Photo courtesy of Emery High School
All classifications participated in the State Track and Field Championships at Brigham Young University last weekend. Three days of competition resulted in the culmination of the 2023-2024 season. In the 3A ranks the Emery girl’s team earned a fourth-place finish and the boys sixth as well as a State Championship for Creek Sharp in the 100-meter.
Morgan claimed the top spot for the boys, scoring 102.5 points, and Juab finished second with 87.00. Union (82.00), Canyon View (79.00), and Summit Academy (58.00) rounded out the top five, and Emery posted 41.00 to land in sixth.
Creek Sharp, who entered the competition holding the No. 1 spot in the 100 claimed a State Championship for the Spartans finishing the race in 10.87, just ahead of Canyon View’s Qwentyn Petty and his time of 10.99. Sharp also claimed third place in the 200.
Matt Olsen, who, has been a force all year in both the 110-meter and the 300-meter hurdles claimed two top-10 finishes with a fifth in the 110 and a seventh in the 300.
Camdon Larsen has been at the top or close to it when it comes to distances this season and showed it with three top-10 finishes, taking second in the 1600, fourth in the 3200, and sixth in the 800. Jack Christiansen earned a seventh-place finish in the 400 as well.
In the 4×100 relay, the team of Sharp, Olsen, Porter Hurdsman, and Boston Huntington ran their way to an eighth-place finish.
Union earned the 3A State Championship for the girls with 94.00 points, Canyon View finished second with 88.50. Delta (67.00), Emery (69.00), and Morgan made up the top five.
Gentry Christiansen was one of the top finishers for the Lady Spartans, claiming a second-place finish in the 800, a fourth-place finish in the 1600, and a fifth place in the 3200. Abby Morris earned a pair of top-ten finishes with a third-place in the high jump, and sixth in the 100.
Skylee Guymon grabbed a trio of top-ten finishes. In the 300-meter hurdles, she claimed third, the 100-meter hurdles was a fourth-place finish, and in the 200 fifth.
Addy Guymon claimed a pair of fourth-place finishes and fifth in distances. The 800 and 3200 brought fourth-place finishes and a fifth in the 1600.
The relay team of Skylee Guymon, Addy Guymon, Molly Christiansen, and Gentry Christiansen earned a second-place finish in the 4×400. And Megan Stilson earned a fifth-place finish in the high jump.
Check Castle Country Radio in the coming weeks for a complete review of the 2023-2024 track and field season.
Click HERE for complete results of the 3A State Track and Field Championships.