The depth on the Sweet Home girls and boys indoor track and field teams were on display at the Varsity Team Challenge Saturday at Fredonia State College.

The girls team won the event for the first time in school history with a total score of 58 points. The boys team took second with 58 points. It’s the first time the boys had placed that high at the event.

Combining both scores, Sweet Home took second overall with 116 points. Clarence was first with 122 points.

“We talked about both teams trying to be in the mix,” Sweet Home coach Brian Lombardo said. “Depth is one of our keys. A lot of the fourth, fifth and sixth places made a difference. We had two or three girls and guys that did not have to run relays at the end of the meet because we had other people we could put in.”

Girls

Sweet Home placed in 10 of 16 events but only won one event, the hurdles, won by Stephanie Izard and Sabrina Bush with a combined time of 17.78 seconds.

Izard had the fastest time out of any girl at the event with an 8.73. Bush recorded the third-fastest time with a 9.05.

Izard also was helpful in the field. Izard (37-feet, 4-inches) and Sadira Brown (29-feet, 1-inch) took second in the triple jump and Izard (5-4) and Lauren Rao (4-6) took second in the high jump.

Izard’s triple jump mark of is a personal best and reset her own school record. The old school record was 36-10.

Aileen Doyle and Alex Ortega placed second in the 3000 (Doyle, 11:16.4; Ortega, 11:29.9) and fourth in the 1500 (Doyle, 5:16.2; Ortega, 5:25.5).

Melanie Izard (1:48.5, personal best sectional-qualifying time) and Kennedy Lewandowski (1:49.5) placed second in the 600.

Tia Robinson (34-8) and Kaleigh Timko (33-4) took third in the shot put.

Bush (sectional-qualifying time of 45.5) and Rao (48.1) took fifth in the 300.

The 4x800 relay of Ortega, Doyle, Rachael Weissenburg and Melanie Izard took sixth in 10:47.5.

The 4x200 relay of Bush, Melanie Izard, Amani Coleman and Rachel Roberson finished sixth in 1:58.1.

Ilona Illyenko did not place in the racewalk but ran a sectional qualifying time 8:50.1. The time was 40 seconds under the sectional qualifying mark.

Rachel Roberson qualified for sectionals in the 55 dash with a 7.94.

Boys

The boys only placed in eight of 16 events led by two champions – Tyvon Rivers (7.80) and Brian Bannister (personal best 8.23) in the 55 hurdles and Wayne Gordon (6.51) and Jordan Johnson (personal best 6.79) in the 55 dash.

Bannister (38.5) and Gordon (36.3, first place overall) took second in the 300.

The 4x200 relay of Jeff Hart, Gordon, Johnson and Derell Hennings took second in 1:38.1.

The 4x400 relay of Rivers, Hart, Bannister and Juwan Douglas finished third in 3:43.9.

Rivers (19-5, first time tried event) and Hart (personal best 20-5) took third in the long jump.

Vasanth Raveendrathas (personal best, sectional-qualifying time, 10:37.1) and Doyle (10:58.4) took fourth in the 3200.

Mitchell Daddario (personal best, sectional-qualifying time, 4:49.7) and Matt Ciminella (5:01.8) took fourth in the 1600.

The girls and boys teams return to action in a varsity select meet at 9 a.m. Saturday at Lancaster High School’s Fieldhouse.

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