Cards and Grizz Battle The Elements at Cougar Classic

The Postman's Motto states “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.”  In Firth last week the Cardinal and Grizzly track teams may not have seen much heat but there was plenty of gloom, snow and rain as the teams made swift completions of their rounds around the track. As the teams arrived and set up their camps the rain began to fall.  The thirteen teams, which made up the meet, hadn’t finished the first flights of field events when the rain changed to snow.  Before moving to the next flights the meet was brought to a halt as the coaches and officials met together to decide whether or not the competition should continue.  After a half hour delay the meet continued on and the weather did slightly improve.  Both the Cardinals and the Grizzlies would see a number of good marks and times as well as a first for both schools as Idaho's newest event the javelin was implemented with good results coming from each school.

The Grace girls would come in seventh place as a team missing out on sixth place by just one point. The Lady Grizzlies would do much of their scoring in the distance running as well as the relays.  The young freshman duo of Broklyn Porter and Bella Eddins would shine once again.  Porter would  place in the top ten in both the 800 and 1600 meter races.  Junior teammate Lily Gilbert would finish well in the distance races as well placing fourth in the 3200 meter race.  Eddins would place seventh in the 100m hurdles and watch Kallie Stoddard grab fourth place in the 300m hurdles and Tayler Yost would come in sixth.  All three hurdlers would be joined by Jeanaelie Shaffer to claim third in the 4x200 relay.  Yost and Eddins would pair up again this time with Gilbert and Porter to take second in the final relay of the day, the 4x400.  The Grizzlies would have several other great performances including senior Alexis Bitton getting the honor of being the first ever javelin thrower in Grace history.

The strong Lady Cardinal team would place third overall as a team.  They would score points in a variety of different areas.  Jinettie Garbett would lead the way as she would place first in all four events that she was in.  Brooklyn Kempe, Aspen Christensen and Madyln Kempe would all place well in the 100 and 200 meter races. Rebekah Evans, Anna Petrova, and Macee Simmons would all crack the top ten in the 400 meter race.  In the distance running the Cardinals would be well represented by sophomore Ellie Wood that  would place in the top five in both the 800 and 1600 meter races.  Layla Torman was the top hurdler for the Cardinals placing fifth in the 300m race.  Rosie Harris would lead the jumpers placing in the top five in both the high jump as well as the pole vault.  As usual Izzy Shelton would be at the top of the throwers grabbing the top spot in the shot put and placing third in both the discus and javelin.  The Lady Cardinals would do very well in the relays as they would secure the top spot in both the 4x400 and the medley relay and place sixth in the 4x100. 

The Grizzly men would miss out on a third place finish as a team by just a single point.  The one point deficit would not damper the Grizzlies spirits as they would have a great day themselves.  Adrian Mejia finished in the top five in the 800 meter race and came in sixth in the 1600 meters.  Fellow teammate and distance runner Brock Johnson would come in seventh in the 3200 meter race.   The Grace hurdlers would have a good day as Nathaniel Smith and Landon Moss would both finish in the top four in both the 110 meter race as well as the 300 meter race.  Jonah Wilkerson would finish one spot behind the leader in the 300 meter hurdle race.  The Grace throwers spread the love around as Carson Reeves was the top finisher in the discus while Trevor Mathews led the way in the shot put.  Both Reeves and Mathews would also throw the javelin with Reeves getting the distinction of being the first male javelin thrower in school history.  Reeves would only get to hold the record for a few brief minutes until Mathews beat his mark but it would be Bryant Jensen that would get the best mark for the Grizzlies finishing in third overall.  The Grace relays would place well finishing fourth in both the 4x400 and the 4x200 but their highlight would be Braden Kimball passing the lead runners in the final leg of the 4x100 to take the first place spot.

The Cardinal men would have their best performance of the season thus far as they would at last have a solid number of athletes.  Though they would finish just tied for sixth as a team they would have a number of great finishes.  Some of their top performers were once again Degan Stoor dominating the hurdle races, Cooper Thompson placing in the top ten in the 200 meters and Caleb Thompson placing second in the 400 meter race.  Cooper would also grab fourth place in the high jump while Landon Martinsen would impress with a PR in the long jump while securing second place.  Cole Garbett would represent the team in throwing placing sixth in the shot put, and second in the javelin. In what was the most exciting race of the day the Cardinal 4x400 relay team would take the lead early before dropping to second place behind a very good Sugar Salem team.  In the final leg of the race 400 meter specialist Caleb Thompson would get the baton still sitting in second place.  Thompson would surge to the lead with about 300 meters left in the race and would hold off the 3A powerhouse bringing home the victory for the Cardinal men.

