CHESTER — A victory by junior Wade Mullin and a close second-place finish in the boys’ four-by-400-meter relay provided the biggest highlights for the Vergennes Union High School track and field team at Saturday’s Division III championship meet, hosted by Green Mountain Union High School.
Mullin was joined by senior Lance Bergmans and juniors Ezekiel Palmer and Spencer Hurlburt in finishing just 0.21 second behind Thetford in the 4×400 relay.
Palmer also picked up a point for VUHS with a sixth-place individual finish in the 400, and the girls’ 4×100 relay team of juniors Munro McLaren and Cedar Winslow and sophomores Marlie Hunt and Amber Krumrie also finished sixth.
Many of the Commodores set personal bests on Saturday, and in all 18 of 20 members of the team posted regular-season results strong enough to qualify for the D-III championship meet.
The Commodores results were:
BOYS’ EVENTS
•  100 meters: 10. Josias Salomao, 12:43; 26. Luke Bergmans, 13.39.
•  1,500: 8. Hurlburt, , 4:31.56; 10. Lance Bergmans, 4:32.55; 13. Gabe Praamsma.
•  400: 6. Palmer, 55.97; 17. Xander DeBlois, 58.69; 19. Ethan Sausville, 60.14.
•  300 hurdles: 13. Salomao, 48.27.
•  800: 1. Mullin, 2:04.68; 9. Erich Reitz, 2:13.4; 10. Praamsma, 2:24.14.
•  200: 11. Salomao, 25.99; 20. DeBlois, 26.95.
GIRLS’ EVENTS
•  100 meters: 11. Winslow, 14.10; 12. Krumrie, 14.17; 15. McLaren, 14.53.
•  High jump: 10: Olivia Hawkins, 4-2.
•  1,500: 11. Ashley Cray, 6:06.24.
•  4×100: 6. VUHS, 55.76 (McLaren, Winslow, Hunt, Krumrie).
•  800: 19. Cray, 3:01.10.
•  200: 10. Winslow, 29.27; 20. McLaren, 31.55.