The Sundown Roughettes and Whiteface Lady Lopes varsity track programs both competed at the Son Qualls Relays this past Friday at Sudan High School, resulting in both teams finishing in the top three of the team standings after numerous great performances.
The Roughettes placed first as a team with a score of 158, and the Lady Lopes placed third with a score of 70.
In the girls 100-meter dash, Whiteface’s Gracyn Kauffman placed second with a time of 13.05 and Sundown’s Bethany Honesto placed third with a time of 13.36.
In the girls 200-meter dash, Sundown’s Elexis Robinson placed first with a time of 27.02, Honesto placed third with a time of 28.60; Sundown’s Riley Scifres placed fourth with a time of 28.95 and Whiteface’s Kambry Sanders placed fifth with a time of 28.95.
In the girls 400-meter dash, Sundown’s Sarah Posadas placed third with a time of 1:06.32 and Riley Scrifes placed fourth with a time of 1:07.47.
In the girls 800-meter run, Sundown’s Avy Mc-Glasson placed first with a time of 2:27.81, Sundown’s Addilyn Hord placed third with a time of 2:42.49 and Whiteface’s Rhaelyn Bracey placed fourth with a time of 2:51.59.
In the girls 1,600-meter run, Avy McGlasson placed first with a time of 6:00.63, Sundown’s Kaytlin Clausen placed second with a time of 6:07.43, Addilyn Hord placed third with a time of 6:23.08 and Rhaelyn Bracey placed fourth with a time of 6:29.72.
In the girls 3,200-meter run, Kaytlin Clausen placed first with a time of 13:10.32 and Rhaelyn Bracey placed second with a time of 14:03.98.
In the girls 100-meter hurdles, Whiteface’s Arriana Soliz placed fourth with a time of 19.82 and Sundown’s Maddy Medrano placed fifth with a time of 20.82.
In the girls 300-meter hurdles, Abi Soliz placed second with a time of 52.53 and Lainey Sanders placed third with a time of 53.40, both representing the Lady Lopes.
In the 4x100-meter relay, the Roughettes relay of Breigh Gregory, Camry Jourden, Emry Jourden and Elexis Robinson placed second with a time of 52.35, and the Lady Lopes relay of Kaylee Gonzales, Anais Soliz, Mili Avalos and Abi Soliz placed fourth with a time of 56.09.
In the 4x200-meter relay, the Roughettes relay of Camry Jourden, Breigh Gregory, Karter Hord and Elexis Robinson placed first with a time of 1:52.93.
In the 4x400-meter relay, the Roughettes relay of Sarah Posadas, Karter Hord, Brynly Gregory and Avy McGlasson placed first with a time of 4:24.77, and the Lady Lopes relay of Abi Soliz, Kambry Sanders, Gracyn Kauffman and Lainey Sanders placed third with a time of 4:35.95.
In the girls shot put, Sundown’s Alexis Brinklow placed second with a throw of 32’ 6”, Whiteface’s Keyarah Castaneda placed fourth with a throw of 27’ 4” and Sundown’s Katherin Lujan placed fifth. In the girls discus, Sundown’s Dhaya Marinelarena placed fourth with a throw of 75’ 4”.
Following the competition, Lady Lopes Head Track & Field Katie Turnipseed reflected on her team’s third place finish.
“Coming back after Spring Break, this was a good, hard meet that we competed well in against some great competition. I was proud of how our girls pushed themselves at every opportunity to go beyond their limits, mentally and physically,” Coach Turnipseed said. “We are seeing improvements across the board and specific areas that are continuing to grow. All are happening at the right pace to get us adjusted and ready for District in two weeks.”
The Lady Lopes will host a home meet this Thursday, which will be their final regular season meet before District on April 9-10.
The Roughettes are in the same situation, but they’ll be competing at Plains on Thursday instead.