Track team sets 14 PRs in Thermop

The Greybull Buffs didn’t add any new state qualifiers, but several athletes set personal records at the final track and field meet of the regular season Friday afternoon in Thermopolis.

The Bobcat Invitational attracted more than 20 boys and girls teams, including several from the 3A ranks. The Buffs didn’t have the numbers to compete in the team standings, as the girls landed in 15th and the boys in 21st.

But as has been the case much of the year, Coach Nolan Tracy’s focus has been on individual growth and it showed up in 14 personal records.

Marlee Henson produced two of them, running a 1:02.71 to place third in the 400 meters and soaring 15 feet, 1 inch en route to a ninth-place finish in the long jump.

Wyatt Whaley contributed the other team points, placing fourth in the shot put and sixth in the discus. She set a PR in the latter, throwing 105 feet, 2 inches.

The other PRs were set by Destany Shiplet in the 3,200 meters, where she shaved almost 30 seconds off her best time; Ashlyn Chacon in the 100-meter hurdles, and Avery Allen in the long jump.

Carter Peasley led the way for boys, setting PRs in three events (100, 200 and high jump) and scoring the team’s only point with his 5-8 effort in the high jump.

The other GHS athletes who set PRs included Shaun August in the long and triple jumps, Nikoah Sorensen in the shot put, Wesley Roll in the long jump and Isaac Vigil in the 1,600 meters.

Regional preview

Heading into Friday and Saturday’s Class 2A West Regional in Shoshoni, the Buffs have nine athletes who have qualified for the state track meet.

Coach Nolan Tracy said some subtraction occurred recently when a member of the 400-meter relay foursome left the team. The team had pre-qualified, but because makeup changed, would have to do so again at the regional meet.

Not counting the 400 relay, Henson has pre-qualified in the 100, 200, 400 and the medley relay — along with Addison Coscarelli, Adeline Kunkel and Ashlyn Chacon — and is close to doing so in the long jump.

Whaley has qualified in the shot put and the discus.

The only boys who have qualified to date are the five runners who did so in the 400-meter relay team — Carter Peasley, Daniel Baker, Caiden Sorenson, Jesse Brown and Anthony Chacon.

Tracy said he’s optimistic several more will earn trips to Casper this weekend by cracking the top eight in individual events or top four in the relays.

GIRLS RESULTS — Worland 170, Kemmerer 84, Big Piney 66, Green River 49, Pinedale 47.5, Lovell 40, Riverside 34, Burlington 27, Encampment 27, Shoshoni 26.5, Saratoga 24, Glenrock 23, Thermopolis 21, Rawlins 16, Greybull 14, Rocky Mt. 10, Wind River 8, Farson-Eden 6, HEM 5, Ten Sleep 2, Little Snake River 1, Dubois 1.

100 METERS — 35, Angela Myers, 14.83.

400 METERS — 3, Marlee Henson, 1:02.71.  11, Adeline Kunkel, 1:07.72

800 METERS — 16, Kunkel, 2:52.30.

3,200 METERS — 11, Destany Shiplet, 15:17.05.      

100 HURDLES — 14, Ashlyn Chacon, 18.34.

300 HURDLES — 25, Chacon, 56.3.

LONG JUMP — 9, Henson, 15-1.  25, Avery Allen, 13-5.

TRIPLE JUMP — 19, Allen, 28-4.

DISCUS — 6, Wyatt Whaley, 105-2.

SHOT PUT — 4, Whaley, 34-10 1/2.  44, Heather Roll, 23-9 3/4.

BOYS RESULTS — Thermopolis 136, Lovell 81, Worland 79.5, Kemmerer 61, Burlington 60.5, Glenrock 46.5, Big Piney 39, Saratoga 29, Little Snake River 26, Pinedale 22, Wyoming Indian 21, Rawlins 19, Green River 12, Ten Sleep 11, Rocky Mt. 11, Farson-Eden 11, Encampment 7.5, Riverside 6, Fort Washakie 5, Wind River 4, HEM 4, Dubois 2, Greybull 1, Meeteetse 1.

100 METERS — 25, Jesse Brown, 12.16.  36, Carter Peasley, 12.4.  43, Daniel Baker, 12.55.  49, Anthony Chacon, 12.66.

200 METERS — 26, Peasley, 25.0. 

1,600 METERS — 29, Isaac Vigil, 5:50.82.

300 HURDLES — 23, Nikoah Sorensen, 48.6.

400 RELAY — 10, Greybull (Peasley, Baker, Caiden Sorenson, Brown), 47.87.

1,600 RELAY — 11, Greybull (Brown, Shawn August, Sorenson, Sorensen), 3:48.9.

HIGH JUMP — 8, Peasley, 5-8.

LONG JUMP — 19, August, 17-11.  25, Brown, 17-0 1/4.  50, Wesley Roll, 12-0.

TRIPLE JUMP — 9, August, 37-9.

DISCUS — 25, Elijah Rice, 109-3 1/2. 

SHOT PUT — 11, Rice, 38-10 1/4.  30, Sorensen, 35-5 1/4.