BURLINGTON — Athletes from the Division II Middlebury, Mount Abraham and Vergennes union high school track and field teams placed in events at the major Burlington Invitational this past Saturday. The event drew many competitors from Division I, II and III programs.
Enjoying the most success was Mount Abe freshman Lydia Pitts, who took second in the girls’ 100-meter hurdles and placed fourth in two other events.
The next best finish came from the MUHS girls’ four-by-100-meter relay team of Gretta Groves, Chloe Kane, Kat Townsend and Megan Townsend.
Also placing in the top six were the Tiger boys’ and girls’ 4×400 meter relay teams, VUHS runner Jake Dombek, Tiger thrower Chris Grier, Eagle jumper Emma Radler, Kat Townsend in an individual event, and the Tiger girls’ 4×800 squad.
The complete boys’ results were:  
•  4×400 meter relay: 6. MUHS, 3:44.93 (Wyatt Norris; Ryan Biette; Christopher Garner; James Whitley); 7. VUHS, 3:45.68 (Sebby Crowell; Dana Ambrose; Chris Castillo; Dombek).
•  3,000-meter run: 7. David Dregallo, MUHS, 9:26; 21. Tobias Broucke, MUHS, 10:31.69; 23. Matt Becker, MUHS, 10:35.73; 32. Nikhil Plouffe, MUHS, 10:53.41; 33. Julian Schmitt, MUHS, 10:59.04.
•  200: 6. Dombek, VUHS, 24.25; 17. Norris, MUHS, 24.97; 20. Liam Hayes, VUHS, 25.08; 21. Burke Farrell, MUHS, 25.23; 22. Crowell, VUHS, 25.24; 23. Andrew Raymond, MAU, 25.45; 24. Cullen Jemison, MAU, 25.52; 26. Evan Meyers, VUHS, 25.81.
•  800: 20. Garner, MUHS, 2:14.56.
•  300 Hurdles: 19. Chris Carter, MAU, 47.34; 25. Garrett Trombley, MUHS, 49.77; 32. Daniel Wisell, MUHS, 55.89.
•  400: 9. Norris, MUHS, 54.89; 17. Damien Morris, MUHS, 56.87.
•  4×100 Relay: 12. MUHS, 49.89 (Farrell, Simon-Jimmy Broucke, Ben Balparda, Elias Wyncoop).
•  1,500: 15. Garner, MUHS, 4:30.85; 17. Biette, MUHS, 4:31.61; 27. Whitley, MUHS, 4:43.
•  Javelin: 5. Grier, MUHS, 138-09; 14. Finn Clements, MAU, 124-00.
•  Triple Jump: 9. Nick Turner, MAU, 37-04.75.
•  Pole Vault: 16. Sam Kuhns, MAU, 8-04.
•  Long Jump: 10. Castillo, VUHS, 18-08.75; 17. Turner, MAU, 17-07.
The complete girls’ results were:  
•  High Jump: 6. Radler,  MAU, 4-06.
•  Triple Jump: 10. Julia Vorsteveld, MUHS, 30-11.
•  Shot Put: 15. Ally Stearns, VUHS, 28-06.
•  4×800: 6. MUHS, 11:18.94 (Kate Oster, Katherine Koehler, Kaitlin Huber, Katherine Moulton).
•  100 Hurdles: 2 Pitts, MAU, 16.69.
•  4×100: 3. MUHS, 53.29 (Groves, Kane, Kat Townsend, Megan Townsend); 13. VUHS, 61.28 (Alyse Beauchemin, Paige Stolen, Sammy Kepes, Olivia Hawkins).
•  400: 4. Pitts, MAU, 64.15; 10. Huber, MUHS, 66.92.
•  300 Hurdles: 4. Pitts, MAU, 51.19.
•  800: 11. Stolen, VUHS, 2:33.33; 27. Moulton, MUHS, 2:49.25.
•  200: 6. K. Townsend, MUHS, 28.36; 12. Kane, MUHS, 29.30; 15. M. Townsend, MUHS, 29.53.
•  3,000: 20. Koehler, MUHS, 12:44.01.
•  4×400: 6. MUHS, 4:39.21 (K. Townsend, Huber, Kane, Vorsteveld).