Great finish for track season

This weekend marked the end of a remarkable track season for the Sundance Bulldogs, who showcased exceptional talent at the state track meet.

School records were broken in three events as the athletes' hard work throughout the season paid off.

Halyn Cooney set a new school record in the 800M race with a time of 2:27.07; Maddison Neiman, Jaylin Mills, Rylie Marchant and Halyn Cooney beat the girl's medley relay record with a time of 4:27.43; and the boy's medley relay, composed of Holden Ayer, Jake Schommer, Keaton Mills and Ryder Downey, also set a new school record with a time of 3:43.14. 

Along with breaking school records, many athletes placed in their respective events.

Keaton Mills came home a state champion in the discus, throwing 155-05. Mills also placed third in the high jump.

Other field event placers included Parker Skeens (third long jump, sixth triple jump) and Jake Schommer (fifth high jump). Angel Villegas and Ryder Downey represented the Bulldogs in the individual running events finishing fourth in the 800 and fifth in the 400M races respectively. 

On the girls' side, Maddison Neiman finished fifth in the 200M, and took 6th in the 400M, while Blakely Gill placed eighth in the 300M hurdles. For the field events Jaylin Mills took third in the discus and eighth in the shot put, and teammate Riley Banker finished 6th in the discus.

"It was an amazing meet and our Sundance athletes shined. I enjoyed coaching all of them," head coach Julie Cross commented. 

Stats

Girls 200M – 5. Maddison Neiman 27.18

Girls 400M – 6. Maddison Neiman 1:03.35

Girls 800M – 3. Halyn Cooney 2:27.07, Karly Marchant 2:43.21

Girls 100M Hurdles – Blakely Gill 18.12

Girls 300M Hurdles – 8. Blakely Gill 52.27

Girls 4x400M Relay – 2. Maddison Neiman, Karly Marchant, Rylie Marchant, Halyn Cooney 4:21.69

Girls 4x800M Relay – 4. Halyn Cooney, Taylor Dailey, Karly Marchant, Rylie Marchant 11:13.91

Girls 1600 Sprint Medley – 1. Maddison Neiman, Jaylin Mills, Rylie Marchant, Halyn Cooney 4:27.43

Girls Long Jump – Phoebe Skeens 14-01.75

Girls Shot Put – 8. Jaylin Mills 32-06

Girls Discus – 3. Jaylin Mills 113-06, 6. Riley Banker 109-10

The girls team finished seventh with 48 team points.

Boys 400M – 5. Ryder Downey 53.08

Boys 800M – 4. Angel Villegas 2:05.18

Boys 1600M – Angel Villegas 5:13.27

Boys 300M Hurdles – Holden Ayer -FS

Boys 4x100M Relay – 7. Holden Ayer, Lyman Halverson, Parker Skeens, Kyten Johnson 48.01

Boys 4x400M Relay – 3. Ryder Downey, Jake Schommer, Catch Downey, Parker Skeens 3:38.87

Boys 4x800M Relay – 1. Ryder Downey, Catch Downey, Angel Villegas, Keaton Mills 8:43.54

Boys 1600 Sprint Medley – 2. Holden Ayer, Jake Schommer, Keaton Mills, Ryder Downey 3:43.14

Boys High Jump – 3. Keaton Mills 6-00, 5. Jake Schommer 5-10, Catch Downey 5-06

Boys Long Jump – 3. Parker Skeens 20-05.25

Boys Triple Jump – 6. Parker Skeens 39-10.5

Boys Discus – 1. Keaton Mills 155-05

The boys team finished sixth with 64 points.

(Photos were unavailable in time to make the print edition.)