Cheney girls' track and field is ready for the big meets

When it comes to early-season meet results, the Cheney High School girls track and field team’s ninth place finish at last Saturday’s Dolphin Invite at West Valley-Spokane may be a difficult one to use to gauge the Blackhawks success this spring.

Cheney was missing a number of its returning veterans from last year’s team that finished sixth overall at the Star Track and Field 2A state championships in Tacoma, so coming in ninth out of 13 teams wasn’t quite a true indication of what the Blackhawks are capable of doing. It was, however, a sign of the potential that might manifest itself later th...