Boys track team wins again

The Mountain Home Tigers boys track team won for the second time in two weeks, beating Emmett, Skyview and Bishop Kelly last Thursday at Bishop Kelly.

The Tigers, who had seven first place efforts, five seconds, five third, eight fourths and eight fifth place efforts, ran away with the boys competition.

With the discus competition missing, Mountain home had 104.4 points. Emmett was a distant second with 60, followed by Skyview, 45.5, and Bishop Kelly, 45.

Brandon Doble was a three-event winner, taking both the 110-meter high and 300-meter intermediate hurdles, along with the triple jump.

Other first-place efforts went to Robert Moss in the 100-meter dash, and Dustin Mondloch in the pole vault.

The Tigers' 4x200-meter relay team of Robert Daniels, Chris Knudson, Zacq Hale and Nick Barrie, and the medley relay team of Robert Moss, Jesse Donez, Nick Barrie and Chris Knudson, also took first.

Robert Daniels had second-place efforts in the 100-meter dash and the long jump. Zacq Hale took second in the 200-meter dash and the triple jump. Nick O'Briant finished second in the high jump.

Third-place efforts went to Jesse Donez in the 200-meter dash, Tyree Harmon in the 110-meter hurdles, Chris Austin in the 300-meter hurdles, John Deal in the pole vault and Nick Barrie in the long jump.

Fourth-place efforts went to Brett Kohring in the 400- and 800-meter runs, Jesse Donez in the 100, Chris Austin in the 110 high hurdles, Garrett Wood in the pole vault, Zacq Hale in the long jump, Robert Daniels in the triple jump, and Blake Pharis in the shot put.

Tallon Pauley picked up fifth place efforts in the 100 and 200 meter dashes, Tyree Harmon was fifth in the 300-meter hurdles, Jake Posey finished fifth in the high jump, Jerrod Sell in the pole vault, Nick O'Briant in the long jump, Nick Barrie in the triple jump, and Billy Derome in the shot put.

Bishop Kelly and Skyview tied for first in the girls competition, both with 73 points. Mountain Home was a close third, with 68.5 points, and Emmett was fourth with 50.5 points.

Emily Moranda won both the 100- and 300-meter hurdle events. Piper Coffin won the pole vault and was second in the 100 meter hurdles. Alyssa Saltzgaber won the triple jump and finished fourth in the long jump.

Second place efforts went to Dani Dean in the high jump, Ashley Robins in the pole vault, Kristie Sigloh in the long jump and Jasmyn Jewett in the triple jump.

Jessica Furst was third in the 1,600 meter run, fourth in the 3,200, and sixth in the 800. Sherica Holmon was third in the 100-meter dash, Francesca Hale was third in the 100-meter hurdles, and LaNeesha Moore was third in the triple jump.

Mountain Home's 4x100-, 4x200- and 4x400-meter relay teams all came in third.

Kristie Sigloh had a fifth in the 400-meter dash, and Maggie Peterson was fifth in the long jump.

Tiger track coach Rich Urquidi was once again pleased with their efforts at the Bishop Kelly meet.

"Everybody again stepped up and we placed in a lot of events. We won the boys and the girls, we were right there. A couple more places, or if we could have beat a couple more people, we'd been able to maybe win that one, too, but for the first two weeks of the season, all the coaches, we're real happy.

"There's been some good marks and we can still see places where we can improve, and that's what we're looking for."

The Tiger thinclads are off this week for Spring Break, and return to action on April 5 at Nampa, for a meet with the Bulldogs, Skyview and Kuna.