Photo by Wayne Crick Paonia’s Jaramiah Hillman (front) leads Andrew Tiedeman of Hotchkiss around the final curve of the 800m run. Tiedeman found a burst of energy to pass Hillman and finished fourth. Tiedeman ran a 2:05.30 and Hillman a 2:05.71.At Friday's Montrose Invitational all-class track meet, the Paonia girls scored 33 of their 68 points in relays: first (10 points), 800-meter sprint medley — 2 minutes, 25.47 seconds; second (8), 800m team — 1:48.98; third (6), 400m — 51.61; 4th (5), 3200m — 10:35.96; and fifth (4), 1600m — 4:23.46.

The girls' team placed fifth at the 19-team meet.

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Tracy Sturgis photo Jacob Helleckson runs to a sixth-place finish in the 1600m at Saturday’s Gunnison Invitational. The boys’ team placed fifth in the 30-team meet. It was a good day overall said head coach Brian Mitchem, “with icy cold wind” in the late afternoon.Practice conditions were hardly ideal last week as Paonia prepared for a conference double-header against Rangely. But the Eagles were ready when they stepped off the bus, warming up with a 7-4 win over their hosts, then handing them a 17-3 throttling in five innings in game two.

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Photo by Tamie Meck The Paonia Eagles finished first in the 2A WSL with an 11-1 record after posting double-header wins Saturday over Meeker. The six-team District 2 tournament opens May 11 at Delta.The Paonia Eagles wrapped up 2A Western Slope conference competition Saturday, defeating Meeker, 14-4, 15-4, at Meeker.

Meeker has improved this season and played well, said head coach Drew Potter.

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Tracy Sturgis photo Morgan Hartigan, right, runs to a first-place finish in the 300-meter hurdles at the Gunnison Invitational on Saturday. Hartigan also won the shot put. Paonia won eight events and placed first at the 30-team meet.If Lindsay Russell was a little nervous going into Saturday's Gunnison Invitational track meet, she can rest easy now.

The senior sprinter for Paonia signed to run track for Western State Colorado University.

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