Carbon traveled south over the weekend to compete against schools throughout the area at the San Juan Invitational in Blanding. The boys’ and girls’ squads took first place in their respective divisions.

The Lady Dinos collected 263 points, well ahead of second-place Monticello with 161. Host San Juan finished third with 120 points, and Pinnacle (20) and Whitehorse (15) rounded out the top five.

Distances were kind once again to the Dinos as Rozlyn Stowe claimed a pair of first-place finishes. In the 800, she crossed the finish at 2:19.48. Fellow Dinos Brettlee Kennedy finished second, and Alexandra Bryner claimed fifth. Stowe also posted a first-place time in the 3200 with 11:26.77; this time, Bryner finished second, Kennedy third, and Haley Jones fourth. The 1600 saw Bryner earn a fourth-place finish and Jones a fifth.

A pair of relays also meant two first-place finishes for the Lady Dinos. In the 4×100, Ivy Beecher, Emma Bowman, Malia Smith, and Brooklyn Lowe turned in a time of 52.99, and in the 4×400, Rebecca Swasey, Elsie Morley Gianna White, and Stowe claimed first with a time of 4:19.43.

Lowe collected a first-place finish in the 200 with a time of 28.17; Smith claimed second, Bowman third, White fourth, and Beecher fifth.  White took first in the 400, turning in her time of 1:02.67; Morley finished second, and Maggie Truman and Avy Davis took fourth and fifth, respectively. Smith earned a second-place finish in the 100, followed by Lowe in third and Beecher in fourth.

In the 300 hurdles, Swasey finished second, Josie Jespersen in fourth, and McKinle Sharp in fifth. Sharp claimed second in the 100 hurdles and Jespersen third.

In field events, Emily Dufour took first in the high jump, with Sharp taking fifth. Swasey claimed first in the javelin and second place in the long jump, followed by Sharp in third and Beecher in fourth. Lowe took fourth in the shot put.

The Carbon boys scored 287 points, followed by host San Juan in second with 209.  Monticello (62), Whitehorse (10), and Monument Valley (7) comprised the rest of the top five.

Kayden Vasquez ran his way to a first-place finish in the 100-meter tuning in a time of 11.65; Benjamin Simms finished in fifth. Maxwell Carlson took first in the 400 with a time of 52.36, Carson Taylor came in second, and Tanner Harker third. Carter Branch claimed a second-place finish in the 110-meter hurdles, with fellow Dino Riley Palmer coming in third. Branch came in second in the 300 hurdles, followed by Brad Sweeney in third and Taylor in fifth. Simms took third in the 200, Harker came in fourth, and Carlson fifth.

Distances were kind to the Carbon boys as well, with Dallin Humes crossing the finish in a time of 2:22.73, landing him in first, and Matthew Stromness took third. In the 1600, Humes would again take first with 4:54.24, Michael Weber finished second, and Samuel Wilson third. Weber finished second in the 3200, and Bracken Hanson took fourth.

Three relays and three first-place finishes for the Dinos at the meet. In the 4×100, Dexter Packard, Ethan Prettyman, Vasquez, and Simms crossed the finish line with a time of 45.52, taking first. The team in the 4×400 took first with a time of 3:49.32, and Monson Loveless, Traxton Jewkes, Tyke Criddle, and Weber took first in the Sprint Medley Relay with a time of 3:53.18.

In field events, Stetson Holden took first in the discus throw, Cedric Johnson took fourth, and Jewkes landed fifth. Vaylan Unsworth took third in the shot put. Packard took second, and Jared Bryson fifth in the javelin.

Packard finished first in the long jump, Deagan Richards in second, Simms took fourth, and Prettyman in fifth. Traxton Jewkes took second in the high jump, followed by fellow Dino’s Branch in third and Loveless in fourth.

On Saturday, they will be on the road for the Strata Invitational.

Click HERE for the complete results of the San Juan Invitational.