3C District meet in Glasgow

The District 3C Track and Field meet is officially in the books. The Scobey boys and girls teams cleaned up, taking first place, scoring 218 and 166 points respectively. The Whitewater girls' team finished third with 43 points, while Saco came in fourth scoring just one point fewer at 42. The Whitewater boys finished fourth with 68 points. The Saco boys finished with 26 points in fifth place, Dodson rounds out the county with 3 points in seventh place.

Saco's Bailey Funk did phenomenal this weekend for the Lady Panthers, placing top three in all five of her events. Funk placed first in the triple jump with a distance of 30- 8 1/2, she also placed first in pole vault tying her personal record of 8-6.

When asked about the event and her goal for divisionals Funk responded, "I feel confident in myself, and I'm really hoping to break the nine foot mark in pole vault next week."

Funk also finished second in the long jump, leaping 13-9, she also finished second in the 200M recording a time of 29.68 seconds. The 100M dash was her last event and she placed third with a time of 13.75.

Whitewater's Trace Simonson was equally impressive for the boy's track team. He placed first in three out of five events and is determined to accomplish his goal of setting new personal records and qualifying for state. Simonson marked a throw of 129-3 in discus, earning first place. He also placed first in javelin with a throw of 147-2, as well as the Triple Jump with a mark of 38-1 1/2. Simonson also placed second in shot put with a throw of 40-5.5, and in the 300M Hurdles with a time of 44.21.

"I'd like to PR (personal record) in my throwing events, and make it to state in all of my events." Trace said, when asked about his performance and goals for divisionals.

Simonson put together an impressive performance as the leading scorer for the Whitewater team, with Trey Simanton contributing points as well. Simanton placed third in the 110M Hurdles with a time of 17.66 and in the 300M Hurdles with a time of 44.38. Simanton also placed fourth in the long jump. Scheffelmear rounded out the scoring for Whitewater, grabbing fourth place in the high jump.

The Lady Penguins leading scorer was Bella Lawless who placed first in the 3200M run and second in the 1600M run. Lawless also finished fifth in the shot put with a throw of 27-2.25.

Senior Kayleigh Cummings placed first in the shot put with an impressive throw of 32-6.

"I'm happy with my performance today," Cummings said about her performance shortly after winning the shot put event. "I tied my PR in shot-put. My goals for next week are to PR and make it to the state meet."

Dodson's David Jaynes put the only points on the board for the Coyotes. Jaynes threw a 35-3 1/4 in the shot put, impressive enough to capture sixth place, qualifying him for the Eastern C.

While the Dodson track team is lacking the personnel to compete with the bigger C schools across the state, they do not lack heart as all athletes left it all on the field last weekend.