DV Boys 3rd at the North Canyon Invite

DV Track Meet 4: North Canyon Invite
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Deer Valley Boys Track & Field is back. After a mediocre season in 2009, the boys team has bounced back to an impressive 2010 season start, riding on the shoulders of super sophomore Trae Armstrong. Armstrong again dominated the sprints with three outstanding wins in the 100m, 200m and 4x1 relays. He ran 10.91, 21.95 and 43.23, two personal records for the sophomore. The 400m relay was especially exciting, as Armstrong had to run down the Marcos De Niza team who led into the final stretch. The Skyhawks eeked out the victory by .001 of a second.

The boys team finish 3rd in the North Canyon Invite with 53 points behind Chandler High (169) and Brophy (113), while the girls finished 7th with 29.2 points behind Chandler (245) and Xavier (120).

Helping out on the boys side was senior Hayden McClellan who ran the 3rd leg of the winning 400m relay, finished 5th in the 300m hurdles in 40.68 and 6th in the 110m high hurdles in 16.07. The 40.68 earn him an automatic bid to the state meet in the 300m hurdles. McClellan and Armstrong finished off the afternoon by placing 3rd in the 4x400m relay along with junior Ricky Fernandez and senior Brandon Witkowski. They ran 3:31.48 - only 2 seconds off the qualifying standard of 3:29.48. Joining Armstrong and McClellan on the 400m relay were junior Matt Kamer and Witkowski.

In the field, John Green had another state qualifying jump of 5'10" in the high jump to earn 4th place, and senior Riley Layton qualified in the pole vault with a 5th place vault of 12'0.5".

Leading the way for the girls on the track were sophomore Tessa Kelley and junior Ashley Edmondson. Kelley finished 4th in the 300m hurdles in 48.02, while Edmondson finished 6th in 400m in 62.81. Both capped off the afternoon by placing 3rd in the 4x400m relay along with sophomores Leah Zampini and Mackenzie Giglio with a time of 4:18.34. Giglio also finished 6th in the 200m in a time 28.17. Freshman Kaleigh Zobel had an impressive race in the 100m hurdles. In the prelims she ran 17.12, faster than 2 finalists. Had she run in the finals she would have placed 6th.

In the field the Skyhawks were led by senior Chelsea Gobster who placed 2nd in the pole vault with a state qualifying 8'6" vault. Zampini, also competing in the pole vault, tied for 7th. Sophomore Spencer Platek finished 4th in the high jump with her jump of 4'6".