By Greg Perkins Snowflake’s track teams accomplished a goal they had been in search of all season when the boys and girls Lobo teams, coached by Lynn Johnson, came home state champions after competing in the Division III state track meet on Friday and Saturday at Desert Vista High School. The team title marked the third consecutive for the Lady Lobos and the boys’ title has now given them three of the past five, team crowns. Individually, Snowflake had several athletes earn valuable team points that collectively earned them all the label of state team champions. Snowflake did have a handful of individual event state champions as well. They dominated the girls’ relay events winning all three races. In the 4×100-meter relay, Kaelynn Hipps, Lydia Szabo, Eliza Gurr and Reagon Olson placed first in the finals with a time of 49.68. They had finished with the second-best time in the prelims but came back to win the finals. Caitlyn King, Alyssa Hall, Riley Toone and Mignon Ritz captured the best time in the 4×400-meter relay, placing first with a time of 4:05.95. They trimmed a full two seconds off their prelim time, which was also the best of the meet. Caitlyn King, Ryleigh Smith, Alyssa Hall and Mignon Ritz are the state champions in the 4×800 meter relay event. Reagan Olson earned the state title in the triple jump, covering a distance of 37-05.5. Trystan Hancock was fourth; Kadee Penrod, 12th; and Riley Toone finished 24th in the event. Lydia Szabo battled Sabino’s Eva Bruce throughout the meet. Szabo won the prelims of the 100-meter and the 200-meter, finishing just ahead of Bruce. But in the finals for each event, Lydia Szabo finished as the state runner-up. She was only .04 one-hundredths of a second behind in the 100-meter final with a time of 12.43. She was just .4 tenths of a second off the pace in the 200-meter final, finishing with a time of 25.21. Szabo also finished as the state runner-up in the 400m run with a time of 58.01. Alyssa Hall placed sixth in the 400-meter with a time of 1:01.6. In the 800-meter run, Mignon Ritz was fourth, with a time of 2:23.35. Caitlyn King was sixth and Ryleigh Smith finished seventh. In the 1600-meter run, Alyssa Hall was fifth, with a time of 5:25.25. In the 3200-meter run, Haddi Nichols finished ninth in 12:14.18. In the 100-meter hurdles, Azariah Foster was ninth; Kaylee Traver, 14th; and Jaidee Willis was 20th. In the 300-meter hurdles, Kaylee Traver placed 11th. In the shot put, Kaelynn Hipps was seventh and Zoey Ulberg finished 12th. In the javelin (which was held earlier in the week), Macee LeSueur was second; Kimberlee Eich, third; Jaidee Willis, sixth; and Kaelynn Hipps was 17th. In the high jump, Adelin Flake and Lily Lundberg tied for third place with each clearing a height of 5-02. Hannah Nichols was 14th, and Macey Gardner placed 21st. In the pole vault, Brooklyn Greer was seventh and Jessica Stepp finished 10th. In the long jump, Reagan Olson finished fourth; Riley Toone, 10th; and Trystan Hancock was 12th. Snowflake’s boys’ team won the team crown despite winning just one individual event. The quartet of Caleb Anson, Noah Fish, Trey Flake and Kaden Clark won the 4×800-meter relay event with a time of 8:05.36. In the 4×100-meter relay, Camden Brimhall, Heber Espinosa, Samuel Crockett and Mayson McKinlay finished eighth. In the 4×400-meter relay, Camden Brimhall, Heber Espinosa, Hunter Hall and Kaden Clark placed second with a time of 3:26.25. In the 100-meter dash, Mayson McKinlay was 10th. In the 400-meter dash, Heber Espinosa was ninth. In the 800-meter run, Caleb Anson placed fourth, with a time of 2:00.40. Noah Fish was 11th and Kaden Clark placed 12th. In the 1600-meter run, Caleb Anson placed fifth, with a time of 4:23.30. Trey Flake placed 21st. In the 110-meter hurdles, Camden Brimhall was eighth; Hunter Hall, ninth; Jordan Mowers, 16th; and Tyler Barberich was 22nd. In the 300-meter hurdles, Camden Brimhall was third; Hunter Hall, fifth; and Tyler Barberich was eighth. In the shot put, Bradly Ruiz placed fifth, and Clayton Smith was 24th. In the discus, Bradley Ruiz was third and Clayton Smith placed 12th. In the javelin, Tyler White finished as the state runner-up with a throw of 163-08. Tyler Clare was seventh; Mayson McKinlay, 11th; and Tate Hensley was 13th. In the high jump; Stuart West was third; Mason Hunt, seventh; and Mckay Wood finished eighth. In the pole vault, Aystin Flake and Mason Mortenson tied for 12th place. In the long jump, Mason Hunt was ninth and Mayson McKinlay finished 14th. In the triple jump, Hunter Hall placed fourth; Stuart West, 10th; Colton Davis, 11th; and Mason Hunt was 22nd. Snowflake wraps up a highly successful sports season. They were state champions in football, and state champions in boys’ and girls’ track. They finished as state runners-up in boys’ and girls’ basketball, as well as boys cross country. They were third in girls’ cross country, boys soccer and volleyball.
