Lobos Win State Track and Field
Lobos Win State Track and Field
Girls and Boys Team Each Take Home Trophy
Snowflake’s Track and Field teams won state championships today, the first time in school history that both teams won state in the same year. The boy’s team won with a total of 77 points. 2nd place was ALA Queen Creek High School, who had 62 points. The girl’s team won with a score of 125 points. They beat out Sabino High School who collected 102 points.
46 athletes qualified between Snowflake’s boys and girls track teams for the state meet. Each track and field event has the top 24 qualifiers from around the state participate at the state meet. An athlete, however, can only participate in 4 events at the state meet.
At state, placing in the top 8 spots earns points for the team. 1st place earns 10 points, 2nd place earns 8 points, 3rd place earns 6 points, 4th place earns 5 points, 5th place earns 4 points, 6th place earns 3 points, 7th place earns 2 points, and 8th place earns 1 point.
The girls team had the following athletes earn points for their squad:
Macee LeSueur – 2nd Place – Javelin
Kimberlee Eich – 3rd Place – Javelin
Jaidee Willis – 6th Place – Javelin
Kaeylin Hipps – 6th Place – Discus
Kaeylin Hipps – 7th Place – Shot Put
Reagan Olson – 4th Place – Long Jump
Reagan Olson – 1st Place – Triple Jump
Trysten Hancock – 4th Place – Triple Jump
Adelin Flake – 3rd Place – High Jump
Lily Lundberg – 3rd Place – High Jump
Brooklyn Greer – 7th Place – Pole Vault
Caitlyn King, Ryleigh Smith, Alyssa Hall, Mignon Ritz – 1st Place – 4x800 Relay
Caitlyn King, Alyssa Hall, Riley Toone, Mignon Ritz – 1st Place – 4x400 Relay
Kaelyn Hipps, Lydia Szabo, Eliza Gurr, Reagan Olson – 1st Place – 4x100 Relay
Lydia Szabo – 2nd Place – 200 Meter
Mignon Ritz – 4th Place – 800 Meter
Caitlyn King – 6th Place – 800 Meter
Ryleigh Smith – 7th place – 800 Meter
Lydia Szabo – 2nd Place – 400 Meter
Alyssa Hall – 6th Place – 400 Meter
Alyssa Hall – 5th Place – 1600 Meter
Lydia Szabo – 2nd Place – 100 Meter
The boys team had the following athletes earn points for the Lobos:
Tyler White – 2nd Place – Javelin
Tyler Clare – 7th Place – Javelin
Caleb Anson – 5th Place – 1600 Meter
Caleb Anson – 4th Place – 800 Meter
Bradly Ruiz – 5th Place – Shot Put
Bradly Ruiz – 3rd Place – Discus
Stewart West – 3rd Place – High Jump
Mason Hunt – 7th Place – High Jump
McKay Wood – 8th Place – High Jump
Hunter Hall – 4th Place – Triple Jump
Camden Brimhall, Heber Espinoza, Hunter Hall, Kaden Clark – 2nd Place – 4x400 Relay
Camden Brimhall, Heber Espinoza, Samuel Crockett, Mayson McKinlay – 8th Place – 4x100 Relay
Camden Brimhall – 3rd Place – 300 Meter Hurdles
Camden Brimhall – 5th Place – 110 Meter Hurdles
Hunter Hall – 5th Place – 300 Meter Hurdles
Tyler Barberich – 8th Place – 300 Meter Hurdles
Caleb Anson, Noah Fish, Trey Flake, Kaden Clark – 1st Place – 4x800 Relay
This is head coach Lynn Johnson’s 4th title for Boys and 3rd title for Girls. Overall, the Boys track program has 8 titles dating back to 1959. The Girls team has won 3 in a row, 2018, 2019, and now 2021 (2020 season was canceled). The Silver Creek Herald wishes to congratulate the squads on a fun, entertaining, and successful season.
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