Lovell boys win Greybull meet, girls second

Making the short trip south to Greybull on Saturday, the Lovell Bulldogs competed well at the Bill Gerrard Memorial Invitational, winning the boys division and the girls placing a strong second behind Worland.

According to head coach Joshua Sanders, the Lovell boys team produced 20 placers and set 10 personal records, while the girls had 34 placers and nine PRs.

“I’ll take that,” Sanders said of the 34 placers. “This was a good placing meet for us, and the scores reflect that.”

The Lovell boys scored 140 points to top Worland with 118 points, and the Lovell girls scored 153.5 points, second to Worland with 173.5.

“It was a smaller meet, so it was our numbers, but we have strengths, too, which is how we ended up winning it,” Sanders said. “It was good to see the girls place second. This is one of the stronger girls teams we’ve had in a long time.”

Boys results

Sanders said Monday he was still deciding between Hunter Krei and Owen Walker as the male athlete of the week. Both had outstanding meets.

Krei has been nursing a hip injury but won both the 100- and 200-meter dash. He ran the 100 in 11.17, close to his personal record of 11.11, and he did set a PR in the 200, winning the event and qualifying for State in 22.80.

“The hip is kind of an ongoing thing, but he felt good Saturday,” Sanders said. “His 200 time was really, really outstanding.”

Hot on his heels in the 200 was Matthew Newman, who placed second and qualified for State in 22.87.

“They were cruising, that’s for sure,” Sanders said. “Those are the number four and five times all time at LHS.”

Owen Walker placed seventh in the 100 at 12.23.

Counting the 400-meter relay, Newman has qualified for State in eight events. He also won the 110-meter high hurdles Saturday, running a time of 15.66.

In running the 200, Newman was working to get his speed up for the 400 meters and the 300-meter hurdles, Sanders said, noting that it’s better to work on speed at a meet than in practice because, with adrenalin pumping due to competition, times are faster.

Senior Jacob Thomas ran a strong time of 2:12.46 in the 800 meters to win the race, but he ran even faster in the 3,200-meter relay, running his split in 2:07, Sanders said. The team of Thomas, Isaac Sanders, Grant Rose and Rick Jensen placed third in the 3,200 relay in 9:43.54.

Rose placed sixth in the 1,600 meters in 5:59.32, followed by Ethan Hendershot, who placed seventh in 6:02.23, a personal record. Gabe Buchholz nearly placed, finishing ninth in 6:07.43.

Sanders placed third in the 3,200 meters, running the eight laps in 12:12.15.

“I like the way he runs,” Coach Sanders said. “I think he’s going to get stronger and stronger in that event.”

Walker won the triple jump with a leap of 43-5¼, which qualified him for State.

“He’s been looking really good in practice,” Sanders said. “He’s going to be a big-time competitor in that event. He’ll be pushing Matthew.”

Walker also won the high jump at 6-3.

Kaeson Anderson placed second in the triple jump at 40-6¾, a PR, and second in the high jump at 6-1. Nate Cornia placed sixth in the long jump, hitting the sand at 17-10, and Dean Anderson placed eighth at 17-8, a PR.

In the throws, Tazz McArthur won the discus at 137-4, and Grant Hill placed fifth with a personal-record toss of 121-6. McArthur placed second in the shot put with a throw of 43-2 ½, and Brody Muller was eighth at 37-9½.

Other boys results in Greybull were:

100m dash – Brandon Jasso 24th, 13.40 (PR), Kelvin Robertson 27th, 13.56 (PR), Connor Grant 30th, 13.65 (PR), Karson Seitz 31st, 13.72; long jump – Jasso 15th, 15-11 (PR), Seitz 18th, 15-9, Grant 24th, 14-11½; shot put – Grant Hill 10th, 36-9, Sam Cordova 24th, 32-3, Gage Pillow 39th, 27-9¼, Tejeo Scheeler 40th, 27-5½, Kajyn Cliame 42nd, 26-11 (PR), Michael Cornia 46th, 26-7½; discus – Joaquin Scheeler 10th, 106-3, Cordova 13th, 101-4, Dean Anderson 14th, 100-5 (PR); Michael Cornia 17th, 96-7 (PR), Robertson 36th, 79-10, Pillow 42nd, 73-3 (PR).

