Westwood girls, Elkhart boys take first place at Buffalo meet

Mar. 5—BUFFALO — The Westwood Lady Panthers and Elkhart Elks took first place in the overall team standings at the Buffalo Bison Invitational on Thursday.

Lady Panther Jasya Coney had her day with three first place medals in the 400 meters, long jump and high jump. Coney led the field in the 400m in 1:02.21, recorded a long jump of 15′-7 1/2″ and a high jump of 4′-10.”

Caitlyn Grigsby took first place in the 300 meter hurdles with a time of 57.12. Yesmin Umanzor placed behind her in fourth with a time of 1:02.21.

Chloe Petzold was the third best performer for the Lady Panthers, taking first place in the triple jump at 32′-7.”

Westwood’s Jayla Ward took third in the 100, while Camron Gray and Laryette Gilmore took second and third, respectively, in the 3,200.

Royanna Robinson, Madyson Hatten, Ward and Aniviah Mathis placed third in the 4×100 relays. Maribel Vargas, Hatten, Ward and Petzold placed second in the 4×200 relay, while Vargas, Coney, Gray and Mathis placed second in the 4×400.

The Elks earned five first-place medals with Zane Quick beating the field in the 100-meter dash, Josh Davis capturing first in the 110-meter hurdles, 300-meter hurdles and triple jump, while Wyett Thomas won first in the high jump .

Quick clocked 11.91, followed by his running mate, Landon Thomas, in fourth (12.21). Westwood’s Mathew Gomez finished sixth in the meet (12.41).

Davis clocked 16.3 in the 110-meter hurdles, with Conner Duncan placing third (17.78) and Payton Thomas finishing sixth (19.9).

The Elkhart trio replicated their placements in the 300-meter hurdles with Davis clocking 43.5, Duncan – 45.5 – and Thomas clocking 48.43.

Davis concluded her day with her best performance in the triple jump at a distance of 39′-1 3/4. “Noah Cheatham of Westwood placed fifth and Quick of Elkhart sixth.

Elkhart’s final medalist, Thomas, reached a height of 5′-10″ to beat the field. Westwood’s Shannon Jackson placed fourth in the event.

Elkhart’s Kyle Hart placed second in the 1,600, Corban Whitfield placed third in the 400, while CJ Pharis placed third in the 800.

The Elks relay team – comprised of Hunter Evans, Richard Carrillo, Landon Thomas and Zane Quick – placed second in the 4×100 relay. Wesley Hubert — along with Evans, Thomas and Quick — placed fourth in the 4×200.

The Lady Elks placed second in the overall team standings with a total of 119 points. Guin Young took first place in the 3,200m race, Kassidy Thomas placed first in the shot put, while Landry Langly took first place in the discus.

200m race:

Lynsie Walding, 4th (28.66)

400m race:

Lynsie Walding, 3rd (1:05.75)

800m race:

Guin Young, 5th (2:53.65)

1,600m race:

Guin Young, 2nd (6:18.37)

3200m race:

Guin Young, 1st (13:09)

Jenna Willis, 5th (17:13)

Laynie Tubbs, 6th (17:17)

100m hurdles

Isabelle Hallmark, 4th (20.68)

Kassidy Thomas, 6th (21.06)

300m hurdles

Macie Gonzales, 2nd (0:58)

Aly Henderson, 6th (1:06.40)

4x400m relay

Brianna Knight, Presley Estes, Aly Henderson, Kaycee Moore — 3rd (5:08.87)

Long jump

Lynsie Walding, 2nd (15-0)

Shot put

Kassidy Thomas, 1st (31-6 1/2)

Haleigh Hughes, 4th (30-7 1/2)

Disk

Landry Langly, 1st (73-9 1/2)

Claire Herring, 2nd (73-3 1/2)

Emma Hollingsworth, 6th (68-6 1/2)

big jump

Isabelle hallmark, 4th (4-6)

Kassidy Thomas, 5th (4-6)

Pole vault

Aly Henderson, 3rd (5-6)

The Westwood men’s varsity team placed third overall with a total of 99 points. Jonathan Trejo took first place in the 800m, while Lamarion Goodwyn took first place in the long jump for the Panthers.

100m run

Mathew Gomez, 6th (12.41)

200m run

Jimmy Lewis, 3rd (24.32)

400m run

Samson Oparinde, 4th (58.78)

800m run

Jonathan Trejo, 1st (2:20.56)

1600m race

Keith Martinez, 4th (5:28.4)

3200m race

Jade Méndez, 3rd (12:03)

José Roman, 4th (12:20 p.m.)

300m hurdles

Joey Garza, 5th (48.18)

4×100 relay

Mathew Gomez, Josh Guardiola, Jordan Velasquez, Joey Garza — 3rd (48.18)

4×200 relay

Mathew Gomez, Jordan Velasquez, Samson Oparinde, Jimmy Lewis — 3rd (1:38.35)

4×400 relay

Jonathan Trejo, Jordan Velasquez, Samson Oparinde, Jimmy Lewis — 2nd (3:47.02)

Long jump

Lamarion Goodwyn, 1st (41-5 1/2)

Noah Cheatham, 3rd (40-11 1/2)

Triple jump

Noah Cheatham, 5th (35-5 1/2)

big jump

Shannon Jackson, 4th (5-6)