GMS wins a team title, dominates relays at conference track meet

Greybull Middle School athletes dominated the relays while earning both team and individual recognition at their conference track and field meet held Saturday in Shoshoni.

Seven teams competed at the Big Horn Conference Meet, with Shoshoni, Riverside, Rocky Mountain, Ten Sleep, Burlington and Meeteetse joining Greybull.  There was a sixth- and seventh-grade division and an eighth-grade division in the boys and girls competition.

Greybull's sixth- and seventh-grade girls produced the highlight of the day, winning their division with 132 points.  Shoshoni was second, 13 points back.  Josephine Boyer and Adeline Kunkel won individual events to lead the way.

Rocky Mountain won the other three divisions. GMS finished third in the sixth- and seventh-grade boys division, fourth in the eighth-grade boys division and fifth in the eighth-grade girls division despite having only three team members. 

The other highlight was the performance of the GMS relay teams, which won all six races they entered.   The most promising sprinters in the Big Horn Basin were wearing blue and gold, as GMS won the 400-meter relay in all four divisions.

Their other two wins came in the seventh grade, boys and girls 800-meter medley relay.

Coach Rebecca Eichelberger called it "an awesome weekend," adding, "We were so proud of all the kids and how they finished.

"There is a big emphasis on track being an individual sport, but what most forget about is that when everyone performs at their best and places in the events, our team earns points," said Eichelberger. 

Joining Boyer and Kunkel as individual conference champions were Wyatt Whaley and Carter Peasley.

GMS sent 17 athletes to the Best of the Best competition Tuesday in Lander.

SEVENTH GRADE GIRLS — 1, Greybull, 132, Shoshoni 119, Riverside 85, Rocky Mt. 82.5, Ten Sleep 41.5, Burlington 40, Meeteetse 27.

LONG JUMP — 6, Ashlyn Chacon, 11-1.  7, Avery Allen, 11-0.

TRIPLE JUMP — 3, Caitlyn Hunt, 27-1.  5, Adeline Kunkel, 26-3.

SHOT PUT — 5, Tallia Cheatham, 20-1 3/4.  7, Ella Keisel, 19-3.  8, Lovely Araiza, 18-5 1/2.

DISCUS — 4, Keisel, 63-6 1/2.

1,600 METERS — 3, Cheatham, 6:57.7.

100 HURDLES — 1, Kunkel, 20.5.  2, Chacon, 20.55.  3, Hunt, 20.6.  8, Reagan Vigil, 21.66.

100 METERS — 1, Josephine Boyer, 14.72.  8, Avery Allen, 15.9.

400 METERS — 2, Boyer, 1:11.07.  5, Chacon, 1:17.24.

200 HURDLES — 2, Kunkel, 36.71.  Chacon, 36.97.  6, Vigil, 38.99.

400 RELAY — 1, GMS (Araiza, Vigil, Keisel, Boyer), 1:00.67.

200 METERS — 2, Kunkel, 30.75.

800 SPRINT MEDLEY — 1, GMS (Araiza, Keisel, Vigil, Boyer), 2:17.93.

SEVENTH GRADE BOYS — Rocky Mt. 169.5, Burlington 143, Greybull 87, Ten Sleep 76, Shoshoni 67, Riverside 30.5, Meeteetse 4.

LONG JUMP — 7, Jax Miller, 11-7.  8, Liam Wisehart, 11-7.

TRIPLE JUMP — 6, Tell Edeler, 29-0 1/2.

SHOT PUT — 6, Triston Gross, 24-0.  8, Cruz Sorenson, 23-5 1/2.

HIGH JUMP —  8, Gross, 4-0.

1,600 METERS — 5, Mason Cheatham, 6:24.17.  6, Braxten Link, 6:25.61.

100 HURDLES — 7, Wisehart, 21.82.

100 METERS — 4, Alan Burgos, 15.46.  5, Gross, 15.47.  7, Baron Eichelberger, 15.54.

400 METERS — 5, Miller, 1:08.83.

200 HURDLES — 2, Wisehart, 38.22.

400 RELAY — 1, GMS (Eichelberger, Burgos, Riley Wiggins, Tell Edeler), 57.68.

800 METERS — 5, Angelo Aguilar, 2:57.74.  6, Cheatham, 3:00.12.  7, Link, 3:03.18.

200 METERS — 4, Edeler, 31.17.  7, Miller, 32.35.

800 SPRINT MEDLEY — 1, GMS (Wiggins, Burgos, Eichelberger, Edeler), 2:08.87.

EIGHTH GRADE GIRLS — Rocky Mt. 180, Shoshoni 79, Riverside 59, Burlington 52, Greybull 49, Ten Sleep 31, Meeteetse 13.

LONG JUMP — 2, Elizabeth Holloway, 13-3 1/2.  6, Wyatt Whaley, 11-3.

SHOT PUT — 1, Wyatt Whaley, 26-5 1/2.

100 METERS — 3, Madison Herebia, 14.74.

400 METERS — 2, Elizabeth Holloway, 1:11.19.

400 RELAY — 1, GMS (Whaley, Hunt, Herebia, Holloway), 58.2.

200 METERS — 5, Herebia, 32.55.

EIGHTH GRADE BOYS — Rocky Mt. 148, Burlington 98, Shoshoni 73, Greybull 73, Riverside 58, Meeteetse 50, Ten Sleep 44.

LONG JUMP — 3, Jesse Brown, 14-6 1/2.  4, Izak Newman, 14-3.

TRIPLE JUMP — 5, Newman, 29-10 1/2.

HIGH JUMP — 1, Carter Peasley, 5-0.

100 HURDLES — 2, Anthony Chacon, 17.91.

100 METERS — 2, Peasley, 13.08.  3, Brown, 13.35.

400 METERS — 2, Newman, 1:02.44.

400 RELAY — 1, GMS (Peasley, Chacon, Cord Edeler, Brown), 52.49.

200 METERS — 5, Chacon, 27.86.  6, Brown, 27.89.