Battle Mountain track and field team provides strong showing at Northern 2A regional trials


The postseason is underway for the Battle Mountain High School track and field team, with the Longhorns traveling to Red High School in Sparks this past Saturday for the Northern 2A Trials.

Despite the awful weather conditions, the Longhorns had a respectful day and sending a number of athletes to the regional championships this weekend in Carson City.

Blake Stuart turned in a pair of second-place finishes on the day, jumping 38 feet, 11.75 inches in the triple jump and 19-7.75 in the long jump. 

Andres Molina finished second in the shot put with a toss of 40-0.5.

Andy Wall and Joey Smith will be headed to Carson City with their finishes in the hurdle events.

Wall placed fourth in both the 110-meter hurdles (18.08) and the 300-meter hurdles (46.08), with Smith fifth in the 110-meter hurdles (19.14) and eighth in the 300-meter hurdles (50.98).

Elias Goodman finished fifth in the 100-meter dash, stopping the watch at 12.19, with Eli Colver ninth in the 800 meters in a time of 2:21,62 and 12th in the 1,600 meters (5:48.43). Aden Payzant was ninth in the 400 meters with a time of 57.27.

Brodie Smith placed sixth in the long jump with a mark of 17-9 and Julian Sosa was seventh in the triple jump (33-0.50).

For the Lady Longhorns, Jenna Chopp collected a third-place finish in the shot put with a toss of 29-0 and Chopp (75-10), Olivia Lemaire (74-5) and Divine Jacobsen (64-8) were fifth, sixth and ninth, respectfully in the discus.

Hailee Cook advanced to the regional meet, with her seventh-place finish in the long jump at 12-2 and Tessa Ostler was eighth in the 400 meters in a time of 1:14.15. 

Taylor Clark had a finish of seventh in the 100-meter dash at 14.49.

The Northern Regional Championships start at 2 p.m., at Carson High School in Carson City. The second day begins at 9 a.m.

The top three placers in each event from the Northern Region and the top three placers in each event from the Southern Region meet automatically advance to the state meet. 

The remaining two state qualifiers will be determined by comparing the region meet final results and advancing the next best two marks per event, regardless of region affiliation and/or wind-aided marks.