The Wheatridge Mustangs hosted their first track meet of the year with Ottawa and Louisburg.
The seventh grade girls team took first place overall with a score of 61 points! Event winners were Aaliyah Green in the Discus with a throw of 66’5, Brecklynn Lowe in the High Jump with a height of 4’2, McKenzie Sullivan in the 100m Hurdles with a time of 19.78, Logan Ray in the 100m dash with a time of 14.76, the 4x100 Relay (Sanders, Sullivan, Phipps, Ficken) with a time of 59.58, Ellie Parks in the 400m run with a time of 1:12.65, Ty’Lir Davis in the 200m dash with a time of 31.49. Second place finishers were Aaliyah Green in the Shot Put, Ellie Park in the 100m Hurdles, Ashley Sanders in the 100m dash, the Sprint Medley Relay (Davis, Sanders, Lowe, Parks), and the 4x400 Relay (Cabral, Sullivan, Hutchinson, Kuzma). Third place finishers were Ashley Sanders in the 100m Hurdles and Logan Ray in the 200m dash. Fourth place finishers were Aaliyah Kerby in the Shot Put, Hannah Phipps in the 100m Hurdles.
The seventh grade boys team were less than four points away from taking first place overall with 48 points total. Event winners were Serge Otiankouya in the Shot Put with a throw of 32’10’’, Ethan Gilmore in the Pole Vault with a height of 5’6, Jai-den Suber in the 100m Hurdles with a time of 19.56, Mason Shoemaker in the 100m dash with a time of 12.78, the 4x100 Relay (Shoemaker, E. Porter, C.Porter, Kindler) with a time of 52.63, Sprint Medley Relay (C. Porter, E. Porter, Shoemaker, Kodger) with a time of 1:59.43. Second place finishers were Serge Otiankouya in the Discus, Dawson Kindler in the 100m Hurdles, Nick Utter in the 800m run, and the 4x400 Relay (Utter, Woolington, Reyes, Moreland). Third place finishers were Eithan Kodger in the 100m Hurdles and Chase Moreland in the 400m run. Fourth place finishers were Kris Markos in the Shot Put and Cameron Porter in the 100m dash.
The eighth grade girls team took first place overall with a total of 74 points! Abri Leiker in the Long Jump with a distance of 14’8 and the 100m dash with a time of 13.84, Avery Bell in the High Jump with a height of 4’6, Makenna Bartels in the Pole Vault with a height of 7’6 and in the 400m run with a time of 1:04.06, Hannah Elliott in the 3200m with a time of 13:17 and in the 1600m with a time of 6:20.81, Natalie Yarbrough in the 100m Hurdles with a time of 20.58, the 4x100 Relay (Leiker, DeFrancesco, Dye, Clayclamp) with a time of 58.37, the Sprint Medley Relay (Leiker, Yarbrough, Clayclamp, Bartels ) with a time of 2:08.19. Second place finishers were Kylee Defrancesco in the Long Jump, Natalie Yarbrough in the Pole Vault,. The 4x200 Relay (Hilliard, Williams, Dye, Bell), Avery Bell in the 800m run, Natalie Claycamp in the 200m dash. Third place finishers were Jessica Souvannakhot in the Discus, Alexis Hilliard in the Long Jump, Taylor Dryden in the Pole Vault and Kylee Defrancesco in the 100m dash. Kassidy Dye took fourth in the High Jump.
The eighth grade boys team took second place overall with 38 points. First place finishers were Leo Schranz in the 1600m run with a time of 5:41.47 and Dante Njorge in the 3200m run with a time of 12:37.75 . Second place finishers were Pierson Carlisle in the Pole Vault, Jason Leyritana in the 100m dash, the 4x100 Relay (Terrazas, Leyritana, Nichols, Carlisle), Chance Henson in the 400m run, The 4x200 Relay (Venevongsoth, Terrazas, Long, Taylor), Gage Graham in the 800m, Jackson Elsey in the 3200m run, the 4x400 Relay (Graham , Schranz, Elsey, Griffith), and the Sprint Medley Relay (Leyritana, Nichols, Lomas,Terrazas). Jason Leyritana took third place in the Long Jump. Fourth place finishers were Cooper Nichols in the Discus, Lucas Long in the 400m run and Leo Schranz in the 800m run.
The Mustangs are looking forward to competing in their second meet of the season on Tuesday, April 10th at Spring Hill Middle School.