Emmett’s traditional strength in field events is being challenged this spring by some top performances on the track — including a record-setting boys 4 X 100 relay team. That shift to speed over strength was evident last Friday at the Middleton Invitational.
The relay team of Avery Clayton, Quinten Smith, Lucas Briscoe and Kenyon Carter won the sprint event at Middleton in a time of 43.47 — just shy of the school record 43.19 they set at the Boise Relays two weeks ago.
Smith added a win in the 100 meters — his 11.26 just shy of his personal best 11.23 set last year.
Carter added a win in the 110-meter hurdles with a personal best of 15:34. He did not participate in the 300-meter hurdles as he opted to run the 200 meter open and placed second with a PR 23.77. Carter, a junior in his first year of high school track competition, ranks number three in EHS history in the two hurdle events, trailing only All-State hurdlers Landon Helms and Chase Armstrong.
The boys 4 X 200 relay team also came out victorious at Middleton last week. Zach Endres, Lucas Alvarado, Izayah Palmer and Donovon Lara — all sophomores — won in a time of 1:34.66
Other top performances for the boys came from Cristian Sanchez with a 134’10” toss in the discus for fourth and a personal best pole vault from Lowell Bacon at 11’6 for fifth.
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Erin Hadley brought home the lone win for the Emmett girls at Middleton but the team had a number of top performances to score well as a team. Hadley hit the second longest mark in EHS girls triple jump history with a 34’8.75” effort. Her mark trails only Audry Pack’s 35’4.5” record set in 2011.
Hadley added a third-place finish in each the 100 and 200 meter runs — both with new personal records.
Freshman Addi Richards placed second in the pole vault with a 10’6” efforts and recorded a new PR in the 100 and 200 meter events as well. Lily Jones took fourth in the pole vault.
Emma Minton set a new PR in the shotput at 33’0” to place third. Senior Julia Yearous set a new PR in the shot as well and placed fifth in the discus.
The Huskies are hosting a Junior Varsity Southern Idaho Conference meet Wednesday and then the Varsity team travels to Jerome for the Tim Dunne Invitational on Friday. Next Wednesday will see the Huskies final home appearance when they host a multitude of schools in the annual Probst-Walker Invitational.
