Whitehorse Raiders Track and Field girls finish 2nd, boys 3rd at region

Whitehorse teams competed in the Region 19 track meet at Monticello High on May 7.
The Whitehorse girls team finished as runner-ups at the meet while the boys finished in third place.
Top four marks in each event qualified for the state tournament. In all 11 Whitehorse athletes are entered to compete at the 1A state championship track meet.
The Whitehorse girls top finish came in the shortest race with Rayauna Lee winning the 100.
Lee also finished as runner-up in the long jump. The spring medley relay team of LaKyara Begay, Maria Yellowman, Laylah Benally, and Katie Whitehair also finished in 2nd place.
Shandiin Roberts finished third in the discus, while Benally finished third in the long jump and Yellowman finished third in the high jump. The 4x100 relay team also finished third for Whitehorse and included Lee, Begay, Benally and Whitehair. Rounding out state qualifiers was Hope Palmer who finished fourth in shot put and Benally who finished fourth in the high jump
The Whitehorse boys were led by a dual-region championship performance from Elam Etsitty. Etsitty finished first in the high jump and also won the 400.
The Raider sprint medley relay team were runners-up at the meet with the team including Etsitty, Hunter Tsinigine, Riley Benallie and Ethan Begay. The same four Raider relay runners were also were third at the meet in the 4x100
Begay also finished third in the 1600 and fourth in the 800 to qualify for the state meet in those events.
The 1A state championship meet takes place Friday and Saturday May 16 and 17 at the BYU track in Provo.