Gabby Carson of Liberty broke her personal record, school record and region record with a mark of 12 feet, 11 inches in the pole vault Saturday during the Class 4A Sunrise Region track and field meet at Foothill.
Track
Cheyenne’s Angela Hammond won two individual events and ran on two winning relays Friday and Saturday to lead the Desert Shields to the Class 3A Southern Region girls track title in Overton.
Palo Verde senior Daniel Ziems completed a sweep of the distance events by winning the 1,600-meter run at the Class 4A Sunset Region track and field meet Saturday with a school-record time of 4 minutes, 21.40 seconds.
Noah Thompson won two events Friday to lead Mojave’s boys track team to the team title at the Grant Bushman Invitational in Overton.
Blake Dickinson, Ben Slighting and Bridget Dietz have each competed in high school track and field events this season out of a wheelchair and are as much a part of their respective teams as any of their friends and classmates.
Here is a look at some of the week’s top high school sports events.
Deborah Grant swept the sprints on Saturday to lead Green Valley’s girls track team to victory at the Sunrise FAST Classic at Green Valley.
Jared Kimbel and Gabriel Lopez each won two events Thursday as Arbor View’s boys track team rolled victory in a five-team home meet.
Cody Kludasch won two individual events Wednesday to lead the Las Vegas boys track team to victory in a five-team meet in Overton.
Centennial’s track teams swept both the boys and girls sides of the 2017 Skyhawk Invitational on Saturday as they continue to prepare for the regional and state meets.
Justin Meeks won three individual events on Tuesday to lead Foothill’s boys track team to a 113-33 home victory over Valley.
Tim Jeffries, one of the most successsful wrestling coaches in state history, said Tuesday he is stepping down as Faith Lutheran’s coach after five seasons.
Here is a look at some of the week’s top high school sports events.
Ian Jackson won both distance races Friday to help Arbor View’s boys track team win the team title at the Richard Lewis Invitational in Overton.
Savon Scarver won two individual events Friday, and the Centennial boys track team took control after the first day of the Skyhawk Invitational at Silverado.