The Carbon High track and field squad closed the regular season at the State Championships. The Lady Dinos collected three State titles in the 400, 800, and sprint medley relay to cap off what was, by all estimations, a fantastic season. In Unified events, Carbon also claimed two more state titles.
After the State Championships, Coach Jimmy Jewkes stopped by Drive Time Sports to discuss what to look forward to next year.
“The thing is, when you have a group of seniors like we had this year, that really lead the program in a good way, and are mentoring kids. Max Carlson, what he did in the 400 this year, he’s got some of these younger kids that are emulating him. Monson Loveless was one of those kids who could step up and do some things for us down the road. You get Gianna White, that’s helping mentor these kids, you get one more year with Roz (Stowe), the thing that’s been most impressive with that girl is, she’s developed some leadership abilities, those girls they love her, and she’s a very big part of the team and the friendships and stuff. These kids want to run for each other, they want to jump for each other, they want to throw for each other, they really want to come together, and that’s where the depth of a program is built. We’ve got some young talent that didn’t even make it to state, that will make it to state next year, no doubt in my mind.”
Below are recaps of the 2025 Carbon High track and field season.
March 8- Red Rock Invitational @ Moab
The Carbon and Emery track squads started the season in Moab at the Grand Invitational. Ten schools from around the state landed at Grand County High School. After two days of competition, the Lady Dinos finished in fourth place, while the boys’ team claimed third. For the Spartans, the girls earned a third-place finish, while the boys landed in tenth.
Cedar Valley landed first on the boys’ side, with Uintah claiming second. Carbon, North Sevier, and San Juan rounded out the top five. The Spartans came in tenth place.
Maxwell Carlson claimed the top finish in the 400 meters for the Dinos with his time of 52.45. Michael Weber finished in fourth place in the 3200 meters. Weber also finished seventh in the 1600 and ninth in the 800. Dallin Humes also had a great day in distances, with a fifth-place finish in the 800 and sixth in the 1600. Carter Branch had a great day in the hurdles, with fourth place in the 110-meter hurdles and fifth place in the 300-meter hurdles. Branch would go on to earn fourth place in the high jump. Riley Palmer earned sixth in the 300 hurdles, and Monson Loveless finished tenth. Matthew Stromness went eighth, Bracken Hansen ninth in 3200, and Carson Taylor finished ninth in 300 hurdles. Kayden Vasquez took tenth in the 100-meter and relays. The Carbon team finished second in the 4×100 and third in the 4×400.
Field events were kind to Carbon as well. Stetson Holden claimed second place in the discus, and Cedric Johnson finished sixth. Four Dinos finished in the top 10 of the long jump, with Dexter Packard taking second, Benjamin Simms in fifth, Traxton Jewkes in sixth, and Vasquez in ninth. Jewkes also tied teammate Branch for fourth in the high jump with Monson Loveless and Andrew Loveless tying for eighth. Jared Bryson was fifth in the javelin, Packard earned sixth, and Vayln Unsworth took ninth in the shot put.
Cedar Valley won the girls’ division, followed by Uintah in second. Emery, Carbon, and North Sevier completed the top five.
Roz Stowe claimed a pair of second-place finishes for the Lady Dinos in the 800 and 1600. Brettlee Kennedy took third, and Becky Black took fourth in the 3200. Three Lady Dinos finished in the top ten in the 200 meters: Brooklyn Lowe finished sixth, Malia Smith came in ninth, and Emma Bowman took tenth. Lowe also earned a tenth-place finish in the 100. Rebecca Swasey claimed seventh place in the 300-meter hurdles, with Elsie Morley taking eighth and Josie Jespersen landing in tenth. Jespersen finished the 100-meter hurdles in ninth. The Carbon 4×100 relay team finished second, and the 4×400 relay team took third.
In field events, Morley claimed a second-place finish in the long jump. In the high jump, Emily Dufour took fourth place. Lowe finished fifth in the shot put, and Swasey went sixth in the javelin.
