Boys Prep Track & Field: Toledo 'Dirt Track Warriors' get their State banner

Exit 63 Express – Marty takes 2nd in final race and all Riverhawks place at State; plus The Winlock update

Toledo's Treyton Marty runs the boys 3200-meter on the final day of the 1B/ 2B/1A State Track and Field Championships at Zaepfel Stadium, Saturday, May 31, in Yakima. / Photo by Kody Christen of The Chronicle

By Drew Lawson for Blast Zone Media

High School Track and Field

YAKIMA— Treyton Marty admitted that a couple hours before his final 3,200-meter race at the 2B State Track and Field Championships Saturday, the emotions of realizing this was his final high school race were making their presence known.

But he used those emotions to fuel himself to a second-place finish in the event after finishing third in the 1,600 meters earlier in the meet to help spur the Toledo boys to a sixth-place team finish at state.

Marty ran a 9:51.07 in the 3,200 to conclude his career, only getting bested by Liberty Bell star Dexter Delaney Saturday.

Toledo's Treyton Marty catches his breath after running the boys 3200-meter on the final day of the 1B/ 2B/1A State Track and Field Championships, Saturday, May 31, at Zaepfel Stadium in Yakima. Marty finished second in the final race of his prep career. / Photo by Kody Christen of The Chronicle

“It’s emotional. I was crying a couple hours ago, knowing this was my last race,” Marty said. “It hit me so quickly and I was like, ‘oh crap, I have one left.’” Now I have none left. It’s very emotional.”

But what was likely more special to Marty was the fact that a group of five “Dirt Track Warriors,” as the team dubbed themselves as an ode to the fact that they are one of a select few schools in the state still honing their skills in dry mud.

“Every single Toledo athlete that entered and competed medaled, placed top eight and scored the team points,” head coach Don Schaplow said. “We really bill it as a team sport and sell it as a team sport, and I would say that was the highlight for all of them. The team aspect of that was huge for both the boys and girls and how we view our team.”

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