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KEWANEE – Five first-place finishes helped the Mendota girls’ track team to third place in the team standings in a five-team meet at Kewanee on April 3.

Mariyah Elam was part of four of the winning efforts for the Lady Trojans. She captured individual firsts in the 100-meter hurdles (16.95), the high jump (5-4) and the triple jump (33-2), while she also ran a leg of the winning 4x200-meter relay team (1:58.65). The other three relay runners were Aby Buettner, Kate Strouss and Alexa Carlos.

Mendota’s other first-place finish was by Buettner in the long jump at 16-2.

Stark County claimed the top spot in the team standings with 116.5 points, followed by Kewanee with 102.5 and Mendota with 75. Farmington (45) and Galva (7) also participated.

April 3 @ Kewanee

Stark County 116.5, Kewanee 102.5, Mendota 75, Farmington 45, Galva 7

Mendota 1^st place: Mariyah Elam, 100m hurdles, 16.95; 4x200m relay (Aby Buettner, Kate Strouss, Alexa Carlos, Elam), 1:58.65; Elam, high jump, 5-4; Buettner, long jump, 16-2; Elam, triple jump, 33-2

Mendota 2^nd place: Buettner, 200m dash, 28.48; Brooklyn Baxa, 400m dash, 1:18.11

Mendota 3^rd place: Kara Miars, 400m dash, 1:19.17; Buettner, 300m hurdles, 52.81; 4x400m relay (Klaire Knaff, Rylee Woods, Eden Pecher, Hannah Kunz), 5:05.25; Woods, high jump, 4-10

Mendota 4^th place: Savannah Lenert, 800m run, 2:54.98

Mendota 5^th place: Kunz, 800m run, 2:55.54; 4x100m relay (Harlow Foltynewicz, Ambrielle Oquendo, Reushawna Durr, Woods), 59.56; Pecher, triple jump, 27-4

Mendota 6^th place: Elaina Koch, 400m dash, 1:20.47; Pecher, 100m hurdles, 20.0; Knaff, long jump, 12-9