With wind chills in the low 20s to 30s to start the Green River twilight Track meet, five southwest Wyoming school’s competitors were dressed in hooded sweatshirts and wrapped in blankets for the chilly, mostly overcast, late afternoon meet.
Last Thursday and despite the cold, competitors gathered for one last opportunity for competition prior to the 4A West Regionals next week in Evanston.
According to head coach Dan Hansen, it was a nice opportunity “to be able to recognize our seniors and their hard work over the years.” Hansen felt that despite the weather, the twilight meet ran smoothly.
The cold and the wind definitely had a negative effect on a number of the events, but there were a number of athletes who performed close to or exceeded their seasons best.
The girls had six sprinters in the 100-meter dash, which was led by Mariyah Brady taking third place in 13.19, followed by Chaney Tirrell in fifth in 13.66, Liberty Ferrell in ninth in 14.06, Sara Wilson in 11th in 14.51, Karli Rasmussen in 15th in 14.77 and Emmalee Skinner in 16th in 14.93 in the field of 22 sprinters. Only one sprinter for the Wolves competed in the 200 meters, with Addee Beardsley taking ninth in 30.99.
In the 400 meter, Chatney Tirrell led the way, finishing in fourth place in 1:10.59, followed closely by Kalea Gibson in fith place in 1:10.63 and Tayla Boyer in sixth in 1:10.65 and Ashley Jensen in 1oth in 1:18.39.
Madison Yoak took third place in the 800 meters in 2:40.07, followed by Boyer in sixth in 2:52.15 and Jensen in 12th in 3:20.80.
Kaisa Arnell took second place in the 1,600-meter run in 6:00.01. Arnell also took second in the 3,200 meter, followed by Yoak, Gibson, Angie MacKinnon and Jensen.
In the 100-meter hurdles, Brady took second, followed by Lillian Munoz in third Addee Beardsley in fifth and Skinner in eighth.
Munoz finished second in the 300-meter hurdles followed by Sara Wilson in third and Liberty Ferrell in fifth.
Brady got her top finish on the day taking first in the long jump at 16-2 1/2, with Ferrell in sixth at 14-8 1/2, Karli Rasmussen in 13th at 13-8 1/2, Beardsley in 16th at 13 and Wilson close behind at 12-11.
Wilson was Green River’s top finisher in the triple jump at 29-9 1/2, followed by Skinner in 1oth at 28-10.
In the throws for the Lady Wolves, Faith Bartashnick led the way in the shot put of nine Lady Wolf throwers taking third with a throw of 30-7, followed by Alaina Maiers in sixth place at 29-7, Katie Setzer in 10th at 25-5, Natalie White in 11th at 24-5, Olivia Prieto in 14th at 23-8, Modesta Rocha in 16th at 23 with Karli Rasmussen in 17th at 22-8, Morgan Reick in 22nd at 19-1 and Addyson Neff in 23rd at 18-1.
Only four discus throwers placed for Green River as the wind seemed to effect a number of the throwers. The team was led by Maiers in fourth place at 85-4, followed by Nicole Peterson in fifth place at 83-10, White in seventh at 76-7 and Bartashnick in eighth at 73-4.
For the boys in the 100-meter dash, Dylan Taylor took fifth in 12.30, followed by Tommy Clark in sixth, Alex Hlad in seventh, Max Orr in 10th and David Martinez in 12th, all under 13.0, with Paxton Castillion in 13th in 13.18, followed by Araya Finley in 16th, Russell Ferrell in 18th.
In the 200-meter, Orr took seventh at 26.68 and Ferrell 16th at 28.75. Devin Bobbitt led the way in the 400-meter run taking fourth in 1.00.73, followed by Kaden Gailey in 11th in 1:16.
In the 800-meter run, Drew Gibson took first in 2:08.84, followed by Marcos Valerio in second in 2:09.66, Greg Sherwin in 10th, Alex Hlad in 15th and Devin Bobbit in 16th. Evin Hansen took 21st and Araya Finley came in 22nd. Sherwin, Hansen and Finley all ran their best times of the season.
In the 1,600, Valerio led the way in first place, followed by Gibson in second, Hlad in 11th and Tyler Luth 16th and in the 3,200 Valerio was again first, followed by Gibson in second, Sherwin in fourth and Jared Westenskow in fifth, Bobbitt in sixth, Hansen in seventh, Hlad in ninth and Luth in 1oth.
The lone Wolf in the 300-meter hurdles for Green River was Austin Fox who took first in 48.16.
In the high jump, Green River took third, fourth and fifth, with Dylan Taylor clearing 5-6 and Alex Marius and Paxton Castillion clearing 5-4. The Wolves had six long jumpers led by Josh Cudney in third place at 18-11, followed by Tommy Clark in sixth at 17-7 1/2, then Alex Marius in 1oth at 15-19, Russell Ferrell in 11th at 15-7, Jarrod Shoemaker in 12th at 15-7 and Araya Finley in 16th at 14-5 1/2.
David Martinez led the shot putters by taking second at his outdoor best of 42-8 1/2, followed by Cole Murray in sixth, Braden Cantrell in 11th, Abrham Hill in 12th and Ty Alcorn in 13th. The discus throwers were led by Jacob Martinez in second place, with his personal best at 133-8, followed by Cole Murray with his personal best, taking fourth at 115-2 and D. Martinez in fifth at 114-7
The Wolves will head to Regionals in Evanston next week. Hansen said “now we will put together the best regional team we can and qualify more people for the State track and field meet.”
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