Tiger boys 1st, girls 2nd at 5-way track meet

There was more than the sun shining Friday at Tiger Field. The Mountain Home boys and girls track teams also shined, the boys winning the five-team track meet, the girls coming in second.

The Tiger boys won the boys competition with 140 points, racking up seven first-place finishes, 10 second-place efforts, three thirds, five fourths and two fifths.

Bishop Kelly and Columbia tied for second, both with 68 points. Jerome and Kuna tied for fourth with 44 points each.

Picking up firsts for the Tigers were Jesse Donez in the 100 meters, Brandon Doble in the 110-meter high hurdles and the 300-meter intermediate hurdles, Nick O'Briant in the high jump (with a new Tiger Field record of 6' 6") and Zacq Hale in the triple jump.

The Tigers' four by 100-meter relay team of Tallon Pauley, Chris Knudson, Billy Derome and Jesse Donez also finished first, as did the four by 200-meter relay team of Robert Daniels, Chris Knudson, Zacq Hale and Nick Barrie.

Robert Moss finished second in the 100-meter dash, and was a member of both the four by 400-meter relay (along with Brett Kohring, Jacob Allies and Brandon Doble) and the medley relay (with Nick Barrie, Jake Allies and Brett Kohring) that finished second. Tyree Harmon finished second in both hurdle events.

Zacq Hale came in second in the 200-meter dash, Dustin Mondloch was second in the pole vault, Robert Daniels came in second in the long jump, Josh Driskell was second in the shot put and Jacob Viola was second in the discus.

Third-place efforts went to Jesse Donez in the 100 meters, Zacq Hale in the long jump and Josh Driskell in the discus.

Fourth-place efforts went to Tallon Pauley in the 200 meters, Chris Austin in the 300-meter hurdles, John Deal in the pole vault, Brandon Doble in the long jump, and Billy Derome in the shot put.

Robert Daniels came in fifth in the 100 meters, and Nick Barrie was fifth in the long jump.

Jerome won the girls competition with 122 points. Mountain Home was second with 79, followed by Bishop Kelly with 72, Kuna had 37, and Columbia, 34.

Mountain Home had four first-place efforts. Kristie Sigloh won the 400-meter dash, Piper Coffin won the 100-meter hurdles, Emily Moranda won the 300-meter hurdles and Alyssa Saltzgaber won the triple jump.

Ashley Robins finished second in the pole vault, Jasmyn Jewett came in second in the triple jump, and maggie Peterson had a new PR (personal record) with a second-place effort in the shot put.

Mountain Home also finished second in the four by 100-meter relay (Piper Coffin, Sherica Holmon, Alyssa Saltzgaber and Emily Moranda), the four by 200-meter relay (Lauren Moore, LeNeesha Moore, Erika Castro and Jocelyn Schrecker) and the four by 400-meter relay (Emily Moranda, Brandie Riggs, Anastasia Sansone and Francesca Hale).

Piper Coffin had a third-place effort in the pole vault, and Kristie Sigloh finished third in the long jump.

Sherica Holmon finished fourth in the 100-meter dash, Jessica Furst was fourth in the 3,200-meter run, Anastasia Sansone was fourth in the 100-meter hurdles, and Alyssa Saltzgaber was fourth in the long jump.

Jessica Furst had a fifth-place finish in the 1,600-meter run, and Maggie Peterson had a new PR with her fifth-place effort in the discus.

Mountain Home head track coach Rich Urquidi was excited about their efforts in the team's first meet of the season. "We had good times and it was a great opening meet for us. All of the coaches are proud of all our athletes. It was a great team effort in both the boys and girls, getting first and second. This is the first year that we've had depth with numbers.

"In track, the numbers are important. We've never really been in a position like this year where we can get, not only first places, but also seconds, third, fourths and fifths, so that really helps a lot, and everybody contributed, so we're excited about that."

The Tigers go to Bishop Kelly Thursday to face the Knights along with Skyview and Emmett.