Grizzly Boys Win District Title

Last week the Grace and North Gem track teams participated in the Rocky Mountain district championship.  The two day meet took place at Blackfoot High School with eleven different schools participating.  In the team scoring the Grizzlies did very well in both the boys and girls standings.  The Cowboys also had some great performances but with smaller numbers had a difficult time scoring many team points.  The Cowboy’s boy’s team finished in ninth place and the girls team finished in eighth.  Meanwhile the Grizzlies had one of the largest contingencies of athletes which aided them in being able to score points in several different events.  As a result the Lady Grizzlies finished in second place and the Grizzly men earned the top spot winning the district championship.

Due to the large number of schools in the combined 1A and 2A classifications the number of state qualifying spots is limited.  This makes it very difficult for schools with minimal numbers of athletes to qualify for state.  Unfortunately that is where the Cowboys found themselves at the district championship.  With their low number of athletes the Cowboys failed to qualify any athletes for the state meet.  With that being said several Cowboys did finish their year and in some cases their careers with personal best marks.  Seniors Lukky Welker and Rusten Hatch each finished their careers with pr’s.  Welker earned his in the 400M and triple jump while Hatch earned his in the 800M and shot put.  Several Lady Cowboys also ended the year with pr’s.  The Lady Cowboys were led by Myken Rindlisbaker and Indyana Hatch.  Hatch earned pr’s in 400M, shot put and long jump.  Rindlisbaker earned hers in the shot put, javelin and long jump.

The Lady Grizzlies saw several girls compete very well with a few winning individual district titles.  We’ll start with Tessica Jorgensen who qualified for state in the javelin and the 4X400 relay.  The only other girl to qualify for state in a field event was Kallie Stoddard who qualified in the high jump.  Stoddard also qualified in the 300 hurdles and as part of the 4X100 relay.  Bella Eddins joins Stoddard in that relay race as well as qualifying in both the 100 and 300 hurdle races.  Other members of those relays are Callie Yost, Bailey Stoddard, and Brooklyn Porter.  Of course we have to talk about the distance girls who have performed well all season.  Brooklyn Porter and Cally Coleman have had a bit of a rivalry all season long going back and forth in the 800 and 1600 meter races.  Each girl has briefly held the school record in both disciplines only to see the other break it.  The two girls faced off in those two races at districts with each girl winning one of the races while the other placed second.  Coleman won the 1600 meter race and added the 3200 meter championship to her list of accomplishments.  But it was the 800 meter race that held the most drama of any race in the meet.  Coleman led for much of the race only to see Porter run her down in the final stretch.  The two girls were stride for stride as they crossed the finish line with Porter getting the win by just one hundredth of a second.  The two girls will no doubt continue to battle at the state meet this weekend.

The Grizzly men were the big winners of the day with the team title but it was not without its own drama.  The meet began with one of the Grizzly’s athletes being deemed ineligible to participate due to not participating in enough regular season meets.  The meet then ended with the Grizzlies dominant 4X400 win being wiped out because of a disqualification due to an exchange zone interference.  Fortunately, the middle of the meet went very well for Grace.  The Grizzlies earned district titles with their medley and 4X200 relays while also qualifying their 4X100 meter relay.  Landon Moss earned a district championship in the 300 hurdles while also qualifying in the 110 meter hurdles and as part of the 4X100.  The other two individual district champions for the Grizzlies came from Jack Eddins and Carter Mecham.  The sensational freshman Mecham ran away from the competition in the 400 meter race while Eddins drew one of the biggest crowds of the meet as he set yet another school record in the pole vault.  In addition to those district champions the Grizzles had several second and third place finishes to qualify athletes for state.  Speedster Braden Kimball qualified in the 100 and 200 meter dash.  Distance runners Colt Coleman and Adrian Mejia each qualified in the 1600 meter race and Mejia added the 800 meters.  Thrower Carson Reeves qualified in the discus and Gavin Draper made it in the javelin.  The versatile Parker Yost qualified in both hurdle races and the high jump.  Other members of the qualifying relay teams include Bryant Jensen, Carson Welch, Gavin Draper, and Adrian Mejia in the medley.  Carson Welch, Landon Moss, Carter Mecham, and Braden Kimball in the 4X200 meter relay and Bryant Moss, Kade Kimball, Bryant Jensen, and Carson Welch in the 4X100 relay.

The qualifying Grizzlies will compete in the state meet this Friday and Saturday at Middleton High School.  Good luck to all the Grizzlies at state.

