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April 12, 2012 I The Lovell Chronicle I 9
Bulldogs sweep top spots
at Wind River Invitational
BY DAVID PECK
It was personal record week
for the Lovell Bulldogs and Lady
Bulldogs last week as they contin-
ued to show improvement at the
Wind River Invitational Thurs-
day, setting 30 new track and
field personal records and captur-
ing both team titles.
"We had more good perfor-
mances, and as always, we like
that," coach Joshua Sanders said.
"It was nice to compete against
some 2A teams that we don't al-
ways see. The kids are starting to
focus on certain events and elimi-
nate others."
The Lovell girls won the team
title with 135 points compared to
106 for second-place Thermopolis
in the l 1-team field. Wind Riv-
er had 63 points, Big Piney and
Pinedale 60 each and Saratoga
59. Greybull had 24 points, Riv-
erside 23, Shoshoni 22, Wyoming
Indian 21 and Burlington 16.
Lovell also captured the boys
title with 134.5, outdistancing the
field. Saratoga finished with 79
points for second place, Big Piney
74, Pinedale 73.5, Wyoming Indi-
an 58, Burlington and Wind River
44 apiece, Shoshoni 36, Thermop
23.5, Riverside 20, Dubois 15 and
Greybull 12.5.
Combined scores show Lovell
with 269.5 points, Saratoga 138,
Big Piney 134 and Pinedale 133.5.
LOVELL GIRLS
Strength in relays, jumps,
throws and middle distance pro-
pelled the Lady Bulldogs to their
team title in Pavillion.
Sanders said coaches chose
senior Alyssa Geiser as the female
athlete of the week. Geiser raced
to second place in the 300-meter
low hurdles with a personal-re-
cord time of 51.18.
"She keeps cutting her time
there, which I think is great,"
Sanders said. "She was also on
two winning relay teams, and she
placed third in the triple jump.
I like that she was willing to
get in the 300s this season, and
when we needed her in the 4x4
(1,600-meter relay), she was will-
ing to do it."
All three relay teams cap-
tured first place, showing the
team depth. The sprint relay
quartet of Chelsey Ellis, Kassi-
dy Hetland, Whitney Grant and
Geiser have now trimmed a full
second off of their time from the
Cody meet and won Thursday's
race with a time of 53.93 seconds.
Coaches put together a
1,600-meter relay team for the
DAwv PECK
Lovell senior Alyssa hits the
pit in the triple jump during
the recent Riverside High
School Invitational. Geiser
was named the female athlete
of the week this week for
her performance at the Wind
River meet.
first time this year, and the four-
some of Kim Shumway, Susie
Robertson, Hannah McCurley
and Geiser won the race with
a time of 4:45.10 officially, but
Sanders said the time was actu-
ally in the 4:15 or 4:20 range, not-
ing that meet officials obviously
recorded the wrong time.
"They were at least 200 me-
ters ahead of everyone else," he
said.
The 4x800 team of Meryk
McArthur, Amanda Shumway,
Kim Shumway and McCurley
also captured first place, cover-
ing the eight laps in !0:43.87 and
pre-qualifying for State in the
process.
In individual running events,
senior Susie Robertson ran the
400-meter dash for the first time
this season and won the race with
a time of 1:01.87. The Lady Bull-
dogs had no runners in the 800,
1,600 or 3,200 meters this week.
Junior Meryk McArthur fin-
ished sixth in the 300-meter low
hurdles with a time of 56.81.
As for the sprints, Kassi-
dy Hetland placed fourth in the
100-meter dash preliminaries
with a time of 13.61, her best time
this season, and though her time
in the finale slipped to 14.43, she
moved up a place and finished
third.
"She jumped out like a can-
non over the first 50 meters, and
then they caught her," Sanders
said of the finale. Coach (Daniel)
Robertson wants to work with her
to sustain that power over the
last 50 meters. She gets out of the
blocks well."
Hetland ran a personal-re-
cord time of 28.85 in the 200-me-
ter dash to qualify for finals in
sixth place, then placed seventh
in the finals with a time of 30.04.
Ameesha Anderson barely
missed the finals with a time of
29.69 in the 200-meter prelims,
the 10 th best time.
Whitney Grant had the sev-
enth best time in the preliminar-
ies of the 100-meter intermediate
hurdles, then ran a personal-re-
cord time of 18.21 in the finals
and placed fourth. Sophomore
Chelby Lewis nearly made the
finals in the 100-meter hurdles,
finishing 10 th in the prelims with
a time of 20.26. Stephanie Allred
was 14 th in prelims with a person-
al-record time of 21.60.
