10 I The Lovell Chronicle I April 22, 2010
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Koritnik breaks school record in 300 hurdles as
nice weather equals strong times, distances
BY DAVID PECK
Give a track and field
athlete a nice day and good
things will happen. For the
first time this season, the
Lovell Bulldogs enjoyed ex-
cellent weather as they com-
peted at the Riverside Invi-
tational Friday in Basin and
at the L.A. Kohnke Invita-
tional Saturday in Powell.
Times, heights and dis-
tances were strong both
days, and in many cases per-
sonal records were set.
One of the big surprises
took place Friday. Lovell ju-
nior Karen Koritnik hadn't
run a hurdles race since mid-
die school. Her father, coach
Joe Koritnik, convinced her
to try the 300-meter low
hurdles as the team looks
for more points at Regionals
and State.
Not only did Karen K.
dominate and win the race,
she set a new LHS school re-
cord with a time of 47.46 sec-
onds, topping the record of
48.55 set by Cathy Chidsey
in 1990. Koritnik also pre-
qualified for State with her
time.
"We've been talking
about it since early in the
year," Coach K said. "She
was receptive to running
another event. She's a good,
strong athlete. It's a very
challenging race, and some-
times people shy away from
it. As little preparation as
she did (some segment work
and open 300 running), she
wasn't intimidated by it.
"She's excited to run it
again. She's tied for the best
time in the state, and that
changes her whole perspec-
tive on the race. Any time
you can break a record, ex-
pecially one 20 years old, at
any school is quite an ac-
complishment. It was a tre-
mendous effort on Karen's
part. I'm excited for her and
for the whole team. We have
some other people who are
hard. In general, everyone is
tired. We may back off this
week, then gear up for the
last stretch."
Susie Shumway won the
400 meters both days, run-
ning a season best 1:01.08
Friday in Basin, then lower-
ing it a hair Saturday with
a time of 1:01.07. She also
pre-qualified for State in the
800 meters Saturday, plac-
ing second with a time of
2:29.14, her season best.
"Caleb (Sanders) feels
she is running very well
right now," Koritnik said.
Nicole Emmett placed
ninth in the 400 meters Fri-
day with a time of 1:24.12
and was second in the JV di-
vision Saturday at 1:23.
In the sprints, Mykel
Anderson ran the 200-meter
dash for the first time this
season and placed second
Friday with a time of 28.22
and sixth Saturday at 29.09.
Cheyenne Brightly placed
eighth in the JV 200 Satur-
day at 32.34.
In the 100-meter dash,
Alyssa Geiser placed third
Friday at 13.40 and fourth
Saturday at 14.04. Fresh-
man Kassidy Hetland placed
fourth Friday at 13.86 and
second in the JV division
Saturday at 14.54. Stepha-
nie Green was fifth Friday at
13.93.
The L600-meter relay
team of Amanda Shumay,
Chelsey Ellis, Anderson and
Susie Shumway captured
first place Friday with a time
of 4:26.74, and Anderson,
Katie Walker, McArthur and
Susie Shumway placed sec-
ond in Powell at 4:29.63.
The 400-meter relay
team of Anderson, Koritnik,
Green and Geiser placed sec-
ond in Powell with a time of
52.98.
GIRLS FIELD EVENTS
In field events, the warm
weather helped Koritnik get
back up closer to where she
very close to records." . wants to be in the longjp,
The LHS coaching stafi Coach K said, as she 4bn
named Koritnik as the fe z th a jump of 16-2½ in Ba-
male athlete of the week.
In other running events,
the Lovell middle and long-
distance runners continued
to look strong last week.
Freshman Amanda Shum-
way won the 1,600 meters in
Basin with a time of 5:46.32
Friday, then set a new per-
sonal record in the 3,200 on
Saturday in Powell, running
under 13 minutes for the
first time at 12:58.51 to cap-
ture first place.
Freshman Meryk McAr-
thur won the 800 meters in
Basin Friday with a time
of 2:42.85, then lowered
her time to 2:40.92 Satur-
day, placing sixth. She also
set a personal record in the
1,600 meters Saturday, plac-
ing second with a time of
6:09.65.
