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May 19, 2011 I The Lovell Chronicle I 7
Lovell girls, boys thinclads dominate regional track meet
BY DAVID PECK
For the second straight
year, the Lovell Lady Bull-
dogs dominated the com-
petition at the 2A West
Regional Track Meet in
Lander Friday and Satur-
day, but this year they were
joined on the awards stand
by the Lovell boys, who also
won their regional in con-
vincing fashion.
The Lovell girls topped
the field with 170 points,
beating second-place Wind
River by 80 points. The
Lovell boys racked up 150.5
points, beating second-place
Big Piney by 47 points:
"I don't think our
coaches could be any more
pleased with the way every-
one performed," coach Joe
Koritnik said. "It was a re-
ally good effort, and every-
one had a good attitude. We
were really pleased."
Twelve LHS girls will
travel to Casper this week-
end for the state track meet,
and nine of the 12 qualified
in multiple events, five of
them in the maximum four
events.
Senior Karen Koritnik
won three individual events
in Lander and was a mem-
ber of the record-shatter-
ing 1,600-meter relay team
along with Kim Shumway,
Alyssa Geiser and Susie
Shumway. Kim Shumway
also won three individual
events.
Junior Susie Shumway
won two events and placed
second in a third event.
Geiser and Chelsey Ellis
qualified in three individu-
al events.
Perhaps the most im-
pressive performance of
the track meet came in
the last event for the Lady
Bulldogs as the quartet (in
order of running) of Kim
Shumway, Koritnik, Gei-
ser and Susie Shumway
smoked the four laps of
the 1,600-meter relay in
4:08.33 to crush the opposi-
tion and shatter their own
school record of 4:13.49 set
earlier this year, as well
as the regional record of
4:15.10 set by Big Piney in
2002. The team won Satur-
day's finale by 24 seconds
over second-place Shoshoni
and 30 seconds over third-
place Big Piney.
The time puts the Lady
Bulldog foursome in posi-
tion to challenge for the
Class 2A state record of
4:07.61 set by Lingle-Ft.
Laramie in 2008.
"All along we've talked
about them having the po-
tential to run that kind of
time, but the way we are
having to use those four
athletes, competing at the
end of Saturday, especial-
ly Kim (four events in one
afternoon) and with the
weather, we didn't think
that kind of time was in
the works."
Kim Shumway got
the record-breaking run
off to a great start with a
60.7-second first lap, and
after Karen Koritnik ran
the second lap in 62.5 "it
was on," Coach K said.
Geiser ran her best leg of
64.8, and Susie Shumway
"literally nailed it," Coach
Koritnik said, with a 59.8
MASON FOWLER
fourth leg.
"It was quite an ef-
fort by all four of them,"
Koritnik said. "It was fun
to watch and capped off
the meet. It got the boys
(1,600-meter relay team)
fired up, and they ran well
and got qualified."
Two other school re-
cords were broken in
Lander, both by Shum-
way sisters. Junior Susie
broke her own school re-
cord in the 800 meters Fri-
day, improving by 1/10th
of a second to 2:20.76 and
a regional title. Freshman
Kim broke her own mark
in the 400-meter dash pre-
liminaries Friday by 3/10s
of a second with a time of
57.97. She then won the fi-
nals Saturday at 58.51.
Kim Shumway's pre-
liminary run in the 400
also broke the regional re-
cord of 59.47 set in 2009 by
Amber Henry of Mountain
View.
And not only did Kim
Shumway break a school
record in the 400, Susie
Shumway ran a personal
record and broke the one-
minute barrier for the first
time to place second on
Saturday with a time of
59.92. The third Shumway
sister, sophomore Amanda,
qualifed for State in the
800 Friday with a time of
2:31.83, running the race
for the first time this sea-
son after her lower leg in-
jury. Soreness prevented
her from competing in the
1,600 on Saturday, how-
ever.
Kim Shumway also
won the 200-meter dash
with a time of 27.14 Satur-
day after running 27.28 in
the prelims on Friday. Gei-
ser was fourth in the 200
Saturday with a time of 29
flat after running 28.51 in
the prelims.
Susie Shumway was
strong in the- high jump
Friday, winning the event
with her best effort of the
season at 5-2, tying for first
with Sage Sanchez of Big
Piney. Both jumpers tied
the 2A regional record set
by Madison Croft of Lovell
in 2006.