In field events, senior Jodi
Walker won the triple jump with
a leap of 32-9½, her best jump
this season. Geiser was third with
a jump of 31-10½, Chayli McAr-
thur fourth at 31-8½. Walker also
placed third in the long jump at
14-11, and Mercedes Haney was
fourth with a personal-record 14-
5, Chelsey Ellis sixth at 14-1A.
Lewis jumped a personal-record
13 feet to finish 104 .
"Jodi jumped well in the tri-
ple jump," Sanders said, "and
Mercedes kind of surprised me in
the long jump."
Chayli McArthur high-
jumped for the first time this sea-
son and placed fourth with a jump
of 4-3.
Senior Miranda Griffis won
the discus with a throw of 104-½,
and senior Schuylar Davis was a
strong second with a personal-re-
cord throw of 100-10½.
"That's something she's want-
ed to do (throw 100 feet)," Sand-
ers said of Davis. "It was nice to
go 1-2."
Griffis placed second in the
shot put with a throw of 33-2, and
Katie Hoover was fifth at 29-9,
Davis eighth at 29-2 and Haney
ninth at 28-8.
Other Lovell girls results in-
cluded:
100m dash - Chelsey Ellis 11 th in prelims, 14.12,
tauten Hinckley 12 'h in prelims, 14.33 (PR), Amee-
sha Anderson 13 'h in prelims, 14.40 (PR); long jump
- Stephanie AIIred 9-6¼; shot put - Samantha Ste-
vens 22-9 (PR); discus - Katie Hoover 11 th, 75-2,
Stevens 58-3.
DAVID PECK
Lovell junior Tanner Rohrer gives the shot a heave during the
recent Riverside Invitational in Basin. Rohrer set a personal
record in the discus last week in Pavillion.
BOYS SHOW DEPTH
For the Lovell boys, depth
paid off as the Bulldogs had mul-
tiple placers in several events.
Coaches named junior Tan-
ner Rohrer as the male athlete
of the week for his success in the
throws.
The throwers performed well
in Pavillion. Senior AJ Montanez
won the shot put with a throw
of 51-2½, and Rohrer placed sec-
ond in the discus with a throw of
138-8, a personal record that pre-
qualified him for State. Freshman
Daniel Strom placed sixth in the
discus with a personal-record toss
of 114-3, followed by Cody Savage
in seventh at 112-10, throwing
the discus for the first time.
"That's a good throw," Sand-
ers said of Strom's effort, adding
that Savage intends to stick with
See 'BULLDOGS,' page 10
Little League clinic April 21
The North Big Horn Little League Baseball or-
ganization is hosting a players and coaches clinic
next Saturday, April 21, at the East Baseball Com-
plex in Lovell.
All players registered in the Majors and Minors
Divisions are eligible to attend, and coaches from T-
ball through Majors are encouraged to attend, ac-
cording to League President Doug Arnold.
SCHEDULE
Pitchers/catchers clinic - 9-10:30 a.m.
Fielding clinic - 10:30-noon
Lunch break - 12-1, provided by NBHLL and the
Senior League Baseball organization
Hitting clinic - 1-3 p.m.
Umpire clinic- 1-2 p.m.
The umpire clinic is for anyone interested in
umpiring a Majors or Minors game this year, Ar-
nold said. Umps are asked to RSVP to Arnold at
254-0140 if they plan to attend.
Instruction will be provided by the NBHLL of-
ficials and coaches and Senior League Baseball
coaches and players.
Players may attend any or all of the clinics and
are asked to RSVP with their coach so officials can
get a head count for lunch.
Rocky Mountain junior Bryce Ward sails above the bar during
the high jump event at the Greybull track meet earlier this
season. Ward won the event last Thursday at the Normative
Services meet in Sheridan.
Improving Grizzlies
strong at NSI Twilight
BY DAVID PECK
The Rocky Mountain Grizzlies
and Lady Grizz appear to be hit-
ting their stride a month into the
2012 track and field season, turn-
ing in a number of strong perfor-
mances at the Normative Servic-
es Twilight meet last Thursday in
Sheridan.
The Rocky boys fmished a very
strong second to Tongue River High
School in the final team standings,
112-105.5, and the Rocky girls
placed f-h with 45 points, just two
points behind fourth-place Moor-
croft.
