Oak Ridge High’s track and field team opened the 2008 season at the Clarke Massey Relays at Cordova High on Saturday.

The freshman-sophomore Trojans took first place, while the varsity boys finished fourth and the girls took ninth.

Benji Xie set a meet record in the 3,200-meter run, finishing the race in first place in 10 minutes, 18.62 seconds, to lead the freshman team. Will Findlay, who cleared 5 feet, 7 inches in the high jump, the highest of any competitor at the freshman-sophomore level, teamed with Marcus Friend to win that event with a height of 11’2”.

The only other freshman-sophomore winners were the boys 4-by-800 relay team of Jonathan Strong, Colin Kitowski, Shlomo Khamishon and Greg Barrier, who posted a winning time of 9:01.69.

Two varsity teams also placed first. The 4-by-800 relay team of Feross Aboukhadijeh, Jack Crawford, Amjed Aboukhadijeh and Jason McRoberts ran an 8:13.36, while the boys distance medley team of Aboukhadijeh, Jackson Burnette, Aboukhadijeh and McRoberts finished with a winning time of 10:59.13.

For the freshman-sophomore girls, Sarah Vaughn tied for the best individual high jump of the day at that level, as she cleared the bar at 5’0”.

Oak Ridge will compete next in the Don Gilbert/Bob King Track and Field Invitational at Granite Bay on Saturday.