Tigers finish track season at state

Nevada Daily Mail

The Nevada Tiger track team wrapped up the 2005 season at the state championships Friday and Saturday in Jefferson City.

Boys' results:

In the boys 800-meter relay, Nevada finished 16th with a time of 1 minute, 36.39 seconds. The team consisted of Eric Atkinson, Bill Fay, Blake Sanderson and Harrison Gage.

In the high jump, Atkinson was seventh with a height of 6-feet, 2-inches. Nathan Gragg also cleared 6-2, but in a tiebreaker placed ninth.

Both had cleared 6-6 this season, the school record, and would have tied for first at the state meet with a similar jump.

In the long jump Gage placed seventh with a leap of 21-7.

The boys 3200 relay team placed 12th with a time of 8:17.90. That team was Mason Benn, Jim Fay, Mark Reed and Ben Wilson.

Girls' results:

Veronica Mosier was 13th in the triple jump with a best of 33-8.75.

Brittany Pettibon was 16th in the 100 with a time of 13.24 seconds.

The girls 400 relay team was 13th with a time of 51.46. That team was Pettibon, Afton Baldwin, Bridget Baldwin and Katelyn Brier.