Joseph City finished the Division IV state track meet with 25 team points on the boys side placing them 11th.
Talon Smith qualified in the 1600 meter run where he finished as a state champion. Smith’s winning time of 4:28.21 was nearly two seconds ahead of the second place finisher. Smith also finished fifth in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:02.11.
Smith and Matt Fields joined a 4×800 meter relay team in competition, finishing 10th with a time of 8:46.59.
Fields qualified in four events. His best finish was in the triple jump where he placed fourth with a distance of 42-10. He was fifth in the shot put with a distance of 44-06. In the discus, Fields finished in seventh place with a throw of 126-10. Fields also qualified for state in the long jump, but he failed to achieve a score in that event.
On the girls side of the ledger, Kaylie Gardner finished with seven team points. Gardner was the only female to qualify for the Wildcats. Like Fields, she qualified in four events. Gardner placed sixth in the 400 meter run with a time of 1:03.51. In the 800 meter run she placed 22nd with a time of 2:35.51. Gardner’s third event was the 1600 meter run where she also placed 22nd with a finishing time of 6:01.42. Her fourth qualified event was the 300 meter hurdles where she placed fifth with a time of 49.70.
