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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