Even with periods of high winds and wet cold weather several athletes from both teams were still able to see improvements with some even setting PR’s.  At the end of the day the meet could easily be considered a success. 

SS Boys Results

100 meters: 14-Caleb Thompson 12.83, 21-Cooper Thompson 13.10, 24-Zayden Garbett 13.20, 26-Landon Martinsen 13.23, 47-Ryan Wight 13.96

200 meters: 7-Cooper Thompson 25.90, 24-Cole Garbett 27.43, 29-Ryan Wight 27.92, 34-Mason Finlayson 28.48

400 meters: 2-Caleb Thompson 53.07, 11-Mason Finlayson 1:00.83

800 meters: 11-Landon Moldenhauer 2:26.47, 13-Austin Housley 2:28.28, 15-Dre Lloyd 2:37.03

1600 meters: 8-Landon Moldenhauer 5:13.18, 22-Austin Housley 5:44.15, 26-Dre Lloyd 5:46.98

110m hurdles: 1-Degan Stoor 17.40

300m hurdles: 1-Degan Stoor 42.37, 6-Zayden Garbett 47.53

Shot put: 6-Cole Garbett 39’2

Discus: 14-Cole Garbett 86’0.5

Javelin: 2-Cole Garbett 104’9

High jump: 4-Cooper Thompson 5’6

Long jump: 2-Landon Martinsen 19’7.25

Triple jump: 9-34’8.75

4x400 relay: Degan Stoor, Cooper Thompson, Zayden Garbett, Caleb Thompson 3:39.12

SS Girls Results

100 meters: 1-Jinettie Garbett 13.36, 3-Brooklyn Kempe 14.06, 8-Madilyn Kempe 14.38, 9-Aspen Christensen 14.45, 12-Cate Walker 14.71, 14-Macee Simmons 14.76, 29-Kristin Hansen 15.60, 33-Miriam Evans 15.76, 36-Emerey Lakey 15.94, 47-Genevieve Fullmer 16.56, 55-Ashley Dalley 17.00, 56-Lynlee Dilworth 17.05, 59-Andi Carpenter 17.36, 60-Penelope Fullmer 17.56, 62-Lilian Haderlie 17.63, 71-Miley Dock 18.17, Brecklyn Golightly 18.68

200 meters: 1-Jinettie Garbett 27.34, 5-Aspen Christensen 28.84, 7-Rebekah Evans 29.53, 8-Rosie Harris 29.88, 10-Cate Walker 30.08, 14-Madilyn Kempe 30.43, 17-Macee Simmons 30.83, 27-Emery Lakey 32.16, 33-Addie Hill 32.98, 35-Genevieve Fullmer 33.09, Ashley Dalley 34.28, 50-Lynlee Dilworth 34.60, 56-Ari Comolli 35.39, 57-Penelope Fullmer 35.75, 59-Lilian Haderlie 37.26, 63-Miley Dock 38.48, 64-Brecklyn Golightly 38.51

400 meters: 3-Rebekah Evans 1:06.54, 5-Anna Petrova 1:07.73, 7-Macee Simmons 1:08.00

800 meters: 4-Ellie Wood 2:34.78

1600 meters: 5-Ellie Wood 5:53.28

100m hurdles: 10-Layla Torman 20.14, 20-Addie Hill 22.27

300m hurdles: 5-Layla Torman 53.62

Shot put: 1-Izzy Shelton 37’11, 10-Chloe Garbett 27’7, 22-Macie Hansen 23’6, 23-Soleil Somsen 22’11.5, 35-Maddie Gentry 20’0, 37-Andi Carpenter 19’5, Lucia Rodriguez Vazquez 13’3.5

Discus: 3-Izzy Shelton 96’9, 9-Chloe Garbett 75’9.5, 11-Soleil Somsen 74’2, 24-Macie Hansen 62’1, 32-Lilian Haderlie 51’8

Javelin: 3-Izzy Shelton 72’3.5, 6-Soleil Somsen 63’5, 13-Chloe Garbett 50’9, 18-Maddie Gentry 46’9, 20-Macie Hansen 41’10

High jump: 3-Rosie Harris 4’8, 5-Anna Petrova 4’4

Pole vault: 4-Rosie Harris 8’0, 7-Genevieve Fullmer 7’0

Long jump: 9-Kristin Hansen 12’8, 13-Emerey Lakey 12’1.5, 15-Layla Torman 11’8.5, 18-Ari Comolli 10’8.75, 23-Ashley Dalley 9’6

