The Dino track and field team traveled to Union High School to participate in the Strata Invitational. The boys’ and girls’ squads finished in second place out of nine for the boys and eight for the girls.

Host team Union earned the top spot in the boys’ division with 224 points, while Carbon finished second with 166. Juan Diego (74), Duchesne (44), and Manila (25) rounded out the top five.

Dallin Humes led the way in 1600 meters with a first-place time of 4:50.60. Michael Weber finished second. Evan Criddle was in fifth, Samuel Willson sixth, and Matthew Stromness was 10th. In other distances, Criddle took fourth in the 800, Humes followed in fifth, and Bracken Hanson finished 10th. Weber took third in the 3200, followed by Stromness (fifth), Hanson (eighth), and Willson (ninth).

Carbon’s relay team, consisting of Humes, Carter Branch, Maxwell Carlson, and Carson Taylor, earned a first-place finish with their time of 3:39.85. In the sprint medley relay, Monson Loveless, Andrew Loveless, Tanner Harker, and  Weber took the top spot with a time of 3:48.66.

In other track events, Branch finished fourth in the 110-meter hurdles, Andrew Loveless took seventh, and Taylor 10th. In the 300 hurdles, Branch and Taylor finished fourth and fifth, with Riley Palmer taking eighth and Andrew Loveless landing in 10th. In the 400, Carlson earned a second-place finish, Monson Loveless took sixth, and Harker finished seventh. Harker also claimed seventh in the 200.

Stetson Holden earned a first-place finish in the discus, with Kevin Vega-Morales taking fourth, Cedric Johnson taking seventh, and Traxton Jewkes taking ninth.  Edison Nelson took fifth place in the shot put, and Kalen Morrison eighth. Holden and Jewkes finished ninth and 10th.

Carbon had five spots in the top ten of the high jump, led by Branch and his first-place spot. Jewkes finished in second, Monson Loveless in third. Andrew Loveless claimed fifth and Taylor sixth. Deagan Richards finished second in the long jump, Jewkes went fourth, and Ethan Prettyman sixth.

In the girls’ division, host Union scored 175.5 points; Carbon finished second with 146. Big Piney, a Wyoming high school, took third with 85.5. Juan Diego (83) and Duchesne (46.5) rounded out the top five.

Roz Stowe was at it again, adding a pair of top finishes in individual events. Stowe’s time of 2:20.51 earned her first-place in the 800; Alexandra Bryner finished the race in ninth. In the 1600, Stowe would finish at the head of the pack with 5:13.27, Bryner came in fifth, Haley Jones finished sixth, Brettlee Kennedy eighth, and Josie Yates 10th. Jones, Kennedy, and Bryner would go third, fourth, and fifth in the 3200.

In other races, the team of  Rebecca Swasey, Josie Jespersen, Gianna White, and Stowe took the top prize in the 4×400 with a time of 4:19.48. McKinlie Sharp took first place in the 100-meter hurdles with her time of 17.17, Jespersen placed third, and Camryn Frandsen seventh. Ivy Beecher was fifth in the 200 and sixth in the 100. Jespersen finished the 300 hurdles in second place, Swasey was third, and McKinlie Sharp finished fourth. Kalley Ellis was seventh and Frandsen tenth. White took second in the 200.

In field events, Emily Dufour claimed the top spot in the high jump, Sharp took fourth, Natalie Cartwright claimed eighth, and Maddox Wood ninth. Swasey took third in the long jump, Beecher fourth, Sharp fifth, and Frandsen tenth. Swasey claimed fourth place in the javelin; in the discus, Harley Hope claimed sixth and Ella Morley 10th.

Carbon track will take the Spring Break holiday off and return to action on April 12, when they participate in the Big Red Invitational.

Click HERE for the complete results of the Strata Invitational.