By Staff

            SOLOMON – The Canton/Galva track/field team traveled to Solomon for a six-team meet on Tuesday and came home with seven first-place medals and 25 top-ten finishes.

            For the Lady Eagles, they finished fifth as a team with 41 points, well behind meet champion Halstead who scored 153. Solomon, Hutchinson Central Christian, Hillsboro and Sedgwick were other teams competing.

            Mimi Craig scored an individual win with the shot put while finishing second in the discus to lead Lady Eagles. Freshman Trinity Espinoza had her best jump of the season when she won the long jump. Makinlee Hoppes earned team points with a pair of fourth place finishes in the javelin and 300-meter hurdles.

            In the boys meet, the Eagles finished second as a team with 81 points as nobody was keeping up with Halstead who rang up 258 points.

            Both Lane McMannis and Jett Vincent were double first-place medalists with McMannis winning both the 110- and 300-meter hurdles and Vincent scored top honors in the high jump with a season best jump, and 200 meters. Wyatt Collins earned a fifth first-place medal for the Eagles when he won the discus.

            Collins came up short in finishing second in the shot put while both McMannis by placing third in the javelin with a season best toss, and Vincent ending up second in the 400 meters earned themselves a third individual medal. Vincent and McMannis landed a fourth medal by running legs with Jaden Ediger and John Erskin on the second place 4×100 meter relay team who ran the team’s fastest time of the season.

            Eagle head coach Tina McMannis closed out the post-meet with a few reflections, saying, “The number of improved times and distances shows our team is improving and should peak right when we need to at our league and regional meets.”

            Next up for the track/field Eagles will come on Tuesday, April 25 at Haven.

CANTON/GALVA EAGLE TRACK/FIELD at Solomon

LADY EAGLES RESULTS:

Team Standings > 1. Halstead – 153; 2. Solomon – 121; 3. Central Christian – 66; 4. Hillsboro – 61; 5. LADY EAGLES – 41; 6. Sedgwick – 26.

LADY EAGLE INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (Top-10 Finishes):

Shot Put > 1. Mimi Craig – 32’ 5”; 7. Emma Herrera 24’ 6”.

Discus > 2. Mimi Craig – 81’ 7”.

Javelin > 4. Makinlee Hoppes – 72’ 10”; 9. Emma Herrera – 60’ 4”.

Long Jump > 1. Trinity Espinoza – 15’ 4.25”.

100 Meters > 4. Trinity Espinoza – 14.19; 8. Makinlee Hoppes – 14.91.

200 Meters > 6. Trinity Espinoza – 30.23.

300 Meter Hurdles > 4. Makinlee Hoppes – 58.89; 7. Emily Lance – 1:06.52.

EAGLE BOYS RESULTS:

Team Standings > 1. Halstead – 258; 2. EAGLES – 81; 3. Solomon – 78; 4. Central Christian – 61; 5. Sedgwick – 29; 6. Hillsboro – 13.

EAGLE BOYS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (Top-10 Finishes):

Shot Put > 2. Wyatt Collins – 40’ 11.5”; 9. Preston Minson – 35’ 2.45”.

Discus > 1. Wyatt Collins – 130’ 4”.

Javelin > 3. Lane McMannis – 137’ 1”.

High Jump > 1. Jet Vincent – 6’ 4”.

100 Meters > 6. Jaden Ediger – 12.57; 7. John Erskin – 12.6; 10. Nathanal Erskin – 12.81.

200 Meters > 1. Jett Vincent – 24.34; 9. John Erskin – 25.99; 10. Nathanal Erskin – 26.00.

400 Meters > 2. Jett Vincent – 56.86.

110 Meter Hurdles > 1. Lane McMannis – 17.66.

300 Meter Hurdles > 1. Lane McMannis – 42.86.

4×100 Meter Relay > 2. Eagles (John Erskin, Jayden Ediger, Lane McMannis, Jett Vincent) – 45.75.

(The Staff covering events for the MAC AREA SPORTS NEW can be reached by email at crossdovewriter@gmail.com)