YOUR AD HERE »

Moffat County track, field athletes heat up with wins at Clint Wells Invite

News News |

Andy Bockelman
  

Show CaptionsHide Captions

Moffat County High School track and field results from Clint Wells Invitational

Boys

Athlete(s) — Time/Distance, Place 100-meter dash Victor Silva — 11.78, 3 Elias Peroulis — 11.84, 4 AJ Barber — 12.24, 14 Trenton Hillewaert — 12.65, 25 Cale Scranton — 12.68, 27 Daniel Moore — 12.76, 30 Blake Juergens — 13.48, 45 110-meter hurdles Jared Atkin — 16.61, 2 Joe Campagna — 18.68, 11 200-meter dash Victor Silva — 23.23, 3 Elias Peroulis — 23.84, 8 Josh Townsend — 26.38, 31 Pedro Romero — 26.65, 34 Cody Lewis — 27.64, 40 300-meter hurdles Miki Klimper — 41.24, 1 Jared Atkin — 42.03, 2 400-meter dash Grant Wade — 53.25, 2 AJ Barber — 53.77, 3 Juan Loya — 57.73, 14 Kevin Hernandez — 58.24, 15 800-meter run Wilson Eike — 2:16.21, 11 Coltyn Terry — 2:24, 19 1,600-meter run Carter Severson — 4:46.36, 1 Coltyn Terry — 5:15.75, 10 4x100-meter relay Elias Peroulis/Jared Atkin/Miki Klimper/Victor Silva — 45.01, 1 4x200-meter relay Victor Silva/Elias Peroulis/AJ Barber/Miki Klimper — 1:33.40, 1 Joe Campagna/Juan Loya/Trenton Hillewaert/Kevin Hernandez — 1:42.20, 10 4x400-meter relay Miki Klimper/Grant Wade/Carter Severson/Colin Jensen — 3:36.55, 2 AJ Barber/Wilson Eike/Juan Loya/Josh Townsend — 3:48.35, 4 4x800-meter relay Grant Wade/Wilson Eike/Carter Severson/Colin Jensen — 8:43.58, 1 Discus Jesse Earle — 138' 11", 2 Toryn Hume — 133' 3", 7 Zane Shipman — 130', 8 Josh Worster — 117' 3", 16 Carlin King — 109' 4", 21 Aaron Hernandez — 104' 7", 24 Beau Hellander — 102' 11", 29 Corey Scranton — 102' 4", 30 Chris Sanderson — 94' 8", 36 Jack Doane — 73' 10", 43 Shot Put Jesse Earle — 43' 2.5", 6 Zane Shipman — 40' 8.75", 9 Toryn Hume — 38' 3", 16 Aaron Hernandez — 38' 2.25", 17 Josh Worster — 37' 7", 20 Beau Hellander — 35' 9.5", 24 Carlin King — 34' 0.25", 28 Jack Doane — 33' 8.75", 31 Chris Sanderson — 32' 11.75", 34 Corey Scranton — 31' 11.75", 37 High Jump Colby Beaver — 5' 9”, 6 Colin Jensen — 5' 7”, 8 Joe Campagna — 5' 5”, 13 Josh Townsend — 5' 5”, 13 Long Jump Jared Atkin — 17' 10.5”, 8 Cale Scranton — 17' 7”, 10 Daniel Moore — 17' 3”, 14 Pedro Romero — 16', 30 Kevin Hernandez — 15' 8”, 33 Josh Townsend — 15' 5”, 34 Cody Lewis — 14' 9”, 38 Cale Scranton — 14' 9”, 38 Triple Jump Colby Beaver — 36' 7.5”, 10 Cale Scranton — 35' 8”, 12 Blake Juergens — 29' 4”, 29 — The team placed first overall.

