Marquette Takes First In Boys And Girls Southwestern Track Meet

e-team track meet hosted by Piasa Southwestern and held at Carrollton’s track, due to ongoing renovations at the Southwestern track site.

The Explorers won the boys meet with 94 points, with Carrollton second at 92 points, the Piasa Birds third at 76, Bunker Hill came in seventh with 48, Winchester West Central eighth at 24 and White Hall North Greene ninth with 12 points.

Marquette won the girls meet also with 94 points, with Jacksonville Routt Catholic a close second at 92, Southwestern third at 83 points, the Hawks fourth with 61, West Central sixth with 46 points, Bunker Hill eighth at 24, and North Greene ninth with 12 points.

Marquette had the only double winners in both meets, with Jake Hewitt winning the shot put with a distance of 44’ 4”, and the discus throw with a toss of 134’ 10”. Riley Vickery won the 1,600 meters with a time of 5:36 and the 3,200 meters, coming in at 12:17.