Sawyer Macy leads the charge during the 3,200-meter run at the Carson High league meet Saturday. Macy won the 1,600 and 3,200 meter runs.
Photo by Carter Eckl.
Carson High girls and boys track and field both took third place at their home league meet this past weekend.
Douglas High won the meet with Spanish Springs second.
In the 200-meter dash, Aiden Nelson took third for the Senators in 24.28 while Jacob Weninger was fourth in 24.55.
Tristan Rutledge cruised to first in the 800 meters in 2:09.28.
The Senator boys dominated the 1,600 meters with Sawyer Macy winning in 4:39.19.
Sean Thornton was second in 4:44.07 while Rutledge crossed the line in 4:50.66.
It was a similar story in the 3,200 as Macy won in 10:21.58 and Thornton was second in 10:43.67.
Alex Miner and Samuel Davis were third and fourth, respectively.
Cannon Myler was fourth in the 10-pound shot put with a personal record of 33 feet, 7.25 inches.
Alexander Myrehn was fifth in the 12-pound shot put with a throw of 37 feet, 4.75 inches.
Myrehn was also second in the discus at 109 feet, 3 inches.
Jaren Thornburg and Miles Frewert were fourth and fifth in the high jump, clearing 5-2 and 5 feet, respectively.
Aaron Witt jumped over 17 feet in the long jump, taking fourth.
Witt was also fourth in the triple jump with a mark of 36-11.
For the Senator girls, Ava Brehm was fifth in the 100 meters in 13.79.
Brehm took third in the 200 while teammate Rachel Bush was fifth in 29.26.
The Carson girls continued to have several top finishers in the distance events as Jinnie Ponczoch was second in the 1,600 in 5:35.49, setting a personal record.
Fellow sophomore Eleanor Romeo was fifth in the 1,600 in 6:04.27.
In the 3,200, Carson had five runners finish in succession.
Freshman Hannah Budd was third overall in 11:50.92 while Ponczoch finished in 11:53.56.
Vea Miner was fifth in 12:08.06 while Brianna Rodriguez-Nunez (12:39.36) and Madison Hager (12:39.78) were sixth and seventh.
All five runners recorded personal records in the event.
Anne Davis finished in third in the 100-meter hurdles in 18.48 while Lillian Turner took fifth in 19.35.
Kaylynn Bloomfield was second in the 300-meter hurdles in 51.87.
Carson A and B 4x100 relay teams were first and second.
The Senators 4x200 relay team and 4x800 relay team both won.
In the field events, Anela Mitchell was third with a season record shot put of 27-8.25.
Mitchell was also third in the discus at 88 feet.
Makenzie Fernandez was third in the high jump after clearing four feet, eight inches.
Sydney Romeo was third as well in the pole vault, leaping over six feet.
(A trio of Carson High girls 3,200 runners enter the home stretch of the race Saturday at home. Pictured from left to right after Hannah Budd, Vea Miner and Jinnie Ponczoch. / Carter Eckl)
Carson High baseball sees offensive outburst in weekend slate
The Senator baseball team scored 44 runs in three games over the weekend.
Carson, playing out of town, fell to Hidden Valley (13-2) before toppling Douglas, Oregon (20-9) and Glide, Oregon (22-2).
In the win over Douglas, Parker Maldonado and Marcus Montes hit home runs, driving in a combined 11 runs.
Maldonado ended the game a triple shy of the cycle. He also pitched 2.2 innings with two strikeouts.
Jeremy Hernandez was also 2-for-3 in the win with three RBIs.
Against Glide, the Senators scored their 22 runs on 10 hits.
Hernandez and Montes were the only two Carson High players with multi-hit performance, but 11 Senators were credited with RBIs.
Montes tripled and pitched three scoreless innings, striking out six.
Tyler LaFollette, Tanner Bohemier, Decarlo Quintana, Quentin Beck, Demarcus Brewster and Jack Kleppe were each credited with two RBIs.
UP NEXT: Carson has a road game Thursday at Spanish Springs before hosting Reed on Saturday.