Track team strong as it prepares for home district meet

The Mountain Home Tiger track squad competed at a track meet at Jerome last Friday where the girls came in first and the boys, fourth.

Mountain Home bested Jerome for the girls title, scoring 157.5 points to Jerome's 147. Twin Falls was third with 128, followed by Emmet with 121.5, Kuna, 58, Burley, 37, with Declo and Wood River bringing up the rear.

Emily Moranda won both the 100-meter and 300-meter hurdle events. She also was a member of the winning 4x100-meter relay team (along with Angelica Rios, Sherica Holmon and Jessica Liercke).

She also anchored the 4x200-meter relay (with Kristie Sigloh, Lauren Moore and Francesca Hale) that finished second.

Kristie Sigloh won the 200 meters, was a member of the 4x200-meter relay (with Angelica Rios, Sherica Holmon and Lauren Moore) that took first, and was seventh in the long jump.

Jessica Liercke won the triple jump, finished fifth in the 200 and sixth in the 100.

Haley Schaefer was second in the 800 meters and third in both the 1,600- and 3200-meter runs.

Francesca Hale was second in the 300-meter hurdles.

Sherica Holmon finished third in the 200 meters and fourth in the 100. Lauren Moore finished third in the 400.

Jasmyn Jewett had fourth-place efforts in the long jump and triple jump, and tied for eighth in the high jump.

Angelica Rios was fifth in the 100 meters and a member of the medley relay team (with Claudia Bermensolo, Chelsea Bacon and Haley Schaefer).

Alisha Caldwell was sixth in the 300-meter hurdles, Jordan Vivier was seventh in the 3200-meter run, Shelby Posey finished seventh in the shot put and Brittany Orie was eighth in the 300 meter hurdles.

Twin Falls won the boys competiton, racking up 210 points. Jerome was second with 138, Burley was third with 74, Mountain Home was next with 65, followed by Kuna, Emmett, Wood River and Declo.

Tyree Harmon took second in the 110-meter high hurdles, and was a member of the Tigers medley relay team (with Layne Campos, Jacob Allies and DeVonte McClain) that finished fourth.

Jacob Viola was third in the 100-meters and a member of the 4x100-meter relay team (along with Nick Barrie, Kyle Kerfoot and Tallon Pauly) that finished third, and the 4x200-meter relay team (with Pauly, Kerfoot and Barrie) that finished fourth.

Tallon Pauly finished fourth in the 100 and fifth in the 200 meters.

Garrett Wood finished fourth in the triple jump.

Billy Derome came in fifth in the shot put, Nick barrie was sixth in the 200 meters and seventh in the long jump. Tommy Miller was seventh in the 100 meters, Ricardo De la Cruz was seventh in the 300-meter hurdles and Jacob Alies was seventh in the high jump.

Mountain Home Tiger head track coach Rich Urquidi was pleased with their efforts at the Jerome meet.

"We had a 5A there, and 4As and it was really windy, so times were a little bit down.

"We ran really well. The girls won the meet again and they just put a solid effort in all around, and the boys, they placed in there and beat a few teams and we're getting some people moved around in there where we're being able to score some points."

Mountain Home hosts the District III 4A Track and Field Meet this Thursday and Friday, beginning at 3:30 p.m. each day.

Coach Urquidi expects some great efforts from his team.

"We're supposed to have some nice weather, and when it gets warmed up, I think our track is pretty fast, so there should be some good times. I think we've got our girls pretty much set to shoot for a district title, and our boys, they'll be right there in the mix. We're looking forward to it."