Traveling to Gillette with 18 other teams from throughout the state, 22 members of the Green River High School indoor track teams took part in the final indoor track meet of the season, the State Indoor Track Championships.
In the team standings, the girls finished in a tie for 14th place, while the boys finished in 13th. Many of the Wolves improved their times and distances in the final indoor meet of the year, both as individual competitors and as members of the relay teams.
Among the top performances at the meet for the Wolves were those finishing in the top half of the competitors in their event including the top dozen spots including McKenzie Davison, who took eighth in the 400 meters and ninth in the 800 meters.
Natasha Young finished ninth in the shot put, while Lauren Hoyt took 11th in the long jump. The girls 1,600-meter medley relay team of Jimena Campos, Hoyt, Davison and Carly Kettering finished in fifth place, improving their season best by 13 seconds.
The greatest individual improvements on the day for the Lady Wolves were registered by Kettering, who improved her time in the 800-meter run by 13 seconds and Tayla Boyer in the 1,600-meter run. She was able to shave 29 seconds from her personal best. Hoyt was the top sprinter for the lady Wolves in addition to being the their top long jumper.
For the boys, finishing in the top 10 were Kyle Cacho, going over 21 feet in the long jump for the first time and placing ninth and Nick Boldt, who finished eighth in the shot put at 46 feet. Finishing in the top half of the competition in the relays was the boys 4X800-meter relay team, who took sixth place, while improving its time by 30 seconds.
The team is comprised of Alex Davis, Christian Gaytan, Brayden Kovick and Marcos Valerio.
The outstanding improvement on the days for the boys was registered by Davis, who improved his 800-meter run time by 21 seconds, while teammates Gaytan and Valerio finished in the top 20 and had excellent sub-2:10 times of 2:07.03 and 2:08:75 respectively.
Cole White was the top sprinter for the boys, leading the way in the 55-meter, the 200-meter and 400-meter dashes.
Head track coach Dan Hansen thought the season went well. Hanson said the athletes pushed hard in practice, which directly resulted in a number of school records being broken and personal records being set throughout the season.
“With the way we finished at the indoor track and field meet, we will use that as a springboard into the outdoor season,” Hansen said.
Girls results
55-meter dash, 58 sprinters
15. Lauren Hoyt, 7.79
47. Jimena Campos, 8.39
400-meter dash, 45 sprinters
8. Mckenzie Davison, 1:03:01
55-meter hurdles, 41 hurdlers
17. Hoyt, 10:11
34. Campos, 11:05
800-meter run, 47 runners
11. Davison, 2:25:21
16. Carly Kettering, 2:33.86
27. Kaisa Arnell, 2:43:53
1,600-meter run, 46 runners
29. Arnell, 6:10.44
40. Tayla Boyer, 6:37:76
42. Skylee Gomez, 6:46:85
Long jump, 35 jumpers
11. Hoyt, 15:09.00
29. Campos, 14:01:50
Shot put, 66 throwers
9. Natasha Young, 34:01:25
4X800-meter relay, 11 teams
9th. Arnell, Boyer, Janae Hunt, Kettering, 10:56:38
1,600-meter sprint medley relay, 14 teams
5. Campos, Davison, Hoyt, Kettering, 4:29.93
Boys results
55-meter dash, 61 sprinters
33. Cole White, 7.19
200-meter dash, 64 sprinters
29. White, 24:81
49. Tyler Killett, 26.60
400-meter dash, 56 sprinters
17. White, 55:37
38. Killett, 58:49
800-meter run, 52 runners
16. Christian Gaytan, 2:07:03
17. Marcos Valerio, 2:08:75
35. Alex Davis, 2:18:92
1,600-meter run, 52 runners
14. Valerio, 4:50:44
20. Brayden Kovick, 4:56:33
28. Gaytan, 5:09:11
Long jump, 45 jumpers
9. Kyle Cacho, 21’00:50”
Triple jump, 32 jumpers
15. Kyle Cacho, 40’06.75”
Shot put, 59 throwers
8. Nick Boldt, 46’00”
4X400-meter relay, 14 teams
4. Cacho, White, Chancy Hunt, Zane Meisner, 3:37:72
4X800-meter relay, 14 teams
6. Davis, Gaytan, Kovick, Valerio, 8:57:22
1,600 sprint medley relay,
15 teams
11. Cacho, Davis, Hunt, Kovick, 3:54:26
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