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May 13, 2010 The Lovell Chronicle I 9
Bulldogs fine tune events for Regional meet
BY DAVID PECK
As the name implies,
coaches use the Thermopo-
lis Pre-Regional to put all
of the pieces of the puzzle
in place before heading off
to their respective regional
track meets the following
week, and the Lovell coach-
es did just that Friday in
Thermop - finding plenty of
success along the way.
Lovell coaches chose
the Thermopolis meet over
a meet in Cody due to the
prospects of better weather,
coach Joe Koritnik said.
"The good thing about
the meet is you put every-
one where they're going
to compete at Regionals,"
Koritnik said. "It's a good
tune-up for Regionals. We
had some good performanc-
es, and the weather ended
up being pretty nice, which
is what we hoped when we
switched meets. That venue
gave us the best opportuni-
ty to compete, and it made
sense to compete against
2A teams."
Lovell won the girls title
Friday, out-scoring a strong
Thermopolis Lady Bobcat
team, 147.5-136.5. Mee-
teetse was third with 48.5
points, Big Piney fourth
with 47 points and Kem-
merer fifth with 44.
The Lovell boys finished
a strong second to Wind
River, 127-113.33, but that
was without points earned
by AJ Montanez, who fin-
ished second in the shot
put and third in the discus
but whose points were not
recorded. Big Piney was
third with 80 points, Wyo-
ming Indian fourth with 59
points and Dubois fifth with
57.7 points.
Another school record
went down Friday as the
girls 1,600-meter relay team
bested the school mark that
had stood since 1989. Korit-
nik said c0aches :changed
the order of the event since
Amanda Shumway had just
run the 800 meters. Mykel
Anderson - a good runner
from an even start, Korit-
nik said - ran the first leg,
Katie Walker the second,
Amanda Shumway the
third and Susie Shumway
the anchor leg.
The Lovell quartet ran a
time of 4:16.47 to win, beat-
ing the record of 4:17.28 set
by Adrienne Prosser, Cathy
Chidsey, Susan Emmett
and Jodi Somer in 1989.
Koritnik said strong
competition from the Ther-
mop team helped spur the
team to the school record.
Anderson got the Lady
Bulldogs off to a strong
start, but the Lady Bobcats
had the lead after two laps.
Amanda Shumway then
"reeled in" the Thermop
runner on lap three and Su-
sie Shumway finished the
job, out-running the Lady
Bobcat anchor down the fi-
nal straightaway to win.
"That's what you want
to know," Koritnik said.
"They were tough. Every
one of them (the Lady Bull-
dogs) competed extreme-
ly well. What a great race!
Thermop deserves credit for
being in there and pushing
them."
Coaches named Ander-
son, Walker and the Shum-
way sisters as the LHS fe-
male athletes of the week.
Also running strong, Ko-
ritnik said, was the sprint
relay team of Chelsey Ellis,
Karen Koritnik, Anderson
and Alyssa Geiser, which
placed second behind Ther-
mop with a time of 52.66.
"That was a good
time. Thermop had a good
team," Coach Koritnik said.
"Chelsey and Alyssa ran
the 4x8 (relay) about a half
an hour prior to the race
and neither one looked as
fast as they usually are. I
was pleased with the time.
Thermop ran under 52,
which is good. Our goal at
Regionals and State is to
run under 52."
Love!l put together
a girls 3,200-meter relay
team for the first time this
season, and the foursome
of Geiser, Ellis, Megan Mc-
Clure and Meryk Mckrthur
ran a solid time of 11:29.42,
placing third. Koritnik said
McClure ran so well that he
might enter her in the open
800 at Regionals, he said.
McArthur won the open
3,200 meters and pre-quali-
fled for State with a person-
hi-record time of 13:05.72.
"A Wyoming Indian girl
(Shaylee White) hung with
her for half the race, but
she gradually pulled away.
She ran a good time," Korit-
nik said.
Sisters Susie and
Amamda Shumway ran
one-two in the 800 meters,
and both ran their best
times of the season. Susie
won with a time of 2:26.92,
and Amanda was right on
her heels at 2:27.33.
"They ran together the
whole way, and Susie held
Amanda off at the end," Ko-
ritnik said. "It was a good
race between the two of
them."
