San Juan boys second, girls fourth at Region 15 track & field championship

by Rhett Sifford
Sports Editor
The San Juan High School boys track and field team came up just short of a Region 15 Championship on Tuesday, May 6 in Moab. The Broncos scored 100 points to finish behind only North Summit, who scored 161 to win the title.
JD Palmer led the way with 22 points in three events. He won the shot put with an effort of 43 feet, 4.25 inches. His long jump of 19-6.0 was long enough to earn a second-place result. And he came home fourth in the 110-meter hurdles, crossing the line in 16.83.
Tripp Palmer, who has spent all season leading the boys team, had to settle for second place this time with 20 points on the day. He won the long jump with a 20-8.0 and the high jump with a 6-3.0.
Abram Lyman added ten points to the San Juan tally with a third-place finish in the 1600 in 4:51.33 and a fourth-place result in the 800 when he crossed the line in 2:07.75.
Jagger Nieves collected eight points with a very nice second-place performance in the 100-meter dash, crossing the line in 11.36. He was seventh in the 200 with a 23.88.
Brigg Palmer also snagged eight points for the Broncos when he took second place in the 110 hurdles, crossing the line in a swift 16.29 seconds.
James Gosney finished third in the 3200 meter for six points, crossing the line in 11:31.64. Thomas Hardin scored four points with a fourth-place throw in the discus at 114 feet, four inches.
Stetson Black and Jeraden Hurst got two points each with a couple fifth-place finishes, Black in the long jump and Hurst in the 3200.
Four sixth-place finishers earned one point each for San Juan. Miken Keith finished the 200-meter dash in 23.82, Kooper Laws crossed the line in 17.43 in the 110 hurdles, Platte Lyman crossed in 2:09.36 in the 800, and Keegan McCullough finished in 12:37.63 in the 3200.
The Bronco 4x100 relay team of Miken Keith, Stetson Black, Jagger Nieves, and JD Palmer won their race. They crossed the line in a very speedy 44.94 nearly two seconds ahead of the Gunnison Valley team to earn ten points.
And the 4x400 relay team of Quincy Singer, Trace Bilbao, Abram Lyman, and Platte Lyman was fourth when they came home in 3:46.58, earning four points.
The San Juan girls scored 61.5 points as a team in the region championship, finishing in fourth place. They were just 3.5 points out of third place behind rival Grand County.
Keezie Flannery was the top point scorer for the Lady Broncos, collecting 16 points in three events. She was second in the long jump with a very nice 16 foot, 7.25 inch effort.
She took third in the high jump, clearing the bar at an even five feet. And she came home fifth in the 100-meter hurdles, crossing the line in 16.93 seconds.
Savannah Richmond scored eight points for the San Juan girls when she took second in the discus with an impressive throw of 105-7.0.
Sadie Palmer got six points with a third-place finish in the javelin, throwing it 92 feet, ten inches. Addison Helquist added five points to the team effort with a fourth-place performance in the 100-meter dash and sixth in the 200.
Sincere Nez and Myra Zohnnie collected four points apiece. Nez was fourth in the 3200 in 12:46.23 and Zohnnie was fourth in the javelin with a 90-1.5.
Hayden Shumway scored two individual points with a couple sixth-place finishes. She got a 30-8.5 performance in the shot put and an 87-foot throw in the javelin.
Aspyn Ivins took sixth in the 300-meter hurdles in 51.44 and Brinley Jones was sixth in the 3200 in 15:06.81. Both girls earned one point each. Adison Ivins got half a point for her sixth-place finish in the high jump.
The San Juan girls scored 14 points in the relay events. The 4x100 team of Keezie Flannery, Aspyn Ivins, Adison Ivins, and Addison Helquist was third in 52.88 seconds.
The sprint medley team of Ada Lyman, Sincere Nez, Savannah Richmond, and Sadie Palmer also came home third with their solid run of 5:00.33.
And the Lady Bronco 4x400 team of Sincere Nez, Sadie Palmer, Lucy Black, and Ada Lyman was fifth when they crossed the line in 5:04.94.
The season will come to a close for both teams as they compete in the 2025 Utah State Track and Field Championships Thursday through Saturday, May 15-17 at BYU’s Clarence F. Robison Track in Provo.