The girls track team traveled to Abilene last Friday and Saturday to compete in the regional track meet.
Junior Arin Rice placed first in the 1600 meter race and second in the 800 meter race by one-one hundredth of a second and will represent Canyon in Austin next Friday and Saturday in the state meet.
“It’s always an honor to move on to state,” Rice said. “But I do wish that I had a teammate going on with me.”
Rice said that she had been sick earlier in the week and was skeptical about how she would perform at the regional meet.
“I was happy that I actually qualified, because it was actually a really bad day for me racing,” Rice said.
Rice competed at the state meet last year and placed first in the 800 meter race and third in the 1600 meter race.
“I expect to run pretty fast times at state,” Rice said. “I am hoping to break the state meet record in the 1600.”
