HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD

Vian and Gore’s high school track and field teams will travel to Okemah Saturday for their Class 2A regional meet.

The meet is scheduled to get underway at 9:30 a.m.

Regional winners of first, second and third places qualify for the state tournament. The next four best performances from fourth through seventhplace finishes (times, heights and distances) also qualify for the state meet. The 2A state meet will be held May 5-6 at Western Heights in Oklahoma City.

Vian, Gore, Sallisaw, Muldrow, Roland and Central recently competed in the Hilldale Hornet High School Track and Field Meet in Muskogee.

Vian’s top-individual finishers were Maci Smith (third in the high jump) and Marshal Ross (third in the shot put) and the top placers for Gore were Hallie Kinion (second in the 800m run and third in the 1600m run), Journey Shells (third in the high jump) and Liam Edwards (fourth in the 400m dash).

County athletes taking home first-place medals were Sallisaw’s Sim Kilpatrick (long jump and 100m dash), Muldrow’s Trenden Collins (high jump and 400m dash), Roland’s Haven Freeman (100m dash and 200m dash), Sal’s Abby Kate Qualls (long jump) and Muldrow’s Zackery Parker (110m hurdles). The Sallisaw girls’ 4x100m and 4x200m relay teams also placed first.

The Lady Diamonds won the girls’ division with 115 points and Oktaha finished second with 64. County schools Roland and Gore (20 points each), Muldrow (19), Central (11) and Vian (5) also registered points.

The Bulldogs scored 71 points in the boys’ division to place third and Wagoner (107) was the boys’ champion. County schools Sallisaw (47 points), Central (18), Gore (11) and Roland and Vian (6 each) also recorded points.