SHREVEPORT – With district and regional track and field championships around the corner, the North DeSoto boys and girls track teams are rounding into form.

The Griffins won the Gator Relays at Lee Hedges Stadium this past week, while the girls finished second as a team.

Jumper Javonte Taylor led the boys efforts by winning all three of his events.

Taylor cleared 6-4 in the high jump, leapt 20-10.5 in the long jump and traveled 45-3.5 in the triple jump.

Other event wins included Dylan Compton (2:04.92 in the 800 meters), Dale Howard (15.88 in the 110 hurdles), and the 4×800 relay (9:18.21).

The Griffins had various other podium finishes, which included the 4×400 relay (second at 2:36.22), Landon Foust (second in the pole vault with 9-6), Foust (third in the 3200, 11:28.87), Brayden Delton (third in the 200, 23.39), Carson Sanders (third in the 110 hurdles at 17.55 and in the 300 hurdles at 43.09), and the 4×100 relay (third at 43.77).

The boys racked up 140 points, besting host Captain Shreve by 28 points.

The girls finished with 112.5 points and ranked behind a power house in Huntington (157 points).

Molly Wiley captured a pole vault win with a clearance of 9-0 with Macy Wiley scoring a second-place finish (7-6).

The Lady Griffins owned the field with a win in javelin (Mikayla Mondello, 103-3) and a second-place effort (Macaylah Tingle, 99-0).

Other field finishes included a second-place in discus (Yazmin Ferguson, 101-1), a third-place in discus (Josie Parker (93-4), a third-place in shot put (Ferguson, 33-7).

Mondello scored in the triple jump (second, 32-4) with Mattie Cross chipping in with a third-place effort in the long jump (14-4).

The Lady Griffins flashed their speed as well by scoring in four running events.

Taylor Clark clocked a 12.70 in the 100 meters to finish second and ran a leg on the third-place 4×100 relay (49.47).

Tingle placed third in the 800 (2:37.14) and ran a leg on the second-place 4×800 squad (11:18.58).