Hedley athletes bring home wins from Kress

Hedley’s Iziak Weatherread and Josh Booth brought home first place honors when the Owls participated in the Kress Relays last Tuesday, March 21.

Weatherread won the 800M with a time of 2:20.88, and Booth was first in the 1600M with a time of 5:09.03. Billy Curry and Isaiah Torres also ran in the 1600M.

Weatherread also placed second in the 3200M with a time of 13:07.31. Hedley’s Billy Curry was third with 13:18.34, and Javier Valles was fourth with 13:25.75.

In the long jump, Weatherread was fourth with a jump of 19’¾”, Josh Booth was 11th at 16’4¼”, and Valles finished 16th at 13’11¼”.
Matthew Rodriguez finished 18th in the shot put with a distance of 25’3”, and Paeton Glover was 22nd at 23’9”.

Booth finished fifth in the discus with a throw of 93’5”, and Matthew Rodriguez also participated.

Taylee Ehlert represented the Lady Owls and finished seventh in the discus with a throw of 66’7”.

In the Junior High Relays, Payton Inman was fourth for the Owls in the 100M with 13.47, third in the 200M with 26.83, and second in the 400M with 1:04.84.

Sebastian Garcia came in 22nd in the 200M with 33.43 and 14th in the 400M with 1:16.50. Takota Edwards was 8th in the 400M with 1:09.72, and Brandon Moore was 21st with 1:23.31.

In the 2400M, Edwards was fifth with a time of 10:04.22. He and Moore also ran in the 1600M.

Edwards was 20th in the long jump with a distance of 12’11”, and Garcia was 21st with 12’10½”. Moore had a distance of 10’8” for 27th.

Kaitin Ehlert placed fifth in the 300M for the junior high Lady Owls with a time of 1:09.9, and Kinley McClelland was sixth in the 2400M at 11:22.4. Ehlert and McClelland also ran in the 1600M.

In the 100M dash, Lillie McCleskey was 10th with a time of 15.72, and Kali Curry tied and Amherst runner for 11th at 16.21. Kelli Love was 23rd at 17.40, and Maria Silvestre was 28th at 21.66.

In the 200M, McCleskey was 11th at 34.65, and Curry was 14th at 35.09. Love finished 24th with 37.74, and Sadie Trent came in with a time of 39.39.

McClelland, McCleskey, Curry, and Ehlert ran the 4x100M relay and finished fifth with a time of 1:03.62.

In the long jump, McCleskey’s leap measured 11’8½” for 13th, Ehlert covered a distance of 11’4½” for 15th, and McClelland was 18th with 10’9½”. Curry also participated.

Abbey Branigan was ninth in the shot put with a throw of 23’5”. Love was 12th at 22’6”, Silvestre was 16th at 17’9”, and Kylynne Shelley was 17th at 13’4”.

Participating in the discus for the junior high Ladies were Branigan, Shelley, Love, and Silvestre.