Track team places at Middleton meet

The Mountain Home Tigers track squad traveled to Middleton last Thursday for a three-team track meet where both the Mountain Home girls and boys squads came away with close, second-place finishes.

Caldwell won the girls competition with 68 points. Mountain Home was a close second with 63 points, and Middleton was third with 41.

Alexandera Tatum was the big winner for the Mountain Home girls, winning the 200 meter dash along with the long jump and triple jump. Tatum, along with Yuridia Ayala, Keyondra White and Whitney Sandberg finished first in the 4 X 200 meter relay.

Mountain Home's sprint medley relay team of Yuridia Ayala, Rachel Johnson, Makena Carson and Lexi Ogaard also took first. Other firsts went to Whitney Sandberg in the 100 meter and Sable Lohmeier in the discus.

Rachel Johnson had second-place efforts in the 3,000 meter hurdles and high jump. Keyondra White had seconds in the long jump and triple jump.

Whitney Sandberg finished second in the 200 meters, and Sable Lohmeier was second in the shot put. Yuridia Ayala, Makena Carson, Whitney Sandberg and Keyondra White finished second in the 4 X 100 meter relay.

Third-place efforts went to Lexi Ogaard in the 400 meter, Makena Carson in the 100-meter high hurdles and Julianne Mori in the high jump.

Alexis Georgianna finished fourth in the 3,200-meter run.

The boys competition was extremely close with Caldwell edging Mountain Home, 66.5 to 65, with Middleton a close third at 54.5.

Dallin Dearing was a double winner for the Tigers, winning both the shot put and discus. Anthony DeSantis won the 3,200 meter run and Nolan Pasqualetti won the high jump. Mountain Home also won the 4 X 100 meter relay and 4 X 200 meter relay with Eric Reetz, Franky Reed, Jacob Ryan and Jonathan Deese.

Second-place finishes went to Jonathan Deese in the 200 meters, Abrahan Salas in the 800, Kyle Pendleton in the 3,200 meters, Eric Reetz in the 300 meter hurdles and Patrick Harris in the shot put. The Tiger 4 X 400 meter relay team of Will Weygint, Connor Weygint, Joshua Robinson and Ramon Gonzalez and the sprint medley relay team of Will and Connor Weygint, Ramon Gonzalez and Kyle Pendleton took second place in their respective events.

Third-place efforts went to Joseph Garrett in the 110 meter high hurdles and the 300 meter hurdles, Nolan Pasqualetti in the 800 meters, Mitch Aguirre in the 100 meters and Chris Wright in the long jump.

Fourth-place efforts went to Walker Harris in the 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs, Eric Reetz in the 110 meter high hurdles and Chris Wright in the 300 meter hurdles.

Three new athletes made qualifying marks for district. Rachel Johnson, even though she finished seventh, qualified in the 100-meter high hurdles. Joseph Garrett qualified for district in the 110-meter high hurdles and Chris Wright qualified in the long jump.

Tigers track coach Rich Urquidi applauded his team's effort at Middleton.

"Most of the performances were not as good as the previous weeks," the coach said. "This was due to the fact that we were coming off spring break and the weather. Most of the athletes who had personal bests today were some of our underclassmen or first-year athletes, which is what us coaches are looking for."

Mountain Home travels to Centennial High School in Meridian on Friday for the Pulse Invitational meet.

"This will be great for our top athletes to see where they stand with the teams from the 5A and 4A ranks," Coach Urquidi said.