The Carbon Dinos track and field team continued the 2016 season as they traveled to Blanding for the Blue Mountain Invitational on Saturday.
Despite being faced with depleted rosters because of Prom, the Lady Dinos delivered six first place nods in individual events, leading to a second place finish as they scored 178 points. The boys logged just one first place finish, but still managed a top five showing ending with 78 points.
The Grand Red Devils claimed first place overall on the girls side of the track, ending the Lady Dinos two meet winning streak. San Juan finished third, while Monticello and Pinnacle rounded out the top five. San Juan claimed first on the boys side, while Monticello, Grand, Whitehorse and Carbon completed the top five.
Staying true to form Sarah Ohlwiler finished first in the 100 meter hurdles, high jump and long jump. Freshman Emma Haddock scored first place results in the 1600 and 3200 meter hurdles and Caitlyn Dimick finished first in the javelin.
The highlight event of the meet for Carbon came in the high jump as the Lady Dinos finished first through fifth. Mikelle Monson, McKenna Leonard, Ashley Leautaud and Katy Fawcett all came in behind Ohlwiler.
Freshman Derek Hillam ran to a first place finish in the 400 meters on the boys side as he topped teammate Carter Fausett with a time of 53.93. Fausett, also a freshman, came in second with a time of 54.85.
The Dinos will continue the track and field season when they play host to the Eastern Utah Championship Friday. The invite includes all Eastern Utah schools and comes with a traveling trophy. Friday’s competition will be the lone home meet of the season for the Dinos.
View the complete results from Saturday’s meet HERE.