The varsity Sharkettes racked up nine individual gold medals to place 2nd in the team standings at the Industrial Track Meet.

Heather Fort lead the pack of Sharkettes with three first place finishes and two seconds.

Fort took gold when she posted 62.68 in 400-meter dash. Mallorie Ford clocked in at 69.08 to take fifth. Fort rocketed to a 27.54 finish in the 200-meter dash to take first while Hilary Garcia finished in third with a time of 28.38. Ford crossed the finish line at the 29.31 mark to place fifth.

The 400-meter relay team of Tezna Roy, Fort, Ford and Garcia were locked in cruise control as they coasted to a 52.57 finish to claim first.

Roy claimed gold with a 2:28.58 finish in the 800-meter run. Her third gold of the day came in the 1600-meter run as she crossed the finish line in 5:53.93.

Christy Grice dominated the throwing events, taking golds in the discus with swirl and toss of 103’ 1” and the shot put with a heave of 31’ 9”.

Abigail Wallace cleared 8’ 0” in the pole vault to claim a first place finish.

Garcia was quicker than the competition in the 100-meter dash and her time of 13.48 earned a first place finish. Fellow Sharkette Kayla Quinney crossed the line in 14.18 to claim third.

Fort’s 14’ 7-1/2” took second in the long jump. Ford took third with a bound of 14’ 0”.

In the triple jump, Fort placed second with a jump of 32’ 2-3/4”, Quinney was third with 31’ 11-1/2” and Ford took fourth with a distance of 31’ 10-1/2”.

Quinney took second place honors in the high jump by crossing the plane at a height of 4’ 8”.

Garcia’s 14.66 in the 100-meters earned fifth place while Bumguardner crossed in 15.05 to take sixth.

High above the spectators was Anthony Garcia whose vault of 11’ 6” was two feet higher than the competition could go and netted him a first place finish.

The Shark squad of Justin Janise, Keith Grice, Adam Garcia and D’Andre Haynes was second in the 400-meter relay in a time of 44.76.

Jose Mancera finished the 3200-meter run in 11:47.42 to take third. Teammates John Mark Hafernick and John Tran were fifth and sixth in 12:38.15 and 13:12.12 respectively.

Adam Garcia took third in the 100-meter dash with a blazing 11.55. Zach Garcia, Haynes, Kris Broussard and Adam Garcia paced the Sharks to finish fourth in the 1600-meter relay in 3:54.24. In the 1600-meter run, Mancera place fifth in 5:36.00 and Tran sixth in 5:48.76.

The quartet of Janise, David Aparicio, Spencer Fort and Haynes crossed the line in 1:40.72 in the 800-meter relay to claim fifth. Justin Janise took sixth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.98.

The varsity Tidehaven Tigers took second in their own Tiger Relays with 91 points as Edna took the team title with 122 points.

The ‘Alpha’ Tiger of the day was Ian Wade who jumped to a pair of gold medals. He was first in the triple jump with a distance of 41’ 8-1/4” and then leaped 20’2” to win the long jump. Teammate Marcus Rocha placed second in the long jump at 19’ 6”.

Wade also added a silver medal by clocking an 11.40 in the 100-meter dash.

Daniel Palomares handed in two second place finishes. Palomares was runner-up in both the 400-meter dash with a time of 48.12 and a 2:11.46 time in the 800-meter run. Eddie Torres was fourth in the 800-meter run at 2:16.27.

Robert Cruz took second the 1600-meter run in 5:16.62 followed by Maurice Martin in fourth at 5:21.59. The duo was also second and fourth in the 3200-meter run with Cruz running an 11:34.42 and Martin an 11:55.92.

In the 800-meter relay the team of Wade, Palamores, Eddie Torres and Rocha were clocked at 1:39.12 to take fourth.

Gustabo Sandoval’s toss of 43’ 3” in the shot put was enough to place fifth. DaQuan Franklin was sixth in the 110-meter hurdles in19.58.

The varsity Tidehaven Tigerettes edged out Edna 115 to 113 points in the team standings to capture third place finish in their own Tiger Relays last week.

Van Vleck won the team title with 161 points and Weimar was second with 131.

Meaghan Ledwig cleared 8’ 0” height at the pole vault to bring Tigerettes their lone first place finish. Teammate Makenna Solomon vaulted 7’ 0” to take fourth.

Kerissa Wiley shined at the meet, taking the silver in the 200-meter dash in 28.06 and finishing second in the triple jump with a leap of 33’ 9-3/4”. She also had a leap of 15’ 2-1/2” to take third in the long jump.

Wiley anchored the 400-meter relay that placed second with a time of 53.23 with teammates Solomon, Ledwig and Kenadi Jackson.

Danielle Galvan high stepped the 100-meter hurdles in 18.37 to finish second. Victoria Phommahaxey took sixth in 19.73.

Solomon and Jackson finished third and fourth in the 100-meter dash in 13.93 and 14.02 respectively.

Destinie Lucio finished the 800-meter run 2:48 to place third.

The 800-meter relay team of Jessica Reyes, Brianna Rozner, Chavonne Bluntson and Solomon clocked in at 1:58.28 for a fourth place finish.

The 1600-meter relay team of Galvan, Skylar Mitchell, Jackson and Wiley legged out a fourth place finish stopping the clocks at 4:54.12.

Amy Lezak twirled and tossed the discus to a fourth place finish with a distance of 82’ 2”.

Mitchell cleared 4’ 6” at the high jump bar to place fourth.

A trio of Tigerettes placed fourth, fifth and sixth in the 1600-meter run; Lani Kaspar 7:03.71, Lucio 7:06.05, Lexi Garcia 7:23.14.

Michelle West’s toss of 30’ 2-1/2” in the shot put was enough to claim fifth place with teammate Savanna Davis in sixth at 28’ 11-1/2”.

Palacios’ win came in the second round of action in a high scoring fashion with the Sharks sinking Kenedy 18-12. “We hit the ball well, but allowed Kenedy to stay in,” said coach Gibson.

The Sharks hammered out 9 hits and each of the 9 players crossed the plate for runs.

To open the tourney, Aransas Pass took advantage of the Sharks ability to convert scoring opportunities to sneak a 7-6 win. In the fifth inning, Palacios had the bases loaded with one out when Anthony Garcia hit into a double play to end the inning and stall the Sharks’ rally.

Palacios faced off with Skidmore-Tynan and were handed a 10-7 loss. The Sharks were their own worst enemy as past balls coupled with costly, crucial time errors lead to their downfall.

“We didn’t get the results we wanted in the tournament, but we got much needed improvement on defense and pitching,” said Gibson.

In the season finale on Friday, West Columbia clinched the fourth and final playoff spot with a 1-0 win over Palacios.

Jessica Ramon was between the pipes and stopped 16 shot attempts. Clarisa Polk recorded 3 shots on goal and Christen Sandoval and Haylee McKissick each had 1.

“I am really proud of the girls and how they finished the season,” said coach Amy Morales. “They improved every week and over the course of the season.”

Earlier in the week, the Sharkettes fell victim to a feline attack as they lost 3-0 to Bay City.