High school track and field: Reds win Cedar Invitational meet; girls clinch title with 4×400 victory

Written by Jeff Richards
May 2, 2022
Athletes compete in Cedar Invitational track meet at Cedar High School, Cedar City, Utah, April 30, 2022 | Photo by Jacqui Knighton, St. George News / Cedar City News

CEDAR CITY — Host Cedar High School’s girls and boys track teams both took first place at the Cedar Invitational meet on Saturday.

Athletes compete in Cedar Invitational track meet at Cedar High School, Cedar City, Utah, April 30, 2022 | Photo by Jeff Richards, St. George News / Cedar City News

The single-day event attracted athletes from more than one dozen high schools in central and southern Utah, including all seven Region 10 schools.

Cedar’s boys team won its meet handily, with the Reds scoring 106 team points to runner-up Pine View’s 80.5.

The girls meet was much closer, with Cedar edging Desert Hills by a single point, 106-105. 

In the final individual event, the 1600-meter run, Desert Hills picked up 13 points to pull ahead of the Lady Reds, 105-96. The Thunder’s Addison Pettingill won that race in a time of 5:31.7, while sophomore teammate Talia Skinner picked up another three points for placing sixth. Cedar didn’t have any athletes entered in the event.

However, in the last race of the day, the 4×400 relay, Cedar took first and scored 10 points. Desert Hills wasn’t entered in the event, so the Reds ended up winning the overall meet by one point. Cedar’s runners in the 4×400 relay were Kodi Oveson, Mckenlee Mogensen, Cierra High and Mayce Dalton; they finished the race in 4:15.69. 

Cedar coach Greg Harris said several of his team’s athletes qualified for state during the meet, including Kiara Hansen in both discus and shot put, Ella Fielding in the javelin, Mayce Dalton in the high jump, Anna Hall in the 400-meter run and Trent Durbin in the boys shot put.

For team scores, see below. For complete results, visit the meet’s page on runnercard.com.

Next up for the athletes who’ve qualified will be the BYU Invitational at Brigham Young University in Provo on Friday-Saturday.

And in two weeks, the Utah High School Activities Association’s state track meet for all classifications, 1A through 6A, will be staged May 19-21, also at BYU. 

Cedar Invitational, April 30

Boys team results

  1. Cedar, 106
  2. Pine View, 80.5
  3. Crimson Cliffs, 80
  4. Richfield, 64
  5. Desert Hills, 50.5
  6. Hurricane, 50
  7. Gunnison, 36
  8. Kanab, 32
  9. (tie) Snow Canyon, 31
  10. (tie) Parowan, 31
  11. Canyon View, 30
  12. Dixie, 24
  13. Bryce Valley, 17

Girls team results

  1. Cedar, 106
  2. Desert Hills, 105
  3. Pine View, 76.5
  4. (tie) Hurricane, 61
  5. (tie) Canyon View, 61
  6. Richfield, 42
  7. Parowan, 36
  8. Crimson Cliffs, 35
  9. Dixie, 31
  10. Snow Canyon, 28
  11. Kanab, 25.5
  12. Gunnison 18
  13. Wayne, 4
  14. Piute, 3
  15. Bryce Valley, 3
  16. Valley, 2

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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 three young grandsons. Jeff and his family enjoy swimming, camping, sightseeing, reading, and taking pictures.

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