Track team showing improvement

The Mountain Home Tiger track team placed fifth in both the girls and boys competition at last Friday's Husky Relays at Emmett.

Emmett won the girls competition, scoring 179.5 points. Vallivue was second with 144, followed by Skyview with 126, Kuna, with 115, Mountain Home, 67.5, Caldwell, 39, Council, 9, and Midvale, 8.

Katie Roelofs finished second in the 400-meter dash.

Mountain Home's four by 100-meter relay team of Laura Kisner, Kacy Barrie, Erica Stanton and Sidnei Banks finished second.

Erica Stanton finished third in the triple jump, and the throwers four by 100-meter relay, made up of Montserrat Guadarrama, Chelsey Garner, Claire Gish and Kim Neely finished third.

Caldwell won the boys competition with 146.5 points, Kuna was second with 118, Emmett close behind with 114, Vallivue had 109, Mountain Home, 104, Skyview, 53.5, Council, 9, and Midvale, 4.

The Tiger boys four by 200-meter relay team of Anthony Pomerlee, Matt Maurer, Billy O'Brien and Michael Thornsberry finished first. The same four finished second in the four by 100-meter relay.

The sprint medley relay team of Billy O'Brien, Michael Thornsberry, Marcus Santistevan and Lawrence Johnson finished third. Santistevan also finished third in the long jump. Caom Hansen finished third in the discus.

Mountain Home finished second in the shuttle hurdle relay, which consisted of boys and girls. The Mountain Home team was made up of Shawn Morin, Mykel Barrie, Cory Bernaiche and Kacy Barrie.

Tiger head track coach Rich Urquidi continues to be pleased with his team's efforts.

"Our relays keep getting better and better, and we can't complain about the way the kids are competing. We're placing in the middle of the pack, so we're pretty pleased."

The Tiger thin-clads are at Kuna this (Wednesday) afternoon for a meet with Kuna and Caldwell. Urquidi indicated they could also be sending some athletes to the Outback Invitational at BSU this Friday and Saturday.

"We're not really sure yet who we're going to send to that meet. The coaches are still deciding as to whether we're going to send our relays or not."