Track athletes earn honors at B.K.

Elisabeth Stephens and Ryan Eckstrom had Mountain Home's only first-place efforts at the Bishop Kelly Invitational Track and Field Meet Thursday at Bishop Kelly.

Stephens won the 3200-meter run while Sable Lohmeier finished second in the shot put.

Makena Carson was fourth in the 100-meter high hurdles and finished eighth in the 300-meter hurdles.

Whitney Sandberg finished fourth in the 100 meters and was seventh in the 200.

Tracey Gordon finished seventh in the 400 meters.

Eckstrom won the 300-meter hurdles and placed second in the 110-meter high hurdles.

Cody Boguslawski was third in the discus.

Fourth-place efforts went to AJ Daniels in the 100 meters, Devin Wright in the 400 meters, Anthony DeSantis in the 3200 meters, Eric Reetz in the 300-meter hurdles and Chance Llewellyn in the triple jump.

John Thomas Frierson finished fifth in the triple jump.

Sam Benzie was sixth in the long jump and eighth in the 100 meters.

Dallin Dearing placed seventh in the shot put, Joanathan Deese was eighth in the 200 meters and Andy Croft was eighth in the 3200 meters.

"No team scores have been provided yet from the Bishop Kelly Invitational," said Tigers track coach Rich Urquidi. "We had quite a few athletes improve their qualifying marks for district.

"Elisabeth Stephens had a PR of 28 seconds in the 3200 meters to win the event and qualify for district. Sable Lohmeier set the freshman shot put record of 35 feet, 1.25 inches to improve her district seeding, the coach said.

"Our athletes are improving each week and seem to be on track to start to hit their best times or distances just in time for the district meet," Urquidi added.

The Tigers go to Skyview High School on Friday for the Skyview Invitational.