Triple jump:  9-Kristin Hansen 27’1

4x100 relay: 6-Kristin Hansen, Addie Hill, Emerey Lakey, Miriam Evans 58.68

4x400 relay: 1-Brooklyn Kempe, Layla Torman, Rosie Harris, Junettie Garbett 4:25.75

Medley relay: 1-Brooklyn Kempe, Madilyn Kempe, Aspen Christensen, Jinettie Garbett 1:56.44

Grace Boys Results

100 meters: 8-Braden Kimball 12.58, 18-Bryant Jensen 13.02, 27-Carson Welch 13.25, 33-Kaylum Balczewski 13.49, 34-Carson Reeves 13.56, 39-Parker Yost 13.78, 41-Scottie Heer 13.86, 44-Gavin Draper 13.91, Bryant Moss 14.35, 61-Toby Barnes 14.42, 81-Case Williams 17.57

200 meters: 19-Kaylum Balczewski 27.08, 26-Parker Yost 27.49, 32-Scottie Heer 28.44, 39-Toby Barnes 28.66, 41-Bryant Moss 28.85

400 meters: 14-Scottie Heer 1:02.28, 18-Gavin Draper 1:03.78

800 meters: 4-Adrian Mejia 2:13.80

1600 meters: 6-Adrian Mejia 5:10.28, 11-Brock Johnson 5:18.88

3200 meters: 7-Brock Johnson 11:06.81

110m hurdles: 3-Nathaniel Smith 19.12, 4-Landon Moss 19.41, 15-Brett Hobbs 24.07

300m hurdles: 2-Jonah Wilkerson 44.86, 3-Landon Moss 46.63, 4-Nathaniel Smith 47.04, 13-Parker Yost 50.40, 16-Brett Hobbs 52.87

Shot put: 3-Trevor Mathews 44’6, 9-Carson Reeves 36’5, 11-Carson Welch 33’8, 37-Bryant Moss 27’5, 39-Case Williams 26’10

Discus: 8-Carson Reeves 95’0.5, 16-Case Williams 84’10, 20-Bryant Moss 82’0, 28-Nathaniel Smith 71’6

Javelin: 3-Bryant Jensen 98’11, 5-Trevor Mathews 94’8, 7-Braden Kimball 94’0, 18-Gavin Draper 81’5, 20-Carson Reeves 75’7.5, 30-Case Williams 62’11, 31-Kaylum Balczewski 62’8

Pole vault: 17-Carter Kimball 8’0

Long jump: 6-Jonah Wilkerson 18’8.25, 15-Kaylum Balczewski 16’4.75

4x100 relay: Bryant Jensen, Carson Welch, Trevor Mathews, Braden Kimball 47.02

4x200 relay: 4-Jonah Wilkerson, Adrian Mejia, Trevor Mathews, Braden Kimball 1:42.15

4x400 relay: 4-Parker Yost, Landon Moss, Jonah Wilkerson, Adrian Mejia 3:57.77

Grace Girls Results

100 meters: 42-Alayna Smith 16.20

200 meters: 15-Kallie Stoddard 30.48, 18-Jeanaelie Shaffer 30.84, 45-Alayna Smith 34.20

400 meters: 14-Jeanaelie Shaffer 1:12.25

800 meters: 8-Brooklyn Porter 2:42.59, 10-Tessica Jorgensen 2:45.52

1600 meters: 7-Brooklyn Porter 6:04.81, 10-Lilly Gilbert 6:08.95, 19-Tessica Jorgensen 6:25.12, 23-Breanna Heer 7:04.62, 26-Kate Williams 7:11.65

3200 meters: 4-Lilly Gilbert 13:12.81, 9-Breanna Heer 14:42.38, 13-Kate Williams 15:45.22

100m hurdles: 7-Bella Eddins 19.75, 13-Tayler Yost 20.28

300m hurdles: 4-Kallie Stoddard 52.98, 6-Tayler Yost 55.65, 14-Alexis Bitton 1:02.40, 16-Alayna Smith 1:10.68

Shot put: 15-Alexis Bitton 25’3

Discus: 25-Kate Williams 61’11, 30-Tessica Jorgensen 60’3

Javelin: 28-Alexis Bitton 35’0.5

High jump- 7-Kallie Stoddard 4’2, 11-Skyla Cloud 4’0

Triple jump: 10-Skyla Cloud 26’10

4x200 relay: 3-Kallie Stoddard, Tayler Yost, Bella Eddins, Jeanaelie Shaffer 2:02.53

4x400 relay: 2-Tayler Yost, Bella Eddins, Lilly Gilbert, Brooklyn Porter 4:45.18