The Junction City Lady Jay 4 x 800 relay team turned in the fifth fastest time in the state at 9:57.17,  when they claimed first place in that event at the Salina Central Invitational Friday.

That information was provided by coach Randall Zimmerman, who confirmed Myrissa Humphreys, and Autumn Sifuentes joined Deisjambra Bisio and Rosie Hollis for the race in Salina.

Junction City finished fifth out of nine teams in the girls overall competition at the Invitational, while the Blue Jay boys finished eighth out of nine teams.

Other individual highlights for Junction City included on the girls side:

–A fourth place finish by Autumn Sifuentes in the 1600 meter run in 5:49.51.

–third place finish by the Lady Jay 4 x 400 relay team

–Rosie Hollis captured third place in the 800 meter run in 2:28.25, while Brianna Pace was fifth in 2:34.22.

–Deisjambra Bisio finished third in the 400 meter dash in 1:01.63 and Nashdia Nixon fifth in that race in 1:05.17.

For the Blue Jay boys:

–Ali Childs captured second place in the pole vault with a vault of 12 feet.

–Jovan Baldwin was third in the 100 meter dash in 11.48.

–The Blue Jay 4 x 100 relay team finished first in 44.05

–Scott Keith was fourth in the high jump with a jump of six feet