Lady Bluejays Sixth at Class 5A State Track

Guthrie High School’s girls track, and field team placed sixth (with 47 points) at the Class 5A State Championships in Yukon last weekend, while the boys finished 19th (with 13 points).

Junior Kamryn Boller led the Lady Bluejays by placing fourth in the 3,200 meters (12:15.70), sixth in the 1,600 (5:28.36) and was part of a fourthplace finish in the 4x800 relay with Hannah Smith, Kristie Botello and Peyton Read.

Smith also competed in the 1,600, placing ninth in 5:38.26 Senior Cheyenne Gaymon earned a medal in both of her hurdle events, running the 100 in 15.74 in prelims and 15.65 in the finals for fourth place. In the 300 hurdles, Gaymon ran 48.56 in prelims and then 49.52 in the finals for eighth place. Mary Vaughan ran 17.11 in the 100 hurdle prelims and did not advance.

Senior Anjewl Murillo was unable to defend her 2022 400-meter championship in a tough field. She ran 59.17 in prelims and finished fourth in the finals in 59.08. Alyana Wallace ran 1:03.51 in the prelims and did not qualify for the finals.

Lily Rechlin cleared 5 feet, 2 inches in the high jump for a third-place finish.

Alyssa Vaughn cleared 10-0 for third place in the pole vault and Brooklyn Toomey was sixth at 9-0.

In other relay races, the Lady Bluejays were sixth in the 4x400 with a team of Wallace, Klaribel Kirk, Murillo and Read. The team of Hayley Gallo, Murillo, Wallace and Gaymon placed 10th in the 4x200 in 1:47.20.

The quartet of Gallo, Gaymon, Rechlin and Murillo competed in the 4x100 but their preliminary time of 43.37 was not fast enough.

Read also ran in the 800 and finished 10th in 2:24.49.

On the boy’s side, the Bluejays collected points from Justin Berryhill, who was eighth in the discus with a throw of 145-04; Kyran Axtell, Nate Benford, Jaylen Chelf and Marshal Self were fourth in the 4x200 in 1:30.30; and the 4x100 relay ran 43.29 to finish sixth.

The final points came from senior Lance Salee in the 3,200 with a seventh-place finish in 10:05.55. Freshman Isaiah Blevins placed 13th with a time of 10:39.85.

Salee would then close out his track season in the 1,600 on Saturday, running 4:38.60 to finish 11th. Teammate Eli Fortney ran 4:41.32 to finish 13th.

The Bluejays’ 4x400 relay was 10th with the quartet of Benford, Self, Axtell and Tyrin Eaton being timed in 3:28.68.

Chelf ran 11.14 in the 100-meter prelims but did not advance. Dayton Hoaglin failed to clear the opening height in the pole vault.

Both teams had a solid year and will have some senior leadership to replace in 2024.