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MILTON-FREEWATER —  Wind made The Carnival of Speed at little slower Friday.

The invitational hosted by Mac-Hi featured consistent 20 mph winds.

“It made for a tough day,” Elgin head coach Chad Peck said. “At least we got to get out and compete. We haven’t been able to work outside too much, so it was good for the kids to get out of the gym and onto the track.”

Megan Jarrell tossed a personal best 38 feet, 2 1/2 inches to take first place in the shot put.

Jess McClune claimed the other first-place finish for the Huskies, winning the long jump with a 16 feet, 5 1/4 inch mark.

Candra Clark grabbed the lone medal for Powder Valley.

The senior placed seventh in the javelin with a throw of 94 feet, 9 inches.

Tricia O’Leary took second in the triple jump for Enterprise with a jump of 33 feet, 4 1/4 inches.

La Grande’s Nur Sofe continued his hurdle dominance. The sophomore won the 110-meter high hurdles in 16.17. Sofe placed third in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles.

Jacob Johnson (6-0 mark) and Brandon Powell (5-10 mark) finished second and third, respectively, in the high jump.

Enterprise’s Patrick Baird took home the only other area first-place medal, winning the 800-meter run.

Boys Area Medalists

800-meter run: 1. Patrick Baird, Ent, 2:08.12; 6. Bradley Thomson, LG, 2:14.69; 9. Colton Winkler, LG, 2:16.06. 1,500-meters run: 10. Cameron Thomas, LG, 4:41.52. 3,000-meters run: 4. Zach Gray, 10:04.60. 110-high hurdles: 1. Nur Sofe, LG, 16.17. 300-meter int. hurdles: 5. Sofe, LG, 44.20; 10. Jayson Rasmussen, LG, 46.48. 4x100-meter relay: 5. Whitelock-Wolff, Willmarth, Sofe, White), 46.06. 4x400-meter relay: 3. LG (Sofe, Willmarth, Winkler, Hackney), 3:47.62; 4. Ent (U/A), 3:48.28. Javelin: 2. Cody Laurence, LG, 142-07; 3. Ethan Kellogg, LG, 141-11; 4. Jake Gritz, Ent, 139-11; 5. Carl Osborne, LG, 139-09. High jump: 2. Jacob Johnson, LG, 6-00; 3. Brandon Powell, LG, 5-10; 6. Matt Perren, Ent, 5-08.

Girls Area Medalists

100-meter dash: 9. Susan Jones, Elg, 13.85. 1,500-meter run: Shelby Miller, LG, 5:24.22. 3,000-meter run: 5. Cathy Monohan, LG, 12:26.95; 9. Lacy Ward, LG, 13:20.16. 100-meter high hurdles: 3. Jess McClune, Elg, 16.58. 300-meter low hurdles: 3. McClune, Elg, 49.73; Sadie Lewis, Elg, 56.68. 4x100-meter relay: 3. Ent (Christina Montgomery, Sarah Butterfield, Tricia O'Leary, Kayla Foster), 55.71. 4x400-meter relay: 7. LG (Carlene MacKay, Echo Knight, Miller, Hannah Whitelock-Wolff), 4: 53.97.  Shot put: 1. Megan Jarrell, Elg, 38-02.5; Kari Jarrell, Elg, 31-01.5. Discus: 3. M. Jarrell, Elg, 86-00; 4. Butterfield, Ent, 84-01. Javelin: 2. Ariel Fruitts, Elg, 102-00; 7. Candra Clark, PV; Chantele Malone, Elg, 92-03; 10. Montgomery, Ent, 91-06. High jump: 10. Ward, LG, 4-04. Pole Vault: 5. Susan Jones, Elg, 7-06; 10. Janelle Mattes, LG, 6-06.  Long jump: 1. McClune, Elg, 16-06.25; 6. Jones, Elg, 13-04.5. Triple jump: 2. O'Leary, Ent, 33-04.25; 9. Jocelyn Stangel, Ent, 29-02.25.

Prince places second in high jump

NYSSA — Union took to the long road again by grabbing four top-10 finishes between the 1,500- and 3,000-meter runs.

The Bobcats boys track and field team was led by Chris Fasel at the Don Walker Lions Invite hosted by Nyssa Friday. Fasel finished fourth in the 1,500-meter run with a mark of 4:32.15.

Scott DelCurto, of Cove, took fifth in the high jump by clearing 5 feet, 10 inches.

Cove’s Tierra Prince took second place in the high jump with a 4 feet, 10 inch mark.

Kate Stewart and Shoshoni Walker grabbed a pair of second-place finishes.

Stewart earned her medal with a 5:45.09 mark in the 1,500 meter run.

Walker ran 3,000-meters in 13:05 for her medal.

Boy’s Area Medalists

1,500-meter run: 4. Chris Fasel, Uni, 4:32.15; 7. Tom Sheehy, Uni, 4:41.20. 3,000-meter run: 7. Gabriel O'Reilly, Uni, 10:35.00; 8. Michael Cox, Uni, 10:43.00. Javelin: 7. Cox, Uni, 130-01. Long jump: 5. Scott DelCurto, Cove, 5-10.

Girls Area Medalists

800-meter run: 7. Jamie Murchison, Cove, 3:00.78. 1,500-meter run: 6. Kate Stewart, Uni, 5:45.09; 8. Ariel O'Reilly, Uni, 5:53.02. 3,000-meter run: 6. Shoshoni Walker, Uni, 13:05.00. Javelin: Shawna Phillips, Uni, 98-01; 8. Jamie Murchison, Cove, 87-03. High jump: 2. Tierra Prince, Cove, 4-10.