Lowry High School seniors Rachel Garrison and Heather Hall went to the Reed Rotary Invitational on Friday, March 29, while the rest of the Lowry track team traveled to Battle Mountain for a meet last Saturday at Eleanor Lemaire Junior High.
The throwers had a sound showing in Reno, as did the rest of the Lowry squad at Battle Mountain.
"Our two throwers (Garrison and Hall) went to the Reed Rotary Event instead of going to Battle Mountain," said LHS coach Grant Beatty. "It is an elite meet and their throwing distances are right up there.”
Garrison won the discus at Reed with a toss of 119 feet, 2 inches, and Heather Hall (103-4) finished fourth.
Garrison (32-5.25) grabbed third in the shot put and Hall was fifth with 32-1.
In Battle Mountain Becca Kuskie was the top Buckaroo finisher in the 800 meters with a time of 2 minutes, 33 seconds.
She also won the 1,600 meters (5:40), just seconds ahead of her younger sister Jovi Kuskie (5:48).
Anthony Peterson took home the top spot in the 100 meters in a time of 10.7 and was second in the 200 meters at 24.61.
Sam Roth won the 400 meters with a personal-best time of 55.22, while Tyler J. Morrison (59.20) was fourth and Celso Ruiz (60.53) was sixth.
Will Kracaw (4:52.2) and Jeremy Walker (5:03.2) were first and second in the 1,600 meters and Kracaw won the 3,200 meters with a time of 10:38.5.
Brandon Lee (2:13) and Walker (2:16) claimed the top two spots in the 800 meters.
Jasper Glasgow was second in the shot put with a toss of 40-11, while Colby Terry won the pole vault with a mark of 11-6.
Kevin Warren had the best mark in the long jump at 20-3 and the junior was second in the high jump, clearing the bar at 6-0.
Kinsey Albisu-Leibfried (6:47) finished fifth in the 1,600 meters and eighth (3:02) in the 800 meters.
The men’s 4x800 relay team took a gold medal finish (8:59.3) in Battle Mountain, and Jovi Kuskie (53:09) finished second in the 300 meters hurdles.
Lily Pasquale (53.76) grabbed fourth place in the 300 meters hurdles and was second in the triple jump at 29-6.
Adia Bengochea (:63.7) finished third in the 400 meters and Julianna Gonzalez finished second in both the 100 meters (13.64) and 200 meters (28.44).
Freshman Emily Backus (27.28) won the 200 meters with a personal record best time and she won the long jump with a personal-best leap of 15-2. She was second in the pole vault at 7-0.
Lesley Martinez earned a runner-up finish in the discus with a personal-best toss of 83-5. Mackenzie Peterson was third in the high jump at 4-8.
Alethea Houston (29.26) took fourth place in the 200 meters, and eighth (14.34) in the 100 meters.
Lowry competes at Elko High School today (Saturday) April 6 starting at 9:30 a.m.
