Track

North Sevier High School’s track and field team participated in the Kanab Invitational Saturday, March 19, with athletes performing well.

              “Our team performed very well in Kanab this weekend. We place 4th out of 18 teams overall. We have a lot of young kids on the team that are starting to see their potential and getting better every week. Our older kids our showing leadership and placing very well,” said Coach Eric Mason.

               The girls sprint medley team placed second and the boys third, and in the girls 100m hurdles Avery Smith placed 6^th with a 19.19 time in the trials and 5^th in the finals with a 19.17 time.  She also took 4^th in the 300m hurdles overall, and freshman Cale Torgerson took 8^th.  Sophomore Braxton Macart placed 19^th in the 300 hurdles.  Sophomore Jacob Johnson placed 9^th in the boys 110 hurdles and 11^th in the 800; sophomore Greyson Bennett placed 7^th in the 100m with Ethan Fielding in 16^th.  Sophomore Karla McCoy took 13^th in the 400m and Ethan Fielding 15^th and Coy Shaw 30^th.  Bennett also took 5^th in the 200 trials with a 24.65 time and 5^th in the finals at 24.67.

              The girls 4×100 team (Rilee Mason, Sadie Hallows, Kinsee Saling, and Mylie Shaw) placed 9^th, and the boys’ team (Greyson Bennett, Keaton Rosquist, Ethan Fielding, and Keaton Hallows) 5^th.  The girls 4×4 (Karla McCoy, Trey Torgerson, Cale Torgerson, and Avery Smith) took first and the boys’ 4×4 (Jacob Johnson, Ethan Fielding, Jesse Aitken and Aiden Crane) 7^th.

              Sophomore Ciarra Anderson took 8^th in the 1600 with a 6:23.38 time and Brooklin Goble 16^th coming in at 6:46.25.  Karla McCoy placed 4^th in the 800m with a 2:46.57 time and Ciarra Anderson 8^th at 2:52.62. 

              In the long jump, Greyson Bennett took 6^th with an 18-03.75 jump, and Keaton Rosquist 16^th 16-04.50.  Rosquist also placed 15^th in the high jump-tying with Jacob Johnson’s 5-04 height.  Senior Cauy Williams placed 4^th in the javelin and Jesse Aitken 20^th. Blaine Anderson placed 5^th in the javelin with a 33.46 throw, Clayton Duckworth 13^th, and Cauy Williams 17^th.  Blaine Anderson took 2^nd in the shot put and Cauy Williams 14^th.  Freshman Trey Torgerson placed 2^nd in the long jump with a 16-04.75 jump and Cale Torgerson placed 14^th, Kinsee Saling 19^th, and Ciarra Anderson 25^th. 

              Cale Torgerson and Trey Torgerson each jumped 5-00 in the high jump giving them 4^th and 5^th places, and junior Alli Mason placed 22^nd in the javelin and Brooklin Goble 25^th.  Mason took 4^th in the shot put with a 31.05 throw and 7^th in the discus.  Brooklin Goble took 13^th in the discus with junior Tiphane Marty 25^th.

              “We go to the Carbon High meet this Friday and hope to see kids perform very well,” said Coach Mason. “We do have some injuries we are nursing but that is expected early in the season after two track meets. We are excited about this team with 58 kids that came out and can’t wait to see their progress week after week.”