Broncos advance to Area meet

By Sandy Anderberg

The Bronco sprint relay turned in a time of 43.97 to out run the field in the team’s 400m at the district track meet held at Panhandle last week.

The relay won with a time of 43.97 and was run by Kaleb Mays, Michael Randall, Bryce Wagner, and Don’Jae Orr. The foursome will be headed to the Area meet in Panhandle April 17.

Long distance runner Trysten Ybarra was the district champion in the 3200m run with a time of 11:23.03 and second in the 1600m run at 5:15.67 which was just behind the first-place time of 5:13.80.

Orr was fourth in the 100m at 11.33 and Mays was third in the 200m with a time of 22.93. Wagner was fourth in that same race with a time of 23.03. Wagner and Orr will also compete in the long jump finishing third and fourth with jumps of 20’5 ¾” and 20’4 ½”.

Those placing but not advancing was Randall with a fifth-place finish at 11.36 in the 100m, and jumped 5’8” for fifth in the high jump. Paxton English was sixth in the high jump at 5’8” and was 8th in the triple jump at 33’10 ¼”. The 800m relay was fifth with a time of 1:38.60 and was run by Kreed Robinson, Wagner, Orr, and Mays.

The junior varsity competed as well and Markael Anderson was first in the 100m at 12.23. Anderson was on the 800m relay team that finished second with a time of 1:40.22 along with Michael Shattuck, Braxton Gribble, and Caleb Herbert. Dakotah Jameson was first in the 110m hurdles at 20.73 and Shattuck was fourth at 16’3 ½” in the long jump. Brentley Gaines was sixth in that even with a 15’3” jump. Jaden Guerra was third in the 800m at 2:36.60 and Aiden Burnam was eighth at 2:49.75. Easton Caffey was third in the 400m at 58.71 and Jameson was 6th at 1:01.34. Shattuck finished eighth in the 200m at 26.26 and Klay Wilkins and Parker Hanes was fifth and seventh respectively with times of 12.71 and 13.02.