Grace Results

Boy’s Results

100M - Braden Kimball 11.50, Bryant Moss 12.16

200M - Braden Kimball 23.56, Carter Mecham 23.70, Carson Welch 24.55

400M - Carter Mecham 51.22, AJ Mejia 53.82

800M - AJ Mejia 2:02.35, Cutler Andersen 2:34.38

1600M - Colt Coleman 4:57.45, AJ Mejia 4:58.84

3200M - Colt Coleman 11:02.18

110M Hurdles - Landon Moss 16.45, Parker Yost 17.18, Gavin Draper 18.47

300M Hurdles - Landon Moss 42.65, Parker Yost 44.47, Kade Kimball 45.65, Gavin Draper 46.02

4x100 Relay - Bryant Moss, Kade Kimball, Bryant Jensen, Carson Welch 45.60

4x200 Relay - Carson Welch, Landon Moss, Carter Mecham, Braden Kimball 1:32.16

Medley Relay - Bryant Jensen, Carson Welch, Gavin Draper, AJ Mejia 3:45.87

Shot Put - Trevor Mathews 41’10.5”, Carson Reeves 40’6”, Jonah Wilkerson 37’3”, Case Williams 31’1.5”

Discus - Carson Reeves 125’7.5”, Jonah Wilkerson 106’2”, Case Williams 80’5”

Javelin - Gavin Draper 136’2”, Bryant Moss 120’2”, Ty Stoddard 92’2”

High Jump - Parker Yost 5’6”, Trevor Mathews 5’4”, Ty Stoddard 5’0”

Pole Vault - Jack Eddins 13’8”, Bryant Moss 9’0”, Bryant Jenssen 8’6”

Triple Jump - Brock Johnson 33’8”, Kade Kimball 31’11.5”

Girl’s Results 

100M - Alayna Smith 15.20

200M - Vesica Eiman 36.22

800M - Brooklyn Porter 2:25.55, Cally Coleman 2:25.56

1600M - Cally Coleman 5:28.56, Brooklyn Porter 5:30.69, Lily Coleman 5:58.73, Lilly Gilbert 6:03.67

3200M  - Cally Coleman 11:59.88, Lilly Gilbert 12.47.74, Lily Coleman 12:57.57

100M Hurdles - Bella Eddins 16.20, Callie Yost 18.28

300M Hurdles - Bella Eddins 48.00, Kallie Stoddard 49.00, Callie Yost 53.47, Alayna Smith 1:02.48

4x100 Relay - Bailey Stoddard, Kallie Stoddard, Callie Yost, Bella Eddins 53.01

4x200 Relay - Alayna Smith, Giulian Succetti, Tessica Jorgensen, Vesica Eiman 2:07.80

4x400 Relay - Brooklyn Porter, Bailey Stoddard, Cally Coleman, Tessica Jorgensen 4:27.23

Medley Relay - Callie Yost, Kallie Stoddard, Brooklyn Porter, Bella Eddins 1:57.15

Shot Put - Vesica Eiman 25’8.5”

Discus - Giulia Succetti 70’00.5”, Vesica Eiman 57’00”

Javelin - Tessica Jorgensen 95”00”, Giulia Succetti 67’2”

High Jump - Kallie Stoddard 5’00”

Pole Vault - Skyla Cloud 7’06”

North Gem Results

Boy’s Results

100M - Alex Curtis 13.15, Landon Hayes 14.08, Jaxyn Welker 14.55, Hyrum Barnes 15.34

200M - Alex Curtis 27.0, Rusten Hatch 27.44

400M - Lukky Welker 1:03.15

800M - Rusten Hatch 2:21.08

4x400 Relay - Lukky Welker, Landon Hayes, Haydn Frandsen, Alex Curts 4:02.74

Shot Put - Rusten Hatch 36’7”, Hyrum Barnes 34’11”, Haydn Frandsen 34’5”, Landon Hayes 27’9”, Jaxyn Welker 24’4”

Discus - Hyrum Barnes 99’6”, Haydn Frandsen 93’5”, Landon Hayes 84’7”, Rusten Hatch 79’4.5”

Javelin - Haydn Frandsen 91’4.5”, Hyrum Barnes 88’5.5”, Lukky Welker 83’2.5”

Long Jump - Alex Curtis 17’10”, Jaxyn Welker 10’10”

Triple Jump - Lukky Welker 32’9”

Girl’s Results

100M - Gracie Christensen 14.71, Mariah O’Brien, Myken Rindlisbaker 16.73, Ciara O’Brien 16.78, Shirley Cook 18.65

200M - Gracie Christensen 30.44, Bailey Perkins 33.26

400M - Indyana Hatch 1:07.80, Gracie Christensen 1:09.36, Ciara O’Brien 1:20.21

4x400 Relay - Indyana Hatch, Bailey Perkins, Gracie Christensen, Mariah O’Brien 4:53.40

Shot Put - Myken Rindlisbaker 22’9”, Indyana Hatch 21’9.5”

Discus - Bailey Perkings 39’11”

Javelin - Ciara O’Brien 68’11”, Myken Rindlisbaker 60’3”, Mariah O’Brien 36’3”

Long Jump - Indyana Hatch 14’4.25”, Myken Rindlisbaker 12’5”, Bailey Perkins 11’8”, Ciara O’Brien 11’00.5”, Mariah O’Brien 10’11.75”, Shirley Cook 9’9.75”