The Carbon and Emery track squads started the season in Moab at the Grand Invitational. Ten schools from around the state landed at Grand County High School. After two days of competition, the Lady Dinos finished in fourth place, while the boys’ team claimed third. For the Spartans, the girls earned a third-place finish, while the boys landed in tenth.

Cedar Valley landed first on the boys’ side, with Uintah claiming second. Carbon, North Sevier, and San Juan rounded out the top five. The Spartans came in tenth place.

Maxwell Carlson claimed the top finish in the 400 meters for the Dinos with his time of 52.45. Michael Weber finished in fourth place in the 3200 meters. Weber also finished seventh in the 1600 and ninth in the 800. Dallin Humes also had a great day in distances, with a fifth-place finish in the 800 and sixth in the 1600.  Carter Branch had a great day in the hurdles, with fourth place in the 110-meter hurdles and fifth place in the 300-meter hurdles. Branch would go on to earn fourth place in the high jump. Riley Palmer earned sixth in the 300 hurdles, and Monson Loveless finished tenth. Matthew Stromness went eighth, Bracken Hansen ninth in 3200, and Carson Taylor finished ninth in 300 hurdles. Kayden Vasquez took tenth in the 100 meter and in relays the Carbon team finished second in the 4×100 and third in the 4×400.

Field events were kind to Carbon as well. Stetson Holden claimed second place in the discus, and Cedric Johnson finished sixth. Four Dinos finished in the top 10 of the long jump, with Dexter Packard taking second, Benjamin Simms in fifth, Traxton Jewkes in sixth, and Vasquez in ninth. Jewkes also tied teammate Branch for fourth in the high jump with Monson Loveless and Andrew Loveless tying for eighth. Jared Bryson was fifth in the javelin, Packard earned sixth, and Vayln Unsworth took ninth in the shot put.

For the Spartans, Dillan Larsen finished in seventh in the 800 meters.

Cedar Valley won the girls’ division, followed by Uintah in second. Emery, Carbon, and North Sevier completed the top five.

Distances were where the Lady Spartans made a difference. Gentry Christiansen earned a first place finish in the 800 with 2:19.71. Addy Guymon won the 1600 at 5:01.84, and Addie Hurst finished in fifth. Molly Christiansen took sixth in the 400 and Hannah Farley took eighth in the 3200. Skylee Guymon had a tremendous day in the hurdles, taking first in the 100 meters with her time of 15.26 and another top finish in the 300 meters, turning in a time of 45.18, Carlie Hurst landed in fifth.  The Lady Spartan 4×400 relay claimed first place with a time of 4:12.11.

In field events, Emery’s Alexis Morgan finished fifth in the discus and eighth in the shot put.  Hallie Frandsen took seventh in the high jump for Emery.

For the Lady Dinos, Roz Stowe claimed a pair of second-place finishes in the 800 and 1600. Brettlee Kennedy took third, and Becky Black took fourth in the 3200. Three Lady Dinos finished in the top ten in the 200 meters, Brooklyn Lowe finished sixth, Malia Smith came in ninth, and Emma Bowman took tenth. Lowe also earned a tenth place finish in the 100. Rebecca Swasey claimed seventh place in the 300-meter hurdles, with Elsie Morley taking eighth and Josie Jespersen landing in tenth. Jespersen finished the 100-meter hurdles in ninth. The Carbon 4×100 relay team finished second and the 4×400 relay team took third.

In field events, Morley claimed a second place finish in the long jump. In the high jump, Emily Dufour took fourth place. Lowe finished fifth in the shot put and Swasey went sixth in the javelin.

Both squads will be back on the track this weekend as Carbon will host the Farm Bureau Invitational in Price.

Click HERE for complete results of the Grand Invitational.