Cape senior Josiah Miller wins the shot put state championship. DAN COOK PHOTOS
Tim Bamforth March 5, 2021
The Cape boys’ winter track team finished third in the state with 72.5 points, behind state champion Sallies with 117 points and runner-up Smyrna with 86 points.
The Cape girls’ team finished fifth with 38 points. Padua took home the trophy with 178 points, followed by Ursuline with 82, Smyrna with 61 and Tatnall with 59 points.
Cape thrower Josiah Miller won his first state individual title in the shot put with a toss of 46-feet-10-inches. Sophomore Ryan Baker ran his season and personal best in the 3,200 meters with a time of 10:02.96, good for second place. Junior John Small was third in the 55-meter hurdles in 8.72, while in the 200-meter dash, Ja’on Harris was fifth in 23.68 and Konner Knarr was seventh in 23.87. Andrew Wolak finished fifth in the 400 meters in a time of 53.12, while the Vikings were third in the 4-by-200 relay in a season-best time o
Josiah Miller: A true student-athlete pleasantly rumbling off road
Josiah Miller leads off the 2-by-200 relay. The 6-foot-3, 275-pound big guy ran a respectable 27 flat. DAVE FREDERICK PHOTOS
Dave Frederick February 26, 2021
Four sports an hour - Josiah Miller is a 6-foot-3, 275-pound Cape senior with brains and brawn. At Cape’s track meet versus Dover and Smyrna Feb. 24, Josiah won the shot put with a throw of 47 feet. He is top-ranked in the state. He then sat down on the grass for a coed game of UNO. I asked three athletes, “Doesn’t anyone play Tonk anymore?” and they all looked back like “What?” so I let go of it. Josiah then led off Cape’s 4-by-200 relay, and he was a sight to behold, rumbling to a 27 flat on the leadoff leg. Adding a fourth event for the track meet, he picked up a rake and joined coach
Tia Jarvis wins the long jump in 15-0.
I gotta be me! Lainey Shockro is exuberant in any event.
Elizabeth Melson anchors the 4-by-800 relay.
Gabriel Gumas of Caesar Rodney wins the 55-meter hurdles in 9.40.
Montana Jones wins the 55 meters in 8.10.
The Cape Henlopen Vikings hosted the Riders of Caesar Rodney in winter track & field action held outside at Legends Stadium in cold and windy conditions Feb. 16. The Vikings easily won both meets, with the boys’ score 88-20 and the girls’ score 98-8.
“The boys are coming along, and for the conditions, they ran well,” said coach Ellis Gaulden.
The Cape boys were led by Ryan Baker and Barritt Ross with 9.25 points each, as they each won an event, grabbed a second place and ran on a winning relay.