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April 17, 2014 I The Lovell Chronicle I 9
DAVm PECK
Lovell sophomore Caitlyn Lundberg steams around
the corner in the 200-meter dash Saturday during
the L.A. Kohnke Invitational hosted by Powell
High School. The Bulldogs will host the Lovell
Invitational on Saturday, April 26.
BY DAVID PECK
The Lovell Bulldogs
have certainly hit the busy
stretch of the 2014 track
and field season, participat-
ing in track meets Friday
in Burlington, Saturday in
Powell and Tuesday in Cow-
ley (see related story).
They will now enjoy the
Easter break before hosting
the Lovell Invitational on
Saturday, April 26.
Coach Josh Sanders
said the team enjoyed ex-
cellent weather at the Bur-
lington Invitational Friday,
a meet coaches added at the
last minute due to antici-
pated inclement weather
Saturday.
"We liked going to that
meet," Sander said. "It gave
some of our athletes the op-
portunity to get some points
for lettering and to get some
good marks with the good
weather.
"Our sprinting times
were fast. That's what
warm weather will do. Your
muscles are loose. I'd guess
it was 70 degrees."
Sanders said even with
adjusting for hand-held tim-
ing, the times were excellent
(coaches add .29 of a second
to account for slow reaction
in hand-held timing).
Lovell swept both the
boys and girls divisions in
Burlington, topping Rocky
Mountain 171-134 in the
boys division and Shoshoni
164-85 for the girls title.
Saturday in Powell, the
Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs
each placed third at the L.A.
Kohnke Invitational. Powell
won each division, followed
by Cody and Lovell in the
eight-team field. In the boys
division it was Powell 249,
Cody 150 and Lovell 79, and
in the girls division it was
Powell 166.5, Cody 141.5
and Lovell 120.5. Lovell out-
scored Worland, Thermopo-
lis, Greybull, Meeteetse and
Ten Sleep in both divisions.
The weather gradually
deteriorated in Powell Sat-
urday, as predicted, grow-
ing increasingly colder and
windy as a cold front moved
in.
"Toward the end of the
meet the kids were wear-
ing down," Sanders said.
'Tee could see the effects of
the two meets back to back.
We were glad to come out
of it without any serious
injuries."
BOYS RESULTS
Coaches named senior
field events specialist Kade
Englert as the male athlete
of the week. Englert cleared
12-6 in the pole vault for
the third week in a row Fri-
day, winning the Burlington
meet. He also set a person-
al record in the long jump
and prequalified for the
state track meet with a leap
of 19-9 and prequalified for
State in the high jump, as
well, clearing 5-10 Friday.
"He's looking like Kade
again," Sanders said. "Last
year some issues prevented
him from getting where he
wanted to be. He has now
prequalified in all three of
his events."
Another Cade is also
coming on. Cade Bischoff
started running the sprints
this week at Burlington and
prequalified for State in the
100-meter dash with a time
of 11.46, good for third place.
He was third at Powell, as
well, Saturday at 11.74 with
fully automatic timing.
"Cade Bischoff looks
fast," Sanders said. "I'm im-
pressed with him. As the
first leg of the 4-by-100 re-
lay he looks fast, and we
were very happy with his
100-meter dash times.
We've struggled to place
him. He also did the triple
jump at Powell."
The 400-meter re-
lay team of Bischoff, Ty-
ler Teter, Drake Welch and
Britton Woody placed sec-
ond in Burlington with a
time of 47.33 seconds, but
they were disqualified at
Powell Saturday. Sanders
said the quartet has some
issues to work out with
handoffs.
Also running the 100
for the first time this season
Friday was junior Drake
Welch, who has mainly con-
centrated on jumps so far.
Welch placed eighth in the
100 meters Friday in Burl-
ington with a time of 11.68,
and he was 10th in Powell at
12.08. He also placed fourth
in the triple jump Friday at
40-2 and was second at Pow-
ell, jumping 40-3-1/2.
"Drake has gone further
in indoor (track)," Sand-
ers said. "He's all tight like
a knot. He does so much
weightlifting. I'd like him to
be more flexible."
Bischoff placed third in
the triple jump Saturday
in Powell, sailing 39-5-1/4.
Freshman Brandon Teter
placed sixth in the triple
jump Friday in Burlington
with a jump of 39-4 and was
fourth in Powell at 39-3-1/2.
Teter also placed sec-
ond in the high jump Fri-
day, clearing 6 feet, then
placed second in Powell
Saturday at 5-10. Brandon
Wolvington jumped 5-6 at
both meets, placing seventh
in Burlington and fifth in
Powell.
In the long jump, Bis-
choff placed second in Bur-
SEE 'LHS THINCLADS
PRE-QUALIW,' page 11
BY DAVID PECK
The Rocky Mountain
Grizzlies stayed in the
school district Friday as
they traveled south to the
Burlington Invitational,
enjoying a mild, if breezy,
day.
Coach Tobee Christian-
sen said the meet was a
success as his athletes hit
their mid-season stride.
"We had nine kids pre-
qualify for State," he said.
"Some of those were re-
peats, but I'm excited to
see running times and hit-
ting jumps on a consistent
basis. We had a lot of PRs
(personal records). That
tells you a lot about a kid.
