Saratoga wins at Willford

Saratoga didn't have to go very far this weekend as they hosted their annual track meet on Saturday. While at the Burt Willford Memorial Invite, a number of Head Coach Rex Hohnholt's student athletes placed well even while working against cooler temperatures.

While two relay teams for the boys were able to prequalify for the state track meet, Whitney Bennett broke the very same school record she set just a week prior.

Girls at Burt Willford

Starting with the track events, Savannah Wells placed 1st in the 100 meter dash with a time of 14.61 seconds and was followed by Jaden Campbell, who placed 9th with a time of 16.60 seconds. In the 200 meter dash, Bennett placed 1st with a time of 28.08 seconds and was followed by Wells in 3rd place with a time of 30.84 seconds.

Olivia Everett placed 6th in the 200 meter dash with a time of 31.82 seconds and Tasia Daley placed 10th with a time of 33.89 second. In the 100 meter hurdles, Wells placed 1st with a time of 18.79 seconds and was followed by Kaitlyn Campbell in 3rd with a time of 20.75 seconds and Sam Fiedor in 4th with a time of 21.62 seconds.

In the 300 meter hurdles, Bennett placed 1st with a time of 48.51 seconds and was followed by K. Campbell in 2nd with a time of 54.61 seconds. 

Marilee Williams placed 1st in the 3200 meter run as she finished with a time of 13:54.51. In the 1600 Sprint Medley, the team of K. Campbell, Daley, Williams and Everett placed 2nd as they finished with a time of 5:13.45.

In the field events, Bennett placed 1st in the long jump with a distance of 15 feet, 9.5 inches. Wells placed 2nd with a distance of 14 feet, 8 inches and Everett came in 3rd with a distance of 13 feet, 9.25 inches.

Bennett also placed 1st in triple jump with a distance of 34 feet, 9 inches. This distance beat her previous distance of 34 feet, 5 inches which had broken the school record originally set by Melani Martin in 1993. K. Campbell also placed in the triple jump, coming in 3rd place with a distance of 26 feet, 10.5 inches.

In shot put, Fiedor placed 5th as she threw for a distance of 24 feet, 9 inches. Following Fiedor was Daley, who placed 9th with a distance of 21 feet, 7.5 inches. Fiedor also placed 6th in discus, throwing for a distance of 64 feet, 2 inches.

Boys at Burt Willford

Beginning with track events, Noah Rimmer placed 2nd in the 100 meter dash as he finished with a time of 11.85 seconds. Teegan Love followed in 4th place with a time of 12.18 seconds, Geoffrey Johnson came in 7th place with a time of 13.25 seconds and Ethan Alvarado came in 10th place with a time of 13.39 seconds.

In the 200 meter dash, Jordan Travis came in 6th place with a time of 29 seconds and was followed by Kellen Reeder in 7th place with a time of 29.29 seconds and Douglass Campbell in 9th place with a time of 33.47 seconds. The 400 meter dash, meanwhile, saw Alvarado place 2nd with a time of 1:03.85 and Slady Daley place 3rd with a time of 1:06.10.

In the 800 meter run, Kelton Johnson placed 2nd as he finished with a time of 2:28.11. The Bartlett twins, meanwhile, took top two spots in the 1600 meter run with Grant Bartlett in 1st place with a time of 5:12.64 and Grady Bartlett in 2nd place with a time of 5:17.20.

The relay teams also did quite well. In the 400 meter relay, the team of G. Johnson, Love, Rimmer and Erik Pindeo placed 1st with a time of 48.11 and prequalified for the state meet. In the 1600 meter relay, the team of Grady Bartlett, Grant Bartlett, K. Johnson and Pindeo placed 2nd with a time of 3:59.7. The 3200 meter relay saw Grady Bartlett, K. Johnson, Calvin Condict and Pindeo place 1st with a time of 9:25.38 and prequalify for the state meet. The 1600 Sprint Medley relay team of Alvarado, G. Johnson, Grant Bartlett and Travis, meanwhile, placed 2nd with a time of 4:21.89.

In the field events, Love took 1st place in high jump with a height of 5 feet, 8 inches and was followed by K. Johnson in 3rd place with a height of 5 feet. In the long jump, Love took 2nd with a distance of 18 feet, 10.25 inches. G. Johnson followed in 6th place with a distance of 16 feet, 6 inches, Pindeo placed 7th with a distance of 15 feet, 6 inches and Alvarado placed 8th with a distance of 15 feet, 3.5 inches.

Grant Bartlett took 3rd in the triple jump with a distance of 37 feet. In the shot put, Travis took 7th with a throw of 31 feet, 2 inches and Slady Daley took 8th place with a distance of 30 feet 8 inches. Travis also placed 7th in discus with a throw of 87 feet.

Saratoga has two meets on the schedule this week. On Friday they will compete in the Pine Bluffs Invite at Pine Bluffs. Then, on Saturday, they will compete in the Rawlins Invite at Rawlins.