10 I The Lovell Chronicle I May 17, 2012
DAVID PECK
Performing in the final meet of her career, Rocky
Mountain senior Ashley Bridges flings the shot
during the 2A West Regional Track Meet Saturday
in Riverton. At the left, sprinters Austin Brost (left)
and Cannon Simmons (right) near the finish line in
the 100-meter dash with a Big Piney runner.
Young Grizzlies qualify nine for State
BY DAVID PECK
There are nine athletes
Trom Rocky Mountain High
School heading to the state
track meet in Casper this
week, and for a very young
RMHS squad, that's a good
showing, coach Dave Beem-
er said Monday, speaking
,after Friday and Saturday's
2A West Regional in River-
ton.
"I never dreamed at the
beginning of the year that
we'd get nine kids to State,"
Beemer said. "That's about
as good as we could have ex-
pected. The competition (in
Riverton) was darn tough,
];00."
Four freshmen, two
sophomores, one junior
and two seniors will travel
to the state track meet, six
boys and three girls.
One of the highlights
from the weekend's action
was the performance of s:
nior Austin Brost in the
sprints, Beemer said. Brost
placed fifth in the 100-me-
ter dash with a time of
12.24 after running 12.17
in the preliminaries on Fri-
day. He also placed seventh
in the 200-meter dash at
25.18 after running 24.96
in prelims.
Freshman Cannon Sim-
mons will join Brost in the
100 meters in Casper after
placing seventh Saturday
with a time of 12.54 (12.18
in prelims).
Both senior Derik Rome-
ro (12.24) and sophomore
Joey Jewell (12.27) barely
missed qualifying for finals
in the 100, and likewise, ju-
nior Bryce Ward failed to
reach the top eight in the
200 by just 7/100ths of a sec-
ond and would have quali-
fied in seventh place if he
has just run 1/10th of a sec-
ond faster, Beemer noted.
Ward did qualify for
State in the 400-meter dash,
cing'elghth with a:le
fb' 55.67, andin both hur-
dles races. The junior placed
sixth in the 300-meter inter-
mediate hurdles with a time
of 44.95 after running a per-
sonal record 44.65 in the
prelims and he placed sev-
enth in the ll0-meter high
hurdles at 18.40.
The 400-meter relay
team of Jewell, Simmons,
Kirby Winland and Romero
placed sixth with a time of
48.56, a second and a half
slower than the team's best
time this season.
"They botched two of
the three handoffs," Beem-
er said. "If they had hit
their handoffs, they could
have run in the 46s, and
that would have gotten
them third or fourth."
In field events, Beemer
said he was pleased with
the progress made by fresh-
man Kirby Winland, who
eclipsed his personal record
by six inches, placing fourth
at 5-10.
! !: He!ot confident and
away > h went,- Beemer
'Said. "it all came together
for him. He got his timing
down and jumped six inch-
es higher than he has all
year."
Joey Jewell placed sev-
enth in the high jump,
clearing 5-8. He also placed
sixth in the long jump with
a leap of 19-3 , which is
about 10 inches off his per-
sonal record.
"We had trouble getting
him on his mark," Beemer
said. "His steps were off.
If we can get him on the
board, he should place (at
State) in that."
Winland placed sixth in
the triple jump, leaping 37-
6.
Other boys results in-
cluded:
400m dash - Jake
Loyning 22nd, 59.27, Ca-
leb Horrocks 24th, 1:01.31,
Brady Winland 27th,
1:02.19; 800m - Horrocks
14th 2:19.94, Winland
:17I 2:21.7:. lng
i9th( i 2:27.8 !,600m :
Casey Banks 16th, 5130.17;
3,200m - Banks llth,
11:52.10; long jump - Can-
non Simmons 15th, 16-7;
shot put - Chase Aagard
21st, 31-5; discus- Aagard
18th, 99-1.
GIRLS RESULTS
Haley Strom and Mi-
kaela Hocker will both
compete in the state track
meet after qualifying in
best but out of the running
for a state berth. Only the
top four relay teams qualify
for State.
"They hit their handoffs
and ran a pretty good race.
The just didn't have enough
speed," Beemer said.
Also qualifying for
State was freshman Jenni-
the 100-meter intermediate fer Parker, who placed fifth
hurdles. Hocker placed fifth
with a time of 18.22, and
Strom just missed placing
in the event with a time of
19.15 after hitting several
hurdles with her trail leg.
But she had already pre-
qualified for State and will
compete in Casper.
Both barely missed
placing in the 300-meter
low hurdles. Strom finished
10th with a personal-record
time of 54.36, and Hocker
was llth at 54.44.
