Off And Running With Track And Field

Despite some lingering snow flurries the spring sports season is underway.  Last week all three of our local schools took part in their first track meets of the season.  With its wide range of events track and field is one of my favorite sports to cover.  The sport offers so many different opportunities for kids to participate.  No matter their skill level or athletic ability there is literally something for everyone.  It's great to see the youth get outside and active after a long Idaho winter.  There were several impressive performances in the opening week of track and field by our local athletes.  We break it all down below.

Grace

The Grizzlies started the season with a bang.  Grace traveled to Preston for their first meet where they faced opposition from several larger schools.  Both the boys and girls teams from Grace return lots of talent from last year's teams while adding some new faces.  Some of those new faces include three members from the Coleman family that moved to Grace just prior to the start of the school year.  All three Colemans ran cross country for the Grizzlies where senior Cally Coleman won the first ever individual cross country state title for Grace.  Cally had an immediate impact on the Grizzly track team when she received the baton in second place for the girls 4X400 relay race.  Cally proceeded to pass and pull away from the previous leader handing the lady Grizzlies the victory.  The Colemans are not the only new faces for the Grizzlies.  An impressive crop of new freshmen also had some great performances.  The freshmen were led by Carter Mecham who ran the fastest 400 meter time of any Grizzly on the day.  Not to be outdone, several veteran members of the team had impressive performances as well.  Jonah Wilkerson grabbed first place in the 300 hurdles and Bella Eddins took the top spot in the triple jump.  Braden Kimball led the way for the sprinters placing fourth while running a sub twelve second 100 meters.  In the states newest event the javelin Jack Eddins and Giulia Succetti set school records with each placing in the top three.  The boys relay teams also stood out winning the 4X100 and placing second in both the 4X200 and 4X400.  Several other Grizzlies earned pr’s as Grace got off to a great start for the season. 

Soda Springs

The Cardinals also started their season off in Preston.  Due to the timing of Spring Break for the Cardinals they were a little short handed in terms of numbers at this meet.  Those that did make the trip earned some valuable time on a bare track, something they haven't been able to see at home yet this season.  The Cardinals boys team was largely represented by freshmen taking part in their first high school meet.  The lone stand out veteran on the boys team was Cole Garbett.  Cole picked up where he left off last season in the shot put and discus.  Cole placed first in both events earning a new pr in the discus.  Like the boys the girls were mostly represented by underclassmen.  Several freshmen and sophomores competed, giving them a good starting point for the season.  Rebekah Evans and India Galloway represented the experienced runners for the Cardinals.  Both girls are off to great starts with India earning the highest placing of fourth place in the 3200 meters.  The Cardinals will look to improve their numbers and marks this week as they move forward in their season.

North Gem

The Cowboys started their season at Malad last Thursday.  The Cowboys return a lot of experience on both their boys and girls teams.  Alex Curtis kept busy on the track for the Cowboy men setting pr’s in both the 100 and 1600 meter races as well as the long jump.  Rusty Hatch played the part of the all around athlete as he ran in the sprints, threw the shot, and earned a mark in the long jump.  Haydn Frandsen and Hyrum Barnes led the way for the Cowboy throwers with Barnes coming in fourth place at the meet in the discus.  For the girls team there was great representation in the sprints with seven different girls participating.  Sadie Daniels and Gracie Christensen led the Lady Cowboys in those races.  The Lady Cowboys also had two relay teams.  One in the 4X100 and one in the sprint medley.  Finally the girls had five long jumpers with veteran Indyana Hatch earning the highest mark for any North Gem girl.  The Cowboys will next participate in the Jennifer Crystal Invitational at Murtaugh next week.

Grace Boys Results

100M: (4)Braden Kimball 11.76, (7)Carson Welch 12.01, (13)Trevor Mathews 12.23, (22)Landon Moss 12.52, (23)Bryant Jensen 12.56, (24)Carter Mecham 12.57, (27)Gavin Draper 12.61, (28)Bryant Moss 12.65, (29)Kade Kimball 12.68, (46)Ty Stoddard 13.40

200M: (25)Ty Stoddard 27.27

400M: (3)Carter Mecham 55.57, (5)Adrian Mejia 56.26

800M: (9)Adrian Mejia 2:16.06, (19)Cutler Andersen 2:42.12

1600M: (15)Colt Coleman 5:22.67

3200M: (7)Colt Coleman 11:31.99

110M Hurdles: (2)Landon Moss 17.42

300M Hurdles: (1) Jonah Wilkerson 42.98

4X100: (1) Trevor Mathews, Braden Kimball, Bryant Jensen, Carson Welch 45.76

4X200: (2)Kade Kimball, Carson Welch, Landon Moss, Braden Kimball 1:36.35

4X400: (2)Jonah Wilkerson, Landon Moss, Gavin Draper, Bryant Jensen 3:52.03, (7)Cutler Andersen, Ty Stoddard, Kade Kimball, Carter Mecham 4:14.31

Shot Put: (2) Trevor Mathews 42’5, (9)Carson Reeves 35’3.5, (14)Jonah Wilkerson 33’2, (17)Case Williams 32’8.5, (18)Carson Welch 32’2

Discus: (4)Carson Reeves 112’3, (12)Case Williams 102’0

Javelin: (3)Jack Eddins 112’9, (4)Braden Kimball 111’9, (8)Trevor Mathews 98’2, (15)Gavin Draper 85’6, (16)Bryant Jensen 83’0, (18)Ty Stoddard 79’2, (25) Case Williams 45’5

