The Dino track and field team welcomed 29 teams (14 boys and 15 girls) to Carbon High School for the annual Farm Bureau Invitational. When all was said and done, the Carbon girls earned a second-place finish while the boys’ team finished fifth.
The Farm Bureau Invite has become a tradition as the season’s first meet at Carbon High, regardless of the weather. They will also be hosting two more meets this year, the Eastern Utah Championships and Region 12 Championships, set for later this season.
The Union Cougars earned the top spot in the girl’s division with 134 points, followed by the Lady Dinos with 101. Richfield (85), North Summit (59.5), and Uintah (51.5) made up the top five.
Top finishes for the Lady Dinos include Gianna White’s first-place finish in the 400 meters with her time of 1:04.11, just tenths of a second ahead of Juan Diego runner Ella Kerrigan, who finished second in her time of 1:04.51
Roz Stowe claimed two top finishes. In the 800, she crossed the finish line at 2:24.14, a full 11 seconds ahead of River White of Union, and her time of 2:35.48. Stowe also bested White in the 1600, finishing in 5:20.06 ahead of the Union Cougars time of 5:22.60.
Carbon also grabbed three top-two finishes in three relays at the event. The team of Rebecca Swasey, Elsie Morely, Gianna White, and Stowe earned first in the 4×400 relay, turning in a time of 4:19.83, and another top finish in the sprint medley relay as Brooklyn Lowe and Malia Smith joined White and Stowe. The Lady Dino team of Morely, Smith, Lowe, and Ivy Beecher finished seconds off the pace set by Union for second.
Carbon’s Emily Dufour earned a second-place finish in the high jump at 5-0.0, behind Union’s Lisa Richards, who took first with 5-4.0.
Union also won the boys’ division with 120.5, and Uintah was second with 78. Richfield (76), Juab (67), and Carbon (66.5) comprised the remainder of the top five.
Carter Branch earned first-place honors in the high jump with 5-11.0, and Traxton Jewkes claimed fifth. Branch would also take third in the 300-meter hurdles with his time of 44.15. Max Carlson finished just off the pace in second with a time of 51.63, behind Ridge Olsen of Union and his time of 51.39 in the 400 meters, and Evan Criddle came in second with a time of 2:08.25 in the 300 meters.
Carbon would go on to claim two third-place finishes in two relays. In the 4×400, Branch, Carlson, Dallin Humes, and Tanner Harker turned in a time of 3:47.53, behind Richfield (3:41.12) and Duchesne (3:44.53). The sprint relay was Andrew Loveless, Monson Loveless, Michael Weber, and Harker with 4:03.63.
The team will travel to Blanding for the San Juan Championships on Friday.