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April 26, 2012 I The Lovell Chronicle I 7
PATTI CARPENTER
Chase Tippetts tees off at Hole No. 4 during the Lovell
Invitational Golf Tournament held at Foster Gulch on
Saturday.
Bulldog golfers see highs
and lows this week
BY PATTI CARPENTER
Lovell High School's golf team
played in two tournaments this
weekend, ending with a sweeping
win at the tournament held on
their home course on Saturday.
A slim team of four traveled
on Friday to compete against nu-
merous teams in Thermopolis.
Chase Tippetts had a great
day, placing ninth against what
his coach Devon Parks described
as a "highly competitive field."
Tippetts shot'45-43=88 that day.
Brandon Wolvington had an
"off' day, said Parks. "He strug-
gled most of the day and just
doesn't do well on that particular
course for some reason." Wolving-
ton shot 50-50=100, which Parks
said is a high number for his abil-
ity level.
Parks thought CJ Murphey
PATti CARPENTER
Jordan Frost watches her
ball after a second shot
last Saturday at the Lovell
Invitational Golf Tournament
held at Foster Gulch golf
course.
shot well at 45-47= 92.
"This is good for him and I'm
excited to see his scores begin to
come down," said Parks.
McKay Baxendale shot 54-
65=114, which Parks said was
pretty average for him.
More members were able to
participate in the home tourna-
ment that the Lovell team host-
ed at Foster Gulch golf course on
Saturday, and the team proved
home course advantage with a
first-place team win. Their score
was 357. Moorcroft placed second
with 372, Kemmerer third with
381. Powell and Cody didn't bring
full teams, but Powell still man-
aged to place fourth with a team
score of 386. Big Horn tied for
fifth with 410 and Worland was
next with a score of 474.
"I think it gave us a good look
at some of the 2A teams that we
will be up against at regionals in
a few weeks," said Parks.
Wolvington bounced back
with 42-42=82, placing fourth.
"I'm really proud of him for
overcoming a bad day before and
stepping up at our home meet,"
said Parks.
Tippetts took sixth place
with 43-44=87 and Murphey took
eighth with 46-44=90.
Cody King had an "off' day,
shooting 53-43=96, which Parks
said is high for him.
"Cody had an off day but I'm
confident he'll bounce back and
do well for us later," said Parks.
Jordan Frost took fourth
among the girls with 52-47=99.
"I'm really proud of how well
she did against the 2A girls and
I expect her to do well at the 2A
Regionals," said Parks.
The only other girl on the
team, Cassie Colvin, shot 74-
73=147.
The team will travel to Powell
on Friday and to Buffalo on Sat-
urday to compete against some of
the best players in the state. The
2A Regional Tournament is slat-
ed for May 9-10.
Coach C receives hall of fame award
The late Lovell teacher and coach Gerry Christiansen re-
ceived a special award posthumously this week when the Wyo-
ming Coaches Association announced its 2012 inductees into the
WCA Junior High/Middle School Hall of Fame.
The 2012 class includes Ed Sheridan of Douglas, Gary Jahn-
ke of Gillette, Jerry Cross of Buffalo and Christiansen of Lovell.
According to a WCA release, Christiansen coached for 24
years, including football, girls basketball, track and field, volley-
ball, wrestling and golf.
Christiansen and the others will be inducted into the hall of
fame during the annual WCA Hall of Fame and Awards Banquet
at the Parkway Plaza in Casper on Friday, July 20.
Lovell thinclad earn
46 personal records
at home meet
BY DAVID PECK
Hosting their biggest Lovell
Invitational in years, the Lovell
Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs used
a picture perfect day (after a cool
start) to record a number of per-
sonal records Saturday afternoon
at Kevin P. Robertson Stadium.
The Bulldogs and Lady Bull-
dogs set 46 personal records on
Saturday as the Lovell girls won
the team title and the boys fin-
ished second. The Lady Bulldogs
outscored Powell 129.5-102.5,
and the Bulldogs placed second to
the Panthers, 187.33-109.33.
"We had a ton of outstand-
ing performances," Sanders said.
"I think a nice, warm day will do
that. Good competition and a lot
of teams all adds to the mix."
Coach Joshua Sanders said
the Lovell staff named senior
Susie Robertson as the female
athlete of the week for her per-
formance Saturday. Robertson
competed in the high jump for the
first time in the outdoor season
and won the event, clearing 5 feet.
She also placed second in the 800
meters (1:01.40) and was a mem-
ber of the winning 1,600-meter
relay team. Robertson has been
hampered by a quad strain since
early in the indoor track season.
"She ran the 4 by 4 after the
high jump," Sanders said. "It's
good to have her do well and be
back (in the high jump). It was a
good meet for her on Saturday."
The 1,600-meter relay team
set a new school record Saturday,
and it was a family affair. Sisters
Kim and Amanda Shumway and
Susie Robertson and their cousin
Erin Robertson covered the four
laps in a time of 4:07.47, besting
the record of 4:08.33 set last year
by Kim Shumway, Karen Korit-
nik, Alyssa Geiser and Susie Rob-
ertson.
"It's pretty cool that a family
can do that," Sanders said. "We
knew it was going to be close. We
knew at Susie's 200-meter mark
that they had a chance."
The current four are within
striking distance of the Class 2A
state record of 4:07.61 set by Lin-
gle-Ft. Laramie in 2008. A state
record can only be set at the state
track meet.
Also winning first place was
the 3,200-meter relay team of
Meryk McArthur, Erin Rob-
ertson, Hannah McCurley and
Amanda Shumway, running a
time of 10:56.18.
The sprint relay team was
disqualified due to a fall cause by
a leg entanglement on the third
handoff.