"We have three solid dis-
tance runners now on the
girls side," Koritnik said.
"They're running well now.
We've been racing kind of
sin and 15-7 in Powell, pre-
qualifying for State.
"She still wasn't confi-
dent in her run, but she had
some good jumps," the coach
said. "She's getting back to
where she was last year a
little bit."
Koritnik also placed sec-
ond in the triple jump Satur-
day in Powell with a jump of
33-7½.
Unable to attend Fri-
day, Katie and Jodi Walker
scored well in the jumps on
Saturday, Koritnik noted.
Katie Walker placed third in
the triple jump at 33-7 and
sixth in the long jump at 14-
4. Jodl Walker placed third
in the long jump at 14-9 and
fourth in the triple jump at
32-1.
Green won the triple
jump Friday with a leap of
31 feet, and she placed 10th
in the long jump at 12-2 ½.
Freshman Chelsey Ellis
placed Second in the JV long
DAVID P]ccK
Lovell senior Ben Long hits the pit during the long
jump competition at the Riverside Invitational in
Basin Friday afternoon. Long won the event with a
jump of 19-5V4.
jump Saturday at 13-5½, and
she placed seventh in the tri-
ple jump Friday at 27-10.
Hetland set a personal
record in the long jump Fri-
day at 12-4¼, placing eighth,
then topped it with a jump
of 12-9½ Saturday, good for
fifth in the JV division. She
also placed fourth in the JV
triple jump Saturday at 27-
1/2. Megan McClure placed
sixth in the triple jump at
27-10aA Friday and was 12th
in the long jump at 11-9. Gei-
ser placed eighth in the tri-
ple jump Friday at 27-33A.
Susie Shumway placed
third in the high jump on
both Friday and Satur-
day, clearing 4-10 in Basin
and 4-11 in Powell. Aman-
da Shumway cleared 4-6 to
place sixth in the high jump
Friday in Basin.
Anderson competed in
the pole vault for the first
time this season and im-
proved from Friday to Sat-
urday. She placed second at
8-6 Friday and third at 9-0
Saturday.
In throwing events, Erin
Robertson set a new personal
record in the shot put Friday
with a fourth-place throw of
29-5. She then won the JV
division Saturday, throwing
24-5. Senior Keesha Savage
set a personal record in the
discus Friday, placing fifth
at 90-6, then threw 72-7½
Saturday. She placed fifth in
the shot put Friday at 28-9
and 10th Saturday with a
throw of 27-6.
Other throwing results
include: Miranda Griffis -
shot put, 26-2 Friday (sev-
enth) and 26-10 Saturday
(llth), discus, 93-6 Friday
(second) and 90-11½ Satur-
day (seventh); Schuylar Da-
vis - shot put, 25-6 Friday
(eighth) and 25-5½ Saturday
(14th), discus, 92-5 ,on Fri-
day (fourth) and 93-10 Sat-
urday (fourth); Anya Bright-
ly - shot put, 22-0 Friday
(14th) and 24-1½ (second
JV) Saturday, discus, 61-
10¼ Friday (15th)and 61-
3½ Saturday (fifth JV); Ni-
cole Emmett - shot put, 21-4
Friday (16th) and 20-7½ Sat-
urday (eighth JV), discus,
65-5 Friday (13th) and 63-
9½ Saturday;, Jenny Long -
shot put, 18-9 Friday (20th),
discus, 58-3 Friday (16th);
Krystina Croft - shot put,
16-4½ Friday and 15-0 Sat-
urday (12th JV), discus, 34-9
Friday and 37-3¼ Saturday
(10th JV); Christina Bright-
ly - shot put, 12-10 Friday,
discus, 30-4 Friday and 30-1
Saturday (12th JV).
The Lovell girls placed
second at Riverside with 146
points behind Burlington
with 161 points. Greybull
was third with 100 points.
The Lady Bulldogs then won
the Powell meet with 120
points, beating Cody with
106.5 points, Powell with
88.5, Worland with 88 and
Burlington with 62.