Click HERE for complete results of the Grand Invitational.
The Dino track and field team welcomed 29 teams (14 boys and 15 girls) to Carbon High School for the annual Farm Bureau Invitational. When all was said and done, the Carbon girls earned a second-place finish while the boys’ team finished fifth.
The Farm Bureau Invite has become a tradition as the season’s first meet at Carbon High, regardless of the weather. They will also be hosting two more meets this year, the Eastern Utah Championships and Region 12 Championships, set for later this season.
The Union Cougars earned the top spot in the girls’ division with 134 points, followed by the Lady Dinos with 101. Richfield (85), North Summit (59.5), and Uintah (51.5) made up the top five.
Top finishes for the Lady Dinos include Gianna White’s first-place finish in the 400 meters with her time of 1:04.11, just tenths of a second ahead of Juan Diego runner Ella Kerrigan, who finished second in her time of 1:04.51
Roz Stowe claimed two top finishes. In the 800, she crossed the finish line at 2:24.14, a full 11 seconds ahead of River White of Union, and her time of 2:35.48. Stowe also bested White in the 1600, finishing in 5:20.06 ahead of the Union Cougars’ time of 5:22.60.
Carbon also grabbed three top-two finishes in three relays at the event. The team of Rebecca Swasey, Elsie Morely, Gianna White, and Stowe earned first in the 4×400 relay, turning in a time of 4:19.83, and another top finish in the sprint medley relay as Brooklyn Lowe and Malia Smith joined White and Stowe. The Lady Dino team of Morely, Smith, Lowe, and Ivy Beecher finished seconds off the pace set by Union for second.
Carbon’s Emily Dufour earned a second-place finish in the high jump at 5-0.0, behind Union’s Lisa Richards, who took first with 5-4.0.
Union won the boys’ division with 120.5, and Uintah was second with 78. Richfield (76), Juab (67), and Carbon (66.5) comprised the remainder of the top five.
Carter Branch earned first-place honors in the high jump with 5-11.0, and Traxton Jewkes claimed fifth. Branch would also take third in the 300-meter hurdles with his time of 44.15. Max Carlson finished just off the pace in second with a time of 51.63, behind Ridge Olsen of Union and his time of 51.39 in the 400 meters, and Evan Criddle came in second with a time of 2:08.25 in the 300 meters.
Carbon would go on to claim two third-place finishes in two relays. In the 4×400, Branch, Carlson, Dallin Humes, and Tanner Harker turned in a time of 3:47.53, behind Richfield (3:41.12) and Duchesne (3:44.53). The sprint relay was Andrew Loveless, Monson Loveless, Michael Weber, and Harker with 4:03.63.
March 21- San Juan County Invitational @ Blanding
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 McKinlee 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, turning 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 also kind to the Carbon boys, 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.
Click HERE for the complete results of the San Juan Invitational.
March 28- Strata Invitational @ Roosevelt
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; Harley Hope claimed sixth in the discus, and Ella Morley 10th.
Click HERE for the complete results of the Strata Invitational.
April 11- Juab Five Team Invitational @ Nephi
Dino track and field took to the road, traveling to Nephi for the Juab Five Team invite. It was a good day for both teams, as the boys finished in first place, and the Lady Dinos took second.
Carbon took first on the boys’ side, scoring 175 points, followed by Richfield with 142. Host Juab (136), Box Elder (122), and Emery (20) made up the rest of the field.
Distances were once again where Carbon made up some ground. In the 400, Maxwell Carlson took first with his time of 50.79. Andrew Loveless finished in fifth. Michael Weber took first in the 800, turning in a time of 2:04.81. Dallin Humes came in fourth and would also finish third in the 1600. The Dinos claimed spots two through five in the 3200; Matthew Stromness took second, Weber third, Bracken Hanson fourth, and Josiah Trostle fifth.
