#The McDermitt High School track and field team has its first two meets of the season under its belt with strong performances from its athletes.
#On Friday, March 7, the squad traveled to Dayton for the Dust Devil Invite.
#Junior Shandon Camas posted a personal best in the shot put to win the event with a throw of 45 feet, 4.5 inches.
#He placed third in the discus with a toss of 129-8.
#AJ Farmer posted a seventh-place finish in the shot put (34-10) and 10th in the discus (94-0) and freshman Trevor Smart placed 11th in the shot put (32-11.5) and 14th in the discus.
# Smart was 33rd in the long jump with a mark of 11-7.
#Sophomore Chriss Scott finished 10th in the triple jump with a leap of 33-6.5, 12th in the long jump (16-4) and 14th in the high jump, clearing the bar at a personal-best 4-8.
#Warrick Crutcher set a personal best in the 800 meters to place 13th in a time of 2:48.20 and was 32nd in the long jump.
#Lailoni Tobey swept the top spots in throwing events on the girls side, She tossed the discus 82-10 and the shot put 29-1.50.
#Freshman Cree Camas placed fourth in the shot put (26-11.5) in her first high school meet. She was 11th in the discus (56-4).
#Fellow freshman Niyla Willow finished 12th in the 800 meters (3:20.57) and 14th in the 400 meters (1:17.50).
#Yerington Lions Invitational
#This past Friday, McDermitt beat the bad weather and competed at the Yerington Lions Invitational.
#Shandon Camas took home the top spot in the shot put, with a throw of 43-9 and the junior set a personal best in the discus at 129-11 to place second.
#Farmer collected a top-10 finish in the shot put, with a throw of 25-5.0 to place eighth and he was 24th in the discus (79-7).
#Chris Scott placed 11th in the triple jump with a mark of 32.-11.25 and Trevor Smart finished 15th in the shot put (33-1.50) and 16th in the discus (87-11).
#On the girls side, Kiarra Crutcher was the runner-up in the shot put with as throw of 28-10, while teammate Tobey was third (28-3).
#The roles were reversed in the discus, as Tobey placed third with a throw of 88-2 and Crutcher was fifth (80-9).
#Cierra Smart placed eight in the shot put (26-10) and 11th in the discus (74-2) and Cree Camas was 21st in the shot put (23-3) and 22nd in the discus (63-2).
#Willow placed 14th in the 400 meters with a time of 1:21.50.
#McDermitt travels to Spring Creek on Friday for the Ward Coates Invitational.