CVHS Track and Field Competes in Concorde Championship

Wildcat Track and Field took part in the Concorde District Championship meet last week.  

While much of the young squad gained valuable experience, several upperclassmen provided standout performances. Leading the list of athletes who qualified for the Regional Championship meet was junior sprinter Michael Wright. He scored an exciting win in the 200 meter dash and a State-Qualifying second place finish in the 400 meter sprint.  Mike also provided a strong anchor leg for the boys' third place 4x400-meter relay team.  

Also helping secure that third place finish were seniors Jay Cowen and Brett Martin, along with junior Alex Marmol. In just her third race after returning from an injury, junior Rebecca Vinter finished in third place in the girls 800-meter run. Also successfully coming back from an injury was junior Sydney Pryor, who placed sixth in the 300 meter hurdles. 

In the field events, senior jumper Philip Christophe advanced to Regionals with a second place finish in the Long Jump and a second place finish in the Triple Jump. Senior Sara Emsley placed third in the girls' Discus. Also qualifying for Regionals was senior thrower Nathan Milton. Nathan placed second in the boys' Discus and sixth in the Shot Put.

 While finishing just out of the top three at the District meet, the boys' 4x800 team of Chan Young Lee, Daniel Molina, Calvin Jones and Chris Jones met the Regional qualifying standard at the Draper Invitational earlier this spring and will compete at the Championship this week. Sophomore Maryn Wood had already met the Regional Qualifying standard in the 100-, 200- and 400-meter sprints and, while not competing in the District meet, will compete in the Regional meet at Robinson.

—Monique King