get better, and they get a little motivated,” Quinerly said.
“You know, they all can do three, four events. But by this time of the year now, they’re starting to focus on one or two events and working on their PRs and getting prepared and trying to get their placement in the regionals.” Northside coach Casey Schulte has seen her squad impress this season in large part through competition with Southside.
The two teams meet in five different events before the Coastal Plains Conference meet, which Northside hosts, on May 1. “ Yeah, so for me, this is always a good learning experience for the kids, and for me as well,” Schulte said. “ Coach Q is an amazing coach, and he has a lot of knowledge to share and for me to learn from as a brand new coach.
So anytime, an opportunity that I can have to learn from someone like Coach Q is a wonderful opportunity. “ For our kids, they have formed such great relationships with the kids from here. So it’s always a good time when we’re together.
(3:50) And as always, I mean, we’re always pushing. ” A link to results from last week’s meet can be found at NC.milesplit.
com ..
