by Mark Watson
SPORTS EDITOR
Dustin Durfee continues to stay ahead of the competition with his victories for the Grantsville High School track team.
Durfee won three events in a home meet last Wednesday against athletes from Logan, Tooele, Dugway and Wendover.
"Dustin and one of the top hurdlers in the state from Logan went at it pretty good in the 300 hurdles at the meet," said coach Steve Allen.
Durfee edged Logan's James Rowher by 1.3 seconds to win the event with a time of 38.52. Durfee also won the 100 hurdles and the 400 meters.
The Grantsville team is tuning up for the Region 11 track meet next Wednesday and Thursday in Ogden. Some of the school's top athletes will compete Saturday at the BYU Invitational.
"Ogden and Logan are the top teams in the region, but we have a few quality athletes who put some fear into those teams because our kids come in and place high in events and take points away from them. They (other teams) know how hard we compete," Allen said.
"A lot of our kids make up for any lack in natural talent by just pushing themselves more mentally and physically," the coach said.
"We're getting to the point in the season where we are fine-tuning. We're not pushing some of our kids in some events at dual meets because we don't want them to be burned out when we get to region and state," Allen said.
"The dual meets give some of our younger kids much needed experience," the coach said.
The following is a list of the top finishers from Grantsville, Tooele, Dugway and Wendover at Wednesday's meet.
Women
1600 meters
Jessica Collings, Grantsville; Jenni Torgerson, Tooele; Alyssa Roberts, Grantsville; Megan Bresee, Tooele; Makayla Adams, Tooele; and Micall Pomeroy, Grantsville
400 meters
Rachel Topham, Grantsville; Tashina Hathaway, Tooele; Amie Farley, Tooele; Sara Beazer, Grantsville; Alisha Farley, Tooele; and Marlene Fahnstock, Dugway
300 hurdles
Sammie Jensen, Grantsville; Breanna Nichols, Dugway; Jennie Bateman, Wendover; Collings, Grantsville
800 meters
Farley, Tooele; Bateman, Wendover; Pomeroy, Grantsville; Emily Lakin, Grantsville, Jessica Aure, Grantsville; Alexa Barrus, Grantsville
200 meters
Airica Stewart, Tooele; Beazer, Grantsville; Topham, Grantsville; Lindsey Kimler, Dugway; Bateman, Wendover; Nicole Storey, Tooele
Two mile
Hillary Whiting, Courtney Cartwright of Grantsville and Hathaway and Erica Pool of Tooele
High Jump
Bartlett, Fillmore and Topham of Grantsville
Long jump
Bartlett, Fillmore of Grantsville; Tayci Morse, Dugway; Chelsea Whiting, Grantsville
Discus
Julia Oppenheim, Wendover; Carrie Glaser, Tooele; Lucy Gonzalez, Wendover
Shot put
Gonzalez, Wendover; Kari Billings, Dugway; Brittany Griffith, Grantsville
Javelin
Men
100 hurdles
Dustin Durfee, Grantsville; Mitch Shumway, Grantsville; Kaleb Killpack, Grantsville; Fred Beacham, Tooele
100 meters
Austin Killpack, Grantsville; Garrett Landis, Dugway; Miguel Martinez, Wendover; Shane Bakker, Grantsville
1600 meters
Kodey Myers, Brian Peterson, Tyson Lambert and Chris Steele
400 meters
Dustin Durfee, Grantsville; Martinez, Wendover; Dane Durfee, Grantsville
300 Hurdles
Dustin Durfee, Grantsville; Beacham, Tooele; Ty Davis, Grantsville; Dustin Smith, Tooele
800 meters
Sam Mitchell, Tooele; Peterson, Grantsville; Cody Colson, Grantsville
200 meters
Austin Killpack, Grantsville; Jordan Meyers, Tooele; James Dettle, Dugway; Bakker, Grantsville
Two mile
Tyson Lambert, Daniel Lewis, Peterson all of Grantsville
High jump
Cody Wall, Dugway; Kaleb Killpack, Grantsville; Leif Woffinder, Wendover
Javelin
Collin Thompson, Grantsville; Austin Killpack, Grantsville; Morgan Kartchner, Dugway
Shot put
Thompson, Ty Hamatake, Kaleb Bitters of Grantsville; Bryan Hager, Tooele
Discus
Chase Smaelie, Tooele; Bitters and Ben Vera, Grantsville
Long jump
Davis, Austin Gumucio of Grantsville; Zachary James and Dettle of Dugway
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