"Alyssa (Geiser) got scraped
up in that. She had to miss the
(300-meter) hurdles and would
have run well," Sanders said.
Sanders also noted that fresh-
man Whitney Grant "had a great
meet." She didn't quite qualify for
the finals in the 100-meter dash
but set a personal record with a
time of 13.68. She also pre-qual-
ified for State in the 100-meter
intermediate hurdles with a per-
sonal-record time of 17.21, good
for third place Saturday.
"That's a great time," Sanders
said.
Junior Chelsey Ellis ran a
personal-record time of 13.17
DAVID PECK
Lovell senior Mark Grant powers over a hurdle in the lead
during the 300-meter intermediate hurdles race Saturday at
the Lovell Invitational. Grant won the race in a time of 43.55.
in the 100-meter dash, which
pre-qualified her for State, then
placed third in the finals at 13.27.
Kassidy Hetland placed fifth at
13.63 after a 13.49 prelim.
Kim Shumway won the
200-meter dash with a time of
27.24, and freshman Ameesha
Anderson placed fifth with a per-
sonal-record time of 29.58.
Junior Meryk McArthur had
a strong meet, Sanders noted,
placing sixth in the 1,600 me-
ters with a personal-record time
of 5:57.96, and she placed third
in the 300-meter low hurdles at
52.74, another PR. Sanders said
coaches have been waiting for
McArthur to beat the six-minute
mark in the 1,600 based on her
indoor performances.
"Her legs felt pretty fresh in
the mile," he said.
Chelby Lewis finished eighth
in the 100-meter hurdles with a
personal-record time of 19.30,
and Stephanie Allred was 13 th at
22.43.
In the field events, Sanders
noted that Amanda Shumway
placed second to sister Susie in
the high jump, clearing a per-
sonal-record 4-10. Chayli McAr-
thur placed fifth at 4-4, a person-
al record, and Ivy Abraham was
eighth at 4-2.
Grant won the pole vault at
8 feet, and Lauren Hinckley was
fourth, clearing 7 feet.
Kim Shumway won the long
jump with a leap of 15-11¼, and
Chayli McArthur was fifth at
15-1¼, three-quarters of an inch
from the pre-qualification mark.
Jodi Walker was sixth at 14-8¼.
"That was Kim's furthest this
year," Sanders said, "and she was
behind the board, too. Chayli had
a PR, which was good to see."
Walker also placed fourth in
the triple jump, hitting the mark
of 32-6, and Geiser was right be-
hind her in fifth at 31-8.
In the throws, Miranda Griffis
placed third in the shot put with a
toss of 31-8 ½, and Katie Hoover
was fourth with a personal-record
DAVID PECK
Lovell senior Susie Robertson clears the bar in the high jump
during the Lovell Invitational Saturday. Robertson was named
the female athlete of the week for the Lady Bulldogs.
throw of 31-2½. Mercedes Harley
placed seventh at 28-8.
"She's progressing nicely,"
Sanders said of Hoover.
Griffis placed fourth in the
discus, tossing the disc 103-2½.
Schuylar Davis placed fifth at 97-
10.
Other girls results Saturday
included:
100m dash - Lauren Hinckley 15 th, 14.68; long jump
- Chelsey Ellis 10 t", 14-3¼, Mercedes Haney 16 th,
13-7, Ivy Abraham 20 t, 12-9, Stephanie AIIred 22 n'l,
12-5, Chelby Lewis 23 r, 12-4½; triple jump- Meryk
McArthur 11 th, 29-4½ (PR); shot put- Schuylar Da-
vis 12 t", 27-11½, $amantha Stevens 22-7½; discus
- Katie Hoover 12 t", 66-6, Stevens 20 t', 54-11.
BOYS SOLID
Coaches named senior AJ
Montanez as the male athlete of
the week for his performance Sat-
urday. Montanez set a personal
record in the shot put and threw
his season best in the discus.
Montanez fired the shot a per-
sonal record 52-11½ to place sec-
ond to Powell's Garrett Lynch,
and he tossed the discus 150-5,
his best throw this year, also fin-
ishing second to Lynch.
Junior Tanner Rohrer also set
a pair of personal records, placing
fourth in the discus with a throw
of 143-1½ and setting an outdoor
PR in the shot at 42-8½, good for
sixth place.
Freshman Daniel Strom
placed eighth in the discus with a
personal record throw of 114-7¼,
placing eighth, and Cody Savage
finished 10 th with a throw of 110-
4½. In all, the Lovell throws set
11 personal records on Saturday.
"We had a lot of good perfor-
mances Saturday," Sanders said,
-- "pretty much everybody every-
where."
Performances Sanders noted
included:
• Zeke Collins set a personal
record in the 300-meter interme-
diate hurdles by three seconds
with a time of 50.30.
• Jacob Beck ran "a nice 800"
with a time of 2:17.30 (PR), good
for sixth place.
• Dino Collins placed fourth in
the 400-meter dash with a time of
54.58, a personal record.
"It was good to have him in
the 54s," Sanders said. "We were
hoping he would do that, and he
did. If he could get in the 53s that
would be good."
• Collin McArthur, though he
didn't break the school record he
was shooting for, placed second
in the 800 meters with a time of
2:01.68.
• Colin May ran the 1,600
for the first time this season
and placed second with a time
of 4:48.37, his best time in two
years.
• Freshman AJ Dickson
placed third in the 3,200 meters
with a personal-record time of
10:58.32. "AJ getting in the 10s
is awesome," Sanders said. "He
enjoys it and is motivated. He's
sitting in a good spot as a fresh-
man."
See 'BULLDOGS,' page 9
