RMMS track and field squad strong at Shoshoni Invite

Christiansen ties school record

After taking a week off for spring break, the Rocky Mountain Middle School track and field squad traveled to Shoshoni Saturday for the Shoshoni Junior High Invitational and produced some strong results.

Sixth grader Tianna Christiansen placed second in two events. She ran 35.20 in the 200-meter hurdles to place second in the Youth 13-14 Division and tied the seventh-grade school record in the pole vault by clearing 6-6 to place second in the Middle School Division.

The team of Elle Ganoung, Presli Moss, Alexis Clark and Kate Crosby placed eighth in the Junior High 400-meter relay, covering the four laps in 1:04.15.

Sixth grader Kielley Brimhall placed fifth in the Youth Division triple jump with a leap of 23-6½, and Ganoung placed ninth in the Junior High Division in 27-3½.

Other girls results in Shoshoni (top 20) were:

100m dash – Kate Crosby 12^th, Youth Division, 15.66; 200m dash – Crosby 15^th, Youth, 34.11, Lauren Hedges 18^th, Youth, 34.70; 400 meters – Clair Mumford 15^th, Youth, 1:51.76; 800 meters – Tianna Christiansen 11th, Youth, 3:20.98; 200-meter hurdles – Elle Ganoung 16^th, Junior High, 37-78; high jump – Presli Moss 15^th, Youth, 3-8; discus – Millie Hanusa 15^th, Youth, 36-5, Kielley Brimhall 16^th, Youth, 35-7.

Boys results

The top placers for the Rocky Mountain boys were Jaxx May and Benson Jolley. May, an eighth grader, placed second in the 400-meter dash, Junior High Division, in a time of 1:01.46, while sixth grader Tripp Hopkin placed eighth in the Youth 400 in 1:18.68.

Jolley placed second in the pole vault, Junior High Division, clearing 7-6. Tyler Crosby placed eighth in the same division, clearing 6-0.

May placed fifth in the Junior High high jump, clearing 5-2, and fifth in the 100-meter dash, Junior High Division, 12.79.

Other boys results in Shoshoni (top 20) were:

100m dash – Tripp Hopkin 17^th, Youth Division, 15.27, Dally Malson 19^th, Junior High, 13.67; 200m dash – Hopkin 19^th, Youth, 34.68; 1,600 meters – Rowan Hanusa ninth, Junior High, 5:52.75, Cameron Minchow 19^th, Junior High, 6:25.09; 100m hurdles, Maddox Ward 13^th, Youth, 22.82, Will Simmons 18^th, Youth, 24.19; 200m hurdles, Malson ninth, Junior High, 33.09, Jaxson Sponsel 11^th, Junior High, 33.31; 400m relay – Rocky 10^th (Wyatt Blank, Brooks Brost, Kody Kougel, Ward), Junior High, 1:00.74; high jump – Brost 13^th, Junior High, 4-6; long jump – Sponsel 20^th, Junior High, 13-11; triple jump – Sponsel ninth, Junior High, 31-7, Blank 17^th, JH, 28-1, Jayden Scheeler 19^th, JH, 27-11½; pole vault, Hanusa 10^th, JH, 6-0; shot put – Malson ninth, JH, 31-10, Benson Jolley 15^th, JH, 29-9½; discus – Malson 16^th, JH, 84-2, Will Simmons 14^th, Youth, 48-3.

This week’s meet in Worland has been cancelled due to expected cold weather, and the Grizz will enjoy home cooking for their next meet, the Rocky Mountain Invitational, on Friday, April 25.