SHS track team lands state qualifiers over weekend: Taylor Smith breaks own vault record

Saratoga High School’s track team boasted four state qualifiers last weekend, according to back-to-back meet results from Rawlins and Saratoga.

Ben Gates qualified for state with his second-place time of 52.57 in the 400 meter dash at the Carbon County Invite in Rawlins last Friday. In the relay department, Gates, Rodrigo Escobedo, Ben Falk and Luke Lineberry of the “Saratoga A” team qualified for state with their first-place time of 3:40.82 in the 1600 meter relay at Saturday’s Saratoga Invite, as well as for their first-place time of 3:38.01 in the same relay at Rawlins.

Coach Rex Hohnholt s...