Mountain Home track teams place at district tournament

The Mountain Home Tiger track team participated in the District III 4A track meet at Skyview last week with the girls coming in second and the boys seventh.

Mountain Home will be sending 10 girls in 12 events to state this week, and five boys in six events.

Bishop Kelly won the girls competition at district with 140 points.

Mountain Home was second with 121.5 points, Emmett was third with 108, Middleton next with 100.5, followed by Skyview with 87, Kuna at 68, Columbia 59 and Nampa 9.

Mountain Home had two first-place efforts, as Shelby Posey won the shot put, and the Mountain Home 4x100-meter relay team, made up of Jasmyne Moore, Lauren Moore, Jessica Tindall and Jessica Liercke, also finished first.

Second-place finishes went to Jessica Tindall in the 200-meters, Dakota Barrie in the 100-meter hurdles, Jasmyne Moore in the 300-meter hurdles, Shelby Posey in the discus, and the 4x200-meter relay team of Shelby Henrick, Lauren Moore, Jessica Tindall and Jessica Liercke.

Third-place efforts went to Jessica Liercke in the triple jump and Dakota Barrie in the 300-meter hurdles.

Liercke and Barrie also had fourth-place finishes, Liercke in the 100-meters and Barrie in the high jump. Jasmyne Moore had a fourth-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles, Jordan Vivier finished fourth in the 3200-meter run, and Christina Segovia was fourth in the pole vault.

Haley Schaefer placed fifth in the 3200-meter run to qualify for state. Mountain Home's medley relay team finished fifth.

Columbia won the boys district title, with 118 points, Bishop Kelly was a close second with 112.5. Nampa was third with 91, Middleton fourth with 86, two points ahead of Emmett with 84, Kuna was a point behind Emmett with 83, Mountain Home had 66.5 and Skyview came in with 58 points.

Tyree Harmon was a triple winner for Mountain Home, winning the triple jump and the 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles.

Jake Lewis had a third-place effort in the discus to qualify for state in that event.

Other state qualifiers were Tyler Knauth in the 400, Devonte McClain in the 800-meter run and Alexander Ling in the 110-meter hurdles, all three finishing fifth in their events.

The Mountain Home medley relay team finished fifth.

Tiger head track coach Rich Urquidi hopes for good things at state.

"We're looking forward to it. The hard part's over. Now it's on to state to have some fun. We're looking for our girls to bring home a trophy -- anywhere from first to fourth -- and the boys we have going should do well. Tyree had a great district, and he's got the best times in both hurdles and the triple jump, so we're looking for him to do well and cap off his senior year with a great state meet!"

The State 4A Track and Field Championships are Thursday and Friday at Bronco Stadium in Boise.

In the JV District Track and Field Meet at Bishop Kelly last Tuesday, the Mountain Home girls won and the boys finished sixth.

Ashley Harmon won the 100- and 200-meter dashes. Kristen Kreutzer won the shot put and finished second in the discus. Leeann James won the discus and finished sixth in the shot put.

Katie Urquidi won the 300-meter hurdles and finished third in the 100-meter hurdles. Vanessa Estrella won the 400-meter dash, Brittany Orie won the 100-meter hurdles, Jamie Doyle won the triple jump and Natalie Feekes and Adrianna Callahan tied for first in the high jump.

Mountain Home's 4x200-meter relay team of Chloe Baul, Vanessa Estrella, Brittany Orie and Ashley Harmon also took first place.

McKenzie Dorr finished second in the 3200 meters, seventh in the 1600 and eighth in the 800 meters. Danielle Perkins was second in the 100 meters, and the medley relay team finished second.

Chloe Baul and Shykura Jackson tied for third in the 100 meters. Ashley Mayberry was fourth in the 1600 and sixth in the 800-meter run. Erica Cook was fourth in the 400 and Emily Bideganeta was eighth in the 200 meters.

In the boys competition, Bryan Houston was in a four-way tie for second in the 100 and a three-way tie for sixth in the high jump. Erwin Ruiz was third in the 800 and fifth in the 1600.

Steve Kreche was fourth in the 400 meters, Augi Grajeda was fourth in the 110-meter hurdles and sixth in the 300-meter hurdles, Aaron Menhart was fourth in the 300-meter hurdles and fifth in the 110-meter hurdles. Luke Clark was fifth in the long jump and in a five-way tie for sixth in the 100 meters.