By RYAN ARENA

L’Observateur

PLAQUEMINE – In less than ideal circumstances, West St. John’s boys track team achieved a first on Friday.

Despite running – and winning – in the Lutcher Derbingny relays only two days earlier, West St. John captured another meet crown with a victory at the Green Devil Relays at Plaquemine, besting second-place White Castle by 20 points, 120-100.

It was the first time West St. John had ever won back-to-back track meets.

“That Derbigny meet was really tough,” said WSJ coach Martin Sylvain. “It tells me a lot about the stamina and conditioning of these kids. They weren’t tired and held basically the same times they had earlier in the week.”

The West St. John girls finished in second place at the meet. Individual results were not available at press time.

Topping White Castle was also a good sign for his team’s district prospects – it will see the Bulldogs at its district championship meet beginning April 19.

For the second time in three days, Damon Scott captured field MVP honors by finishing first in the long jump (22-0), first in the triple jump (23-0) and third in the high jump (5-10).

He was hardly alone in earning accolades. The 4×200 relay team (Ravone Owens, LaDarius Lewis, Kenneth Dabney and Corey Warmington) captured first place with a time of 1:31. The 4×400 relay squad (Lewis, Owens, Warmington and Titus Barre) also captured the meet title with a time of 3:36. The 4×100 relay (Scott, Chris Mashia, Owens and Dabney) finished second with a time of 44.3.

Warmington captured first place in the 400-meter dash with a time of 53.1. Barre finished right behind him in second (53.4).

Blandy Young took third place in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 42.0. Tevin Smith took second place in the 3200-meter run — his highest career finish — with a time of 11.47.

In the field, Ronnie Feist had a second-place finish in the shot put with a throw of 44-6. Blake Carter finished third (43-7).

In the discus, Demiere Gordon took second with a hurl of 132-0.

All season, Sylvain has said he sees special things for this group.

They’re beginning to make him look like a prophet.

“It comes down to this team’s commitment,” he said. “It’s balance, on the track and in the field. This team can go very far.”