Track & field team finish season with tri-meet victory

The Mountain Home Tigers track squad came up winners in its final track meet of the regular season, beating Kuna and Emmett in a tri-meet last Thursday at Tiger Field.

Mountain Home won the girls event with 83.5 points. Emmett was second with 53 and Kuna had 49.5.

Jhorie Kelly was a double-winner for the Mountain Home girls, winning the 100-meter high hurdles and the high jump. Tracey Gordon won the 400 meters, Ashley Harmon won the 100 meters and Selena Foster took first in the long jump.

Other first-place efforts went to the 4x100-meter relay team of Ashley Harmon, Olivia Ostberg, McKenzie Sandberg and Whitney Sandberg, and the 4x400-meter relay team of Olivia Ostberg, Kristan Jackson, Mattie Bennett and Marissa Streeter.

Second-place efforts went to Kristen Kreutzer in the shot put and discus, Selena Foster in the high jump and pole vault, Jhorie Kelly in the 100 meters, Heather Brononsky in the 400 meters, Arisha Karren in the 800, Mattie Bennett in the 300-meter hurdles, Tracey Gordon in the long jump and Marissa Streeter in the triple jump. The 4x200-meter relay team of Marissa Streeter, Olivia Ostberg, Jhorie Kelly and Whitney Sandberg also finished second.

Third-place efforts went to Makena Shockley in the 300-meter hurdles, Leeann James in the discus, Natasha Feekes in the high jump, Mattie Bennett in the long jump and Jacci Cristobal in the triple jump. The medley relay team of Ashley Harmon, McKenzie Sandberg, Tracey Gordon and Mattie Bennett also finished third.

Fourth-place efforts went to Shilo Clark in the 800 meters, Arisha Karren in the 3200 meters, Makena Shockley in the 100-meter high hurdles, Willow Freer in the pole vault, Marissa Streeter in the long jump and Echo Maas in the triple jump.

Mountain Home edged Emmett 69-64 for first place in the boys meet. Kuna was third with 52 points.

Taking first place were Malik Whitfield in the 100 meters, Abraham Salas in the 800 meters, Cody Boguslawski in the discus, Ryan Eckstrom in the pole vault, and Michael Daniels in the triple jump. Mountain Home also won the 4x100-meter relay (Nick Garza, Malik Whitfield, Sam Benzie and Michael Daniels) and the 4x200-meter relay (Chance Llewellyn, Malik Whitfield, Sam Benzie and Michael Daniels).

Second-place efforts went to Malik Whitfield in the 200 meters, Devin Wright in the 400 meters, Nolan Pasqualetti in the 800, Ryan Eckstrom in the 110-meter high hurdles, and Eric Reetz in the 300-meter hurdles.

Third-place efforts went to Nick Garza in the 100 meters, David Catts in the 800, Andy Croft in the 3200, Devin Wright in the 110-meter high hurdles and Michael Daniels in the long jump. Mountain Home's 4x400-meter relay (Eric Reetz, Will Weygint, Connor Weygint and Devin Wright) and medley relay (Jett Cristobal, Devin Wright, Jake Schaefer and Abraham Salas) also finished third.

Fourth-place efforts went to Johnathan Deese in the 200 meters, Cody Ashby in the 800, Eric Reetz in the 110-meter high hurdles, Will Weygint in the 300-meter hurdles, Cody Boguslawski in the shot put, Isaac Keown in the high jump and Chance Llewellyn in the triple jump.

The District III 4A Junior Varsity track meet was held Saturday at Kuna. Mountain Home edged Caldwell 160-158 for first place in the boys meet. The Mountain Home girls came in fourth.

Mountain Home had first-place finishes by Abraham Salas in the 800, Jett Cristobal in the long jump, Taylor Simpson in the triple jump, and the 4x400-meter relay (Will Weygint, Nolan Pasqualetti, Ramon Gonzalez and Abraham Salas) and medley relay (Connor Weygint, Isaac Keown, Ramon Gonzalez and Abraham Salas) in the boys, and Kamilyn Wright in the 100 meters in the girls.

"We had a great week to head into district," said Tiger head track coach Rich Urquidi. "I think that (the boys' district JV title) was the first school athletic championship of the year. The boys did a great job. We were led by mostly sophomores and freshmen at the JV meet, and they stepped up to compete. We did not take a big group of girls to the JV meet. The girls that did compete had many personal best times or marks on the day."

The District III 4A Varsity Track and Field meet is Thursday and Friday at Emmett High School.