Wyoming's Mtn. View wins Y. meet

PROVO — The annual BYU high school track and field invitational is normally viewed as a preview of the state championship meet, scheduled two weeks from now at the same venue.

On Friday, however, it was an out-of-state squad that stole the show.

In the meet's first day of competition, which featured schools from the 1A and 2A classifications, visiting Mountain View High School, of Mountain View, Wyo., ran away with the team title in the girls competition with 99 points, more than double the score of its closest competitor.

On the boys side, North Summit used a balanced effort to capture the team championship with 80 points, edging out Idaho's Firth High School, which finished with 76.5 points on the wet track.

Mountain View dominated the meet from the start, jumping out to an early lead and claiming its third consecutive title at the small-schools portion of a meet that ran smoothly through adverse weather, with only a 20-minute rain delay holding things up.

"We really enjoy coming down here; it's great competition and a really well-run meet," said Mountain View coach Jim Dolezal. "Our kids look forward to coming down here every year because they know they'll do well. It's a fast track, and it's usually great weather."

The Buffs were led by sophomore Amber Henry, who completed the distance triple by winning the 3,200-meter run in 11:38.31, the 1,600 in 5:24.64 and the 800 in 2:20.92. Kilee Iorg took top honors in the discus (113-08) and shot put (41-01) for Mountain View, with Michelle Tims winning the 300-meter hurdles. The Buffs' 1,600-meter relay team also took first with a time of 4:20.16.

Juab's Audrey Adams ruled the sprints, taking both the 100 (12.47) and 200 (26.01). Enterprise's Aubrey Green won the 100 hurdles (12.47), with North Sevier's Kaylee Coates victorious in the 400 (59.83 seconds).

Field event winners included Manti's Whitney Aste in the high jump (5-4) and Grand County's Kemrey Wells (15-5).

On the boys side, North Summit's depth and speed prevailed, even though it got just two individual titles, those coming from the Braves' 4x100 relay team and Oliver Geary in the pole vault. Second-place finishes by Jordan Snyder in the 1,600 and 3,200 aided the cause.

The top individual performance came courtesy of Layton Christian's BJ Porter, who drew cheers from the crowd on his way to clearing 6 feet, 10 inches in the high jump.