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St. John Tigers earn two first-place finishes
Quade Smith
COURTESY PHOTO Dick Smith St. John freshman Quade Smith (18;45.5) edges Central Plains Oiler Payton Ryan (18:46.2) for the St. John cross country title.

PRATT —St. John's Quade Smith won the 400 meters (53.52) and ran legs on the first-place 3,200-meter relay (8:49.58) with Braxton Alpers, Ian Dunn and Jace Reyes at Thursday's Pratt Skyline Track Invitational.

Alpers was runner-up in the 800 (2:10.71). St. John placed runner-up in the 1,600-meter relay (3:42.27) with Reyes, Alpers, Smith and Ian Dunn.

Stafford's Sam Lowther won the high jump (5-8). Stafford's Brody Kerschenske was runner-up in the javelin (130-6).

GIRLS DIVISION — St. John's Reagan Bonner won the long jump (16-1) and triple jump (34-0). St. John's Lydia Reed was runner-up in the 800 (2:37.84) and 1,600 (6:23.35).

SKYLINE INVITATIONAL

GIRLS TEAM SCORES—1—Pratt 149; 2—South Central 102; 3—Kiowa Co. 77; 4—Skyline 50; 5—St. John 46; 6—Medicine Lodge 38; 7—Chaparral 33; 8—Chase 14; 9—Stafford 13.

GIRLS EVENTS

100m—5—Denio, S, 13.77

400m—5—Heidi Fisher, SJ, 1:07.92

800m—2—Reed, SJ, 2:37.84; 3—H. Fisher, SJ, 2:51.38; 5—Roush, S, 2:57.87

1,600m—2—Reed, SJ, 6:23.35

High jump—4—Denio, S, 4-4; 5—Mathes, S, 4-0

Long jump—1—Bonner, SJ, 16-1; 5—Blanton, S, 15-1

Triple jump—1—Bonner, SJ, 34-0

Discus—6—McCloskey, S, 76-3

SKYLINE INVITATIONAL

TEAM SCORES—1—Kiowa Co. 117; 2—Pratt 115; 3—Medicine Lodge 94; 4—Chaparral 61; 5—St. John 51; 6—Skyline 41; 7—Stafford 39; 8—South Central 31.

BOYS EVENTS

300m hurdles—6—Garrett Dunn, SJ, 55.55

400m—1—Smith, SJ, 53.52

800m—2—Alpers, SJ, 2;10.71; 4—Ian Dunn, SJ, 2:24.99

3,200m—3—Joel Valadez, S, 10:48.47

1,600m relay—2—St. John, 3:42.27 (Reyes, Alpers, Smith, Ian Dunn)

3,200m relay-1—St. John, 8:49.58 (Alpers, Ian Dunn, Reyes, Smith); 4—Stafford, 10:07.1 (Lins, Joel Valadez Josue Valadez, Tort)

High jump—1—Lowther, S, 5-8; 5—Lins, S, 4-10

Triple jump—5—Alpers, SJ, 40-81/2

Shot put—3—Garcia, S, 37-63/4; 4—Tanner, SJ, 35-01/2

Discus—4—Tanner, SJ, 99-8

Javelin—2—Kerschenske, S, 130-6; 6—Josue Valadez, S, 105-11

Pole vault—5—Pope, S, 9-6