WCHS track teams sweep 3-way meet
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In the girls’ meet, the Lady Pioneers accumulated 66 points, while Lincoln County had 31 and Franklin County scored 24. The Pioneer boys finished with 61 points, edging Franklin County’s 59 and finishing well ahead of Lincoln County, which had 16 points.
Individual top finishers from WCHS included distance runner Jared Dodds, who won the 3,200-meter run as well as the 1,600 and 800. Russell Grizzle took third in the 3,200 and 1,600, and was second in the 800. Lindsey Clayton picked up a victory for the Lady Pioneers in the 800, and was a member of the 4×200 relay team, taking second along with teammates Ashley Sweeton, Yaima Rodriguez and Kayla Freeman.
John Jurek won the 400 meters, and teamed with Chris Weitzel, Jacob Lee and Sam McKelvey to win the 4×400 relay. The Lady Pioneers also won that event, with Dakota Tinney, Taylor Hennessee, Ashley Sweeton and Lauren Lytle capturing first place.
Freeman, Hennessee, Lytle and Tinney won the 4×100, and Freeman took first in the 100-meter dash, while Jurek was second on the boys’ side of that event.
Hennessee won the 300-meter hurdles, continuing her success in that event after setting a new school record a week before at the District 7-AAA meet. She also took third in the high jump at that meet.
In Thursday’s field events, Taylor Bain ‘ won took fifth in the shot put at the district meet ‘ won both the shot and discus titles, while Casey Solomon was second in both events. The Lady Pioneers’ Norma Ortiz won the shot, with Rebekah Tinsley taking first in the discus.
Hennessee won the girls’ high jump, with Lytle taking second, while Chris Weitzel was second in the boys’ high jump. In the long jump, Jurek and Tinney both came away with second-place finishes.