"We're really proud of
them," Koritnik said. 'Tqe're
where we want to be. We just
need to keep 'em healthy."
ANDERSON SETS NEW
PR
On the boys side, Tyler
Anderson continues to excel
as a senior. One week after
the thrower supreme set a
personal record in the dis-
cus with a throw of 173-3
at Wind River, he set a per-
sonal mark in the shot put in
Basin, tossing the shot 54-
11 to win the event. He then
threw 53-1/2 on Saturday in
Powell.
Anderson didn't get off a
great throw - for him - in the
discus Friday, winning with
a distance of 147 feet, but he
was strong again Saturday,
taking first with a throw of
169-1½.
"That shows he's getting
some consistency," Koritnik
said. "He's taking it to a new
level and doing so consis-
tently."
Right behind Anderson
was sophomore AJ Mon-
tanez, who fmished second
in the shot put Friday with
a throw of 47-2½ and third
Saturday with a toss of 47-3.
Montanez also placed second
in the discus in Basin at 126-
2 and second in Powell at
137-2, his best throw of the
season.
"Those two guys seem
to compete every weekend,"
Koritnik said of Anderson
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DAvm P.cK
Lovell junior Karen Koritnik powers over a hurdle while setting a new
school record in the 300-meter low hurdles Friday afternoon at the Riverside
Invitational in Basin.
and Montanez.
Freshman Tanner
Rohrer continued his im-
provement in the throwing
events, setting personal re-
cords in both events Friday,
then topping those throws on
Saturday. Rohrer threw the
shot 33-7 to place seventh
Friday, then threw 34-4½
Saturday to place fourth in
the junior varsity division.
"You like to see that im-
provement in a young ath-
lete," Koritnik noted.
Other throwing results
included: Jon Wakelin- shut
put, 33-5 Friday (eighth) and
32-1/2 Saturday (15th), dis-
cus, 95-2 Friday (ninth)and
104-1 Saturday (10th); Mark
Grant - shot put, 32-8 Fri-
day (llth) and 34-4½ Sat-
urday (12th), discus, 93-1
Friday (12th); Jake Wakelin
- shot put, 23-6 Friday and
25-8 Saturday, discus, 63-0
Friday and 56-9¼ Saturday;
Chris Smith - shot put, 19-5
Friday and 17-0 Saturday,
discus, 33-0 Friday and 28-9
Saturday.
Morgan Baxendale
placed sixth in the high jump
Friday at 5-2, then won the
JV division Saturday, clear-
ing 5-8, a personal record.
"Morgan has great po-
tential in this event," Korit-
nik said. "I'm very impressed
with how he has worked at
correcting errors in his jump-
ing technique and then goes
out and competes on each
jump."
The Grant brothers,
Kenny and Nathan, both set
personal records in the pole
vault Friday. Kenny vaulted
11-6 Friday to place second,
then cleared 11 feet Satur-
day to win the JV division.
Nathan cleared 10 feet both
days, placing sixth Friday
and second in the JV divi-
sion Saturday. Dino Collins
also entered the vault Satur-
day and placed fourth in the
JV division at 9-6.
LHS coaches named
Kenny Grant as the athlete
of the week, and Koritnik
said the success the young
vaulter is finding should
keep him motivated to con-
tinue to excel.
In the jumps, senior Ben
Long won the long jump Fri-
day with a leap of 19-5¼,
then placed fifth in the tri-
ple jump Saturday at 38-
6. Freshman Cody Savage
placed second in the long
jump Friday in Basin, sail-
ing a'personal-record 18-8,
then placed fourth in the tri-
ple jump Saturday in Powell
at 39-2. Ryan Croft placed
fourth in the long jump Fri-
day at 17-11 and ninth Sat-
urday at t%7½, while Dimas
Patina placed third in the
long jump Friday at 16-2 and
13th Saturday at 15-2½.
Freshman Dylan Hult-
gren placed third in the tri-
ple jump Friday with a leap
of 34-7, then placed third
in the JV division Satur-
day at 33,11. Hunter Hinck-
ley placed fifth in the triple
jump in Basin at 33-10. Na-
than Ballard placed sixth in
the triple jump Friday in Ba-
sin at 33-9aA.
