Husky tracksters regional champs

The Class 1A West Regional was held in Shoshoni over the weekend and both the Huskies and Lady Huskies came away as regional champs. This is the boys seventh year as regional champs, the first for the girls since 2015 and the first time in 16 years that the boys and girls won together.

“It was close to a perfect weekend in a lot of ways for both our boys and our girls teams,” said Coach Ryan Olson. “There were so many personal best performances that helped the boys and girls bring home championship trophies. I love how these kids came together as a team at this meet. There were a lot of kids doing events that weren’t their favorite, running relays because their team needed them. As we could see on the girls’ side, every one of those points mattered. It’s hard to tell how much your sacrifice means until the points are all added up at the end. It’s something that every last kid can be proud of.”

Olson is referring to the girls’ win over Cokeville by one point and Saratoga by six points. The win came down to the final relay, the 4X400, with Burlington getting second place and securing the championship. On the boys’ side, the Huskies beat Saratoga by 104 points. 

“I was impressed with Weston Gotfredson. He was racing around four different events Friday morning, which all happened to be at the same time. Even though pole vault is his first love, he made sure to get to the other events to help the team. The same could be said for Sky Olsen. There was a time she was racing down the pole vault runway, stopped halfway through and sprinted over to the finals of the 400 meters. Even at a two-day meet, you can be asked to do a lot in a short period of time. These are the kinds of efforts that helped us bring home two championships.

“There were especially a lot of points coming from our distance kids and our jumpers. They’ve worked so hard this year and to see that hard work pay off at the right time is really satisfying. Our relays were also especially strong. We’ll be depending on them again this weekend at State. The kids are ready, healthy and excited to finish this season strong,” said Olson. 

The state meet will be held in Casper Thursday, Friday and Saturday. 

REGIONAL RESULTS 

GIRLS 

100 METER – 8, Paxton Philpott, 13.93. 15, Hannah Stanworth, 16.12. 16, Raygen Andrew, 16.20. 

200 METER – 6, Adison Haslam, 28.51. 17, Andrew, 34.02. 18, Emma Bullinger, 36.52. 

400 METER – 2, Brynn Preator, 1:07.39. 4, Naomi McNIven, 1:08.81. 7, Sky Olsen, 1:12.55. 

800 METER – 2, Orabella Heaton, 2:39.17. 13, Andrew, 3:14.48. 

1600 METER – 7, Heaton, 6:25.50. 

3200 METER – 8, Heaton, 15:25.63. 

100 METER HURDLES – 5, Adelle Olson, 18.35. 7, Dalley Bassett, 20.01. 8, Bullinger, 21.38. 

300 METER HURDLES – 3, Paxton Philpott, 49.41. 5, N. McNiven, 52.89. 7, A. Olson, 53.86. 9, Bullinger, 1:06.76. 

4X100 METER RELAY – 3, Bassett, Haslam, Breanne Walker, N. McNiven, 55.76. 

4X400 METER RELAY – 2, Sarah McNiven, Olsen, Sophie Olson, Preator, 4:46.41. 

4X800 METER RELAY – 3, Heaton, S. Olson, Hannah Stanworth, A. Olson, 12:54.34. 

SPRINT MEDLEY RELAY – 2, Haslam, S. McNiven, N. McNiven, A. Olson, 5:03.25. 

HIGH JUMP – 1, Sarah McNiven, 5-01. 2, Philpott, 4-11. 3, Preator, 4-09. 4, Walker, 4-07. 

POLE VAULT – 2, Olsen, 6-06. 

LONG JUMP – 8, Walker, 14-01. 13, S. Olson, 12-10.75. 

TRIPLE JUMP – 4, Philpott, 31-7.5. 5, S. McNiven, 31-2.5. 6, Haslam, 30-11.5. 8, Preator, 30-9. 

SHOT PUT – 11, Hailee Winterholler, 26-7. 12, Madison Aagard, 26-2.25. 13, Stanworth, 25-10. 14, Olsen, 25-0.25. 

DISCUS – 5, Winterholler, 95-03. 7, Bassett, 83-11. 8, Aagard, 83-01. 13, Stanworth, 69-10. 

BOYS 

100 METER – 3, Jordan Broederlow, 11.73. 10, Isaiah Morin, 12.10. 11, Brikton Wardell, 12.20. 17, Parker Cook, 12.77. 

200 METER – 5, Broederlow, 24.07. 12, B. Wardell, 24.85. 18, Cook, 26.58. 19, Joe Bassett, 26.84. 

400 METER – 1, Paul McNiven, 52.38. 8, Colt Haslam, 56.29. 18, Rulon Andrew, 1:12.39. 

800 METER – 2, P. McNiven, 2:03.04. 5, Howard McNiven, 2:06.67. 6, Connor Hoyt, 2:09.79. 16, Wyatt Garland, 4:51.61. 

1600 METER – 2, Hoyt, 4:48.51. 5, Bradford Davidson, 4:58.22. 6, H. McNiven, 5:07.53. 8, James McNiven, 5:19.82. 

3200 METER – 1, Hoyt, 10:44.04. 2, H. McNiven, 11:11.61. 10, Brian O’Barr, 15:53.74. 

110 METER HURDLES – 3, P. McNiven, 17.26. 7, Bruce McNiven, 17.91. 8, J. McNiven, 18.41. 12, Bitner Philpott, 25.48. 

300 METER HURDLES – 2, P. McNiven, 43.48. 8, J. McNiven, 46.66. 9, Trigdon Aagard, 49.67. 

4X100 METER RELAY – 4, Morin, Jordan Casey, B. McNiven, B. Wardell, 47.42. 

4X400 METER RELAY – 3, Davidson, Broederlow, Bassett, Haslam, 3:50.85. 

4X800 METER RELAY – 1, Hoyt, H. McNiven, J. McNiven, Davidson, 8:40.46. 

SPRINT MEDLEY RELAY – 1, Morin, B. Wardell, Davidson, Broederlow, 3:57.56. 

HIGH JUMP – 2, Weston Gotfredson, 5-10. 5, Haslam, 5-6. 9, Aagard, 5-4. 9, B. McNiven, 5-4. 14, Jordan Casey, 5-2. 

LONG JUMP – 1, Morin, 20-3. 7, W. Gotfredson, 18-6.5. 10, Casey, 17-10.5. 19, Philpott, 16-4. 

POLE VAULT – 1, W. Gotfredson, 13-6. 2, Kyler Winters, 13-6. 3, Levi Wardell, 11-6. 5, Cole Gotfredson, 8-6. 

TRIPLE JUMP – 2, Casey, 40-01. 4, Haslam, 39-08. 8, Philpott, 36-11.5. 12, O’Barr, 35-0. 

SHOT PUT – 4, Taft Winters, 40-08. 5, Rykael Andrew, 40-08. 15, Bassett, 32-03.75. 18, Matt Tempany, 30-11.5. 

DISCUS – 10, Tempany, 111-2. 13, T. Winters, 103-4. 15, W. Gotfredson, 99-6. 28, Bassett, 82-2.