On the week of the Class 5A track regional assignments being released, the Guthrie High School track team found themselves in another talented, deep 6A field by participating in the Edmond North meet.
Edmond North will be one of four 5A regional sites and where Guthrie will compete to try and qualify for the state tournament in mid May. The boys team are the defending 5A state champions after winning the school’s first title last spring, in Moore.
Freshmen Roseta Galbraith did her thing again by winning the 100 meters in a time of 15.52. Galbraith also was on the low side in the qualifying round with a sprint of 15.38. Galbraith took fifth place honors in the 100 meter dash against an upperclassmen field of 6A.
Senior Rachel Roberts finished seventh in the 1600 meters with a time of 5:37.82 and sixth in the 3200 meter with a time of 12:21.63.
Senior Alexis Daniels jumped 4-10 even in the high jump. Mustang’s Lacey Rhodes took top honors with 5-04.
Junior Erika Guerrero took 6th in the pole vault with 8-06.
For the BlueJays, senior Chaunsey Dumas had a great day on the track starting with a second place finish in the 100 meter dash. The senior gave the Jays eight points by running 10.67 and was just .10 slower than Derek Serowski.
Senior Jaso Ogan ran a 4:39.17 in the 1600 meter run to give the Jays a point.
Junior Emmanuel Robinson was the faster runner in the 110 meter hurdles in the qualifying round, but third in the finals. Edmond Santa Fe’s Gunnar Nixon was .50 quicker with a time of 14.12.
The 4 x 100 Guthrie relay team set school records on Friday and Saturday with times of 41.92 and 41.77. However, Southmoore ran a 41.52 and a 41.40 to take top honors.
The 4 x 800 Guthrie relay team took fourth with a time of 8:27.34 as Edmond Santa Fe took first with a run of 8:05.86.
Overall the Lady Jays placed 12th out of 17 teams and placed higher than any other team outside of Class 6A. The BlueJays took sixth behind Edmond Santa Fe, Southmoore, Tulsa Union, Norman, and Del City.
Next up for the tracksters is Conference runs at Chickasha on Friday.
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