In other individual events, Bradley Sweeney earned a first-place finish in the 300-meter hurdles, turning in a time of 43.27; Carter Branch finished in third, and Carson Taylor fourth. Carbon dominated in the 110-meter hurdles, with Branch taking second; Riley Palmer finished third, Sweeney fourth, and Loveless fifth.
Carbon would earn a pair of second-place and a fourth-place finish in relays. The 4×400 was a second-place finish, and then again in the sprint relay medley, Tanner Harker, Benjamin Simms, Carlson, and Weber. The fourth-place finish came in the 4×100 with the team of Dexter Packard, Kayden Vasquez, Ethan Prettyman, and Simms.
Packard earned a second-place finish in the long jump, with Deagan Richard finishing fifth. Branch would take second, Traxton Jewkes third, and Monson Loveless fifth in the high jump.
For the girls, the team from Richfield, with 197 points, took the top spot; Carbon finished second with 161.5. Box Elder (94.5), Emery (78), and host Juab (44) rounded out the field.
The Lady Dinos were also strong in distances, as Gianna White finished second and Emma Bowman third just off Gentry Christiansen of Emery and her pace of 1:00.60. Roz Stowe claimed a first-place finish in the 800 with a time of 2:21.20. Stowe would also take second in the 1600. In the 3200, Carbon’s Josie Yates finished second. Alexandria Bryner took fourth, Hayley Jones fifth, and Kaylee Pitcher sixth.
Brooklyn Lowe finished second in the 100, with Ivy Beecher taking fourth; Lowe also took fourth in the 200. McKinlie Sharp was second in the 100-meter hurdles, and Josie Jespersen came in fifth in the 300-meter hurdles.
The Lady Dinos earned a pair of first-place finishes and a second-place finish in relays. In the 4×100, the team of Beecher, Lowe, Malia Smith, and Emma Bowman turned in a time of 52.06, and in the sprint medley relay, Lowe, Smith, White, and Stowe ran to another first-place finish with a time of 4:13.89. In the 4×400, Rebecca Swasey, Elsie Morley, White, and Stowe took second.
In field events, Swasey took the top spot in the Javelin. Emily Dufour earned first in the high jump, and Elsie Morley took second in the long jump.
Click HERE for the complete results for the Juab Five Team Invitational.
April 16- Darrell Gardner Invitational @ Emery
The Carbon track and field squad made their annual trip to Emery High for the Darrell Gardner Invitational. Carbon earned the top spot out of 12 teams in the boys’ division, and the Lady Dinos took second in the girls’ division out of nine teams.
North Summit finished first on the girls’ side with 153.0; Carbon landed second with 117.5. Emery (102), Monticello (67.5), and North Sanpete (49.0) rounded out the top five.
The Lady Dino relay teams took two first-place finishes in the races they participated in. In the 4×100, the team of Ivy Beecher, Malia Smith, Brooklyn Lowe, and Emma Bowman crossed the finish line with a time of 51.74. Then, in the 4×400, Bowman was joined by Rebecca Swasey, Elsie Morley, and Gianna White to take the top spot with a time of 4:12.05.
Bowman finished second in the 100 meters, followed by Beecher and Lowe, who tied for third. McKinlie Sharp finished third in the 100-meter hurdles, and Lowe took second in the 200. Josie Jespersen claimed a fourth-place finish in the 300-meter hurdles.
In distances, White took second in the 400, while Haley Jones claimed fifth place in the 800. Josie Yates finished third in the 1600, followed by Jones in fourth. Yates also earned fourth in the 3200.
Lowe claimed second in the shot put in field events, and Sharp finished fourth in the high jump.
The Carbon boys earned first place in their division with 135 points, and North Summit took second with 110. North Sanpete (168), Bryce Valley (49.5), and Monticello (42.5) made up the top five.
Carbon collected points in distances, with Max Carlson taking first in the 400 with his time of 50.21. Michael Weber earned a first-place finish in the 1600, turning in a 4:47.02; Evan Criddle finished fourth, and Samuel Willson fifth. Bracken Hanson finished third in the 3200.
