MANCHESTER CTR, Vt. — With just five team members, all sophomores, the Rivendell girls track team exceeded their coach’s expectation with a third place at the Vermont Division IV state meet on the strength of five first-place and three second-place finishes.

The Raptors scored 94 points in Thursday’s meet, finishing behind the winner Northfield (130 points) and Arlington Memorial (111) and ahead of 10 other teams.

Sydney Schoenbeck won the 100 meter hurdles in 15.93 seconds, the 300 hurdles (47.97), the high jump (1.52 meters) and the long jump (5.11 meters).

Teammate Mia Currier won the 100 meter dash (13.29), was third in the 200 and second in the long jump. Points were also scored with Lindsey O’Hearn taking second in the triple jump and fourth in the long jump and Harper Traendly getting second in the pole vault.

Allie Vogelien was fourth in the triple jump and the 4x100 relay team of Vogelien, Traendly, O’Hearn and Currier finished second.

“I had a feeling they could be in the top five but I never thought third place would be achievable,” said Mike Perry, the Hartford Hurricane track coach who also coaches Rivendell. “They surpassed the point total I thought they would get.”

But Perry also said the point total is the result of a strong commitment by the team, which travels to Hartford for practice.

“They have really been working hard,” Perry said.

For the boys, Sharon Academy finished fourth among 12 teams with 64 points led by Zabrien McGee who won the long jump (5.8 meters) and was second in the discus, triple jump and 200 meter dash.

The 4x100 relay team of Jack Doris, Noah Malloy, Bryce Rickert and Jacob Jeffries finished second. Orion Bee, Malloy, Rikert and Raiden Danford were fourth in the 4x400, and Bee, Rikert, Joey Thibodeau and Daniel Piasecki took third in the 4x800.

Other points were scored by Doris (4th, javelin, 6th 100 meters), Bee (5th, 1,500), and Elijah Huntington (6th, discus and javelin).

The Sharon Academy girls finished sixth led by MaCallister Gray taking third in the high jump and also scoring in the triple jump (4th) and long jump (5th).

The Phoenix’ Abby Chase was third in the shot put and sixth in the discus with teammate Arya Hilliker fourth in the discus and sixth in the shot put, Evelyn Muraski of Sharon was third in the 3,000.

Results: Girls — Northfield 130, Arlington 111, Rivendell 94, Green Mountain 50, Long Trail 49, Sharon 30, Cabot 16, Mill River 16, Winooski 11, Craftsbury 7. Boys — Richford 137, Green Mountain 112, Arlington 89, Sharon Academy 64, Craftsbury 56, Mill River 32, Long Trail 22, Leland & Gray 11, Winooski 8, Websterville Christian 6.

Patrick O’Grady can be reached at pogclmt@gmail.com.