EPHRATA — Maddax Iverson swept both hurdle events, Hunter Mills won the 200-meter dash and Caleb Fitts captured the 3,200 as Ephrata won the boys team title Saturday at the 50th annual Ray Cross Invitational track and field meet at Kiwanis Field.

In an opening ceremony, meet officials paid tribute to the legacy of Cross, who taught special education and coached football and boys and girls track for more than 30 years at Ephrata prior to his death on Nov. 26, 1972. The 1973 EHS yearbook remembered him this way: "The difference you have made to me lasts not a day, a week, a month. It lasts not only in your presence but is there even after you have gone... for memories last forever."

The Tiger boys scored 113 points to win the 20-team field. Prosser finished second with 66.5, followed by Toppenish with 60. On the girls side, Prosser won with 110.5 point, Brewster placed second (78) and Davenport third (59). Ephrata finished sixth (48).

Iverson won the 110 high hurdles in a personal-best 16.26 seconds and the 300 intermediates in a season-best 41.78. Jacob Reyes placed third in the 110s (17.02, SB) and fourth in the 300s (44.57).

Mills took the 200 in 23.71 and placed second in the 100 in 11.38. Andy Addink won the 400 in a season-best 52.54. Chelan's Holden Alteio won the 800 in 2:06.48, with Ephrata's Cooper Black second in a season-best 2:08.27. Grandview's Brendan Kramer was the 1,600 champion- finishing in 4:33.09, and Tiger Niko Diaz sixth in a personal-best time of 4:55.95.

Fitts won the 3,200 in a personal-best 10 minutes, 11.71 seconds. Connor Liffengren finished 10th in 11:32.93 (PB).

Tiger boys swept the relays. Alex Belino, Casey Melcher, Addink and Mills won the 4x100 in 44.39. Iverson, Fitts, Black and Addink took the 4x400 in 3:37.58.

Prosser's Gavin Case won the discus at 157 feet, 4 inches and the shot put at 52-3. Ephrata's Cooper Kriete placed second in the discus with a personal-best 139-2 and sixth in the shot put (45-8, SB). Teammates Calvin Lybbert was seventh in the shot put (44-9, SB) and Tyler Kono sixth in the discus (131-10, PB).

Toppenish's Ezequiel Ramirez won the pole vault at 12-6. Ephrata's Jens Bair placed eighth (9-6) and Adrian Negrete 10th (9-0). Toppenish's Jack Davila won the long jump at 21-10, with Belino seventh (19-0). Almira-Coulee-Hartline's Brady Roberts won the triple jump at 44-5.5. Melcher placed seventh (38-5.5, PB) and Belino 10th (37-2.5).

For the girls, Davenport's Glenna Soliday won the 100 hurdles in 15.59. For Ephrata, Bella Wood took third (17.29, SB) and Alexis St. Mary eighth (18.21, PB).

Prosser's Katharine Hudak won the open 400 in 1:01.05, with Cynthia Villagran eighth (1:06.46, SB). Prosser's Elizabeth Norris won the 800 in 2:22.63, with Hannah Fitts seventh (2:33.68, PB). Manson's Grace Walsh won the 1,600 in 5:24.39, with Hannah Malone eighth (6:06.06, SB). In the final distance event, Connell's Lucy Campbell won the 3,200 in 12:13.38, with Ephrata's Savannah Harper third (13:17.65) and Annabelle Adams 10th (15:00.52, PB).

Brewster won the girls 4x100 in 52.60. Ephrata's relay of Amya Seblario, Staci Guerrero, St. Mary and Killinger placed third at 54.88.

In field events, Brewster's Pepper Boesel won the javelin at 125-3, with Tiger Lila Buchmann second at 102-3. Boesel also won the triple jump at 33-9.5, with Killinger fourth (31-7.5, SB) and McKinley Cobb ninth (28-4). Davenport's Charlotte Soliday won the pole vault at 9-3. Ella Schultz and Alexis Edwards each cleared 7 feet to place fifth and sixth.

After time off for next week's spring break, Tiger track and field travels to Cheney for the Van Kuren Invitational on April 18.