The Streetsboro girls track and field team finished seventh with 42 points at the eight-team Aurora Invitational April 25.

Chagrin Falls won the competition with 147 points and Chesterland West Geauga (81) and Aurora (68) finished second and third, respectively.

Tiara Bivins won the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.64 seconds. She joined Dare Gleason, Kelsey Cianci and Kaitlin Twigger on the third-place 800 relay team (1:53).

Bivins also was part of the 400 relay team that placed third (53.59). Her teammates included Cianci, Gleason and Amanda Cobourn.

Others Rockets who placed in the top six include the following:

200: Gleason, fifth, 28.36

1,600 relay: Cianci, Tiffany Yanulaitis, Cobourn and Heather Poston, sixth, 4:35.9

High jump: Cianci, second, 4 feet, 10 inches

Discus: Marissa Goodman, fourth, 78-11

Pole vault: Kayla Brown, fourth, 31-4

Visiting Streetsboro lost a 73-55 decision to Portage Trail Conference County Division rival East Canton April 22.

The following Rockets placed in the top three in their events:

100: Bivins, first, 13.3

800 relay: Cianci, Gleason, Twigger and Bivins, first, 1:52.9

1,600: Rachel Oravec, third

400 relay: Bivins, Cobourn, Gleason and Cianci, first, 53.7

400: Yanulaitis, second

300 hurdles: Twigger, third

800: Poston, second

200: Bivins, first, 27.8

3,200: Oravec, third

1,600 relay: Cianci, Cobourn, Poston and Yanulaitis, first, 4:38.2

Long jump: Gleason, third

High jump: Cobourn, first, 4-8; and Cianci, second

Shot put: Brown, first, 30-7.25

Discus: Kellie Radic, second

"The sprinters continue to impress me," said Streetsboro head coach Tom Fesemyer. "The sprint relay teams of Bivins, Kelsey Cianci, Amanda Cobourn, Kaitlin Twigger and Dare Gleason improve every time they run the relay events. Tiffany Yanulaitis is running better than I have ever seen her run in the 400.

"One of the most impressive wins of the day was freshman Amanda Cobourn jumping 4-8," he added. "As a freshman jumping that height, that signals to me that she is learning and using the necessary techniques to compete in the high jump. Volunteer coach Gabe Swarts has really done a nice job with all of our high jumpers this season."

Fesemyer also had high praise for his throwers.

"In the field events, Kayla Brown continued her success in the shot put along with discus thrower Kellie Radic," he said. "It's nice to see these two ladies improving every meet. That truly is a credit to their hard work and dedication to the sport."

Streetsboro was set to visit Ravenna to compete against County foes Garfield and Atwater Waterloo April 29. Results were not available at press time.

The Rockets are scheduled to compete at the Mogadore Relays May 2 at 3:45 p.m. before returning to Ravenna to face County rival Rootstown May 6 at 4 p.m.

-- From staff reports

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