Riverdale Academy wraps up track at state meet

Matt Vines

The Riverdale Academy boys and girls track teams each logged a 13th-place finish at the MAIS Class A state meet.

The girls scored 11 points and the boys accumulated seven points.

The best finish on either side came from senior Julia Grace Riggs, who barely missed the podium in the shot put with her toss of 29-02.75 for fourth place.

Freshman Kandyn Nettles came in fifth in the 400 meters with a 57.30.

Senior Makayla Pickett flung the discus 80-05 to place fifth.

Senior Zane Givens placed seventh in the 200 meters with a 25.97.

Senior Alaina Boyd finished seventh in the 300 hurdle with a 56.86.

The boys 4×400 relay finished eighth with a 4:22.77. Nettles ran the first leg followed by Tyler Wilhite, Lane Mancil and Givens.