It was the kind of beginning the Troy track squads were hoping for.

The Troy Up and Running Invitational took place on Saturday at Memorial Stadium, and it was a big success for both the boys and girls squads.

In the boys’ race, the Trojans cruised to an easy victory over second-place Northmont, as the Trojans scored 126.5 points, and the TBolts had 89.5.On the girls’ side, Troy had an easier time of it, scoring 157 team points and winning by a 51 point margin.

In the 110 hurdles for the boys, Frankie Hoening took fourth place for Troy, as he finished in 20.00. The Trojans also shined in the 100 meter dash, as Josh Browder captured the title with a time of 11.68. Teammate Jayden Culp-Bishiop was fourth at 11.92.

The 1600 meter run was dominated by Troy’s Stephen Jones with a time of 4:25.13m while in the 400 dash, the Trojans took two of the top four spots. Hayata Nagata was second overall with a time of 54.38, while the Trojans’ Kobe Feltner was fourth with a time of 54.89.

Keenan Kinnel was second overall in the 300 hurdles with a finish of 45.68, while Jones came back in the next event, the 800 run, and took home the victory with a 2:03.04.

In the 200 dash, Demarcus Moody of Troy was fourth overall with a time of 24.01.

In the mens’ field events, Kinnel won the high jump with a height of 5-foot, 10-inches, with Troy’s Josh Browder was third (5-foot, 8-inches) and Nick Mittlestadt was fourth (5-feet, 6-inches). The long jump saw Hayden Jackson capture second for the Trojans (19-feet, 3-inches) and teammate Hayata Nagata was fifth (18-feet, 5-inches).

Kameron Black was fifth in the discus for the Trojans, and Troy’s Travis Hall was first overall in the shotput at 46-feet, 2-inches.Finally in the pole vault, Joe Dippold was third for the Trojans at 13-feet, 6-inches.

For the girls, the Trojans were just as successful. In the 100 hurdles, Caitlyn Cusick was fourth at 18.70, while in the 100 dash, Celina Courts was third with a 13.80. In the 300 hurdles, Cusick was second with a 51.21.

In one of the most dominant performances of the day, Troy sophomore Morgan Gigandet won the 1600 run with a time of 5:10.46, over 35 seconds ahead of her closest competition, who happened to be her teammate Olivia Tyre in 5:46.58. Megan Myers from Troy was also fourth in that event.

Troy also took two of the top four spots in the 400 dash, as Ashley Barr took first (1:01.64) and freshman Ciena Miller was third.

In the 800 run, Gigandet battled Melissa Barrett of Northmont down to the wire, and captured the event with a 2:24.83, less than two seconds ahead of Barrett. Tyre finished fourth for Troy, and Myers fifth.

Courts (third) and Barr (fourth) both finished well in the 200 dash, and in the 3200, Troy dominated as Emma Shigley was the event with a 12:08.92, and teammate Haley Huelsman was second at 13:19.50.

For the girls field events, Troy’s Kelsey Walters threw 36-feet in the shot put, good enough for first place, with teammate Alaura Holycross placing second with a 34-foot, 11.5-inches. In the pole vault, Christine Moser from Troy took first with 10-feet.