Fairbanks’ track athletes competed in the first day of the Division III regional meet at Heath High School.
Several of them qualified for Friday’s running finals.
Results from prelim events were as follows (qualified for finals unless noted):
-100 meter dash: Charley Shope sixth, 12.88;
-300 meter hurdles: Shope, fourth, 47.58;
-4×100 meter relay: Kendra Turner, Allie Boyd, Molly Thrush, Sydney Nicol, 12th, 52.98 (did not qualify for finals);
-4×200 meter relay: Shope, Thrush, Alexis Wojcehowics, Boyd, ninth, 1:49.73;
-4×400 meter relay: Rachael Hoover, Wojcehowics, Thrush, Shope, fifth, 4:11.20.
Several events were conducted as finals on Wednesday.
The top four finishers in each event will advance to next week’s state meet that will be held at the University of Dayton’s Welcome Stadium.
The Lady Panthers’ 4×800 meter relay team of Hoover, Ava Lahmers, Sadie Miller, Thrush, sixth, 10:04.57.
Claire Baker did not place in the girls high jump.
Andrew Sorg did not place in the boys discus.
Triad’s Cayla Eaton competed in the Division III regional meet at Troy High School.
She placed fifth in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 15.55.
Eaton will compete in the finals on Friday.