Girls

100-meter dash Quinn Pinnt — 13.28, 3 Emaleigh Papierski — 13.31, 4 Jaidyn Steele — 14.42, 19 Alayna Behrman — 14.50, 21 Megan Olinger — 14.71, 24 Yahaira Cordero-Alcantar — 14.89, 25 Alexis Main — 15.72, 35 Yoselin Cordero-Alcantar — 16.36, 41 100-meter hurdles Alayna Behrman — 18.69, 9 200-meter dash Stephenie Swindler — 27.36, 3 Yahaira Cordero-Alcantar — 30.71, 19 Hannah Vasquez — 30.71, 19 Mikala Larsen — 31.49, 25 Kimber Roberts — 32.06, 28 Jayden Mack — 32.69, 34 Kylee Batson Bovee — 32.82, 35 Raine Harrell — 32.94, 36 Yoselin Cordero-Alcantar — 33.96, 37 300-meter hurdles Alayna Behrman — 52.01, 5 Brooke Gumber — 54.38, 7 400-meter dash Abby Bohne — 1:06.07, 11 Alexis Main — 1:15.69, 26 Raine Harrell — 1:17.80, 30 800-meter run Emaleigh Papierski — 2:28.27, 2 Kelsey McDiffett — 2:52.60, 19 Madison Atkin — 2:55.13, 20 Sara Beason — 2:56.93, 21 Allison Villard — 3:01.71, 26 Tate Severson — 3:06.46, 29 Mackenzi Telford — 3:13.29, 34 1,600-meter run Kelsey McDiffett — 5:52.55, 5 Lydia Berkoff — 6:12.22, 11 Liberty Hippely — 6:21.43, 13 Tate Severson — 6:28.08, 15 Mackenzi Telford — 7:03.02, 22 3,200-meter run Lydia Berkoff — 14:07.95, 4 4x100-meter relay Jaidyn Steele/Megan Olinger/Eliana Mack/Quinn Pinnt — 54.54, 5 Hannah Vasquez/Kimber Roberts/Jayden Mack/Kylee Batson Bovee — 59.26, 13 4x200-meter relay Stephenie Swindler/Emaleigh Papierski/Josie Timmer/Quinn Pinnt — 1:47.72, 1 Raine Harrell/Sara Beason/Yoselin Cordero-Alcantar/Yahaira  Cordero-Alcantar — 2:08.55, 11 4x400-meter relay Stephenie Swindler/Abby Bohne/Josie Timmer/Quinn Pinnt — 4:18.09, 1 4x800-meter relay Kelsey McDiffett/Liberty Hippely/Allison Villard/Abby Bohne — 11:16.75, 2 800-meter sprint medley relay Jaidyn Steele/Megan Olinger/Eliana Mack/Mikala Larsen — 2:07.95, 11 Discus Tiffany Hildebrandt — 104' 4", 4 Caylah Million — 102' 7", 6 Shot Put Caylah Million — 31' 5.75”, 8 Tiffany Hildebrandt — 26' 1.75", 22 High Jump Brooke Gumber — 4' 9", 5 Hannah Vasquez — 4' 5", 7 Eliana Mack — 4' 1", 9 Long Jump Stephenie Swindler — 16' 7”, 1 Josie Timmer — 15' 4.25", 3 Emaleigh Papierski — 15', 6 Jaidyn Steele — 14' 7.25”, 10 Brooke Gumber — 14' 4.75", 12 Kylee Batson Bovee — 11' 3.5”, 35 Jayden Mack — 11' 0.25”, 36 Triple Jump Josie Timmer — 33' 6.5", 1 Eliana Mack — 29' 5.5”, 9 Alayna Behrman — 29' 2.5", 10 Kimber Roberts — 27' 3”, 13 — The team placed first overall.

It’s not often that a wave of favorable weather stays in Craig all day for Moffat County High School’s home track and field meet. But, Bulldogs weren’t questioning the conditions, just making the most of them.

The climate couldn’t have been better Friday for the Clint Wells Invitational, both in terms of the competition in attendance and the summer-like setting.

“I’ve been telling a lot of the teams, ‘thanks for bringing in the Grand Junction weather with you,'” MCHS coach Todd Trapp chuckled.

Larger schools from the Western Slope such as Palisade and Fruita Monument were among the 17 visiting programs, but it was the home team that finished in first place for both boys and girls with boys getting 112.75 points and girls 116.

