On the last day of March, during a still, chilly spring day, the Green River track team took the short trip west to Mountain View to join with the larger schools from Rock Springs, Evanston and Lander, as well as small schools Farson-Eden, Manila, Lyman, Big Piney, Cokeville and private school Franklin Central to compete with the hosting Mountain View team.
In team scoring, the girls had 41 points to finish ninth while the boys scored 74.5 points to take sixth place.
Top finisher for the boys on the day was a distance runner, sophomore Nathan Stevenson, who took second place in the 1,600-meter run, one of only two runners in the field of 32 to break the five minute barrier and finish with a time of 4:58.62.
Also finishing in the top eight for the boys were senior Paxton Castillion, who took seventh in the field of 50 sprinters in the 100-meter dash. He finished with a time of 12.06. He also took sixth in the high jump at 5-06.
In the 400-meter run, senior Trevor Brangham took fourth out of 28 runners with a time of 55.32. Distance runner Greg Sherwin, also a senior, took third place against 17 other runners in the 3,200-meter run in 10:48.24.
Junior Hayden Roberts had a successful day as he finished fourth in the 110-meter hurdles in 16.56 and in the 300-meter hurdles in 44.68. He also earned third place in the high jump at an even 6-0.
Freshman Christopher Wilson finished well as he took third place in the long jump with a fine early season leap of 19-05, as well as taking forth in the triple jump at 39-06.50.
In the throws, senior Jacob Martinez led the way for the Wolves, taking sixth place in the shot put with a throw of 39-09-50, followed by sophomore Trysten Halter in eighth at 36-07.
The boys had two top-eight finishers in the discus with Martinez again leading the way with a third place throw of 127-05, followed by junior Cole Murray taking fifth at 116-00.
In the relays, Green River’s 4x100 relay team took fifth, while their 4x400 team took ninth and their sprint medley relay team took fourth.
Many other competitors for the boys had good performances as they improved their times and distances in this second meet of the outdoor season.
For the girls, junior Lillian Munoz who tied for first with a 49.50 finish in the 300-meter hurdles. Munoz also took fifth place in 100-meter hurdles in 17.36.
Sophomore Madison Bauers scored team points as she took eighth place in the girls 800-meter run in 2:53.28. Fellow sophomore distance runner Jayleigh Wright took sixth place in the 1,600-meter run in 6:23.39.
In the field events, junior Kalea Gibson cleared 5-04 in the high jump to take home a first-place finish.
In the relays the girls took fifth in the 4x400, and fifth in the sprint medley relay.
Head coach Dan Hansen said the weather cooperated with several of the kids having personal records in the meet.
“Our young team doing a great job and making improvement along the way,” he said. “With the way the kids are improving we are still finding out which events will best suit them as well as our team.”
Hansen also said there is some excitement with the relay teams this year and that it is great to see the enthusiasm.
Hansen believes that with the team approaching the middle of the season, they continue to work hard, working with their coaches. Coach Hansen believes they will continue to see their athletes making more personal records.
On Saturday, they head to Rock Springs for their invite.
“After another good week of practice I can’t wait to see how the work pays off,” Hansen said.
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