Dino Collins finished
13th in the long jump Friday
with a jump of 16-3/4 and
was llth Saturday at 15-
10½. Morgan Baxendale was
14th in the long jump at 15-
7½ Friday, then improved
to 16-2½ Saturday, good for
fourth in the JV division.
Nathan Grant finished 15th
in the long jump at 15-3 on
Friday and was 17th in the
JV long jump Saturday at
14-7½.
Other jumping results
include: long jump - Nathan
Ballard, 16-1 Saturday (sixth
in JV); Hultgren, 14-9 satur-
day, 14th in JV); McKayan
May, 16-1/2 Saturday (10th
JV). Triple jdmp - Nathan
Grant, 31-6sA Friday (llth).
RUNNING EVENTS
The Lovell long-distance
runners had a strong week
at Basin and Powell. Soph-
omore Colin May set a per-
sonal record in the 1,600
meters and pre-qualified
for State Saturday in Pow-
ell with a winning time of
4:51.92, while Collin McAr-
thur set a new PR Friday
in Basin, placing second at
4:56, then lowered the time
to 4:52.89 Saturday, fmish-
ing just behind May. Ken-
neth Moncur also ran a per-
sonal-record time in Powell
Saturday, placing fourth at
4:56.60. Jacob Mayes placed
fifth at Basin Friday with a
time of 6:10.26.
May also won the 3,200
in Powell Saturday with
a personal-record time of
10:49.38, and McArthur was
third at 11:05.56, his best
time of the season. Mon-
cur set a personal record in
the 3,200 Friday, placing
third with a time of 11:05.
He placed sixth Saturday at
11:33,30.
"Colin is a legitimate,
good high school distance
runner," Koritnik said. "He
understands how to run the
races now. Caleb has done a
good job coaching him. He's
developing his strength and
speed and can kick with peo-
ple. C0llin.and K/fieth so
tance rurineYs are p'form-
ing very we]]."
In the 800, May placed
second Friday in Basin with
a time of 2:14.55. Darren
Ballard placed sixth in Ba-
sin with a personal-record
time of 2:26.16, then placed
fourth in the JV 800 Satur-
day with a time of 2:28.97.
Dylan Hultgren ran the 800
in 2:29.55 Friday, good for
eighth place'.
Ryan Croft continued to
run strong in the 400-meter
dash, winning the event Fri-
day with a time of 55.29. Ben
Long then ran the 400 in
Powell Saturday and placed
fifth at 55.16. Mark Grant
was seventh in Powell at
57.48, a personal record.
Dimas Patina placed
sixth Friday in the 200-me-
ter dash with a time of 25.23,
a personal record, and was
10th in the 100-meter dash
at 12.28, also a PR. He fin-
ished ninth in the JV 100
Saturday at 13.16. Nathan
Grant ran the 100 in 13.31
Friday in Basin.
The Lovell 1,600-meter
relay team of Croft, Savage,
Mark Grant and Long nearly
qualified for State Saturday
in Powell, placing third with
a time of 3:42.02. A different
crew - Nathan and Darren
Ballard, Grant and Moncur
placed fifth in Basin Friday
at 4:10.34.
The 400-meter relay
quartet of Patina, Croft, Col-
lins and Savage placed sec-
ond in Basin at 47,54 and
fifth in Powell at 48.09.
The Bulldogs placed
second in Basin with 147
points behind Burlington's
202. Both teams were well
ahead of Greybull with 83
points and Ten Sleep with
65. Lovell was third in Pow-
ell with 101 points behind
Powell with 152 points and
Cody with 112. Riverton was
a sliver behind Lovell with
100 points, and Burlington
had 74.
HOME MEET
The Bulldogs and Lady
Bulldogs will host the Lovell
Invitational Saturday with
field events beginning at 10
a.m. and running events at
11:30. Koritnik said he ex-
pects a small field with many
small schools attending the
meet in Meeteetse Friday
and larger schools going to
Sheridan on Saturday.