Carson, Galena athletes compete at Stanford

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Carson High seniors George Pincock and Shanna Sparks ran well in their respective events Friday and Saturday at the Stanford Invitational.


Pincock placed eighth in the 400-meter finals with a dash of 50.33 seconds Saturday at Cobb Track & Angell Field. Pincock also won his heat of the 100 Friday in 11.14, one-tenth of a second off the school record set by Javier Vega last year.


Sparks finished seventh in a fast girls 3,000 race on Friday with a time of 10 minutes, 16.66 seconds.


Galena senior Barrett Young won the boys 400-meter intermediate hurdles Saturday with a fast 54.74. Young was also fourth in his heat of the 110 highs in 15.33 on Friday.


Galena's Justin Houk was also second in the high jump at 6-6, Stephen Pottey was fifth in the boys 3,000 in 8:50.77 and Geoff Casazza eighth in the boys mile in 4:20.78.


Also for Carson, Mike Dittenber cleared 6-feet to tie for eighth in the high jump on Saturday and Katie Kotter ran 13.74 in her heat of the girls 100 on Friday.