BEN BOLT – The Pettus track teams fared quite well at their District 31-A meet on April 5. The Lady Eagles placed second overall, right behind district champ Falls City. The boys team placed fifth with the district title going to Yorktown.

The top four finishers in each event advance to the area meet that was held on April 13-14 in Woodsboro.

In the girls’ triple jump, Lady Eagle Anna Elder won gold with a leap of 31-10. It was a 1-2 Pettus sweep in the long jump as Elder claimed first with a jump of 16-0 and Chloe Garza was second at 15-6.

The Lady Eagles did well in the 3,200-meter event with another 1-2 finish. Savannah Delbosque was first with a time of 13:07.40 while Celeste Sims placed second at 14:21.02.

In the 800-meter run, Lady Eagle Miranda Arrisola placed third with a time of 2:8.68. Ana Torres picked up fourth place points in 2:43.49.

Chloe Garza ran the fastest 100-meter dash of the day with a gold medal effort of 12.56.

The 400-meter duo of Elder (1:02.99) and Tristian Moore (1:04.36) gave the Lady Eagles another 1-2 sweep. Chloe Garza placed first in the tough 300-meter hurdles, crossing the finish line in 48.22.

Elder won the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.75 while Moore placed fifth in 28.56. In the metric mile, or 1,600-meter run, the Lady Eagles took three of the top four spots. Delbosque won the event with a time of 5:59.18. Arrisola was third in 6:18.34 and Sims placed fourth at 6:31.24.

The Lady Eagles also did well in the relay events. In the 4x400-meter relay, Moore, Garza, Torres and Elder placed second with a time of 4:16.44.

On the boys’ side of the meet, Eagle Josh Herrera placed sixth in the triple jump with a leap of 36-9.75. Casey Jones placed third in the long jump with a jump of 20-01.

In the 800-meter run, Silvestre Sanchez captured third place points for the Eagles with a time of 2:08.45. Jones came back and won the 400-meter event with a blistering 51.11. Jones finished fourth in the 200-meter dash in 23.00.

Sanchez placed second in the 1,600-meter run for the Eagles with a time of 4:57.43. In the 4x400-meter relay, the Eagle team of John Constante, Sanchez, Joe Benavides and Jones captured fourth place with a time of 3:38.96.