Snowflake hosted their Last Chance Invitational meet on Wednesday, at Lobo Stadium. This event offered participants one final chance to qualify for the divisional meet to be held this weekend at Shadow Mountain High School.

The majority of Snowflake’s track athletes had already qualified throughout the regular season, but possibly a few earned those marks in different events. The Lobos easily won both the men’s and women’s divisions of the meet. The Lady Lobos finished with 242.75 team points, outdistancing second place Show Low by a massive margin. The Cougars scored 96.2 points. Round Valley was third with 66, Blue Ridge was fourth with 61, and Winslow placed fifth with 48 team points.

Snowflake scored 165.75 team points to win the men’s division. Round Valley was a distant second with 89, finishing just ahead of third place Payson’s 88.75. Show Low was fourth, and Westwood placed fifth.

As they have done throughout the track season, Snowflake did quite well in individual events.

In the boys 100-meter, Snowflake swept the top three spots. Jacob LaDuke was first with a time of 10.69. Christian Smith was second and Otto Mills placed third. Mason Raban finished 18th.

In the 200-meter, the same trio took the top three spots again. LaDuke won with a time of 21.91. Smith was second and Mills placed third. Jarrett Bjornn finished 15th.

In the 400-meter, Carter Rogers placed 10th with a time of 55.34. Landon Scott was 19th and Kaige Webb 20th.

In the 800-meter, John Young finished 16th with a time of 2:12.16. Brayden Bentley was 24th and Logan Jones was 34th.

In the 1600-meter, John Young finished seventh with a time of 4:48.15. Logan Jones was 22nd, Scott Brinton was 26th and Calen Wilkins was 29th.

In the 3200-meter, Talmage Flake finished 17th with a time of 12:20.65. Eli Hargrave was 23rd, Dean Rhoton was 25th and Grayson Wells placed 27th.

In the 110-meter hurdles, Conover Pitts placed second with a time of 15.53. Corwin Larson was third and Colter Willis was sixth.

In the 300-meter hurdles, Conover Pitts took first with a time of 39.01. Seth Lancaster was third, Corwin Larson was sixth and Colter Willis placed 12th.

The quartet of Otto Mills, Gionn Jones, Christian Smith and Jacob LaDuke placed seventh in the 4×100 meter relay with a time of 48.44.

In the 4×400-meter relay, John Young, Carter Rogers, Eli Willis and Conover Pitts finished fifth with a time of 3:41.34.

In the shot put, Jaxon Reidhead was ninth with a toss of 41-05. Ziggy Ulberg placed 11th, Kael Birdno was 17th and Cody Potter was 19th.

In the discus, Ulberg finished fifth with a throw of 129-10. Reidhead was sixth, Carson Kupfer was 11th and Birdno placed 17th.

In the javelin, Cody Potter captured the top spot with a throw of 160-06. Calvin Hansen was third, Eli Willis was fourth and Kody Burk was ninth.

In the high jump, Ryder Hall cleared the bar at 6-09 to take first place. Calvin Hansen was seventh, Rhett Hipps was 15th and Graham Rogers placed 17th.

In the pole vault, Benjamin Davis was 12th, getting up and over 11-03.

In the long jump, Eli Willis placed first with a distance of 20-08.5. Conover Pitts was third and Colter Willis was fifth.

In the triple jump, Rhett Hipps placed third traveling a distance of 39-06.5. Cody Potter was fourth, Jacob VanVleet was fifth and Emmett Hancock was 20th.

The Lady Lobos dominated the event winning 11 separate events at the meet.

In the girls 100-meter, Rebecca Ballard placed first with a time of 12.4. Emma Brimhall was third, Olivia Mowers was 12th and Kimee Johnson was16th.

In the 200-meter, Hailey Jones took the top spot with a time of 26.05. Rebecca Ballard was fourth, Emma Brimhall was sixth and Olivia Mowers was 13th.

In the 400-meter, Kinzie Flake placed third with a time of 1:03.61. Aubree Denhalter was fourth, Kimee Johnson was seventh and Macy Hansen was eighth.

In the 800-meter, Kimee Johnson placed 10th with a time of 2:42.42.

In the 1600-meter, Mallory Caldwell was 11th with a time of 6:05.26. Grace Prestwich was 20th, Hadley Flake was 27th and Brielle Reidhead placed 30th.

In the 100-meter hurdles the Lady Lobos took four of the top five spots. Jayci Ballard won with a time of 15.19. Bryn Kupfer was second, Mariah Tingey was third and Ryah Denhalter was fifth.

In the 300-meter hurdles, Jayci Ballard also won with a time of 43.72. Hailey Jones was second, Mariah Tingey was third and Brooklyn Davis finished sixth.

Snowflake won the 4×100-meter relay with a time of 47.89. Emma Brimhall, Rebecca Ballard, Mariah Tingey and Hailey Jones ran the event.

They also won the 4×400-meter relay with a time of 4:03.29. Jayci Ballard, Mariah Tingey, Bryn Kupfer and Hailey Jones teams up for this win.

The team made it a relay trifecta by winning the 4×800 meter relay as well. Brooklyn Davis, Grace Prestwich, Emree Mowers and Aubree Denhalter combined to run a time of 10:23.41.

In the shot put, Josie Clare placed second with a toss of 35-01. Mairead Stradling was third, Ranell West was fourth, and Ryah Denhalter was sixth.

In the discus, Ranell West took the honors with a throw of 126-09. Kalre Reidhead was third, Moira Stradling was fourth and Rebekah Frost placed 12th.

In the javelin, Bryn Kupfer placed third with a distance of 115-02. Ranell West was fourth, Emree Mowers was 11th and Kinzie Flake was 13th.

In the high jump, Bryn Kupfer placed first, clearing a height of 5-05. Ryah Denhalter was third, Josie Clare was sixth and Aubree Denhalter placed eighth.

In the pole vault, Amry Cardon placed first, getting over the bar at 9-03. Leisl Shumway was fifth, Joee Nichols was seventh and Josie Clare 19th.

In the long jump, Jayci Ballard placed first with a jump of 18-01. Addie Martin finished fourth.

In the triple jump, Ryah Denhalter placed sixth, covering a distance of 32-09. Rebecca Ballard was seventh and Addie Martin was eighth.

All those who have attained qualifying marks in their respective events will participate in the divisional meet on Friday and Saturday. Forty-four schools from around the state compete in Division IV of track and field.