1. SPORTS & ACTIVITIES
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photo by Dan Hoehne/Powell Tribune
Cullen Becher shaved time off his Thursday personal record in the 800 meters, with a second place time of 2:08.38.
He also had a personal record in the 1,600 meters with a third place time of 4:54.
photo by Ben Ramsey/Buffalo Bulletin
by Mark Dykes
Though Spring Break gave students off a
week from school, many of the Hot Springs
County High School Track and Field team
members still attended training last week,
and competed at Worland Thursday and
Powell Saturday.
The boys team set 10 personal records
in Worland, with: Cody Bjorhus’ first place
time of 11.47 in the 100 meters, and a first
place time of 23.31 in the 200; Chandler
Maddock’s first place time of 54.41 in the
400 meters and fourth place time of 24.18
— a tie with Tyler Cornwell — in the 200;
Cullen Becher’s second place time of 2:09.02
in the 800 meters; Aaron Hanson’s third
place time of 5:09.99 in the 1,600 meters
and fifth place time of 2:22.37 in the 800;
Alex Jensen’s fourth place 12:46.6 in the
3,200 meters; Logan Meier’s 13.13 in the
100 meters; and Brant Turner’s 82’ 2” in
the discus.
Overall, the boys took third place with
136 points. Additional results are as follows:
Cody Bjorhus — 28 points, second place
in pole vault, 11’ “
Tyler Cornwell —20.5 points, second
place in the 100 meters, 11.75; third place
in the triple jump, 40’
Jacob Hart — 16 points, second place in
the 400 meters, 54.58; second place in the
200 meters, 23.36
Chandler Maddock — 14.5 points, 14.5
points, second place in the 4x400 relay,
3:54.67
Cullen Becher — 10 points, second place
in the 4x400 relay, 3:54.67
Domanic Jensen — 8 points, first place
in the 800 meters, 2:07.48
Ethan Becher — 8 points, third place in
the 800 meters, 2:10.86; second place in
the 4x400 relay, 3:54.67
Trey Davis — 7 points, fourth place in
the 300 hurdles, 51.03
Alex Jensen — 5 points, second place in
the 4x400 relay, 3:54.67
JD Philips — 3 points, sixth place in the
discus, 102’ 7”
On the girls team, Elizabeth Rhodes set
two personal records with a fourth place
distance of 30’ 6” in the shot put and a sec-
ond place distance of 98’ 5” in the discus.
The team took fourth with 57 points. Ad-
ditional results are as follows:
Elizabeth Rhodes — 16.5 points, eighth
place in 100 meters, 14.40; first place in
the 4x400 relay, 4:30.55
Zoe Stehlin — 14.5 points, third place in
the 100 meters, 13.61; third place in the
200 meters, 28.37; first place in the 4x400
relay, 4:30.55
Jules Ward — 12.5 points, first place in
the 1,600 meters, 5:34.07; first place in the
4x400 relay, 4:30.55
Chandra Maddock — 8.5 points, third
place in the 1,600 meters, 5:59.43; first
place in the 4x400 relay, 4:30.55
Josie Thurgood — 5 points, fourth place
in the 100 hurdles, 19.03
As for Saturday’s meet in Powell, Cul-
len Becher shaved time off his Thursday
personal record in the 800 meters, with a
second place time of 2:08.38. He also had a
personal record in the 1,600 meters with a
third place time of 4:54, and won 14 points
for the team.
Cody Bjorhus, who won 10.5 points, au-
tomatically qualified for State and won
fourth place in the pole vault with a height
of 11’ 7”
The boys team took fifth place with 50
points. Additional results are as follows:
Jacob Hart — 10.5 points, eighth place
in the 100 meters, 12.17; first place in the
200 meters, 23.99
Cody Bjorhus —third place in the 100
meters, 11.72
Tyler Cornwell — 9 points, sixth place
in the 100 meters, 12.02; third place in the
shot put, 43’ 9.25”
Aaron Hanson — 3 points, sixth place
in the 3,200 meters, 12:08.49
Ethan Becher — 3 points, sixth place in
the 300 hurdles, 46.89
The girls team took ninth with 15 points.
Results are as follows:
Jules Ward — 10 points, first place in
the 3,200 meters, 12:08.38
Elizabeth Rhodes — five points, sixth
place in the shot put, 29’ 3.25”; seventh
place in the discus, 87’ 10”
Coach Ernie Mecca said the teams con-
tinue to improve, and many students are
right on track for their goals. He was grate-
ful there were several able to work over
spring break, as they gained some signifi-
cant training time.
There were several personal records,
and Mecca noted Cullen Becher just missed
automatically qualifying for state in the
1,600 by .08 seconds.
If the weather holds out this weekend,
Mecca hopes to see the full Bobcat team
competing Saturday. This will bring addi-
tional relay teams for the boys and girls,
and the coach looks forward to having ev-
eryone on full time at practices and up-
coming meets. The Bobcats will next head
to Riverton on Saturday, April 16 for the
Roy Peck Invite.
Tracksters see two meets last week
by April S. Kelley
The Hot Springs County High School golf team had
their first tournament in Buffalo on Friday.
Coach Jake Smith said it was a great first tournament,
despite not being able to take a full lineup due to students
being away during spring break.
“ThestandoutperformanceofthetournamentwasJax-
on Davis’ score of 103, a personal best for him at a tough
Buffalo course,” Smith said.
Other team members’ scores included Hudson Rol-
ing with 80, Jake Maksin with 90, Eric Herold with 114,
Cameron Cole with 114, Kristina Nading with 127 and
Mya Holman with 129.
Smith said this week the team will take a more full
lineup to Riverton on Thursday and host the home tour-
nament on Saturday at 10 a.m.
Personal records set
Bobcat golf
season begins
Hudson Roling watches for his ball to land during
Bobcat golf at Buffalo.
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