Photograph by Travis Long

HARRISONBURG — Turner Ashby swept a boys and girls tri-meet against Massanutten District rivals Spotswood and Harrisonburg last Wednesday.

The TA girls topped Harrisonburg, 73-51, with Spotswood in third place with 47 points.

Brianna Mitchell, Jessy Moubray, Meghan Clark and Melinda Laycock earned event victories for the Blazers.

Mitchell won the long jump (16-9.25), finishing ahead of second-place Moubray (15-4.75), and the 100-meter dash (12.7), with teammate Brooklyn Simmers (14.0) in second.

Moubray claimed the triple jump (35-2); while Clark (4-4) and Laycock tied for the win in the high jump.

The Blazers’ 3,200 relay team also picked up a win, with a time of 12:32.3, as did the 400 relay team, which finished in 51.2 seconds to top TA (54.8) by over three seconds.

Finishing second for SHS was Christen Showker in the 300 hurdles (51.2), which was won by HHS’ Mandy Kauffman (48.6).

Taking third Isabel Jimenez in the 1,600 run (5:56.3), which was won by TA’s Caroline Young (5:36.2); and Katlyn McDonaldson in the 100 hurdles (20.8), which was won by HHS’ Kauffman (16.3).

Winners for TA included Cayse Hartt in the pole vault (9-6), Megan Nelson in the discus (104-0), Blair Long in the 800 run (2:36.4), and Paige Price in the 200 dash (27.5).

Other HHS winners included the 1,600 relay team (4:15.9), Dash Love in the 3,200 run (13:12.5), Xitlaltic Cortes in the 400 dash (...

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