Middle school high placers at Best of the Best

Twenty Thermopolis Middle School athletes competed at the Big Horn Best of the Best in Cody on May 7, with several taking high spots in their events.

Coach Brandon Deromedi was really happy that 24 of the 44 qualified for the competition, including five sixth grade students who competed at the seventh grade level.

The weather was hard for the event, with the cold and rain, so many students from Thermopolis and other schools stayed on their busses until it was time to compete.

Deromedi reiterated that he is proud of the whole team for the season and whatever goals were set they rose up to meet them. Results from Best of the Best are as follows:

Sixth Grade Boys

Zane Stam: 800 meters 12th, 2:53.70; 1600 meters 15th, 6:19.13

Jaye Christensen: discus 17th, 60'7"

Seventh Grade Boys

Ethan Music: 100 meters second, 13.30; 200 meters third, 28.28; 100 meter hurdles second, 17.15; 200 meter hurdles second, 29.92

Jesse Rodriguez: 200 meters seventh, 29.88

Ethan Crow: 400 meters sixth, 1:08.22; 800 meters seventh, 2:48.31; 1600 meters fourth, 5:49.46

Kanyon Gerber: 800 meters 15th, 2:58.67; 1600 meters 13th, 6:15.45; 200 meter hurdles 10th, 36.67

Jessen Basse: 800 meters 19th, 3:00.05; 1600 meters 16th, 6:21.41

Seth Needham: 1600 meters 12th, 6:14.88; 200 meter hurdles ninth, 36.60

Trenton May: 1600 meters 21st, 6:51.44; long jump fourth, 14'5"

William Coale: high jump eighth, 4'3"; long jump fifth, 14'

Seventh Grade Girls

Jayda Griffin: 1600 meters third, 6:29.73

Kaitlin Barral: shot put second, 27'7"; discus fifth, 56'7"

Joely Mounts: high jump second, 4'5"

Kaia Galovich: high jump 11th, 3'9"

Hanna Hill: high jump 11th, 3'9"

Eighth Grade Boys

Roedy Farrell: 100 meters second, 12.20; 200 meters first, 24.90; high jump ninth, 4'7"; triple jump first, 38'6"

Elijah Skelton: 200 meters eighth 27.11

Gavin Shumway: triple jump seventh, 32'9"

Eighth Grade Girls

Jayci Basse: 100 meters third, 14.34; 200 meters fourth, 30.27; 100 meter hurdles eighth, 20.32; 200 meter hurdles fourth, 34.34

Brooklynn Cooley: 400 meters 10th, 1:20.19