The 400-meter . relay
teaiTi ?0f 'Str0m, Hocker,
Haley Stauffer and Sydney
Tyacke finished sixth with
a time of 57.64, a season
in the shot put with a per-
sonal-record throw of 30-1.
Other girls results in-
cluded:
Long jump - Sydney
Tyacke 13th, 12-5¼; triple
jump - Brianna Hocker
13th, 28-7½; shot put - Al-
ana Senn 21st, 22-1, Ashley
Bridges 23rd, 21-9; discus
- Senn 12th, 76-5½, Bridg-
es 15th, 72-7 (PR), Jennifer
Parker 21st, 57-5.
The state track meet
begins today (Thursday)
in Caser at Casper Kelly
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LHS TRACK
10th in prelims, 14.37;
200m dash - Ameesha An-
derson 10th in prelims,
30.04; 400m dash - Han-
nah McCurley 13th in pre-
lims, 1:17.46; 100m hur-
dles - Chelby Lewis 10th
n prelims, 19.22, Stepha-
ie Allred 18th in prelims,
23.57; long jump - Haney
12th, 12-103A; shot put -
Katie Hoover 13th, 27-1½;
discus - Samantha Stevens
17th, 61-9.
BOYS NUMEROUS AND
DEEP ..
Coaches named Dino
Collins as the male athlete
of the week. The junior won
the 110-meter high hurdles
and placed in the long jump
and triple jump.
"That kid had a really
good meet," Sanders said.
"I think he surprised some
people by winning the hur-
dles. He even surprised us
a little bit. He's only been
working on it half of the
year.
"He has good speed, but
it's his power going over
the hurdles. That's one of
the areas we need. Nathan
Ballard moved up, too."
Collins won the 110
hurdles with a personal-re-
cord time of 16.67 seconds,
and Ballard placed sixth
at 18.19. Cade Bischoff
just missed qualifying for
State, finishing ninth in
:the prelims with a time of
:19.10.
Collins also placed
:third in the triple jump
with a personal-record
jump of 41-½ and fourth in
:the long jump at 19-6½.
Sanders was pleased
to see three triple-jumpers
go over 41 feet in River-
ton. Savage won the meet
:at 42-6, Morgan Baxendale
placed second with a per-
sonal-record 41-3½, Collins
third. Austin Ellis placed
seventh at 37-5.
"That's something we
wanted both Morgan and
Dino to do, get over 41 feet
in the triple jump," Sand-
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ers said. "That will be re-
ally important for us at
State."
Savage placed fifth in
the long jump at 19-5 3A,
Colin May seventh at 19-3
and Calin McArthur ninth
at 18-3/L
High-jumpers also did
very well, Sanders noted,
with both Baxendale and
Kade Englert clearing 6
feet, both personal records,
with Baxendale second
and Englert third based on
misses.
"That was really nice
for both of those guys,"
Sanders said. "They've re-
ally been working hard on
it."
Bischoff was eighth at
5-6.
Englert also set a per-
sonal record in the pole
vault, clearing 12 feet to
place second behind team-
mate Nathan Grant, who
won the vault at 12-6, also
a PR.
Three Bulldog throw-
ers set personal records
in the shot put. Tanner
Rohrer threw 45-5 to place
third behind teammate AJ
Montanez, who won the
event at 51-4, and Alex
Connour went 35-5 (12th),
Jacob Price 35-1 (13th).
Montanez also placed a
strong second in the discus
with a throw of 150-1, just
5 ½ inches behind Brynnt
Wood of Riverside. Rohrer
was third at 135-4, Sav-
age sixth at 122-6/, a per-
sonal record. Daniel Strom
was just nine inches from
qualifying for state, plac-
ing ninth with a personal-
record throw of 120-3.
Senior Collin McAr-
thur had an outstanding
Regional, winning three
events and helping a re-
lay team qualify. McAr-
thur won the 800 meters
with a time of 2:02.96, set a
new personal record in the
1,600 to win at 4:37.09 and
won the 3,200 at 10:19.72.
McArthur also ran the
anchor leg of the 3,200-me-
ter relay team, which
placed third with a season-
best time of 8:59.54 and
also included Adam and Ja-
cob Beck and Dylan Hult-
gren. Sanders said coach-
es will substitute Hyrum
Hopkin for McArthur at
State to give him time to
prepare for and recover
from his other events.
McArthur has been
knocking on the door Of
three school records and
will be pushed at State by
Pine Bluffs senior Alejan-
dro Garcia.
"It's going to be a race,
and that's what Collin
needs," Sanders said. "He
may have to get school re-
cords in all three events to
win them at State."
Also running Lovell's
best time of the year was
the 1,600-meter relay team
of Calin McArthur, Sav-
age, Mark Grant and Aus-
tin Ellis, who ran a time of
3:38.91 to place second.