In other individual events, Carter Branch finished second in the 110-meter hurdles, followed by Riley Palmer, Bradley Sweeney, and Andrew Loveless, as the Dinos finished second through fifth. In the 300 hurdles, Sweeney finished in second and Branch took fourth. Kayden Vasquez claimed fourth in the 100-meter.
In relays, Dexter Packard, Deagan Richards, Benjamin Simms, and Vasquez tied for second in the 4×100, and Sweeney, Branch, Carlson, and Carson Taylor ran to a second-place finish in the 4×400.
Packard earned a top finish in the long jump, with Richards finishing second, and Simms taking fifth. Branch finished in fourth place in the high jump.
Click HERE for complete results of the Darrell Gardner Invitational.
April 18- Eastern Utah Championships @ Carbon
Carbon track and field welcomed schools throughout the region to the Eastern Utah Championships on Friday. Fifteen schools participated in the boys and girls divisions, and Carbon earned second-place finishes in both.
Union claimed the top spot in the boys’ division, scoring 171 points, and Carbon was in second with 128. Uintah (96.5), San Juan (60.5), and Milford (27) rounded out the top five.
Kayden Vasquez earned first place in the 100 meters with his time of 11.29. Bradley Sweeney had a successful day in both hurdle competitions. In the 300-meter hurdles, he finished second, followed by Carter Branch, and in the 110-meter hurdles, he finished third, followed by Riley Palmer in fourth.
In distances, Maxwell Carlson claimed first with a time of 51.66. Michael Weber took fifth in the 800, and Dallin Humes went fifth in the 1600.
The Carbon boys’ team competed in three relays and claimed one first-place finish and two second-place finishes. In the 4×400, Humes, Sweeney, Carlson, and Andrew Loveless crossed the finish in first with their time of 3:39.18. Dexter Packard, Vasquez, Deagan Richards, and Benjamin Simms took second in the 4×100, and then in the sprint medley relay, Simms, Tanner Harker, Carlson, and Weber ran to a second-place finish.
Traxton Jewkes earned a second-place finish in the high jump, followed by Branch in third. Stetson Holden finished fifth in the discus. In the long jump, Packard took third.
Union also earned first place for the girls, scoring 172 points, with Carbon finishing in second at 108.5. Uintah (72), Monticello (48), and Grand (47.5) made up the top five.
The Lady Dinos were all about distances and relays at the event. Gianna White started things in the 400 with her time of 1:00.51, Emma Bowman finished in second, and Elsie Morley came in fifth. In the 800, Roz Stowe took first in her time of 2:17.01; she would finish in second in the 1600 and third in the 3200. Rebecca Swasey, Elsie Morley, Bowman, and White finished first in the 4×400, turning in a time of 4:15.30. Ivy Beecher, Malia Smith, Brooklyn Lowe, and Bowman took second in the 4×100, and in the sprint medley relay, Lowe, Smith, White, and Stowe earned a second-place finish as well.
In individual events, Lowe finished fourth in the 100 meters and fifth in the 200 meters, and Josie Jespersen claimed a fifth-place finish in the 300-meter hurdles.
In field events, Rebecca Swasey finished fourth in the javelin, McKinlie Sharp took fifth in the long jump, and Emily Dufour finished fifth in the high jump.
Click HERE for the complete results for the Eastern Utah Championships.
April 26- Delta Signature Real Estate Invitational @ Delta
Carbon track and field was on the road in Delta for the Signature Real Estate Invitational. The Lady Dinos took the top spot at the meet, and the boys finished in fifth.
Carbon grabbed first place in the girls’ division with 119.5 points; South Sevier took second with 109. Manti (69) and North Sanpete tied for third, and Delta (40) rounded out the top five.
For the Lady Dinos, they collected their points in distances and relays. Gianna White crossed the finish line in 59.87 to claim the top spot in the 400; Emma Bowman finished fourth. Roz Stowe is hitting her stride at the right time, taking first in the 800 with a time of 2:17.71 and then in the 1600 with a time of 5:04.41. Josie Yates finished the race in fifth. Yates would go on to take first in the 3200, turning in a time of 12:34.59.
