PENDLETON — Three Grant County track and field teams competed at meets last week.

The 1A Monument High School girls track team finished mid-pack against 18 teams, including two 5A teams, at Friday’s Green and Gold Invite at Pendleton High School.

Monument freshman Sophia Pettit had first-place finishes in the 100-meter dash and the long jump.

Head coach Darrin Dailey said Pettit started the season recovering from a pulled muscle.

“She won the 100-meter almost 0.5 seconds slower than her fastest time,” he said.

In other highlights from the girls team, Kyla Emerson had personal records in the 100 and 300 hurdles, placing seventh and eighth, respectively.

She also had a strong showing in the long jump, placing 13th out of 39 competitors.

Faythe Schafer earned eighth place in the 400-meter and gained a personal record in discus, placing 24th out of 50 athletes.

Dailey said Aubrey Werner was his most improved athlete, earning personal bests in all three throwing events.

On the boys side, Hayden Schafer is closing in on last year’s personal records for discus and javelin. He placed seventh in both events in Pendleton.

Jess Hoodenpyl improved his distance in the 800 and 1,500.

“The 3,000-meter continues to be his strongest event,” Dailey said.

Cade Milton achieved personal records in both shot put and discus.

Grant Union, led by coach Sonna Smith, and Long Creek, led by Linda Studtmann, competed at the Mustang Invitational in Heppner.

The cold, rainy, windy weather put a damper on the event.

Grant Union’s Kaylee Wright finished first in javelin and high jump and second in the 100 and 200.

Also for Grant Union, Jozie Rude took third in javelin, and Chelsie Kodesh placed fourth in discus and sixth in javelin.

Kenzie Wilson had a first-place finish in the triple jump, and Samantha Brock was third. Brock was third in the long jump, and Wilson was sixth.

For the boys, Nick Springer took third in the high jump, tying with three other athletes.

Clay Johnson had personal records, finishing eighth in the 200 and ninth in the 100.

For the Long Creek boys, Kirill Borisov placed seventh in the 200 and 11th in javelin.

On the girls side, Lilly Stemmann finished fifth in the 100 hurdles and eighth in javelin.

Grant County teams competed at the GU Small Schools Meet on Tuesday, past press time.

Athletes who qualified planned to attend this Saturday’s Salem Meet of Champions.