'The boys had it won until
the last event," coach Dave Beem-
er said. 'rongue River had a 4x4
team (1,600-meter relay) and we
didn't. For the most part we had
some pretty good performances.
%Ve found out a few things,
too, like who the fastest people are.
We were only missing four kids, so
we had a pretty complete team."
Turning to highlights, Beem-
er noted the performance of fresh-
man Cannon Simmons, who in-
creased his personal record in the
triple jump by seven inches, plac-
ing second with a jump of 39-10,
which is only seven inches from the
state pre-qualification mark of 40-
5. Joey Jewell placed fourth with a
jump of 38-4½, Kirby Winland fifth
Rocky Mountain sophomore
Sydney Tyacke propels herself
forward in the long jump
during the recent Greybull
track meet. Tyacke set a
personal record in the event
Thursday at the NSI Twilight
meet.
at 37-5, both personal records.
"Cannon almost got to 40 feet
and the jumping surface was not
good," Beemer said. "Joey did a
good job, and Kirby is improving
all the time, too."
Jewell won the long jump at
19-1, and Simmons was eighth,
leaping 16-9."
"That (19-1) was a good jump
on that surface," Beemer said.
"Joey is back to form."
The performances in the hur-
dles races were another highlight,
Beemer said. Junior Bryce Ward
placed second in the ll0-meter
high hurdles with a personal-re-
cord time of 17.39, and he placed
third in the 300-meter intermedi-
ate hurdles at 45.26, a personal
record by two seconds. Winland
placed fifth in the 300s at 47.29,
a PR.
"Bryce ran well, and he still
has room to improve," Beemer
said.
Running his first races of the
season was senior Derik Romero,
who tied for third in the 100-me-
ter dash with a time of 11.90 and
finished ninth in the 200-meter
dash at 25.19. Both are personal
records.
"Derik got a horrible start in
the 200," Beemer said. "He will
run in the 24s. He's not in fine
shape yet."
Jewell tied for third with
Romero in the 100-meter dash
(11.90, PR), and Winland placed
fifth at 11.97, Simmons eighth
at 12.03 and Austin Brost 11 th at
12.15, also a PR.
Brost was neck-and-neck
with Romero in the 200, placing
10 th with a time of 25.20.
Brady Winland placed sixth
in the 400-meter dash with a time
of 1:00.48. Casey Banks placed
fourth in the 800 meters with a
time of 2:30.75, and Joey Carroll
was sixth at 2:36.43. Banks also
placed sixth in the 1,600, cover-
ing the four laps in 5:44.84, and
Carroll was seventh at 5:48.72,
a personal record. Jake Loyning
placed third in the 3,200 with a
time of 13:38.66.
The Rocky 400-meter relay
team of Jewell, Simmons, Brost
and Romero placed first with a
time of 47.64.
In field events, Ward won the
high jump at 5-4, and Winland
cleared 5-0 to place fourth. Chase
Aagard improved his personal re-
cord in the discus by 15 feet and
finished 104 with a throw of 89-
11½. He also threw the shot 28-
8½, a personal record.
In girls events, freshman
Mikaela Hocker continued her
improvement in the 100-meter
intermediate hurdles, placing
second with a personal-record
time of 18.49. Sophomore Haley
Strom was right behind her in
third place at 18.97, competing
for the first time this spring.
"Mikaela three-stepped six
hurdles last week, this time she
nailed 'em all," Beemer said.
"Haley is fast. We've got to get
her three-stepping."
Strom placed sixth in the
100-meter dash with a time of
14.81, a PR, and Brianna Hock-
er placed eighth at 15.64, Sydney
Tyacke ninth at 15.81 and Haley
Stauffer 104 at 16.27.
In the jumps, Tyacke placed
second in the long jump with a per-
sonal-record leap of 13-3 1A, and
Brianna Hocker was seventh at 12-
1, Stauffer eighth at 12-0. Brianna
Hocker placed fourth in the triple
jump with a leap of 29-6, a PR.
"There's room for improve-
ment for Brianna," Beemer said,
noting that the junior can reach
the 30-foot mark.
Senior Ashley Bridges placed
second in the discus with a throw
of 67-10½, a PR, and she finished
sixth in the shot with a toss of 22-
11, also a PR.
POWELL SATURDAY
With three meets under their
belts, the Grizzlies will compete
in their biggest meet yet this Sat-
urday - the L.A. Kohnke Invita-
tional at Powell High School. Ac-
tion is scheduled to begin at 10
a.m.
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