Mykel Anderson ran
the 400-meter dash for the
first time this season and
won with a time of 1:04.18.
Nicole Emmett ran 1:19.53,
a personal record.
'TCe've talked about us-
ing Mykie in different plac-
es," Koritnik said. "We felt
the 400 was a good event
for Regionals and State.
Mykel had a real good meet
with the two relays, the 400
and the pole vault. She's in
a frame of mind where she
competes well and is posi-
tive."
Karen Koritnik won
the 300-meter low hurdles
for the fourth consecutive
race, this time at 47.13, but
Coach K said Thermop of-
ficials left off one flight of
hurdles going into the turn.
In the sprints, Geiser
placed fifth in the 200-me-
ter dash with a time of
29.12, while Stephanie
Green placed eighth in both
the 100 and 200, running a
time of 14.32 in the 100 and
29.86 in the 200. Kassidy
Hetland finished 12 in the
200 at 30.42 and 14 a in the
100 at 14.69.
In field events, Ander-
son won the pole vault by
clearing 9 feet, and Susie
Shumway won the high
12 in the long jump at 13-
9sA.
In the throws, Miran-
da Griffis placed third in
the discus with a throw of
96-3, and Schuylar Da-
vis placed fourth at 90-2.
Griffis finished ninth in the
shot put at 26-9½, and Da-
vis was 14 th at 24-6½, Erin
Robertson 16 at 23-8.
BOYS RESULTS
Southern Utah Univer-
sity-bound Tyler Anderson
won both the shot put with
a throw of 55-1 and the dis-
cus at 157-6. AJ Montanez,
though his points were not
recorded, placed second in
the shot at 46-3 and third
in the discus at 136-6. Tan-
ner Rohrer was 11 in the
discus with a toss of 107-1,
Jon Wakelin 17 at 94-10½.
Wakelin threw the shot 31-
7½.
Kenny Grant placed
third in the pole vault,
clearing 10-6, and Nathan
Grant was seventh at 10-0.
Morgan Baxendale cleared
5-4 in the high jump.
Jumpers performed
well. Freshman Cody Sav-
age won the triple jump
with a personal-record leap
of 40-3 and was second in
the long jump at 19-3, also a
PR. Senior Ben Long placed
third in the long jump at
19-1, and Ryan Croft was
fifth with a personal-record
jump of 18-5½. Dino Collins
was 12 at 17-9½.
Long placed second in
the triple jump at 38-5,
and Baxendale was sixth
at 35-93/, Nathan Ballard
eighth at 35-2½.
In running events,
sophomore Collin McArthur
won male athlete of the
week honors by earning a
personal record in the 3,200
meters, placing fourth with
a time of 10:45.83 and pre-
qualifying for State. Ken-
jump, clearing 5 feet. neth M0ncur placed sixth
Koritnik won both the with a time of 11:05.62 ,
long jump at 16-10¼ and
the triple jump at 33-5. Ka-
tie Walker placed fourth in
the long jump at 15-1V2 and
tied sister Jodi for third in
the triple jump, both sailing
32-3sA. Jodi placed seventh
in the long jump at 14-10¼,
and Green was eighth in the
triple jump at 30-10s.
Chelsey Ellis finished
right at his PR, Adam Beck
10 at 11:42.29 and Jacob
Mayes 15 at 14:15.28.
Colin May placed fourth
in the 1,600 meters with a
time of 4:54.53, and Jacob
Beck was 14 th at 5:32.78.
One of the amazing per-
formances of the day, Korit-
nik said, came from junior
See 'LHS,' page 12
Lovell junior Darren Ballard keeps the pace during
the 3,200-meter relay at the Lovell Track Meet
recently. Ballard ran a personal record in the 800
meters Friday in Thermopolis.
Grizz tune up at Thermop, work toward Regionals
BY DAVID PECK
The Rocky Mountain
Grizzlies tuned up for this
week's 2A West Regional
Track Meet by attending
the Thermopolis Pre-Re-
gional event in Thermop,
and Coach Dave Beemer
said the meet was a good
opportunity to see most of
the western teams and fill
in events heading into Re-
gionals.
"It was a pretty stiff
meet, with Kemmerer and
Rawlins there," Beemer
said. "Everyone in our con-
ference was there except
Saratoga. We're looking at
trying to gauge how to get
some more kids to State."
