MENDOTA - Mendota hosted the Three Rivers Conference Girls’ Track & Field Meet on May 3.

Sherrard ran away with the team title with 156 points. Bureau Valley and Princeton were a distant second with 80.5 points apiece. The Lady Trojans finished ninth out of 13 teams with 34 points.

The highlight of the meet for Mendota came from freshman Mariyah Elam. She finished first in two events - the 100-meter hurdles and the high jump. In the high jump, Elam topped out with a measurement of 5-6.25, which was a personal best for her and also a conference record, erasing the old mark of 5-6. In the 100-meter hurdles, Elam cruised to the win with a time of 16.25.

May 3 – Three Rivers

Conference Girls’ Meet

Sherrard 156, Bureau Valley 80.5, Princeton 80.5, Kewanee 79.5, Riverdale 66.5, Erie-Prophetstown 59, Sterling Newman 39, Monmouth-Roseville 38, Mendota 34, Orion 33, Rockridge 28, Morrison 5, Hall 3

Mendota 1st place: Mariyah Elam, 100m hurdles, 16.25; Elam, high jump, 5-6.25

Mendota 4th place: Laylie Denault, 300m hurdles, 52.86

Mendota 5th place: 4x200m relay (Grace Wasmer, Elam, Denault, Aby Buettner), 1:54.71

Mendota 6th place: Buettner, 300m hurdles, 53.46