The Cary Academy girls’ track and field team finished fourth at the N.C. Independent Schools championships in Lewisville last weekend. The Chargers compiled 75 points. Charlotte Latin won with 137.

Senior Tyler Ford won two events and placed second in two others. She won the long jump with a mark of 18 feet and one-quarter inch.

She won the triple jump at 38-10, topping her personal best jump by more than 4 feet, the field by nearly three feet and a nine-year-old meet record by one foot.

“She came out with something to prove and she did,” said CA coach Allison McCoppin. “We were really happy. She really rose to the occasion.”

Ford was also second in the 100 and 200 meters. She ran the 100 in 12.85 seconds and the 200 in 26.33.

Rachel Park was third in the 3,200 (11:46.48) and sixth in the 1,600 (5:30.67) for Cary Academy.

Therice Morris was third in the 100 hurdles in 16.77 seconds.

The Chargers placed three in the high jump. Nicole Kofman was second (5 feet), Morris was fourth (4-10) and Madison Slate was seventh (4-8).

The Chargers also placed in three relays. Blythe Friedman, Meg Bryson, Kelley Sousa and Michelle Montpetit finished the 4x200 eighth in 2:00.65. Montpetit, Emily Cornell, Rachel Gonsalves and Warner ran the 4x400 in 4:27.59 to finish fifth. And Cornell, Gonsalves, Park and Danielle Curran ran the 4x800 in 10:07.1 to finish fifth.

Boys finish ninth

The Cary Academy boys finished the state championship meet in ninth place with 35.5 points. Charlotte Latin won with 112. Nick Kisley garnered a pair of runner-up finishes, taking second in the 1,600 (4:32.19) and second in the 3,200 (9:58.53).

“Nick Kisley had a really strong meet,” McCoppin said. “He’s been improving all year. He could have won either if he chose to do one or the other, but he was trying to get points for the team.”

David Dement was fifth in the 3,200 in 10:08.01. Aaron Jones was fifth in the discus, throwing 113-02. Miguel Alecio was sixth, throwing 112-08.

Dorian Crawford was sixth in the 400 in 52.06 seconds.

Cameron Lee was eighth in the 100 in 12.2 seconds.

Thomas Graham was eighth in the 1,600 in 4:39.92.

Cam Setzer was tied for eighth in the pole vault, clearing 11 feet.

Adi Sapasetty, Dylan Sweetwood, Kenny Thomson and Lee placed eighth in the 4x100 in 46.33 seconds. Thomson, Kisley, Crawford and Daniel Miller placed seventh in the 4x400 in 3:43.7.