Bulldogs held a strong lead in the point tally throughout the day, picking up the gold in nine events.

MCHS boys won three of their four relay races, the 4×100-, 4×200- and 4x-800-meter, setting new season bests in all of them as well as the 4×400 that got them second.

Grant Wade, Wilson Eike, Carter Severson and Colin Jensen started the day in the two-mile relay, an 8:43.58 their fastest time yet to keep them in the lead for the 3A Western Slope League.

Eike ran the 800 solo later that afternoon, though he noted his leg of the relay was better.

“I think I was a little tired after running that first one,” he said. “I know I personally run better when I’m running on a relay team because I know they’re counting on me, and I don’t want to let them down.”

Elias Peroulis, Jared Atkin, Miki Klimper and Victor Silva clocked in at 45.01 seconds for the win in 4×100, with Silva, Peroulis, AJ Barber and Klimper earning 1:33.40 for 4×200.

Individually, Severson won the boys 1,600 run at 4:46.36, and Klimper set his season best in the 300 hurdles at 41.24 to remain in the lead for the conference, with Atkin taking the silver in both the 110 and 300.

Silva moved to the top of the WSL rankings in the 200 dash, placing third at 23.23.

Girls relays likewise had strong performances, with a 1:47.72 getting the 4×200 win for Stephenie Swindler, Emaleigh Papierski, Josie Timmer and Quinn Pinnt, setting a new season best and league best and getting ever closer to the school record.

The running order for the foursome has changed here and there, though Swindler said they’ve struck gold lately.

“I think the order we’ve got now is working really well,” she said.

Papierski agreed, adding that the four of them don’t feel the need to stress about who’s the starter, who’s the anchor and who’s in between.

“We’re all pretty close in times, it doesn’t really matter what position we have because we’re all going to come together for it,” she said.

Swindler, Timmer and Pinnt also teamed with Abby Bohne in the 4×400, crossing the finish line first at 4:18.09.

Swindler and Timmer likewise beat all comers in the long jump and triple jump, respectively, Swindler’s 16 feet, seven inches the team’s best leap this season and Timmer still holding strong at No. 1 in the league in the triple.

Papierski, who briefly led the WSL in the 400 dash, cracked the half-mile conference lead when she placed second at Clint Wells’ 800 run with a 2:28.27.

Among those setting new personal records to lead the team on the season were Wade, second in the boys 400, and Alayna Behrman in both the girls 100 and 300 hurdles, ninth and fifth on the day.

Pinnt got the bronze in the 100 dash, her 13.28 a season best and one-hundredth of a second from her PR.

Down on the field below, MCHS throwers were also hitting some new season bests.

Tiffany Hildebrandt was fourth in the discus (104′ 4″) and Caylah Million eighth in shot put (31′ 5.75″), each a PR as the two push each other to get better meet by meet as the only two throwers for the girls team after Morgan Nelson — who placed fourth at state last year — called it a season due to injury.

For the boys, the story is coming back from injury.

Jesse Earle broke his leg last year right before the track season began and wound up being benched during the spring.

Ever since then he’s been working to make up for lost time. He set a new PR in the discus with a 138′ 11″ toss to place as well as earning sixth in shot put for the day.

Earle still holds the 3A WSL lead in both this season, though it’s a tough call which he prefers personally.

“I’m pretty even in both of them,” he said. “Shot comes a lot more easily, but I’ve been doing really well in disc, so I guess I’ll see where it takes me. Definitely hoping to make it to state.”

Varsity athletes will compete for championship rights and additional state-qualifying opportunities during the Western Slope Multi-Leagues Meet May 11 and 12 in Grand Junction.

Support Local Journalism

Support Local Journalism

Readers around Craig and Moffat County make the Craig Press’ work possible. Your financial contribution supports our efforts to deliver quality, locally relevant journalism.

Now more than ever, your support is critical to help us keep our community informed about the evolving coronavirus pandemic and the impact it is having locally. Every contribution, however large or small, will make a difference.

Each donation will be used exclusively for the development and creation of increased news coverage.