In relays, the 4×100 team of Elsie Morley, Malia Smith, Brooklyn Lowe, and Bowman finished first with a time of 51.55. In the 4X400, Bowman, Morley, Stowe, and White claimed first at 4:09.89.
In individual events, Smith placed second in the 100 meters, Lowe took third in the 200 meters, Smith took fifth, and McKinlie Sharp placed second in the 100-meter hurdles. Emily Dufour finished in second in the high jump with a height of 5-3.
On the boys’ side, the Juab Wasps took first with 124.5 points; host Delta took second with 91. Millard (53.5), North Sanpete (50), and Carbon (47) made up the rest of the top five.
Like the Lady Dinos, the boys’ team did well in relays and distances. Dallin Humes finished the 1600 in third place, and Matthew Stromness took fifth in the 3200.
In the 4×100, the Dino team of Dexter Packard, Kayden Vasquez, Ethan Prettyman, and Benjamin Simms landed second, while Humes, Evan Criddle, Andrew Loveless, and Tanner Harker took third in the 4×400.
Carbon was successful in field events as well. Packard earned first place in the long jump with 20-11.5, and Traxton Jewkes took second in the high jump with his height of 6-3.
Click HERE for the complete results of the Delta Signature Real Estate Invitational.
May 2- BYU Invitational
The Carbon High track and field team traveled to Brigham Young University last Friday to participate in the BYU Invitational. With the regular season winding down, this was just a primer for postseason competition. Out of over 50 teams in the girls division, the Lady Dinos earned a 16th place overall finish but took third among 3A Schools.
Carbon coach Jimmy Jewkes was recently a guest on KOAL’s Drivetime Sports and was asked if this meet, which included schools from 1A to 6A, is a good gauge of the team’s current standing heading into the postseason.
“It really is, because we go against some of the top competition, they’re not just going up against some of the top teams in Utah, they’re going up against some of the top teams in the western United States.”
Snow Canyon finished the meet in first with 69 points; Pine View was in second with 59. Union (39), Park City (32), Lone Peak (32), and Mountain Ridge (30) rounded out the top five. Carbon tied for 16th with Emmit High School out of Idaho with 14 points.
Roz Stowe earned fifth place in the 800 meters. Stowe has been slowly building up to the postseason, and according to Jewkes, she may be hitting her stride at the perfect time.
“We’ve been bringing her along a little bit differently than we have in the past, and a lot of coaches have talked to me about it, and what we’re doing, but look out, because we’re right on schedule for her to have another breakthrough.”
The Lady Dino team of Brooklyn Lowe, Malia Smith, Gianna White, Stowe, and Emma Bowman blew away the field on their way to a new school record in the sprint medley relay with a time of 4:09.80, almost twenty seconds ahead of Riverton, which finished second.
While the boys’ team didn’t score any points, they still put in some great performances. Max Carlson turned in a personal best time of 50.01 in the 400 meters. Carter Branch finished tied for 18th in the high jump with a height of 6’1″. Branch and Andrew Loveless also had personal bests in the 300 hurdles.
Click HERE for the complete results for the BYU Invitational.
May 7- Region 12 Championships @ Carbon
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.
Click HERE for complete results of the Region 12 Championships.
May 15- UHSAA State Championships @ BYU
Two Carbon Unified track and field team members were crowned State Champions for their efforts at the championships, taking place at Brigham Young University. Eliza Haddock is the 2025 State Champion in the 50 meters, and Kelcy Richards is the State Champion in the javelin at the Unified meet.
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Haddock took part in the 50-meter, taking first place in a time of 11.87 to earn first place. She also took second in the shot put with a distance of 15-10.0. Haddock earned a third-place finish in the javelin.
Richards earned her State Championship in the javelin. She also finished fourth in the shot put at 10-8.25.
Congratulations to these two State Champions for Carbon Unified.
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.
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