GILBERT – The four field events are where the South Hamilton girls’ track and field team buttered its bread during Monday’s sometimes wet and sometimes cold Bengal Relays.

Two gold medals and 30 points – 44 percent of the team’s overall points haul – helped push the Hawks to 68 1/2 points and a fifth-place finish in the Class B standings.

“I was really pleased with our field events and they seem to be our strength this year,” South Hamilton head coach Dan Brodie said. “The high jump, long jump, discus and shot (put) all did well in adverse conditions.”

South Hamilton was forced to nickel and dime its way through the rest of the meet, however. It only produced one medal-winning performance on the oval, which was drenched with the consistent rain that began to fall

just prior to the start of the meet.

“Everyone runs in the same conditions and we’ve got to accept that,” Brodie said.

Three-time state qualifier Alyssa Hegland kicked off the strong start for the Hawks by winning the high jump competition with a top clearance of 4 feet, 10 inches. Teammate Sydney Friest secured fifth by clearing 4-4.

Anna Moss matched the golden feat in the long jump. After scratching on her first attempt, Moss corrected her steps and flew into the pit with a best leap of 15-5 3/4.

Throwers Ady Wintermote and Lily Skartvedt added on points. Wintermote claimed the bronze in the discus with a heave of 97-10 1/2, and Skartvedt just missed a medal but accrued fourth-place points in the shot put (32-8).

Moss was the most consistent team member on the track. Running out of Lane 2 in the 400-meter dash, she chugged around the one-lap event and leaned across the finish line in 1:04.16 to place second. She also placed fifth in the 800 (2:45.33) and ran the anchor leg of the Hawks’ fifth-place 4×400 relay (4:39.94).

Skartvedt and Friest teamed up with Hannah Burkhart and Lora Molloy to finish fourth in the distance medley relay (5:05.48).

CMB claimed the Class B team championship with 123 1/2 points. The Raiders won just one events and placed second only three times, but rode nine bronze-medal performances to the top of the standings.

West Marshall was second with 117, followed by Madrid with 103 1/2.

South Hamilton will head to the CMB Invite on Thursday.