Whiney Orton of Panguitch helped her team win the 1A State Championship- Photo by Kyle Perry
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The 1A State Track and Field Championships provided great entertainment over the weekend as Panguitch won both the Boys and Girls state titles. The girls of Panguitch won, scoring 125 points over Wayne, who scored 91.5, and Monticello with 74. A key to Panguitch's dominance was Freshman Whitney Orton, who single handedly added 36 points to the cause, winning three events.
Panguitch also won the boys competition, though not as comfortably as they may have anticipated. Rich put in a pretty good fight, keeping coaches counting points late in the day, but in the end Panguitch pulled away. They scored 107 points with Rich close behind in 94 points.
Girls 3200m The Panguitch Duo of Whitney Orton Catania Holman Pulled away from the pack going 1-2 with times of 11:37.64 and 11:56.43 respectively. Orton is only a freshman and had a fantastic meet, winning all three distance events.
Boys 3200m Dylan Lindsay of Altamont consistently pulled away from Vance Weston of Rich for the win in 10:01.60. Weston finished in 10:03.33 for second.
Girls 100h- Kaitlin Clark of Monticello won the girls 100m Hurdles with a time of 16.37. Chesney Campbell, Freshman of Panguitch, was 2nd with a time of 16.57. Cami Lambourn of Rich was 3rd with a time of 17.02.
Boys 110h- Jake Duncan and Waylon Jessen had a close battle until the 7th hurdle where Duncan hit the hurdle and went down. Jessen went on to the state title with a time of 16.10. Corey Smith of Diamond Ranch was second in 16.75 and Dylan Cress of Oakley was third in 16.92.
Girls 100m- Alissa Atisme of Layton Christian Academy had a fantastic meet winning every track event she entered. Her winning time in the 100m dash was 12.26. Second was a photo finish between Nikole Lemmon of Altamont and Clarissa Johnson in 13.17, with the photo giving the silver to Nikole.
Boys 100m- Nick Edwards of Layton Christian Academy won with 11.07 over Matt Muir of Duchesne who finished in 11.50. Third went to Trent Roberts, also of Duchesne, in 11.62.
Girls 4x100m- Monticello won with a time of 53.13 seconds beating Layton Christian who finished in 53.90. Wendover was third with a time of 54.07
Boys 4x100m- Layton Christian Academy won over Duchesne. Duchesne made the final exchange in the lead, but a strong final leg by 100m champ Nick Edwards gave Layton Christian the victory. Their times were 44.65 and 45.32 respectively.
Girls 400m- Alissa Atisme of Layton Christian won in 59.93. She also won the 100m earlier and then came back for the 200m later in the afternoon. Nikole Lemmon of Altamont grabbed her second silver as she finished just behind Atisme with a time of 1:00.74. Panguitch Freshman Whitney Orton was third with a time of 1:01.05.
Boys 400m- Nick Edwards of Layton Christian ran 49.47 and missed the state record by just .2 seconds. He used a very strong last 100m to pull out the close win over Austin Groll. Groll’s time was 49.72. Mason Orton was third in 51.51.
Girls 300 hurdles- Lindsey Phillips led the entire 300m as she won with a time of 47.30. Hannah Ellett of Wayne was second with a time of 48.08. Cami Lambourne was third with a time of 51.20.
Boys 300 hurdles- 3200 meter Vance Weston of Rich showed his diversity as won the 300 hurdles with a time of 41.70. Corey Smith of Diamond Ranch was second in both hurdles, this one with a time of 42.20.
Girls 800m Whitney Orton of Panguitch held off a strong charge by Lauren Jackson of Wayne to win the title. Their times were 2:25.63 to 2:26.01 respectively. Orton won all three distance events and was 3nd in the 400m.
Boys 800m- Vance Weston of Rich took a dramatic lead with 400m to go. He won the title with a time of 1:57.74. Adam Platt of Bryce Valley came in 2nd with a time of 2:04.76.
Girls 200m- Alissa Atisme of Layton Christian won again for her third time on the day with a time of 25.91. Clarissa Johnson of Wayne was second with a time of 27.20. Nikole Lemmon was 3rd with a time of 27.27.
Boys 200m- Austin Groll of Rich won the 200 with a time of 22.94 as the 100m champion Nick Edwards slowed up with what looked like a pulled hamstring. Matt Muir of Duchesne was second with a time of 23.34 and Mason Orton of Panguitch was 3rd with a time of 23.63.
Girls High Jump- Chesney Campbell of Panguitch won the high jump clearing 5’2”. Lizzy Platt of Bryce Valley grabbed second with a jump of 5’1”.
Boys High Jump- Dalan Bennett of Panguitch won the boys high jump clearing six feet even. Also clearing six feet but grabbing second was Tyce Barney of Panguitch. Jack Chandler of Layton Christian was third in 5’1”.
Girls Long Jump-Alissa Atisme won her 4th event, making it a perfect 4 for 4, with a leap of 16’10.25”. Arianna Reay of Monticello was second with a jump of 15’11.25”. High Jump champion Chesney Campbell of Panguitch was third with a jump of 15’3.5”.
Boys Long Jump- Chance Campbell of Panguitch won the boys long jump leaping 19’11”. Second went to Wade Netto of Milford who jumped 19’7.75” and third went to McKade Nielsen of Duchesne with a jump of 19’6.75”.
Girls Shot Put- Maria Aguirre of Wendover won the girls shot throwing for 32’7”. Second went to Whitni Syrett of Bryce Valley was second with a throw of 30’11.75”.
Boys Shot Put- Todd Brown of Youth Foundation won the boys shot with a throw of 43’10”. Colin Greenhill of Layton Christian was second with a throw of 42’1”.
Girls Discus- Whitni Syrett of Bryce Valley came back from her second place finish in the Shot Put to win the girls Discus with a throw 108’11.75”. Jacie Rex of Rich was second with a throw of 95’11.25”.
Boys Discus- Todd Brown of Youth Foundation won double gold in the Shot and Discus as he threw for 143’03 to win the Discus state title. PJ Leiataua of Monticello was second with a throw of 127’09”.
Girls Javelin-Emily Catron of Manilla won the girls Javelin with a throw of 115’11.25”. Jessica Cuevas of Wendover was second with a throw of 102’5.25”.
Boys Javelin- Braxton Syrett of Bryce Valley won the boys javelin with a throw of 170’1.75”. Trent Roberts of Duchesne was second with a throw of 157’5.75”. Tyce Barney of Panguitch was third with a throw of 153’1.75”
Girls 4x400m- Panguitch had a dramatic lead at the last hand off and ended up winning it by over 4 seconds with a time of 4:19.56. St. Josephs was second with a time of 4:23.48 and Rich was third with a time of 4:25.33.
Boys 4x400m- Valley held the lead into the final exchange but they couldn’t hold off a very strong final leg by Rich as the Rebels pulled out the win and Panguitch came up for second. Rich’s time 3:37.39 and Panguitch’s 3:38.00 with Valley ending up third with a time of 3:40.83.