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Show The Park Record Sat/Sun/Mon/Tue, May 2-5, 2009 B-3 Miners host first home meet in years week, things were great while they lasted. The Park City meet, which hosted the teams of Region 10 as well as North Summit High School, was the last regular-season meet before By ADIA WALDBURGER the highly competitive BYU Of the Record staff Invitational, Region 10 chamPark City High School track pionships and the state champiand field team head coach Jeff onship meet. Wyant went from the highest The meet was open to as high to the lowest low this many runners as wanted to week. Just hours after holding compete, which meant that the first home track meet at the many who normally might not high school in at least four get a chance to compete in years, he got a call from the more restricted meets were hosts of the Brigham Young able to take part. University (BYU) Invitational ''We have a lot of great peosaying that Park City team ple that are not able to enter a would not be welcome at this lot of meets," Wyant said. weekend's statewide meet. Wyant and much of the The dis-invitation comes on team also liked being able t o ' the heels of Park City schools compete in their backyard for closing communitywide the first time in years. Thursday due to the swine-flu "It's nice. Kind of homefield scare. If test results come back advantage,1' said varsity sprintnegative on Friday (after press er Blake Thorne. "It doesn't time), the Miners will be seem like you would have it in allowed to participate. track, but you do." "I am hopeful that the In fact, none of the current report will come back in time team members had ever been for us to run," Wyant said. "It's able to compete at home going to take a lot of opportu- before Wednesday. nities away from these kids." "It was nice to have friends The BYU Invitational is the and family cheering on the highest-level track and field team," Wyant said. meet in the state besides the Tracksters headed for the state championships, and postseason also had a good day. Wyant had hoped to see many Distance runner Cameron of the kids break school Edwards continued to near his records and prepare for the goal of setting a new school state championships, which will record of one minute and 55 be held on the same track in seconds in the 800-rneter race, mid-May. finishing with a time of 1:58. But. in what turned out to Edwards stayed far ahead of be the final Park City High the pack, making it even more School sporting event of the challenging to run faster, but he 'Experience the Homestead(jift Shop Trackstershopeto compete at BYU Celebrate Cinco de Mayo! Pinaras available Starting April 24, 2009 Order yours today! 700 N. Homestead Dr. Midway, UT 84049 866-628-0419 www.HomcsceadReson.com DAVID RYDER/PARKRECORD Erik Walker grabs the baton in the 4 X 100-meter relay. said he remained focused. "It's really all mental," he said. "You just have to stay focused on the race and not let the pain get to you." "All by himself, that's a fast time," Wyant added. North Summit's Erica Birk also had a bit of a solo run in the 800-meter leg of the medley relay. She finished with a split time of 2:27 - her fastest time of the season. Birk was able to maintain a consistently fast pace throughout the entire leg. "I know if I stop, I'm in trouble," she said. 'The 800 is the hardest. Its almost sprinting two laps." Birk, who took third at the 2A cross-country state championship, is one of the county's best distance runners, keeping up with some of Park City's best runners. She hopes to do even better in the medley and the other distance races at BYU over the weekend. The Park City girls had a strong day, sweeping the top three places in the mile. Freshman phenom McKenzie Snyder won the 800meter race and was happy to do so well in a more relaxed setting. Snyder was part of the medley relay foursome that beat the previously unbeatable Davis team at a highly competitive meet over the weekend. ' i t was pretty awesome," she said. "I was hoping to go faster but it was nice with no pressure." 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