On Friday the Wildcat track team travelled to Dixie and competed against 14 teams in the Dixie Invitational. The conditions were once again not pleasant with temps dipping down into the 30's by the end of the night. The wildcats were also without a contingent of athletes who were battling an illness that has been going around. However, the team persevered and gave their all coming away with some great performances and personal records once again.

On the girls side Laila Black was the top point scorer for the team on the evening, coming away with 8 points by placing 6th in the 800m run (2:46.76) and 4th in the 1600m run (6:10.41) both new personal bests. Other great performances were turned in by; Millie Nau, 4th place in pole vault (6'0"), the 4x4 relay team (Lily Cook, Jayla Wilbourn, Bryley Wulff and Reagan Pieschel) finished 4th with a time of 4:47.16, the 4x1 relay team (Kasey Jones, Lily Cook, Ava Milligan and Jayla Wilbourn) finished 4th with a time of 56.55, and the 4x2 relay team (Jayla Wilbourn, Ava Milligan, Lily Cook, Kasey Jones) finished 3rd with a time of 2:01.34. There were also a number of ladies that finished just outside of the scoring and set new personal records.

The boys team also gave great effort and came away with some fantastic finishes. Oliver Crosthwaite was the top scorer for the team coming away with 8.25 points by finishing 3rd in the 800m run (2:15.88), as well as being part of the 3rd place 4x800m relay team and the 6th place 4x400m relay team. Other individual scoring performances were turned in by Daniel Osborne, 7th in the 3200m run (11:37.47) and Eli Koss, 6th in the 110m high hurdles (18.00) and 7th in the 300m hurdles (46.17). the boys relay teams brought home the rest of the hardware with the 4x400m relay team (Malachi Gipson, Ryan Michael, Oliver Crosthwaite & Connor Green) placing 6th, the 4x200m relay team (Malachi Gipson, Eli Koss, Jaylin Riley & Ryan Michael) also placing 6th, the 4x100m relay team (Ryan Michael, Jaylin Riley, Connor Young & Malachi Gipson) placing 4th overall and the 4x800m relay team (Oliver Crosthwaite, Daniel Osborne, Donavon Schuyler & Connor Green) placing 3rd overall.

This was a very competitive meet with some of the best runners and athletes in the area competing until nearly 11pm on Friday. This week the teams will be travelling to Vandalia Butler for another large invitational on Friday night. The field events will begin at 4:30 followed by the running events at 5. The Wildcats would love some support on Good Friday, for what will hopefully be the nicest weather they have had for a meet yet this season. GO CATS!