The Lakeland High School Hawks put on an impressive performance at their home track meet against the Post Falls High School Trojans, dominating almost every event from start to finish. The meet, which took place on the home turf of the Hawks, showcased the talent and strength of Lakeland’s athletes as they outperformed the Trojans across the board.
From the opening gun to the final race, Lakeland’s track and field team showed its depth and skill. The Hawks’ athletes demonstrated strong teamwork, determination, and individual excellence, ensuring that they were nearly unbeatable throughout the day’s competition. Lakeland had athletes placing in nearly every event, a testament to their well-rounded squad and consistent effort across the board.
In both the 100 and the 200-meter dash Apollo Gratzinger placed. Right alongside him in the 200-meter dash Jarron Yager took first place in the 200-meter dash.
Jayden Johnston took first place in the 800 meter with Parker Sterling and Ryan Engelbrecht.
Parker Sterling doing what he does best taking first place in the 1600 meter.
Frank Mcarthey and Charlie Matilla took first and second in the 3200 meter.
The Hawks put a clinic on for Post falls and really showed out, and the stats don’t lie and they go on and on.
“We have people in all events that are extremely well seasoned at what they do,” Peyton Sardihna said when asked what the key to all these wins are.
With track and field having so many different events and needing to be filled with athletes, having depth is extremely important. The Hawks track team has plenty of depth with plenty of talent in all events and it shows.
“We still have a lot of room for improvement but I think we showed some of the hard work we put into practice everyday” Sarhdina said
A good team goes into meets and wins, a great team goes into meets, dominates and reflects on how they can improve in practice in order to keep getting better. Thats what this Hawks team is all about, never staying comfortable and always pushing for greatness and striving to get better every single day no matter what.
