Oakwood Boys’ Track Team Shines at Unity Invitational with Multiple Top-10 Finishes
By Fred Kroner
Bryson McDaniel registered two top-five finishes and Connor Smith had one on Friday (April 19) for the Oakwood boys’ track and field team in the 15-school Unity Invitational.
McDaniel was third in the long jump (20 feet) and fifth in the triple jump (39 feet, 2 inches).
Smith placed third in the 100 meters (11.40 seconds).
Oakwood had three other top-10 individual performances.
Saul Carrillo finished ninth in the 200 meters (personal-best 25.28 seconds), Trevor McCall was 10th in the 110-meter high hurdles (17.91 seconds) and Kyler Johnson was ninth in the JV shot put (32 feet, 5 inches).
Three of the Comets’ varsity relays captured top-10 finishes.
The 3,200-meter grouping of Jakob Rupp, Lucas Tyas, Macen Phillips and Thomas Wells were third in 8:54.92.
Placing fifth was the 400-meter unit of Bryson McDaniel, Connor Moss, Jacob Pricer and Smith. Their combined time was 45.24 seconds.
Oakwood’s 800-meter varsity relay ended in 10th. The runners on that relay were Moss, Carrillo, Pricer and Jacob Taflinger. They were timed in 1:40.55.
The Comets’ 400- and 800-meter JV entries had the same runners: Jack Ajster, Cale Thomas, Trevor Hanner and Connor Taflinger.
They ran sixth in the 400 (48.90 seconds) and were eighth in the 800 (1:44.01).
Oakwood will return to action on Tuesday (April 23) in the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Invitational.
