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Mindy Stapel of SJHS received a first place medal for the 100 meter hurdles at the district junior high track meet.

Kara Dunn
SJHS Staff Writer

With the school year wrapping up, so is Springville Junior High’s track team. On Friday May 8th, the track team had the opportunity to run in the district track meet at Springville High School. For some events the top six runners from each school participate, while participants in the jumping and throwing events had to acheive a certain distance.

Springville did well this year. We placed third overall in boys with a grand total of 71 points. Girls also came in third with a total of 64 points. Congratulations Springville! Everyone worked hard to achieve their goals and a few went above and beyond on their previous goals.

Five district track records were broken by Springville Junior High students. Jackson Dozier broke the discus record for seventh grade boys with a throw of 8’ 11”. Justina Carter broke the seventh grade girls’ 100 meter dash with a time of 13.62 seconds. Danica Nusink broke the girls’ seventh grade discus record with a throw of 68’ ½”. Mindy Stapel broke the girls’ eighth grade record for 100 meter dash at 16.59 seconds. Aimee Wheeler broke the girls’ ninth grade long jump record with a jump of 16’ 3”.

“The district track meet was a lot of fun,” Mindy Stapel, an eighth grade track runner said. “It was a really good experience, and we all tried our best.”

Mr. Blakey, a counselor at Springville Junior High, as well as one of the track coaches, said, “It was fun for everyone to come out and support us.”

The track team will be sad to be saying goodbye to running, jumping, and throwing, but they all had a good experience and will have memories to remember for a lifetime.