Henson becomes GHS’s first four-event qualifier

Sophomore Marlee Henson bettered the 2A standard in the 400 meters Friday in Lovell, becoming Greybull High School’s first athlete to qualify for state competition in four different events.

Henson crossed the line in 1:03.13, which was good for second place behind Tongue River’s Afton Cummins, who ran a 1:01.11.  Both girls PR’d in the event, with Henson doing so by more than a second and Cummins by more than three.

The meet attracted approximately 10 teams, with the Powell girls and the Lovell boys prevailing in the team competition. The Buffs placed seventh in the boys division and ninth in the girls division.

Henson had previously qualified for state in the 100 meters and as a member of the 400-meter and sprint medley relay team. Coach Nolan Tracy said Henson is struggling with a leg injury that has kept her out of the triple jump.

“She’s long jumping now — but doing so off the opposite foot.  She’s still trying to figure that out. It wouldn’t surprise me if she qualified at that too. I thought she would (in Lovell), but didn’t. She’s pretty close.”

In other results from Lovell, Wyatt Whaley set a PR in the discus, throwing 103 feet, 10 inches and placing third.  Prior to that, her best had been a 103-2.

Freshman Adeline Kunkel PRd in the two events, clocking a 1:05.66 which was good for seventh in the 400 and a 28.73 to secure 10th in the 200.

On the boys side, Isaac Vigil, Shawn August, Xavier VanderPloeg and Nikoah Sorensen supplied most of the points, wining the 3,200-meter relay.

“It was their first time running it this year,” said Tracy, adding that the boys might try the 1,600-meter relay as well in their bid to qualify for the state meet.

The Buffs placed in both the boys and girls 400-meter relay, in each case, doing so with a new runner in the mix.  

With Angela Myers battling injuries, Addison Coscarelli teamed up with mainstays Caitlyn Hunt, Ellie Holloway and Henson to run a 53.8, good for fourth.  That time was slightly faster than the 54.08 the team posted with Myers.

In the boys 400-meter relay, Anthony Chacon replaced Carter Peasley on the lead leg.  With Daniel Baker, Caiden Sorenson and Jesse Brown taking the baton the rest of the way, the Buffs took sixth, finishing in 47.36 seconds. 

The Buffs’ best time of the year is a 47.1, which was recorded by Peasley, Baker, Chacon and Jesse Brown.  

“We’ve got three different versions for the boys and two for the girls, which would help in case of a late injury,” said Tracy.

The Buffs will travel to Thermopolis Friday for their final regular season meet of the season.

GIRLS — Powell 168.5, Lovell 109.5, Tongue River, 97.5, Riverside 60, Burlington 43.5, Rocky Mountain 36.5, Greybull 35.5, Big Horn 33, Shoshoni 20.

100 METERS — 5, Marlee Henson, 13.26.  18, Addison Coscarelli, 14.35.

200 METERS — 10, Adeline Kunkel, 28.73.

400 METERS — 2, Henson, 1:03.13.  7, Kunkel, 1:05.66.

800 METERS — 12, Destany Shiplet, 3:21.29.

100 HURDLES — 6, Ashlyn Chacon, 18.66.  10, Caitlyn Hunt, 19.25.

400 RELAY — 4, Greybull (Coscarelli, Hunt, Ellie Holloway, Henson), 53.8.

LONG JUMP — 10, Henson, 14-3 3/4.  13, Avery Allen, 13-7 1/2.  19, Caitlyn Hunt, 12-10 1/2.

TRIPLE JUMP — 18, Allen, 27-9 1/4.

DISCUS — 3, Wyatt Whaley, 103-10 1/2.

SHOT PUT — 2, Whaley, 34-1.  28, Heather Roll, 24-0.

BOYS — Lovell 180, Big Horn 132, Powell 97, Burlington 80.5, Tongue River 35, Rocky Mt. 32, Riverside 26, Shoshoni 20, Greybull 16.5, Meeteetse 9.

100 METERS — 13, Jesse Brown, 12.22.  23, Daniel Baker, 12.58.  25, Carter Peasley, 12.64.  26, Caiden Sorenson, 12.65.  28, Anthony Chacon, 12.69.  47, Xavier VanderPloeg, 13.34.

200 METERS – 16, Peasley, 25.12.

400 METERS — 10, Elijah Rice, 1:04.93.

1,600 METERS — 7, Isaac Vigil, 5:51.75.

300 HURDLES — 10, Chacon, 47.79.

400 RELAY — 6, Greybull (Anthony Chacon, Daniel Baker, Caiden Sorenson, Jesse Brown), 47.36.

3,200 RELAY — 1, Greybull (Isaac Vigil, Shawn August, Xavier VanderPloeg, Nikoah Sorensen), 10:10.52.

HIGH JUMP — 7, Peasley, 5-4.

LONG JUMP — 37, Wesley Roll, 11-2 3/4.

DISCUS — 13, Rice, 100-9.

SHOT PUT — 12, Rice, 37-6 1/2.  25, Nikoah Sorensen, 33-10.