By Greg Perkins Competing in their final track meet prior to the state meet, Holbrook’s track athletes had one final chance to earn qualifying marks to advance to the state meet, which will be held at Desert Vista High School on May 14 and 15. Joining 13 other teams at Snowflake’s Last Chance Qualifying meet held on Saturday, the Roadrunners placed eighth in boys, with 19 team points and they were seventh in girls with 45.5 team points. All athletes will find out on Thursday if they qualify for any events at the state track meet. Kyle Jones placed seventh in the 100-meter dash and fifth in the 200-meter. Josh Pack was second in the 400-meter dash. Jones finished sixth in that event, Jeff Goldtooth was 17th and Reid Nez placed 20th. In the 800-meter run, Preston Edwards was sixth; Joshua Pack, seventh; Luis Quintana, ninth; and Damien Clark placed 15th. In the 1600-meter run, Damien Clark finished third; Kenneth Nez, fourth; and Tristen Attakai was 19th. In the 3200-meter run Damon Attakai placed fourth. The quartet of Joshua Pack, Damien Clark, Preston Edwards and Damon Attakai placed second in the 4×800-meter relay with a time of 8:36.66. In the shot put, Jace Allison was 17th; Ben Meeks, 22nd; Slade Allison, 24th; and Mason Hawk placed 25th. In the discus, Jace Allison was 16th; Ben Meeks, 21st; Slade Allison, 22nd; and Mason Hawk finished 25th. In the long jump, Luis Quintana finished 16th. In the girls 100-meter dash, Caytlyn Begay was 23rd and Shan Footracer placed 25th. In the 200-meter, Mylee Demuth was 17th; Caytlyn Begay, 21st; and Shan Footracer was 23rd. In the 400-meter, Demuth placed ninth and Caytlyn Begay was 13th. In the 800-meter, Raelle Yazzie finished 12th. In the 1600-meter run, Abigayle Nez was third; Raelle Yazzie, 8th; and Terry Nez finished 19th. In the 3200-meter run, Abigayle Nez finished third. Kelly Hill, Abigayle Nez, Mylee Demuth and Raelle Yazzie teamed up to place third in the 4×800-meter relay event with a time of 10:37.13. In the shot put, Shan Footracer was 18th and Terry Nez finished 20th. In the discus, Footracer was 14th and Nez placed 16th.
