The Emery track and field squads participated in the Juab Five Team Invitational, which brought in four other teams from around the state. The Lady Spartans finished fourth, and the boys took fifth.

Carbon earned the top spot on the boys’ side with 175 points; the Richfield Wildcats took second with 142. Host Juab (136), Box Elder (122), and Emery (20) made up the rest of the field.

Dillon Larsen took third place for the Spartans in the 800, and Devon Byars earned fifth place in the discus.

The Spartans competed in two relays with the team of Trae Pope, Hunter Leffler, Larsen, and Jacob Erickson taking fourth in the 4×400, and in the 4×100, Jacob Morris, Brekker Bunnell, Tage Jensen, and Leffler took fifth.

On the girls’ side of the track, Richfield took first with 197 points, and Carbon took second with 161.50. Box Elder (94.5), Emery (78), and Juab (44) round out the field.

Kabree Gordon ran her way to a first-place finish in the 300-meter hurdles, turning in a time of 48.23. Gordon took third in the 100-meter hurdles and fifth in the 200. Molly Christiansen finished fifth in the 100.

The Lady Spartans took a couple of top finishes in distances, with Gentry Christiansen turning in her time of 1:00. 60 in the 400, Gentry Christiansen took fifth. In the 1600, Gentry Christiansen finished first with a time of 5:08.03.

Gordon, Molly Christiansen, Megan Stilson, and Carlie Hurst took third in the 4×100, the lone relay they competed in.

In field events, Stilson finished second in the high jump, with Hallie Frandsen taking fourth. Dazi Thatcher finished fourth in the shot put.

Emery will host the Darrell Gardner Invitational on Wednesday in Castle Dale, then on Friday, they will be at Carbon High for the Eastern Utah Championships.

Click HERE for the complete results for the Juab Five Team Invitational.