The meet helped Rocky
Mountain coaches discover
some new things about cer-
tain athletes as the region-
al meet approaches, Beem-
er said.
"Rachael (Allred) ran
the two-mile pretty well
and has a good chance to
place at Regionals," he said.
The freshman ran the 3,200
meters in 14:21.50 to place
fourth.
Another revelation,
Beemer said, was how well
sophomore Caitlyn Soren-
son ran as a member of the
3,200-meter relay team.
Theteam placed fifth with a
time of 11:43.11, and Soren-
son ran a personal-record
split of 2:55, the coach said.
Also running were Leslie
Blackburn, Allred, and Bri-
anna Hocker.
Lauren Peterson placed
third in the 800 meters
with a time of 2:44.23 and
can run even faster, Beem-
er said. Peterson also ran
the 400-meter dash for the
first time this season and
placed seventh with a time
of 1:07.73. Hannah Parker
ran 1:21.66. Beemer said
Blackburn may add the
open 400 to her repertoire
at Regionals.
Kallee Hernandez
placed seventh in the
200-meter dash, cover-
ing the half lap in 29.72.
Hocker ran 33.75. Beem-
er said Hernandez's pulled
quad appears to be healed
and that she might run the
100meter intermediate
hurdles with Kim Beard,
who finished 10 th Friday at
20.79.
Melissa Iverson ran the
100-meter dash in 15.87,
Beard 16.29 and Kellie
Schmidt 17.00.
In field events, Black-
burn placed second in the
high jump, clearing 4-10,
and Hernandez placed fifth
in the triple jump at 31-7.
Iverson fmished 16 at 27-
33A.
Ashley Bridges threw
a personal-record 21-6½ in
the shot put and threw 55-
10½ in the discus. Hocker
jumped 10-11½ in the long
jump.
The Rocky Mountain
girls placed ninth Friday
with 30 team points, ahead
of Shoshoni, Wyoming Indi-
an and Ten Sleep and just
one point behind Greybull.
In the boys' division,
senior Jeff Sanders placed
fourth in the discus with
a personal-record throw of
126-9½. Travis Hatch threw
72-11.
"We've been waiting for
that," Beemer said. "He's
thrown 130 feet in prac-
tice."
Senior KJ Blackburn
finished 11 in the shot put
with a throw of 38-23/.
"KJ is on the bubble,"
Beemer said of his state
track meet prospects. "He's
in there if he throws in the
39s."
Another athlete on
the bubble is Bruce Ward,
Beemer said, who cleared
5 feet in the high jump and
could advance to State if he
jumps 5-2 or 5-4.
Sanders threw 36-2 in
the shot put, Hatch 29-1/2.
In running events,
freshman Michael Bernhis-
el set a new personal record
in the 3,200 meters and
placed eighth with a time of
11:17.67.
"Michael ran the two-
mile pretty darn good,"
Beemer noted.
Bernhisel also finished
l0 b in the 1,600 meters at
5:24.05.
Brady Win]and finished
16 in the 400-meter dash
with a personal-record time
of 57.85, and Austin Bro-
st ran the 400 in 1:00.29,
Bryce Ward 1:00.79.
Derik Romero finished
14 in the 100-meter dash
at 12.57, and Caleb Estes
ran 12.86, Dalton Banks
13.17. In the 200, Estes ran
26.55, Banks 27.43.
The Grizzlies placed
11 in Thermopolis with 6
team points.
REGIONAL TRACK
The 1A-2A West Re-
gional Track Meet starts
Friday, May 14, in Lander
with field events at 11 a.m.
Running events begin at
12:45 p.m. with the 800-me-
ter finals.
On Saturday, the meet
continues with field events
at 9 a.m. and running
events at 11.
DAVID CK OT
Rocky Mountain sophomore Caitlyn
Sorenson glides around the corner
in the 3,200-meter relay April 24 in
Lovell. Sorenson ran a strong leg of
the race Friday in Thermopolis.
Rocky Mountain freshman Michael
Bernhisel works hard during the 1,600
meters at the Cody Track Meet earlier
this season. Bernhisel and his teammates
will compete at the Regional Track Meet
in Lander this weekend.
