Led by multiple top-five finishes from Olivia Barr and Grace Armitage, the Wakefield Warriors finished second in the Titan Classic High School Invitational girls track-and-field meet.
The host Alexandria City Titans won the high-school event with 119 points. Wakefield scored 78.5.
Barr finished second in the shot put, third in the discus and fourth in the high jump during the May 3 competition. Armitage was second in the 100-meter hurdles and fourth in the triple jump.
The Wakefield girls had a number of other top-10 finishers, like Ada Jordan’s second in the 800, Wren Gabel’s third in the same race, a second by Purvi Oberkirsch in the 400 and Dru Kukawa’s third in that race and a second by Gennesee Rivera Dobbler in the 3,200.
Kennedy McClary was fifth in the long jump, Quincy Daigle sixth in the 1,600, Kyla Berthold seventh in the 1,600, Sadie Stein seventh in the 100 and eighth in the 200, and Kayleigh Williams eighth in the discus and ninth in the shot. Aliya Adams placed eighth in the 300 hurdles and 10th in the 100 hurdles.
The team’s only win came in the 4×100 relay in 49.85. The relay consisted of Armitage, McClary, Stein and Jillian Reck.
In the boys meet, Wakefield finished 10th and the Yorktown Patriots 15th.
For Wakefield, Travon Buckner was third in the triple jump, Devin Carlson fourth in the pole vault, Daniel Herring fourth in the 1,600 and thrower Ben Mitzen fifth in the shot and sixth in the discus.
Wakefield’s mixed 4×400 relay won in 3:47.75, made up of Jordan, Oberkirsch, Theodore Fusarelli and Carter Lyons.
Yorktown’s top finishers in the boys meet were Ryan Schmitt’s second in the 800 and Griffin Divis’ fifth in the 1,600. Yorktown’s 4×100 relay was third.
The Wakefield girls and boys teams are expected to be top contenders in the upcoming Liberty District meets.
