The Rye High School track team began their 2022 season with a trip to Pueblo West last Saturday for the Early Bird Invitational. Twentynine teams showed up so placers earned their spots with exceptional performances.
Clarrissa Peterson, Audrey Maroney, Audrey Bowler, and Mylee Garner won the gold medal in the girls 4x800 relay in a time 12:15.66. Hailey George took the silver medal in the 200-meter running the event in a time of 29.36. George also placed 4th in the 100 meter in a time of 13.79.
George also joined Addy Mittelstadt, Katelynn Frick and Hailey Bowler in the 4x200 relay which the four finished in 2:18.60 for a 4th place finish.
Peterson, Haley Bowler, Audrey Bowler, and Garner placed 7th in the 4x400 relay in a time of 5:39.37.
The boys 4x400 relay team placed 9th. Josh Newitt, Derick Sheets, Garret George, and John Lopez made up the team. 4:05.08 was the time.
Devin Samuelson placed
6th in the shot with a toss of 37’.
“For the first meet of the season I thought we did well,” commented Head Coach Connor Pigg. “We did well as a team although we still have some growing pains.
It was awesome to see a full Rye Track team as we were canceled two years ago and last year only had 18 because of the season stretching well into the summer, this season we are bolstering 35+ track athletes. This was a big meet (29 teams) so all placers had exceptional performances.”
Next action for the track team will be at Dutch Clark stadium in Pueblo in the Pueblo Centennial Invitational on Saturday the 19th. Action is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m.