GMS thinclads show potential at season opener

Coach Rebekka Eichelberger is expecting “another great year of track and field” for Greybull Middle School athletes.

“We are very optimistic about what the team could achieve this year,” she said, adding, “We have most areas of the events filled with athletes that will place high in every meet, as well as make it to the Best of the Best meet that wraps up the season.”

The team’s potential was on display at its first meet of the season Saturday in Burlington.

Several athletes won individual events, including Reagan Vigil and Ella Keisel in the seventh-grade girls division, Josey Whaley in the seventh-grade girls, and Riley Wiggins and Triston Gross in the eighth-grade boys.

Eichelberger called the meet “a great start to the season” and while she doesn’t know what the Best of the Best qualifying standards will be, some members of the team may have already bettered them.

This year’s roster consists of 14 eighth graders, nine seventh graders and 16 sixth graders, for a total of 39 plus three managers.

“For the sixth grade class coming in, the first meet has quite a few learning curves, and they are competing with seventh graders so it can be a bit overwhelming,” said Eichelberger. “Getting this first meet under their belts gives them a baseline of where they are and what they have to focus on as we move through the season.”

The team’s annual home meet, scheduled for Friday, has been postponed due to weather concerns. It will be made up April 26.

EIGHTH GRADE GIRLS — Powell 205, Burlington 91, Thermopolis 82, Riverside 55, Greybull 38, Ten Sleep 34.

100 METERS — 3, Josephine Boyer, 14.7.

100 HURDLES — 1, Reagan Vigil, 19.42.

800 SPRINT MEDLEY — 3, Greybull (Boyer, Ella Keisel, Vigil, Amelia Emmett), 2:20.49.

SHOT PUT — 1, Ella Keisel, 29-3. 

DISCUS — 3, Keisel, 64-9 1/2.

SEVENTH GRADE GIRLS — Powell 195.5, Burlington 105.8, Thermopolis 60.35, Rocky Mt. 55, Greybull 52, Ten Sleep 46, Riverside 39, Western Heritage 6.35.

200 METERS — 6, Emmett, 32.03.

100 HURDLES — 5, Amelia Emmett, 21.07.   6, Josey Whaley, 21.08.

LONG JUMP — 7, Emmett, 11-3 1/4.  8, Emily Didrickson, 11-2 1/4.

SHOT PUT — 1, Whaley, 27-3.  2, Didrickson, 21-10.  6, Lydia Rios, 19-10.

DISCUS — 1, Whaley, 63-9.  2, Rios, 53-7 1/2.

EIGHTH GRADE BOYS — Burlington 136.33, Powell 119.33, Greybull 92.33, Thermopolis 66.5, Rocky Mt. 45.5, Riverside 16, Ten Sleep 13.

100 METERS — 6, Baron Eichelberger, 13.82.

200 METERS — 6, Jace Julson, 29.75.  7, Angelo Aguilar, 30.01. 

800 METERS — 2, Riley Wiggins, 2:40.82.  4, Aguilar, 2:52.09.

1,600 METERS — 2, Wiggins, 5:38.92.  4, Braxten Link, 6:12.82.

100 HURDLES — 3, Link, 21.88.

200 HURDLES — 3, Triston Gross, 33.61.

400 RELAY — 2, Greybull  (Julson, Link, Eichelberger, Wiggins), 55.96.

HIGH JUMP —   3, Gross, 4-6.  7, Julson, 3-6.

LONG JUMP — 1, Wiggins, 15-9.  3, Gross, 14-7.  4, Eichelberger, 14-4.

SHOT PUT — 1, Gross, 33-3.

SEVENTH GRADE BOYS — Powell 158.5, Burlington 119, Rocky Mt. 117, Thermopolis 57.5, Greybull 40.5, Riverside 30, Ten Sleep 27.5.

100 METERS — 8, Jace Pouska, 15.43.

200 METERS — 6, Kaiser Eichelberger, 31.25.  7, Pouska, 31.69.

400 METERS — 4, Eichelberger, 1:09.82.

800 METERS — 2, Eichelberger, 2:48.52. 

100 HURDLES — 6, Julson, 21.65.

400 RELAY — 5, Greybull (Jace Craft, Kru Keisel, Elijah Vigil, Wyatt Kunkel), 1:05.74.

TRIPLE JUMP — 7, Julson 26-5.

SHOT PUT — 5, Keisel, 21-7.  8, Eichelberger, 19-7.

DISCUS — 2, Keisel, 70-1.