Karen Koritnik also
had a busy and successful
weekend. She won the long
jump Friday with a jump
of 16-10½, and she came
back Saturday morning to
win the triple jump at 34-
10. Both distances are just
slightly off her best marks
of the season.
She also qualified for
the finals in the 300-meter
hurdles Friday at 47.99,
then ran well in the cold
Saturday, smoking the
course in 46.62 Saturday
to win the event and set a
new regional record, break-
ing the mark of 46.80 set by
Tori Runner of Saratoga in
2004. Koritnik finished her
• day as the second leg of the
mile relay team.
Coach Koritnik said
Karen had been concen-
trating on jumps, her up-
coming events at the Uni-
versity of Wyoming, this
season, but she put more
effort into the hurdles last
week in practice and it
paid off.
"She wanted to make a
run at that record and she
ran a great race," he said.
One of the pleasant
surprises Saturday came in
the 100-meter dash, where
sophomore Kassidy Het-
land won the sprint with a
time of 13.90 (31.91 in pre-
lims Friday). Chelsey El-
lis placed seventh at 14.46
(13.96 in prelims).
Sophomore Meryk
McArthur qualified for
State in two events, plac-
ing fifth in the 3,200 me-
ters Friday with a time of
13:52.46 and eighth in the
1,600 Saturday at 6:26.98.
She also finished 14th in
the 800 Friday at 2:56.64.
The sprint relay (4x 100)
team of Ellis, Hetland, Jodi
Walker and Geiser had a
solid performance Friday
evening, placing second
with a time of 53.75, hot
on the heels of first-place
Rocky Mountain (53.64).
Walker, Ellis and
Miranda Griffis quali-
fied for State in two field
events each. Walker came
to Casper ready to jump
and placed second in the
triple jump with a season-
best 33-10 and fourth in
the long jump at 15-0, also
a season best.
Griffis threw well in
Lander, placing third in
the discus with a throw of
95-10 and fifth in the shot
put with a personal-record
toss of 31-3. Freshman Ka,
tie Hoover was right be-
hind her in the shot with a
sixth-place throw of 30-1.
Ellis placed eighth in
both the long jump and tri-
ple jump, sailing 14-½ in
the long jump and 29-10 in
the triple jump. Geiser was
a strong third in the triple
jump with a personal-re-
cord jump of 32-5.
Junior Schuylar Davis
placed fifth in the discus
to qualify for State with a
throw of 92-9, Nicole Em-
mett almost squeaked in,
finishing ninth with a toss
of 76 feet, a PR. Hoover
was 14th at 68-6½.
Davis was close to
qualifying for State in the
shot put, finishing 10th at
28-3, and Mercedes Haney
was 12th with a toss of 27-
8, a personal record.
DEPTH PAYS OFF
Team depth paid off
for the Lovell Bulldogs as
16 boys qualified for State
and scored points for the
Bulldogs at the regional
meet.
Junior Collin McAr-
thur will compete in four
events at the state track
meet, Cody Savage, Dino
Collins and Kade Englert
three each.
"We had five region-
al champions, and it was
neat for the boys to take
that step up from last year
(second place a year ago),"
Koritnik said.
McArthur won the 800
meters Friday, running the
open event for the first time
this season with a time of
2:03.53. The versatile run-
ner also placed third in the
1,600 meters with a time
of 4:56.32 Saturday and
placed third in the 3,200
Friday with a personal-re-
cord time of 10:32.21.
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DAVID PECK
Lovell sophomore Kassidy Hetland (right) turns on the afterburners to win the
100-meter dash Saturday at the Regional Track Meet in Lander.
DAVm PECK
Lovell High School placed three runners in the top six during the 1,600 meters
Saturday in Lander. The strong "metric milers" are (I-r) Collin McArthur,
Kenneth Moncur and Colin May.
McArthur's win in the
800 meters Friday morn-
ing set the stage for the
boys' regional title, Korit-
nik said, giving the team
an early 10 points and cre-
ating momentum for the
team.
"Collin ran a smart
race," the coach said. "Some
Wyoming Indian runners
and a Wind River runner
went out really fast and ev-
eryone got caught up in it.