High Jump: (8)Jack Eddins 5’2

Pole Vault: (5)Jack Eddins 9’0

Long Jump: (12) 17’4.75

Grace Girls Results

100M:(19)Jeanaelie Shaffer 14.95, (25)Alayna Smith 15.15, (26)Bailey Stoddard 15.19, (43)Giulia Succetti 16.11

200M:(24)Alayna Smith 31.92

400M: (2)Brooklyn Porter 1:05.19

800M: (2)Cally Coleman 2:36.59, (4)Brooklyn Porter 2:40.57, (9)Tessica Jorgensen 2:52.73, (12)Bailey Stoddard 3:02.75

1600M: (2)Cally Coleman 5:49.27, (5)Lily Coleman 6:14.96, (6)Lilly Gilbert 6:15.71, (12)Breanna Heer 7:10.19

3200M: (2)Lilly Gilbert 13:16.94, (3)Lily Coleman 13:29.43, (7)Breana Heer 15:14.54

100M Hurdles: (2)Bella Eddins 17.95

4X200: (6)Giulia Succetti, Kallie Stoddard, Bailey Stoddard, Bella Eddins 2:01.80

4X400: (1)Jeanaelie Shaffer, Kallie Stoddard, Brooklyn Porter, Cally Coleman 4:37.30, (5)Bailey Stoddard, Tessica Jorgensen, Lilly Gilbert, Lily Coleman 5:01.92

Shot Put: (12)Vesica Eiman 23’3.5

Discus: (17)Vesica Eiman 44’3

Javelin: (2)Giulia Succetti 67’1, (5)Kallie Stoddard 64’11, (12)Vesica Eiman 50’7, (13)Skyla Cloud 45’8, (15)Alayna Smith 43’11

High Jump: (6)Kallie Stoddard 4’6, (8)Skyla Cloud 4’4

Pole Vault: (3) Skyla Cloud 6’6

Long Jump: (7)Jeanaelie Shaffer 13’3, (24)Giulia Succetti 11’2.25

Triple Jump: (1)Bella Eddins 31’0

Soda Springs Boys Results

100M:(42)Dawson McAlister 13.23, (49)Nolan Lott 13.48

200M: (17)Dawson McAlister 26.52, (40)Nolan Lott 29.23

400M: (8)Jaxson Horsley 1:00.07, (21)Carson Cook 1:07.45

800M: (14)Jaxson Horsley 2:32.25

Shot Put: (1)Cole Garbett 43’6.5, (16)Carson Cook 32’11

Discus: (1)Cole Garbett 148’6, (20) Carson Cook 79’10

Javelin: (11)Carson Cook 90’9

Long Jump: (25)Dawson McAlister 15’6.5, (26)Nolan Lott 15’3

Triple Jump: (4)Jaxson Horsley 34’5.25

Soda Springs Girls Results

100M: (22)Miriam Evans 14.99, (31)Emerey Lakey 15.31, (47)Alexa Dory 16.44

200M: (18)Rebekah Evans 30.40, (23)Miriam Evans 31.82, (38) Alexa Dory 35.52

800M: (11)Rebekah Evans 2:58.70

1600M: (7)India Galloway 6:19.78

3200M: (4)India Galloway 13:40.49

Long Jump: (14)Emerey Lakey 12’2

Triple Jump: (8)Emerey Lakey 27’0

North Gem Boys Results

100M: (38)Alex Curtis 12.96, (48)Rusty Hatch 13.31, (61)Landon Hayes 14.27, (68)Hyrum Barnes 14.83

200M: (26)Rusty Hatch 27.44, (32)Alex Curtis 27.84, (42)Landon Hayes 29.09

1600M: (23)Alex Curtis 6:23.62

Shot Put: (6)Haydn Frandsen 34’9, (9)Rusten Hatch 32’10, (13)Hyrum Barnes 32’6, (35)Landon Hayes 24’9, (51)Jaxyn Welker 17’3

Discus: (4)Hyrum Barnes 103’8, (14)Haydn Frandsen 83’5

Javelin: (8)Haydn Frandsen 91’9

Long Jump: (17) Alex Curtis 15’0, (19) Rusten Hatch 14’4.5, (30)Landon Hayes 12’5, (34)Jaxyn Welker 10’6.5

North Gem Girls Results

100M: (23)Sadie Daniels 14.97, (25)Indyana Hatch 15.07 (29)Gracie Christensen 15.34, (38)Bailey Perkins 15.8, (49)Myken Rindlisbaker 17.18, (51)Mariah O’Brien 17.53, (56)Shirley Christensen 19.48

200M: (24)Gracie Christensen 32.57, (25)Sadie Daniels 32.72, (33)Bailey Perkins 34.44

400M: (16) Ciara O’Brien 1:25.56

4x100: (7)Sadie Daniels, Myken Rindlisbaker, Gracie Christensen, Indyana Hatch 1:01.05

SMR 800 (5)Sadie Daniels, Myken Rindlisbaker, Gracie Christensen, Indyana Hatch 2:21.14

Long Jump: (15) Indyana Hatch 12’3.5, (19)Bailey Perkins 10’11.5 (23)Ciara O’Brien 10’3.5, (25)Mariah O’Brien 9’11.5, (29) Shirley Christensen 6’4.5