On April 24, the Winslow Bulldog track and field hosted the 93rd Annual Winslow Invitational with 23 teams competing composed of over 500 athletes.
Prior to the running events starting, senior members of the WHS track and field team, Riley Alexander, Elyssa Chittenden, Jocelyn Farland, Tamia Haskie, Tatum Henling, Kaelynn Herder Patryce Lamayestewa, Courtlynn Tully, Harmony Yazzie, Jayden Albert, Brenden Barton, Tristan Begay, Dyllan Begishie, Rylan Bia, Lester Big, Joseph Captian, Leland Clark, Caleb Duran, Calan Ferrell, Damon Jumbo, Milo McCauley, Jonathan Perdue, Gino Quinones and Steffen Rogers were escorted onto the field by family members.
For the girls’ events, Snowflake took first place with 186 points. Blue Ridge came in second with 102.5 points and Flagstaff took third with 80.5 points. Winslow would place sixth with 53 points.
For the boys’ events Flagstaff took first place with 155 points, Snowflake took second with 126 points and Round Valley was third with 103 points. Winslow would finish in fourth with 72 points.
For the girls, in the long jump, Riley Alexander took second with 16’07”.
In the discus, Kaelynn Herder took second throwing 91 feet.
In the 400-meter, Tamia Haskie took third in 1:03.30.
For the boys, in the 200-meter, Gino Quinones took second in 23.25 and second in the 100-meter in 11.45.
In the shot put, Calen Ferrell took third with a throw of 46’04”.
The relay team of Noah Quinones, Johnathan Purdue, Caleb Duran and Gino Quinones took second in the 4×100 meter with a time of 44.36 and third in 4×400 meter in 3:39.89.
The relay team of Juelz Soke, Rylan Bia, Jayden Albert and Angel Machado took third in the 4×800 meter with a time of 8:34.83.
Congratulations to Milo McCauley who set a new school record in the javelin with a throw of 125′. The prior record set by Noah Upchurch was 120′ in 2018.
Snowflake boys and girls team were on fire with 14 first place finishes, three second places and eight third places.
