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The Carbon track and field squad closed out the 2025 season over the weekend at the 3A State Championships at Brigham Young University in Provo. The Lady Dinos captured three state titles on their way to a fourth-place finish overall, while the boys placed ninth out of 15 teams.
Union earned the top spot in 3A in the girls’ division, scoring 127 points, and Richfield claimed second with 102. Emery landed in third with 89, Carbon(54), and Morgan 41.5 rounded out the top five.
Gianna White won the state 400-meter title with a time of 59.11; fellow Lady Dino Emma Bowman finished fifth. Rozlyn Stowe claimed another state title in the 800, finishing just ahead of Emery’s Addy Guymon at 2:12.17. The sprint medley relay team of Brooklyn Lowe, Malia Smith, White, and Stowe took two seconds off their school record with 4:07.19, on their way to a state title.
The Lady Dinos competed in two other relays, earning top-four finishes. In the 4×400, Bowman, Elsie Morley, Stowe, and White finished just off the pace set by Emery, for a second-place finish with a time of 4:04.57.In the 4×100, Ivy Beecher, Bowman, Smith, and Lowe took fourth, two seconds behind first-place Richfield.
In other individual events, McKinlie Sharp ran to a ninth-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles, and Rebecca Swasey claimed a ninth-place finish in the 300-meter hurdles. In the 3200, Josie Yates finished in tenth place with Brettlee Kennedy taking 16th.
In field events, Swasey led the way for the Dinos, taking two top 15 finishes. Swasey earned a fifth-place finish in the javelin with 114-6.0. In the long jump, she took 15th, Beecher took 18th, and Sharp took 20th. Emily Dufour earned a fifth-place finish in the high jump at 4-11.0, and Sharp took 15th.
Morgan took first in the boys’ division with 98.5 points, and Union finished second with 97.0 points. Juab (92.5), Ogden (56.0), and Richfield (54.0) made up the rest of the top five. Carbon placed ninth with 33.0 points.
Max Carlson has had an excellent year for the Dinos, and it continued at the State Championships. With his time of 49.76, he finished in third place in the 400, just off the first-place finish of Ty Johnson of Grantsville with his time of 49.55. Carlson was also part of two fifth-place finishes in relays. In the 4×400, he was joined by Dallin Humes, Evan Criddle, and Andrew Loveless. In the sprint medley, it was Carlson, Benjamin Simms, Tanner Harker, and Michael Weber.
Carbon competed in the 4×100 relay, taking fifth with the team of Dexter Packard, Kayden Vasquez, Ethan Prettyman, and Simms.
Carbon placed well in both hurdling events. In the 300-meter, Bradley Sweeney finished in sixth with a time of 41.64, just a few seconds behind Union’s Gavin Miller. Carter Branch ended the race in ninth. Branch finished eighth in the 110-meter.
In the 800, a trio of Dinos finished in the top 20, Criddle claimed 11th place, followed by Weber in 18th and Humes in 19th. Humes went on to finish 13th in the 1600.
Packard finished fourth in the long jump at 21-4.5, Traxton Jewkes took 14th with 19-2.25, and Degan Richards went 16th at 18-6.5. Jewkes finished third in the high jump with 6-4.0, with Branch taking 11th at 5-8.
Congratulations to the Carbon Dino track and field team on their fantastic season.
Click HERE for the complete results of the State Championships.