Highland girls’ track at West Branch

The Highland girls’ track team participated in the Chad Gates meet at West Branch April 24.
In the field events, Anna Sweeting placed third in the discus event with a throw of 80′ 2″. Katie Seaton had a throw of 59′ 5″.
Lexy Rozmus was fourth in the shot put with a throw of 31′ 10″, and Sweeting was sixth with 29′ 9″.
In the long jump, Mekenzie Bean-Scarff placed sixth with a jump of 13′ 8.25″. Heather Cole had a jump of 13′ 1″.
In the relay races, the 4 x 800 tea of Cheyenne Flory (2:46.10), Alison Sojka (2:48.55), Bean-Scarff (3:03.25), and Tiffany Cole (3:15.23) placed fifth in 11:53.13.
The team of Cole (:31.18), Bean-Scarff (:29.08), Renee Megchelsen (1:09.40), and Cole (3:12.12) finished in 5:21.78 in the distance medley race.
In the 4 x 200, Highland finished second. Team members were Brittany Gerot (:28.87), Kayla Schneider (:27.66), Brittany Stewart (:27.39), and Sojka (27.49).
Cole (:14.38), Sweeting (:14.09), Megchelsen (:13.84), and Rozmus (:13.77) finiished the 4 x 100 in :56.08 for fifth place.
Sojka (1:08.20), Flory (1:08.86), Schneider (1:06.81), and Mollie Kleopfer (1:05.12) placed third in the 4 x 400 with a time of 4:28.99.
Schneider and Gerot finished second and third in the 100 meter dash with times of :13.67 and :!3.68, respectively.
Kleopfer earned a first-place finish in the 400 meter dash with a time of 1:02.93.
In the 100 meter hurdles, Molly Bohannon finished the race in :21.15. She finished in 1:26.80 in the 400 hurdles.
Flory earned fifth place in the 800 meter run, finishing with a time of 2:40.39.
In the 200 meter dash, Megchelsen finished in sixth place in :30.04. Bean-Scarff finished with a time of :30.68.