The Union Co. boys track team placed second at Murphy

The Union County boys track team placed second in the second meet of the season Wednesday, March 4, at Murphy.

The Panthers scored a team total of 93 points, good enough for second behind Murphy’s 151.5 points, and ahead of Andrews’ 47.5 points and Tri-County Early College’s five points.

In the 400-meter dash, Thomas Mellendorf took first place with a time of 54.2, while Hunter Hartzog was second at 54.5.

In the 300-meter hurdles, Elliot Stepps was first in 46.9 seconds, while Trevor Guild placed second.

Zion Ross took first place in the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.8 seconds.

Ross, Mellendorf, Hartzog, and Jonah Green took the top spot in the 4X400 meter relay with a time of 3 minutes, 46.5 seconds.

The team of Nathan Cobb, Brady Guild, Luke Gambrell, and Guild placed third in the event at 4:03.4.

In the 4X800 meter relay, the team of Gambrell, Mellendorf, Hartzog, and Lawson Harkins placed second with a school-record time of 8:51.5.

Kyle Smith, in the 110-meter hurdles, placed third with a time of 21.3 seconds.

In the 4X200 relay, the team of Sloan Sutton, Stepps, Smith, and Kyle Morlock placed second with a time of 1:39.

Morlock, Sutton, Ross, and Riley Thomas placed third in the 4X100 relay with a time of 47.5 seconds.

Gambrell placed third in the 800-meter with a time of 2:16.4.

In the 3,200, Devin Gasaway with third with a time of 13:31.8.

Morlock also placed second in the discuss with a throw of 104 feet, 8 inches.

In the high jump, Green placed third with a leap of 5-foot-6.

The Panthers will next compete in a meet at Riverside Military Academy beginning at 4:15 p.m., Tuesday, March 10.