Saratoga prequals early

The Saratoga Track and Field team ran off to Pavillion over the weekend to compete in the Wind River High School Invitation on March 19. While there, the girls team would place 2nd out of 14 teams with the boys team placing 8th.

A number of the girls athletes also got their pre-qualifications for State Track and Field Meet out of the way early.

Girls

In the Girls 800 meter run, Madison Teichman placed 1st with a time of 2 minutes, 43.59 seconds and was followed by Rhiwan Williams in 2nd place with a time of 2 minutes, 44.09 seconds. Aspen Sewell placed 8th with a finishing time of 3 minutes, 1.75 seconds and Milan Scott placed 10th as she finished with a time of 3 minutes, 1.76 seconds.

The Girls 1600 meter run saw Marilee Williams finish in 5th place with a time of 6 minutes, 21.27 seconds while Allie Condict came in 6th place with a time of 6 minutes, 24.05 seconds.

In the Girls 30 meter hurdles, Whitney Bennett finished in 1st place and pre-qualified with a time of 47.68 seconds.

Meanwhile, the Girls 1600 Meter relay team of R. Williams, Teichman, Bennett and Josie Little finished with a time of 4 minutes, 25.71 seconds and also pre-qualified. The Girls 3200 Meter relay team of Sewell, Scott, Makenna King and M. Williams also finished first with a time of 11 minutes, 9.68 seconds. In the Girls 1600 Spring Medley, the team of Condict, Olivia Everett, Little and King finished 2nd with a time of 5 minutes, 1.06 seconds and pre-qualified.

In the Girls High Jump, Olivia Everett wound up in a five-way tie for 4th place with a height of 4 feet, 4 inches. In the Girls Long Jump, meanwhile, R. Williams and Bennett were two parts of a three-way tie for 1st with a distance of 15 feet, 9 inches.  R. Williams and Bennett both pre-qualified with their distances. Everett and Scott, meanwhile, were in a three-way tie for 5th with a distance of 14 feet, 3 inches. Little placed 10th with a distance of 12 feet, 11.25 inches.

In the Girls Triple Jump, Bennett placed 1st and pre-qualified with a distance of 32 feet, 11.75 inches.

Boys

In the Boys 800 meter run Kelton Johnson took 3rd place as he finished with a time of 2 minutes, 16.86 seconds.

In the Boys 1600 meter run, Grant Bartlett took 4th with a time of 5 minutes, 4.93 seconds and Grady Bartlett followed in 5th place with a time of 5 minutes, 5.36 seconds. Calvin Condict took 8th as he finished with a time of 5 minutes, 18.75 seconds.

In the Boys 1600 Meter relay, the team of Grady Bartlett, Grant Bartlett, Johnson and Condict took 2nd with a time of 3 minutes, 58.56 seconds.

In the Long Jump, Heston Fisher placed 7th with a height of 17 feet, 5.25 inches. Fisher also took 3rd in the Triple Jump with a distance of 38 feet, .25 inches.

In the Shot Put, Colin Greenberg took 9th as he threw for 33 feet, 7 inches. In the discus throw, meanwhile, Alex Irby took 8th with a throw of 99 feet, 10 inches.

Saratoga’s track and field athletes will hit the road again this weekend as they compete in Green River on March 25.