Pictured in foreground, Hannah Stuart of Desert Hills clears the first hurdle before winning her heat in the 100-meter hurdles. She also placed first in the event's finals on Saturday, the second day of the Cedar High Pizza Hut Invitational, Cedar City, Utah, April 26-27, 2019 | Photo by Jeff Richards, St. George News / Cedar City News
CEDAR CITY — The high school track and field season will soon start heading down the home stretch, culminating with the state track meet at Brigham Young University in Provo on May 17-18.
Until then, teams will be eagerly trying to get their athletes qualified for state and see further improvements on their times and performances. The last meet in April that involved Region 9 schools was the Cedar High Pizza Hut Invitational held last Friday and Saturday at Cedar High School.
At the event, which attracted some 21 area high schools, host team Cedar took first place among the girls teams, while Desert Hills won the boys portion of the meet. See top 10 team scores listed below. For complete meet results, click here.
This week, the junior varsity athletes of the seven Region 9 schools will gather for the regional JV meet at Canyon View High School in Cedar City on Wednesday afternoon starting at 3 p.m.
This coming weekend’s largest varsity meet in the state is the BYU Invitational in Provo on Friday and Saturday. Next week, on May 8-9, Snow Canyon High will host the Region 9 championships, which will be the last qualifying event before the state meet at BYU.
Cedar Invitational top 10 girls team scores
Cedar 102
Hurricane 92
Desert Hills 71
Delta 65
Panguitch 44
Richfield 44
Manti 34
Canyon View 33
Gunnison 24
Parowan 22
Cedar Invitational top 10 boys team scores
Desert Hills 103
Cedar 80
Canyon View 68
Dixie 64
Hurricane 61
Richfield 52
Delta 52
Beaver 34
Manti 21
Snow Canyon 14
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Athletes compete in the Cedar High Pizza Hut Invitational, Cedar City, Utah, April 26-27, 2019 | Photo by Jeff Richards, St. George News / Cedar City News
Athletes compete in the Cedar High Pizza Hut Invitational, Cedar City, Utah, April 26-27, 2019 | Photo by Jeff Richards, St. George News / Cedar City News
Pictured in foreground, Hannah Stuart of Desert Hills clears the first hurdle before winning her heat in the 100-meter hurdles. She also placed first in the event's finals on Saturday, the second day of the Cedar High Pizza Hut Invitational, Cedar City, Utah, April 26-27, 2019 | Photo by Jeff Richards, St. George News / Cedar City News
Athletes compete in the Cedar High Pizza Hut Invitational, Cedar City, Utah, April 26-27, 2019 | Photo by Jeff Richards, St. George News / Cedar City News
Athletes compete in the Cedar High Pizza Hut Invitational, Cedar City, Utah, April 26-27, 2019 | Photo by Jeff Richards, St. George News / Cedar City News
Athletes compete in the Cedar High Pizza Hut Invitational, Cedar City, Utah, April 26-27, 2019 | Photo by Jeff Richards, St. George News / Cedar City News
Athletes compete in the Cedar High Pizza Hut Invitational, Cedar City, Utah, April 26-27, 2019 | Photo by Jeff Richards, St. George News / Cedar City News
Athletes compete in the Cedar High Pizza Hut Invitational, Cedar City, Utah, April 26-27, 2019 | Photo by Jeff Richards, St. George News / Cedar City News
Athletes compete in the Cedar High Pizza Hut Invitational, Cedar City, Utah, April 26-27, 2019 | Photo by Jeff Richards, St. George News / Cedar City News
Athletes compete in the Cedar High Pizza Hut Invitational, Cedar City, Utah, April 26-27, 2019 | Photo by Jeff Richards, St. George News / Cedar City News
Athletes compete in the Cedar High Pizza Hut Invitational, Cedar City, Utah, April 26-27, 2019 | Photo by Jeff Richards, St. George News / Cedar City News
Athletes compete in the Cedar High Pizza Hut Invitational, Cedar City, Utah, April 26-27, 2019 | Photo by Jeff Richards, St. George News / Cedar City News
Athletes compete in the Cedar High Pizza Hut Invitational, Cedar City, Utah, April 26-27, 2019 | Photo by Jeff Richards, St. George News / Cedar City News
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Jeff Richards, a native of Salt Lake City with family roots in Panguitch, lived in Moab for 20 years before joining St. George News in 2017. Jeff is a longtime journalist and secondary school teacher. He and his wife Penny are the parents of five daughters. They also have two young grandsons. Jeff and his family enjoy swimming, camping, sightseeing, reading, and taking pictures.