Republic track dominates home meet

Both the boys and girls track teams opened their seasons by winning team titles at the Republic Classic, Monday. The Tigers and Lady Tigers each scored twice as many points as the second-place team in the small-school field that traditionally makes up the first meet of the season.
Republic swept the girls relay races. Gracie Woods, Aaliyah Vasquez, Chloe McCann, and Jenna Belcher won the 4x100. Woods, Vasquez, Alaina Norman, and Kristin Probst won the 4x200. Vasquez, Woods,Norman, and Probst won the 4x400. Miha Nambara, Gracie Troester, Misora Nambara, and Probst won the 4x800.
Other individual winners among the girls included Kailey Manes (high jump), Riley Brown (pole vault), and Norman (javelin). Woods and Belcher finished 1-2 in the long jump.
The Republic boys won three of four relay races. The 4x200 team of Ahlante Askew, Drew Buchanan, Chase Buford, and Kendall Curbow finished first. So did the 4x400 relay team of Zion Allen, Ahlante Askew, Derrick Buchanan, and Drew Buchanan; and the 4x800 team of Ethan Haynes, Derrick Buchanan, Devon McMillin, and Will Fronabarger.
Other event winners included Landen Finley (400m), Miller Rountree (110m hurdles and 300m hurdles), Chase Buford (long jump), and Trysten Hart (shot put). Devon McMillin and Aslan Ebisch finished 1-2 in the 800m run.