Valley squads win Region III track titles

SKYVIEW -- The Palmer boys' track and field squad tallied 129 points to win the Region III title.

The Moose were paced by their relay teams. Palmer won three titles in the four-man events.

Palmer's squad of Mike Weber, Brent Bryant, Aaron Dickson and Olin Bingham finished first in the 1,600-meter relay with a time of 3 minutes and 33.37 seconds.

Bingham, Cleo Munoz, Sam Zimmer and Tristan Denoncour gave the Moose a first place finish in the 800 relay.

Weber, Denoncour, Munoz and Kent Bryant sprinter their way to first place in the 400 relay for the Moose.

Dickson and Dustin Eley each led the Moose with a pair of individual wins. The Palmer senior won the 800 and 1,600 runs.

Dickson edged brother Drew in the 1,600. Drew Dickson also finished second in the 3,200.

Eley is the top sprinter in the region after winning the 100 and 200 runs.

Bingham won the 400 for Palmer with a time of 50.91.

Nick Pilch led the Palmer throwers with a third place finish in the discus.

Colony finished sixth in the team standings with 38 points.

Sophomore Justin Schwartzbauer finished third in both the 110-meter hurdles and 300 hurdles for Colony.

Peter Doner finished third in the 3,200.

Dan McBride finished third in the triple jump for the Knights.