But Collin held back and
sensed that the pace was
fast, and on the second lap
the first runners started to
tie up and he was the only
one who had paced himself
and had a kick. He powered
past everyone.
"That set the tone for
the boys and got everyone
pretty jazzed up."
He also ran the anchor
leg of the 3,200-meter re-
lay Saturday morning. The
quartet of Kenneth Man-
cur, Darren Ballard, Ka-
leb Leithead and McArthur
placed second with a time
of 8:56.99.
Lovell distance runners
claimed three of the top six
spots in the 1,600 meters
Saturday as junior Colin
May finished just behind
McArthur in fourth place
with a time of 4:56.95 and
senior Moncur placed sixth
at 4:58.22. May also placed
fourth in the 3,200 with a
time of 11:04.35, and Ja-
cob Beck placed eighth at
11:37.52. Brother Adam
Beck just missed qualify-
ing for State, placing ninth
with a time of 11:42.07.
Sophomore Nathan
Ballard earned a trip to
State in both hurdles raced
on Saturday, first placing
third in the ll0-meter high
hurdles with a personal-re-
cord time of 18.44 (18.77 in
prelims), then later placing
seventh in the 300-meter
intermediate hurdles with
a time of 47.57 (46.42 in
prelims, a PR).
Rounding out the
running qualifiers, the
1,600-meter relay team
of Mark Grant, Savage,
Dino Collins and Leithead
placed second with a time
of 3:41.01, a season best.
Other running results
include:
100m dash - Kyle Wilk-
erson 10th, 12.54 (PR);
200m dash - Mark Grant
ninth, 24.72, Dino Col-
lins 12th, 24.97, Wilkerson
See ILOVELL TRACKp'
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Golf report
Bulldogs place second in statewide 'regional' tournament
BY DAVID PECK
The spring golf season
ended on a high note for the
Lovell High School golf team
as the Bulldogs traveled to
Wright for the Class 2A Re-
gional Golf Tournament,
which is essentially a spring
version of the state golf tour-
nament, coach Ben Fowler
reported.
The Lovell boys placed
second, just behind Kem-
merer, by only four strokes,
Fowler said, despite playing
with two freshmen and two
juniors.
"Kemmerer was the team
to beat," he said. "It was quite
a battle with us, Kemmerer
and Moorcroft."
Fowler said his team shot
well despite the elements.
"The weather was abso-
lutely terrible," he said. 'Te
had snow, wind and rain. It
looked more like we were go-
ing snowmobiling than golf-
ing."
The top fmisher for
Lovell was junior Cody King,
who shot rounds of 93 and
99 for a final score of 192. No
Lovell golfer finished in the
top 10, Fowler said, calling
the second-place finish "a to-
tal team effort."
Junior Hunter Hinck-
ley, a first-year golfer with
only two tournaments under
his belt, shot 96-98=194, fill-
ing in well, Fowler said, for
senior Jared Minchow, who
could not attend the tourna-
ment.
"I was very proud of him
for stepping in there," Fowl-
er said, noting that the team
normally consists of five play-
ers with the top four scores
counted but this time only
four golfers could attend.
Freshman Brandon
Wolvington shot a score of
111 on the first day Friday,
then improved to 95 on the
second day for a final score
of 206. Similarly, Chase Tip-
petts shot 109 the first day
and 99 the second for a score
of 208.
On the gifts side, senior
Mason Fowler placed ninth
overall with a score of 119-
120=235, which means she
has placed in every culminat-
ing event since her freshman
year - regional and state
tournaments for four years.
"That's quite an accom-
plishment for her," Coach
Fowler said. "I want to thank
Mason and Jared for what
they've done for the program.
They've been dedicated to the
team for four years."
Junior Jordan Frost shot
131-138=269 for the Lady
Bulldogs, and Fowler said
she will step up as the team's
number-one golfer next sea-
son. Freshman Journee Bur-
ton shot 165-160=325 with
only one previous tourna-
ment under her belt.
"She got some great ex-
perience," Fowler said, not-
ing that her presence gave
Lovell its first full girls team
in a culminating tourna-
ment.
Fowler said he would like
to thank the Foster Gulch
golf course beard of directors
for allowing the team to prac-
tice and play on the course.
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