It was a surprising start to the indoor track season for Green River.
Their first meet, at BYU, resulted in a first-place win in the long jump and solid times for the runners.
Head coach Steve Boyd said first indoor track meets the Wolves compete at are often used to gauge where individual competitors are in regards to their conditioning and skill. While he admits the team needs to focus on improving their conditioning, he said the biggest surprise for him was Kalen Kester’s win in the long jump. The BYU Invitational not only attracts schools from the south western portion of the Cowboy State, but attracts many of Utah’s largest schools as well. Kester was able to succeed in an event in competition with schools much larger athlete pools to draw from than Green River. Boyd said Josie Givens also had a successful meet. Givens ranked amongst the top finishers in the 1 mile, 800 meters and 400 meters events.
For Boyd, the BYU Invitational, as well as the upcoming meet at Weber State, these early appearances are practices for his team. The meets are more to help the athletes’ conditioning than actual competition. Boyd said the upcoming meet at Weber State should be more familiar for the runners, as the university has a true indoor track measuring 200 meters. The BYU track the runners competed on measured 321 meters.
“It’s nice to get a meet under our belts to get some early marks in,” Boyd said.
BYU Invitational results
Girl’s 1 mile
16. Josie Givens: 5:35.35
Boy’s 1 mile
73. Shawn McGuire: 4:55.66
104. Braden Reichl: 5:05.71
176. Curtis Westenskow: 5:26.14
215. Marcos Valerio: 5:47.86
Girl’s 60 meters
54. Haylen Cordova: 9.22
Boy’s 60 meters
69. Trey McGhee: 7.89
84. Drew Wilson: 8.04
90. Austin Anderson: 8.13
98. Riley Yeager: 8.22
118. Devon Bryan: 8.63
124. Jordan Andersen: 8.93
Girl’s 400 meters
24. Givens: 1:07.37
51. Kayleigh Allison: 1:16.79
Boy’s 400 meters
48. Alex Davis: 58.92
53. Branden Lee: 59.20
67. Teagan Figenser: 1:01.68
82. Andersen: 1:07.22
87. Brody Belcher: 1:16.75
Girl’s 800 meters
11. Givens: 2:32.93
49. Allison: 3:03.13
Boy’s 800 Meters
22. McGuire: 2:08.63
59. Reichl: 2:16.27
87. Figenser: 2:25.81
89. Davis: 2:26.04
84. Lee: 2:27.91
103: Valerio: 2:37.66
113: Broderick Bell: 3:18.05
Girl’s 200 meters
58. Cordova: 32.90
Boy’s 200 meters
23. Kalen Kester: 24.76
53. Drew Wilson: 25.67
68. McGuire: 25.97
78. McGhee: 26.47
82. Yeager: 26.57
92. Anderson: 27.22
109. Bryan: 28.63
123. Belcher: 31.56
Boy’s 2 mile
22. Westenskow: 11.23.61
Boy’s long jump
(metric results)
1. Kester: 6.22
11. Yeager: 5.61
15. Mcghee: 5.36
Girl’s shot put (metric results)
9. Natasha Young: 9.09
19. Korra Sheldon: 7.70
22. Natasha Beckerman: 7.37
27. Natalya Robberson: 6.52
32. Bella Knight: 4.43
Boy’s shot put (metric results)
9. Matthew Medina: 12.50
25. Justin Collier: 9.37
33. Gage Givens: 8.21
35. Nathan Cynova: 7.98
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