Girls results

The sophomore Walker twins highlighted the Lovell girls this week in Greybull. Avery was named female athlete of the week after winning the triple jump at 36-2 and placing second in the high jump, clearing the bar at 4-11 to qualify for State. She edged sister Ali in the triple jump by one inch (36-1).

“They are both doing really good things in the triple jump,” Sanders said. “Avery is anxious to get back to where she was at State (nearly 38 feet), and she will be there. I’m betting Ali will be up there with her.”

Freshman Macie Anderson placed fifth in the high jump, clearing 4-5, and she placed sixth in the triple jump at 31-1¾, a personal record, followed closely by Brooklin Clark, who placed seventh with a leap of 30-9½.

Competing for the first time this season, Ava Edwards placed third in the long jump with a personal-record leap of 14-10. Senior Becca Nichols placed second at 15-4, with Clark fourth at 47-7, Jaycie Anderson fifth at 14-5 and Ali Walker seventh at 14-1.

Edwards also placed sixth in the 100-meter intermediate hurdles with a personal-record time of 18.42, which is fifth all time at LHS for a sophomore. Clark placed second in the 300-meter low hurdles at 53.59 and second in the 100-meter hurdles 17.98, with Myles May fourth in 18.07, a PR and the third fastest freshman time in Lovell history.

Anderson placed fifth in the 100-meter dash in a time of 13.52, a personal record and the fourth best LHS time for a freshman, with Nichols hot on her heels in sixth place at 14.10. Similarly, Ali Walker placed fourth in the 200-meter dash in 27.64, a PR, with Nichols fifth at 27.86 and Anderson sixth at 27.89. Avery Walker placed eighth in 28.28.

Junior Kandace Asay placed fourth in the 800 meters, running the two laps in a personal-record time of 2:32.05.

“She’s so close to getting into the 2:20s,” Sanders said.

Freshman Eliza Wagner placed seventh in the 800, running 2:46.20, a PR, and Candace Walker placed seventh in the 1,600 meters at 6:58.89, Bonnie Buchholz eighth in 7:06.04, a PR.

The team of Wagner, Toree Herman, Gracie Angell and Candace Walker won the 3,200-meter relay in 11:51.36.

Junior Celeste Lindsay placed second in the discus with a throw of 113-6 and fourth in the shot put at 32-1¾. Freshman Morgan Harshman placed third in the shot put with a toss of 34-¼, a PR, and Christina Zollman placed fifth at 31-2 ¾, Brynnlee Spanier sixth at 30-7 ¼, the fourth best throw as a freshman at LHS and a PR. 

Harshman placed seventh in the discus with a personal-record throw of 91-3, and senior Haley Sanders placed eighth at 89-5.

Other Lovell girls results in Greybull were:

100m dash – Jaycie Allen 12th, 15.11, Alynna Monterde and Kaycie Marberry tie for 19th, 16.27, Sofia Khan 21st, 16.60 (PR), Kylie Carabay 22nd, 17.07 (PR), Isabella Martinez 28th, 18.99 (PR); 200m dash – Allen 12th, 30.48, Myles May 16th, 31.69, Lindsey Scheid-Leonhardt 18th, 32.74; 400m dash – Toree Herman eighth, 1:08.61 (PR), Gracie Angell ninth, 1:08.87; 800 meters – Caylee Herman 10th, 2:51.50; long jump – Claire Shumway ninth, 13-4, Khan 12th, 12-10; triple jump – Angell ninth, 29-9¼; shot put – Haley Sanders 13th, 25-7½, Randi Ayotte 17th, 23-8½, Caitlyn Allen 20th, 23-2, Ariana Nuttall 29th, 17-7¾; discus – Christina Zollman 11th, 85-8, Brynnlee Spanier 12th, 83-1 (PR), Allen 15th, 74-2, Sady Espinoza 20th, 65-11 (PR), Ayotte 21st, 64-5.

Close to home

The Bulldogs will take the short jaunt to Cowley Saturday for the Rocky Mountain Invitational. Events begin at 9:30 a.m. with the 3,200-meter relay races and various field events. Other running events follow at 10:15 a.m.