Eureka track boys second, girls third at Elko Invite 

Spring Creek hosted the Eureka High School track and field teams on Friday, April 17. Joseph Minoletti won the 400, the high jump, with a personal best, 6-foot jump, and was third in the 800 meters for the Vandals, who finished second overall.

Brooke Watts also had a pair of first-place finishes in the long jump and triple jump, setting new personal records in each. She also had a third-place finish in the 400. That helped pace the Lady Vandals to their third-place finish, along with Anna McKay’s win in the 100-meter hurdles, silver in the 300-hurdles, and silver in the 800. 

The boys got a big boost from thrower Liam Sullivan, who won the shot put and placed fourth in the discus.

“Liam Sullivan, Brooke Watts and Joseph Minoletti had really big PR’s. Liam Sullivan’s shot went from 35’1.5” to a new PR of 38’6.” In disc, he went from 90’1” to new PR of 101′ 2.5″ ” ECHS head coach Gio Minoletti informed.

Other athletes performing personal bests included freshman Melissa Johnson for the girls and sophomore Lian Allred for the boys – both in the mile. Sophomore Reagan Mello also had a PR shot put throw of 27 feet to take third. She was fifth in the discus, second in the long jump and third in the triple jump. 

The Vandal track and field teams take to Carson High School on Friday, April 24 at 1 p.m.