Bobcats perform well at home

Thermopolis Bobcat Track and Field team members hosted their home meet last Friday earning some PRs and pre qualifying for state in some events.

"I was really proud of how our team went out and competed at our home track meet. We saw a lot of great performances and PR's. I am proud of our athletes seeing their hard work at practice pay off," said coach Calder Forcella. 

Hallie Martinez had a great senior day posting a PR in the Triple Jump and contributed to a pre qual time in the 4x8 relay. 

Damiyan Gosnell capped his senior day off with consistent marks in the shot put and 800. 

Mariah Brooks posted a PR in the 100, and was consistent with her performances in the high jump and shot put. 

"I want to give Lexi Overfield a shout out for posting two big PRs in both throwing events, and placing in the discus at a competitive meet. For her first year ever throwing, Lexi has worked her tail off and been very coachable. I expect a big regional meet from her this week," said coach Forcella.

He added, "Jayci Basse is another athlete with the potential to qualify in multiple events at regionals after posting a pre qual time in the 200 this week. I am excited to watch her hard work this season pay out at regionals."

"Ina King has battled an injury the last few weeks and done a great job staying focused and ready to compete. She came back last week and posted a great triple jump winning the meet. Ina has the potential to come back a regional champ in that event and knocking on the door of a school record," said Forecella

Ruth Johnson and Hallie Martinez also posted their best jumps in the triple jump. 

High Jumpers Aspen Brooks posted a huge PR this last weekend, and Joely Mounts have been consistent all season. Mariah Brooks has also been in the mix in that event as well according to Forcella. 

The girls 4x8 also posted a pre qual time. "We have a lot of strong runners that can contribute on that relay team and I look forward to watching them compete at regionals," said coach Forcella. 

Forcella gave a shout out to the entire coaching staff this season. "Our coaches have done a fantastic job getting athletes in events where they are going to be successful and contribute to the team. I believe that we have one of the best coaching staffs in the state when it comes to knowledge, experience, and building relationships with our kids. I couldn't be more grateful for their hard work. When people ask who the head coach is I usually say that we have five of them." 

Individual results include (with placings through 10th):

Girls

100 meter dash: Jayci Basse 7th 13.59; Mariah Brooks 14.04; Aspen Brooks 14.62; Maggie Landon 16.15

200 meter dash: Jayci Basse 10th 27.58; Maggie Landon 33.43400 meter dash: Ruth Johnson 9th 1:09.00; Joely Mounts 10th 1:11.07; Aspen Brooks 1:19.04

800 meter: Jayda Griffin 2:55.76

1400 meter: Jayda Griffin 10th 6:25.32; Hallie Martinez 6:33.44; Alexis Garrison 7:20.64; Madyson Landon 8:25.88

100 meter hurdles: Brook Hubele 19.75300 meter hurdles: Jayci Basse 5th 50.86; Hallie Martinez 57.53

4x400 meter relay: Jayci Basse, Ruth Johnson, Dazlynn Hunt, Brooklynn Williams 3rd 4:28.40

4x800 meter relay: Brooklynn Williams, Ruth Johnson, Dazlynn Hunt, Hallie Martinez 2nd 10:44.85

High jump: Joely Mounts 3rd 4-09.00; Aspen Brooks 7th 4-07.00; Mariah Brooks 4-05.00

Pole vault: Brooklynn Williams 9th 6-06.00

Long jump: Jayda Griffin 12-00.00; Alexis Garrison 11-07.50; Maggie Landon 9-10.25; Hannah Lippincott 9-06.25

Triple jump: Ina King 1st 34-11.00; Ruth Johnson 30-09.25; Hallie Martinez 30-02.00

Shot put: Lexi Overfield 29-95l Xoey Rich 27-11.50; Kaitlin Barral 25-20

Discuss: Lexi Overfield 7th 89-06; Xoey Rich 85.06; Tera Kraushaar 70-04; Kaitlin Barral 64-00

Boys

100 meter dash: Seth Needham 12.08; Jessen Basse 12.86

200 meter dash: Ryan Arends 26.24; Chris Arends 26.31400 meter dash: Damiyan Gosnel 1:00.41

800 meter: Seth Needham 9th 2:16.41; Jarek Jeffs 2:30.40; Damiyan Gosnel 2:37.09

1600 meter: Jarek Jeffs 5:34.67

300 meter hurdles: Ethan Yarrington 49.21

4x400 meter relay: Seth Needham, Jessen Basse, Brody Sorensen, Chris Arends 7th 3:54.62

4x800 meter relay: Ryan Arends, Jaye Christensen, Jessen Basse, Ethan Yarrington 2nd 9:21.86

Pole vault: Mason Reese 9-00.00; Chris Arends 9-00.00; Seth Needham 8-06.00

Long jump: Ryan Arends 116-02.25; Ethan Yarrington 15-05.50; Jessen Basse 14-09.25

Triple jump: Logan Dafoe 31-11.50

Shot put: Damiyan Gosnel 36-01.75; Brody Sorensen 31.08.00

Discuss: Mason Reese 87-05.50; Jarek Jeffs 72-07; Logan Dafoe 70-03.50

Mixed 4x100 meter relay junior varsity: 1st 54.60

The Lady Cats finished 7th out of 17 teams and the Bobcats finished 14th out of 18 teams.

The Bobcats are up next in Newcastle for regionals.