By LIZZY GORDON
On March 16, the track and field team competed in the Metro freshmen and sophomore conference at Showalter Field.
Alex King threw 26’ 6” in shot put, placing fifth place. King also placed fifth in the discus throw with 76’ 6”.
Claire Collins placed third in the girls 1600-meter run with 5:51.87 followed by Alexandra Sublette in fourth with 5:53.42. Sublette also placed fifth in the 800-meter run with 2:43.46.
In girl’s high jump, Jordan Crawford placed sixth with 4’ 2”, followed by Madison Henderson in seventh place with 4’. Crawford also placed third in the girls 400-meter run with 1:00.57 and ninth in the 200-meter dash with 27.48.
Leah Sikes placed seventh in the girls 3200-meter dash with 13:56.92, followed by Ariel DeAngelo in ninth place with 14:36.78.
Victoria Verzi placed second in the girl’s triple jump with 31’ 5.5”.
Jordan Whitmer placed fourth in girl’s pole vault with 6’ 6”.
Anthony Henders placed first in boy’s pole vault with 9’, followed by Robert Strange in third place with 8’.
Jared Hines placed fourth in the boys 1600-meter run 4:45.77. Hines broke a person record and placed second in the 3200-meter run with 9:52.75, followed by Ryan Harding in seventh with 10:56.92.
Luis Rivera came in first place for boy’s shot put, throwing 45’ 2”.
Melvin Torres took third place in discus with 111’ 1”, followed by Rivera in sixth with 103’ 10”.
Overall, the girls ranked seven out of 15 teams with 52 points; whereas the boys came in sixth with 52 points.
The next meet is March 20, at Showalter Field; it will start at 5 p.m.