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SPRING VALLEY – The Mendota track teams traveled to Spring Valley to participate in the Hall Rollie Morris Invitational on April 13.

The Trojan boys took fifth place in the team standings with 61 points. Bureau Valley captured the top spot with 122 points, outdistancing second-place Streator (106). Twelve teams figured in the point standings.

Mendota had two first-place finishes. Sebastian Carlos kept up his dominance in the 400-meter dash with a winning time of 51.2. The other top placement went to Mason Koch, who went 39-3.25 to seize the triple jump.

In the girls’ competition, Mendota tallied 40 points and was seventh in the team standings. Bureau Valley made it sweep by winning the girls’ meet with 123 points, while Princeton was a close second (118).

Freshman Mariyah Elam was the lone first-place finisher for the Lady Trojans, taking the long jump with a height of 4-11.75.

April 13 – Morris Invite

(boys)

Bureau Valley 122, Streator 106, Stillman Valley 91.5, Amboy 82.5, Mendota 61, Somonauk 50, Lowpoint-Washburn 49, Hall 43, Fieldcrest 40, Putnam County 31, St. Bede 8, Ashton-Franklin Center 7

Mendota 1^st place: Sebastian Carlos, 400m dash, 51.2; Mason Koch, triple jump, 39-3.25

Mendota 2^nd place: Anthony Kelson, 1600m run, 5:05.8

Mendota 4^th place: Carlos, 200m dash, 23.9; Kelson, 300m hurdles, 44.6

Mendota 5^th place: Berat Imeri, 3200m run, 12:04.5; Koch, long jump, 17-8.5

Mendota 6^th place: Kelson, 110m hurdles, 18.1; 4x200m relay (Robert Botello, Jayden Lesley, Gael Garcia, Jamal Lesley), 1:43.5; Jamal Lesley, high jump, 5-6.25

Mendota 7^th place: 4x100m relay (Carlos, Jayden Lesley, Garcia, Botello), 48.8

Mendota 8^th place: 4x800m relay (Hector Gonzalez, Spencer Kain, Carlos Toribio, Travis Mumm), 11:01.7; Garcia, long jump, 17-0.25; Botello, triple jump, 34-7.75

(girls)

Bureau Valley 123, Princeton 118, Amboy 93, Lowpoint-Washburn 65, St. Bede 58, Aurora Central Catholic 57, Mendota 40, Streator 35, Stillman Valley 31, Fieldcrest 27, Somonauk 27, Hall 21, Ashton-Franklin Center 6

Mendota 1^st place: Mariyah Elam, high jump, 4-11.75

Mendota 2^nd place: Elam, 100m hurdles, 16.7

Mendota 3^rd place: 4x200m relay (Laylie Denault, Grace Wasmer, Aby Buettner, Elam), 1:55.8

Mendota 5^th place: Elam, 200m dash, 27.8; Denault, 300m hurdles, 55.8

Mendota 7^th place: 4x800m relay (Emily Banks, Kara Miars, Eden Pecher, Briza Cervantes), 13:27.5; Denault, long jump, 13-8.25

Mendota 8^th place: Buettner, 100m hurdles, 19.8; Kennedy Knaff, 300m hurdles, 58.9