Tracksters collect wins at RC invitational

Garfield/Palouse girls placed fifth among 19 teams with 49 points and SJE-LW girls placed 10th with 31.5 points in the big Ron Vanderholm Invitational at Royal City Saturday. Connell girls topped the team score with 129 points

On the boys side, SJE-LW booked 40 points to place sixth behind the 118 win posted by Kennewick. Garfield/Palouse finished in eighth with 29 points.

For the Viking girls, Annie Leendertsen easily won the 400 with a 65:39. Leendertsen is now ranked seventh in the state 2B for the 400. She also placed sixth in the 100 and sixth in the high jump.

Sophomore Emma Akin placed...