Lady Broncos head to the Area track meet

By Sandy Anderberg

The Lady Broncos did an outstanding job at the District track meet in Panhandle last week. Madi Benson, the Lady Bronco stand-out runner will return to the Area meet again this year.

Benson took first in the 800m, second in the 1600m, and ran the anchor in the mile relay for third place. Freshman Laken Smith was named the district champion in the triple jump and ran a leg in both the sprint relay and 800m relay.

All three relays will compete in the area meet with top finishes against the other 2A district schools. The sprint relay finished third at 52.85 just four seconds behind first place. The relay was run by Elliot Frausto, Smith, Sequoia Weatherton, and Brilynn Bruce. That same four girls placed fourth in the 800m relay and will appear at the area meet as well. Their time was 1:56.96. The mile relay finished third at 4:31.18 and was run by Frausto, Holland, Havens, and Benson.

Benson’s time of 2:26.21 put her at the top of the leaders in the 800m and her time in the 1600m for second was only 11 seconds off the pace.

Havens was strong in both the 1600m finishing in fourth at 6:05.50 and the 3200m for second place with a time of 13:11.91 which was only 10 seconds behind the first-place finisher. Bruce will also be competing in the 200m dash where she was second with a time of 25.95, and Holland was third in the 400m and the 800m with times of 1:07.75 and 2:37.97 respectively.

Smith was seventh in the 100m dash with a time of 13.46 and fifth in the long jump with a leap of 10’7 ¼”. Lexi Phillips did a solid job in the 1600m and 3200m with times of 6:26.34 and 14:25.34.

Paylin Hodges competed for the Lady Bronco junior varsity and was fifth in the 100m at 15.65 and seventh in the 200m with a time of 34.58.

The Area meet will be held at in Panhandle April 17.