Hosting 18 teams at their invitational meet last Friday, Joseph City’s athletes finished fifth in the boys’ competition and 11th in the girls’ division.
Bourgade Catholic paced the boys’ teams with 98 points, finishing just two ahead of second place Round Valley. Chinle finished third with 81 followed by St. Johns in fourth with 67 and the Wildcats in fifth with 63.
Monument Valley won the girls’ division with 120 team points. St. Johns finished second with 89. Bourgade Catholic with 62, Mogollon with 49.5 and Round Valley with 47 rounded out the top five.
In the boys’ 400 meter dash, Seth Hutchens finished 17th with a time of 1:02.79.
In the 800 meter run, Seth Hutchens was sixth in 2:18.63 and Jacob Bushman was 10th in 2:25.43.
In the 1600 meter run, Talon Smith finished second with a time of 4:41.51 and Jacob Bushman was sixth.
In the 3200 meter run, Talon Smith placed third with a time of 10:23.37.
In the 110 meter hurdles, Matt Fields placed second with a time of 17.80.
In the shot put, Matt Fields took first place with a distance of 41-11; Adrian Baloo, fifth; and Brandon Yazzie, 15th.
In the discus, Matt Fields once again placed first with a throw of 139-06; Adrian Baloo, eighth; and Brandon Yazzie, 25th.
Matt Fields made it a trifecta by winning the triple jump with a distance of 42-02.
In the girls’ 100 meter dash, Sari Murdock was 19th with a time of 16.25 and Brooklyn Rogers was 28th.
In the 200 meter dash, Brooklyn Rogers was 23rd.
In the 400 meter dash, Kaylie Gardner finished second with a time of 1:06.95 and Abby Hunt placed 20th.
In the 800 meter run, Abby Hunt placed 12th with a time of 3:47.91.
In the 300 meter hurdles, Kaylie Gardner finished third with a time of 55.24.
In the shot put, Hailey Rush was 11th with a toss of 24-00; Taylor Fields, 25th; and Callie Pugh, 29th.
In the discus, Hailey Rush was sixth with a throw of 72-02; Taylor Fields, 18th; and Callie Pugh, 20th.
In the long jump, Sari Murdock placed 20th with a jump of 11-05.5.