They're continuing to get
better. That shows a lot of
character."
The Grizz and Lady
Grizz placed second behind
Lovell with 202.5 team
points overall. The Rocky
boys were second with 134
points, the girls fourth with
68.5 points.
Junior Cannon Sim-
mons blazed to a time
of 11.21 seconds in the
100-meter dash to win the
event, set a new personal
record and prequalify for
State. He also placed sec-
ond by a step to his broth-
er Cole in the 200-meter
dash. Cole ran 24.71, Can-
non 24.93 to place first and
second.
The two brothers were
also strong in the triple
jump. Cole won the event at
40-7, and Cannon was one
inch behind at 40-6, a per-
sonal record. Both prequal-
ified for State.
It was a good day for
the sprinters as seven ath-
letes ran PRs. Caleb Hor-
rocks placed sixth in the
100, just missing prequal-
ifying time for hand-held
timing at 11.64 seconds,
and Joey Jewell was ninth
at 11.71, Cole Simmons
llth at 11.86, a PR.
The 400-meter relay
team of Kirby Winland,
Jewell and Cannon and
Cole Simmons took first
place with a time of 45.62,
the second Rocky combina-
tion to prequalify for State.
"We had some great
performances (in the
sprints)," Christiansen
said. "I was proud of them.
With (the new foursome
in) the 4x100, that gives
us some options down the
road."
John Higgins placed
third in the 400-meter dash
with a solid time of 58.08,
and senior Joey Carroll ran
2:34.56 in the 1,600, good
for seventh place, while Yo-
suke Taniguchi ran 2:37.91
to place eighth.
Freshman Dominic
Twomey was strong in the
distance races, winning the
3,200 in 12:09.38 and plac-
ing second in the 1,600 at
5:27.15. Carroll was fourth
at 5:39.38, Taniguchi fifth
at 5:57.88 and Josh Mc-
Cracken seventh at 6:58.12.
The quartet of Winland,
Horrocks, Bill Despain and
Higgins won the 1,600-me-
ter relay, running the four
laps in 3:52.15.
"I was proud of the
guys. They ran hard,"
SEE "GRIZZ SET NEW PRs AT
BURLINGTON,' page 13
KARLA POMEROY
Rocky Mountain thrower Jennifer Parker, gives the shot a heave during the
Riverside Invitational April 4 in Basin.
COURTESY PHOTO
Members of the 2014 North Big Horn Wrestler USA wrestling team are (front
row, l-r) Darian Post, Brandon Abraham, MaLyric Garcia, Tyler Wilkerson,
Zayden Stahl, Talon Burton, Mason Christenson, (middle row) Kalell Gruell,
Kyler Marchant, Kade Green, William Spann, Elijah Fuentes, Danika Crumrine,
Tucker Sabin, Kelden Boettcher, Kaysen Rodriguez, (back row) Nathan
Minemyer, Landon Marchant, Asher Nicholson, Alex Nicholson, Jack Steed,
Kevin Marchant, Weston Crumrine, Benjamin Hawley and (behind) coaches
Mark Crumrine and Kelly Spann.
BY SAM SMITH
The North Big Horn
wrestling squad took eight
wrestlers to the Sheri-
dan Shootout Saturday as
they prepared for State in
Casper.
"Alex and Asher Nich-
olson ended their season
with the Sheridan Shootout
and did a great job," Ang-
ie Spann said. "Both boys
stayed throughout Sunday
and wrestled all three styles.
"Going to the Sheridan
Shootout was a great op=
portunity for our team so
they could get a better feel
for more of the other com-
petition they will be fac-
ing this coming week at
State. There were a lot of
wrestlers over there that
our kids have never had
the opportunity to wres-
tle and the competition
was very good. Many of
our kids came home with
a better understanding of
where they need to be men-
tally when they show up to
State."
Spann reported the fol-
lowing results from Satur-
day's meet in Sheridan:
Folkstyle results
PeeWee 45A - Zayden Stahl, 1st,
23.00 pts.
Bantam 45B- Tyler Wilkerson, 5th,
7.00 pts.
Intermediate 65A - Kevin Marchant,
4th, 1.00 pts.
Intermediate 65B - William Spann,
4th, 1.00 pts.
Intermediate 87 - Landon Marchant,
4th, 11.00 pts.
Novice 75 - Kyler Marchant, 6th,
3.00 pts.
Novice 80 - Asher Nicholson, 5th,
11.00 pts.
School Boy/Girl 77-91 - Alex Nichol-
son, 3rd, 9.00 pts.
Freestyle results
Novice 80 - Asher Nicholson, 2nd
School Boy/Girl 77-91 - Alex Nichol-
son, 2nd
Greco-Rornan results
Novice 80 - Asher Nicholson, 3rd,
cV :W ovr c[assi s
6.50 pts.
School Boy/Girl 77-91- Alex Nichol-
son, 1st, 9.00 pts.
The North Big Horn
Rams were to take nine
wrestlers to the WAWA
State Tournament in
Casper Wednesday and will
go through Saturday. The
tournament already has
695 registered wrestlers at-
tending, Spann said.
"Our kids are wrestling
in divisions ranging any-
where from four-man round
robins to 64-man brackets,"
she said.
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