The Battle Mountain Shorthorn track and field team competed in the Eureka Invite on April 20
The team came away with 17 personal bests, two season bests and six first-place finishes.
Ben Disbro won both of his events with personal bests to lead the Shorthorns.
He was first in the shot put with a toss of 31 feet, 8.2 inches and he won the discus with a throw of 115-3”.
Jolena Ayers won the mile for the second straight week in windy conditions at 6 minutes, 20.09 seconds She was also placed second in the long jump at 12-6 and second in the 400 meters with a time of 1:12.78 to lead the Lady Shorthorns.
Lilly Peterson won the 100 meters with a time of 14.96. She was also second in the 200 meters with a personal-best time of 31.65. She also earned third-place in the long jump behind teammate Ayers with a distance of 12-4.5.
Shaelee Williams won her first-ever 800 meters with a personal-best time of 3:26.99. She was also 12th in the long jump at 7-4.
Alex Martin won the sixth-grade discus for the second week in a row, with a personal-best toss of 56-5. He was second in the shot put with a personal-best throw of 19-11. He finished the day in long jump with a seventh-place jump and personal best of 8-0.50.
Keira Hanson was second in the shot put at 15-7.5 and second in the discus at 34. She was third in the long jump with a leap of 7-8.5.
Michael Lovelace had a good meet, with a third-place finish and personal best in the discus with a throw of 74-7. He also had a season-best toss in the shot put with at 26-8 for another third- place finish.
Jagger Whitlock had personal bests in three events. He was third in the long jump with a distance of 12-9. He was fourth in the 200 meters at 32.11 and fifth in the 400 meters at 1:15.3.
Aden Payzant was third in the 400 meters with a time of 1:14.31 and sixth in the 100 meters at 14.35.
Sareidy Navarette-Guizar had two personal bests, one in the 400 meters with a time of 1:31.28 for third place and one in the 100 meters, where she ended up in sixth place at 16.34.
The girls 4x100 relay of Keira, Shaelee, Sareidy and Lilly had a season-best, third-place time of 67.30.
Other performances for the day where: Alyssa Harris – fourth in discus at 44-2 and sixth in the long jump at 10-2, both personal bests.
Sean Scherer – fourth in the 100-meter hurdles at 19.56, eighth in the long jump 11-4, and tied for 10th in 100 meters at 15.40.
Julian Sosa – sixth in the long jump at 11-2 for a personal best, eighth in the 100-meter hurdles at 22.29 and eighth in the 100 meters at 15.40.
Aaron Morrow – eighth in shot put at 17-1 for a personal best, 13th in the long jump at 6-8.5 and 13th in the 100 meters at 16.40.
Braxton Nield – eighth in the 100 hurdles at 20.58, eighth in the 200 at 33.78 and tied 10th in the 100 at 14.75.
The Shorthorns competed in the Winnemucca meet on May 2 and will finish the season at home on May 10th starting at 10 am at the Silver Standard Marigold Mine Athletic Complex.
