On Wednesday and Thursday, the Carbon track and field squad welcomed schools from Region 12 to the Championships. This is the final meet before the 3A State Championships at Brigham Young University, which starts May 16. Both teams performed well, with the Lady Dinos earning a second-place finish and the boys taking third in their division.

The Richfield Wildcats won first place at the meet with 129.5 points, and the Lady Dinos took second with 130.83. Emery (89.66), Canyon View (66.50), and Manti (53.0) rounded out the top five. North Sanpete, Juab, and Delta also competed.

For the Lady Dinos, Brooklyn Lowe took a second-place finish in the 100 meters, Malia Smith finished fourth, and Ivy Beecher took fifth. In the 200, Lowe earned a fourth-place finish, and Smith claimed sixth.

Gianna White got things rolling for the Dinos in distances, taking first in the 400 with her time of 59.40. Emma Bowman landed in third, and Elsie Morely took fifth. Roz Stowe began her march to a state title with her first-place finish in the 800, turning in her time of  2:14.09. Stowe continued in the 800, crossing the finish in 5:08.55, almost 22 seconds ahead of Addie Hurst of Emery. Josie Yates claimed seventh, and Brettlee Kennedy took ninth. Yates took second in the 3200, and Kennedy finished fifth.

In the hurdles, McKinlie Sharp claimed a fourth-place finish in the 100 meters and Josie Jespersen took fifth in the 300 meters.

The Lady Dinos earned three top-three finishes in relays, starting with a first-place finish in the sprint medley relay, where the Carbon team of Lowe, Smith, White, Stowe, Bowman, and Avy Davis, with a time of 4:15.69, took first place. Bowman, Morley, Stowe, White, Jespersen, and Rebecca Swasey took second in the 4×400, and Beecher, Bowman, Smith Lowe, Morley, and Davis took third in the 4×100.

Swasey claimed fourth in the javelin with 103- 0.0 and fourth in the long jump at 17-0.0. In the high jump, Emily Dufour finished in a three-way tie for second at 4-9.0, and Sharp finished in sixth.

In the boys’ division, Juab claimed the top finish with 129.5 points, Richfield took second with 119.0, and Carbon finished third with 99.5 points. Delta (96) and Canyon View (87) comprised the rest of the top five. Manti, North Sanpete, and Emery also competed in the event.

The hurdles competition was a high point for the Carbon boys, with Brad Sweeney taking first place in the 300 meters and Carter Branch finishing sixth. Riley Palmer claimed third place in the 110-meter hurdles, with Branch going fifth and Sweeney going sixth.

Maxwell Carlson claimed a region championship in the 400, finishing in a time of 49.78. Evan Criddle claimed second in the 800 meters, with Dallin Humes finishing fourth. Humes collected a fifth-place finish in the 1600 with Criddle coming in tenth. Matthew Stromness earned an eighth-place finish in the 3200, and Michael Webber took ninth.

In field events, Carbon placed three in the top ten in the high jump: Branch took second, Traxton Jewkes fourth, and Monson Loveless eighth.

In the relays, Carbon landed three top-three finishes. The Dino team of Benjamin Simms, Tanner Harker, Carlson, Webber, Humes, and Andrew Lovless earned a second-place finish in the sprint medley. In the 4×100 Dextar Packard, Vasquez, Ethan Prettyman, Simms, and Degan Richards finished in third, and in the 4×400 Humes, Criddle, Andrew Loveless, Carlson, Sweeney, and Monson Loveless finished in third as well.

Next are the State Championships that will take place at Brigham Young University on Thursday and Friday.

Click HERE for complete results of the Region 12 Championships.