The quartet of Cade
Bischoff, Hultgren, Hop-
kin and Mark Grant placed
fourth in the 400-meter re-
lay with a time of 47.15.
Senior Mark Grant had
a strong meet for the Bull-
dogs. He ran the 100-meter
dash for the first time this
season and placed fourth
with a time of 11.94. He
also placed third in the
300-meter intermediate
hurdles at 43.87 after run-
ning 43.52 in. the prelims.
Nathan Grant placed fifth
in the 300 hurdles at 44.27
(44.15 in prelims), and
McKayan May qualified for
State as a senior, placing
seventh at 45.09 (44.39 in
prelims).
Freshman AJ Dickson
had a strong meet in the
distance events, placing
eighth in the 1,600 and set-
ting a personal record by a
full 10 seconds with a time
of 4:59.43 and seventh in
the 3,200 meters 11:22.03.
Also strong was se-
nior Colin May, who
placed fourth in the 3,200
with a personal-record
time of 10:40.84. May fin-
ished 10th in the 1,600 at
5:15.77 but already had
pre-qualified for State in
the event.
Ellis placed seventh in
the 400-meter dash with a
time of 55.57.
Adam Beck won 'his
heat in the 800-meter pre-
lims but missed the finals
by just one second. Sand-
ers said if he had been in a
faster heat he likely would
have qualified for the fi-
nals.
Other boys results in-
cluded:
100m dash - Cade
Bischoff 14th in prelims,
DAVID PECK
Eighth graders Jackie Caldwell and Charri
McArthur placed third and sixth in the 1,600 meter
run on Tuesday in Lander.
12.43, Michael Bright- LMS track team competes
ly 19th in prelims, 12.89,
at bestofthebest
BY DAVID PECK
Though they were un-
able to attend the confer-
ence track meet after rain
forced the meet to be re-
scheduled, the Lovell Mid-
dle School track and field
program was able to send
a few athletes to a best-of-
the-best meet in Lander on
May 8, coach Stan Hedges
announced this week.
Brandon Teter placed
first in the triple jump with
a jump of 35-1, first in the
high jump by clearing 5-3
and second in the discus
with a throw of 111-5.
Tyler Teter placed third
in the discus with a toss
of 102-10½, sixth in the
100-meter dash with a time
of 12.95 and second in the
200-meter dash at 26.34.
Kaleb Mayes placed first
in the 800 meters with a
time of 2:20.12, Emily Snell
placed third in the long jump
at 13-7, Jackie Caldwell
placed third in the 1,600 at
5:58.62 and Charri McAr-
thur placed sixth in the
1,600 with a time of 6:09.84.
Other athletes who
competed at the event were
Savanna Savage, Madi-
son Harper, Nik Haskell,
Jazmyn See, Trysa Flood
and Caitlyn Lundberg.
"These athletes had to
show throughout the year
that they could compete
with the best Wyoming has
to offer," Hedges said. "All
the Lovell Middle School
track kids did an outstand-
ing job this year in their
work ethic and determina-
tion to improve each week.
They represented Lovell
well both on and off the
track, and it was a pleasure
to coach them.
"Alongside me were
April Nicholls and Chris
Edwards, who gave more
than required of them. I feel
the coaching staff and their
expectations of the kids
is what led to a successful
2012 track season. Thanks
to Sherie Monk and Kim
Bernstein for their sup-
port in what we wanted to
accomplish. Thanks to the
parents and all the people
who helped out with our
home track meet, as well."
Aaron Monterde 25th in
prelims, 13.85; 200m dash
- Hyrum Hopkin 13th in
prelims, 25.95 (PR), Zeke
Collins 18th in prelims,
26.71 (PR); 400m dash -
Dino Collins ninth in pre-
lims, 56.40, Calin McAr-
thur 16th in prelims, 57.77,
Brightly 18th in prelims,
58.36 (PR); 800m - Jacob
Beck 13th, 2:19.02, Mysen
McArthur 21st, 2:29.94;
1,600m - Michael Stein-
er 20th, 5:56.36; 3,200m
- Steiner 14th, 13:22.33
(PR); ll0m hurdles - Der-
ek Phelps 12th in prelims,
20.53; 300m hurdles-
Adam Beck 12th in prelins,
46.36.
STATE TRACK MEET
The state track meet
starts today (Thursday)
and continues Friday and
Saturday at Casper Kelly
Walsh High School. Action
begins today at 11 a.m. and
continues Friday and Sat-
urday at 9 a.m.
The 2A East Regional
champions coming in are
the Burns girls and the
Saratoga boys.
The Lovell girls will be
seeking their third consec-
utive state title.
