The Fort Stockton Panthers track team put their best foot forward in their season-opening track meet on Feb. 18 at the Greenwood Relays.

Fabian Perez captured a title in the 1,600-meter run and Kye Norman placed first in the 300 hurdles, leading their team to a second-place finish – only three points behind the champion Big Spring.

Perez finished the race in 4 minutes 45.65 seconds while Norman finished his race in 47.87 seconds.

The Panthers scored in every event they entered on Friday.

Senior Elijah Escajeda earned a silver medal in the shot put (43 feet 5 inches) and the discus (120-1).

Sophomore Aryan Hernandez placed second in the triple jump with a leap of 43 feet 11 1/2 inches.

Bronze medalists included: Miguel Trejo (100-meter dash), Her-nandez (400), Caleb Garcia (high jump, triple jump), 1,600 relay (Trejo, Jesus Hernandez, Marco Garcia, Caleb Garcia).

Fourth-place finishers were Trejo (200), Perez (800), and Connor Miller (pole vault).

JV Panthers place second The junior varsity Panthers

The junior varsity Panthers track team also earned second place in their respective team race.

Christian Soto ran the 400-meter dash in 56.44 seconds, earning a gold medal in the junior varsity division. Gabriel Caballero placed

Gabriel Caballero placed first in the triple jump with a mark of 36-4 1/2. The JV boys 800 relay fea

The JV boys 800 relay featuring Caleb Gonzales, Rylan Matter, Pedro Gonzales, and Corbin Luna earned a firstplace finish.

Up next is the Comanche relays on Feb. 26.