Butler girls holding the first-place award from the Mars 7-8 Invitational recently are, from left, kneeling, Audrey Lehman, Kat McGuire, Adraya Baxter, and Evie Paserba; standing, Alayna Bestwick, Coach Hannah Williams, Aubrey Rock, Makayla McLister, Madi McGarrah and Coach Cassie Cygan.

The Butler Junior High girls track and field team captured the Mars 7-8 Invitational recently.

The Golden Tornado tallied 93.3 points in winning the 24-team event, beating out runner-up North Hills by 14 points.

Aubrey Rock won the 100 meters in 13.62 seconds for Butler. Maura Penrod won the triple jump with a leap of 14 feet, 05 inches.

Butler's 4x100 meter relay team of Penrod, Audrey Lehman, Evie Paserba and Rock won the event with a time of 57.1 seconds.

Lehman was second in the 400 meters while Channing Popovich took second in the long jump.