The Mathews High School boys’ and girls’ track teams traveled to West Point April 5 for a regular season meet against King and Queen and the host Pointers. The MHS girls won overall with 69 points.

Notable performers were Casey Kelly in shot put with a mark of 29’1”; Lauren Bland won the triple jump with a mark of 25’3”, and the 4x800m relay team (Lizzie Stokes, Bland, Skylar Lewis, and Alyssa Curko) won with a time of 12:32.

The boys’ team won with 91 points. The MHS boys won every event in the meet with the exception of the shot put, 100m and 200m dash. A few notables were Stuart Anderson Jr. who won the high jump with a mark of 5’8”; Jalen Thomas won the 1600m and 800m run with times of 5:03 and 2:15, and Hunter Wright won the 100m hurdles with a time of 19.23. On Saturday the teams traveled to Charles City to compete in the Charles City Invitational. The girls’ team placed fourth with 63 points and the boys placed fifth ...