As expected, both Lobo track teams dominated the divisional track meet held on Friday and Saturday at Deer Valley High School. Snowflake’s boys team scored 110 team points, claiming first place by a comfortable margin over second place Valley Christian with 78, and third-place Thatcher with 59.
The Lady Lobos won by nearly 100 points. They finished with 173.5. Benjamin Franklin was a distant second with 76. Valley Christian, and ALA West Foothills tied for third, each with 75 team points.
Snowflake had multiple divisional champions in individual events.
Jacob LaDuke placed first in the 100-meter final with a time of 11.07. Karter Raban was 14th.
In the 200-meter, Christian Smith was second with a time of 22.27. Jacob LaDuke finished third in 22.45 and Gionn Jones was eighth in 23.23.
In the 400-meter, Gionn Jones placed fourth in the finals with a time of 49.74.
In the 800-meter, Trevin Flake finished 20th with a time of 2:05.22. Joshua Orr was 23rd in 2:05.87.
In the 110-meter hurdles, Ryder Hall placed sixth with a time of 15.85. Conover Pitts was 10th in 16.97. Chayce Ballard finished 14th in 17.38, and Seth Lancaster was 22nd in 18.87.
In the 300-meter hurdles, Conover Pitts finished third in 39.97. Chayce Ballard was fourth in 40.15, Colter Willis was 15th in 43.56 and Corwin Larson was 22nd in 47.40.
Snowflake won the 4×100-meter relay with the quartet of Karter Raban, Gionn Jones, Christian Smith and Jacob LaDuke crossing the line in 42.25.
In the 4×400-meter relay, Christian Smith, Trevin Flake, Conover Pitts and Gionn Jones finished third with a time of 3:22.33.
In the 4×800-meter relay, Joshua Orr, Mason Raban, Seth Lancaster and Trevin Flake combined to place fourth with a time of 8:20.07.
In the shot put, Andrew Bentley was third with a distance of 48-08.25. Brock Bjornn was 10th with 43-09, and Ethan Christensen was 21st with 36-09.
In the discus, Cody Flake placed 11th with a throw of 124-01. Andrew Bentley was 14th with 121-03 and Brent White placed 17th with 117-04.
In the javelin, Cody Potter placed second with a throw of 157-07, Colter Willis was third with 154-04,
In the high jump, Ryder Hall placed second, clearing the bar at 6-07.
In the pole vault, Greg Wegleitner was fifth with a height of 13-00. Seth Lancaster finished 14th with 11-00.
In the long jump, Ryder Hall placed fourth with a distance of 21-04. Chayce Ballard was 14th with 19-07, Conover Pitts was 16th with 19-05 and Colter Willis was 24th with 16-11.50.
In the triple jump, Ryder Hall placed second, covering a distance of 43-11. Cody Potter was 17th with 36-09.5.
In the girls 100-meter, Kaytlin LaDuke placed first with a time of 12.27. Rebecca Ballard was seventh in 13.17.
In the 200-meter, Kaytlin LaDuke made it a double, taking first place with a time of 25.23. Mariah Tingey was eighth in 27.22.
In the 400-meter, Hailey Jones took the top spot with a time of 59.01. Evalyn Perez was close behind in second place in 1:00.65. Abigail Williams was 17th in 1:05.53 and Aubree Denhalter was 18th with a time of 1:05.62.
In the 800-meter, Evalyn Perez placed fifth with a time of 2:21.01. Maya Layton was 24th in 2:46.58.
In the 1600-meter, Addie Craner placed 17th with a time of 5:34.09.
In the 100-meter hurdles, Kaytlin LaDuke won her third event, placing first with a time of 14.75. Mariah Tingey was eighth in 18.12. Rachel Larson was 10th in 17.45 and Ryah Denhalter finished 17th in 18.21.
In the 300-meter hurdles, Jayci Ballard was third with a time of 45.97. Hailey Jones was fourth in 47.00, Mariah Tingey was seventh with 48.28, and Avie Brimhall finished 14th with a time of 50.85.
The combo of Rebecca Ballard, Hailey Jones, Mariah Tingey and Emma Brimhall placed third in the 4×100-meter relay with a time of 50.37.
Snowflake took first in the 4×400-meter relay with Jayci Ballard, Nicole Hipps, Evalyn Perez and Hailey Jones finishing in 3:59.24.
In the 4×800-meter relay, Snowflake also took first place. Aubree Denhalter, Addie Craner, Evalyn Perez and Jayci Ballard ran a time of 9:44.79.
In the shot put, Rachel Larson was second with a toss of 36-10.5. Nicole Hipps finished third with 34-11.75, Mairead Stradling was fourth with 34-03.5.
In the discus, Ranell West placed sixth with a throw of 104.03. Rebekah Frost was 15th with 82-04. Klaire Reidhead was 20th with 80-09.
In the javelin, Bryn Kupfer was second with a throw of 119-01. Ryah Denhalter placed fourth with 107-07.
In the high jump, Bryn Kupfer claimed first place, clearing the bar at 5-04. Hailee Westover was fourth at 5-00, Nicole Hipps was sixth at 4-10, and Aubree Denhalter was 13th with 4-08.
In the pole vault, Emily Perez placed sixth with a height of 9-06.
In the long jump, Kaytlin LaDuke took second place with a jump of 17-01.5. Jayci Ballard was fourth with 16-07.75. Ellie Huish was 11th with 15-04, and Bryn Kupfer finished 22nd with 14-06.75.
In the triple jump, Nicole Hipps placed fifth, covering a distance of 34-01.75. Bryn Kupfer was fifth with 33-08, Rachel Larson was 13th with a distance of 31-09, and Rebecca Ballard was 23rd with a distance of 29-11.
Those Lobo athletes who finished in the top six in their divisional events, or the top eight overall times or distances from qualifying meets during the season, will have one final track meet at the State Championship Meet, which will be held this weekend at Mesa Community College.
