Tigers make clean sweep at local track meet

Makena Carson, left, leads the pack during the women's hurdles at Thursday's track meet in Mountain Home. (Photo by Brian Orban)

The Mountain Home Tigers swept the girls' and boys' competition in Thursday's home track meet with Caldwell and Nampa.

Mountain Home won the girls' competition, picking up 11 first-place efforts in scoring 87 points. Caldwell was second with 73 and Nampa had 27 points.

Tracey Gordon took first in the long jump and 200 and 400-meters. She also was a member of the winning 4x100-meter relay team along with Alexandra Tatum, Whitney Sandberg and Jacci Cristobal.

Makena Shockley won the 100-meter high hurdles and 300-meter hurdles and was a member of the winning sprint medley relay team along with Kamilyn Wright, Yuridia Ayala and Michelle Auflick.

Alexandra Tatum also won the triple jump, finished second in the 100 meters and placed fourth in the long jump.

Whitney Sandberg won the 100 meters and was a member of the winning 4x200-meter relay team along with Heather Baronsky, Kristan Jackson and Jacci Cristobal.

Sable Lohmeier won the discus, was second in the shot put, and was a member of the 4x400-meter relay team with Arisha Karren, Heather Baronsky and Kristan Jackson that finished second.

Arisha Karren also finished second in the 800 meters and fourth in the 1600-meter run.

Elisabeth Stevens was second in the 3200-meter run and third in the 1600-meter run.

Michelle Auflick was also third in the 800 meters.

Patricia Rogers finished third in the discus and Kristen Cook was third in the pole vault.

Yuridia Ayala was fourth in the 100 meters.

Mountain Home picked up 10 first-place efforts in winning the boys meet with 98 points. Caldwell was a distant second with 57 and Nampa scored 24 points.

AJ Daniels won the 200-meter dash and was a member of three winning relay teams: the 4x100-meter relay team (along with Jett Cristobal, Jonathan Deese and Jacob Ryan), 4x200-meter relay team (along with Jett Cristobal, Jacob Ryan and Sam Benzie), and sprint medley relay team (along with John Thomas Frierson, Nigel Whitfield and Nolan Pasqualetti).

Jett Cristobal also won the triple jump and was third in the long jump.

Sam Benzie won the 100 meters and was second in the long jump and fourth in the 200 meters.

Ryan Eckstrom won the pole vault and was second in both the 110-meter high hurdles and the 300-meter hurdles.

Devin Wright won the 400 meters and was a member of the 4x400-meter relay along with Ramon Gonzalez, Abrahan Salas and Andy Croft that finished second.

Cody Boguslawski won the discus and was fourth in the shot put.

Taylor Simpson won the long jump.

Jonathan Deese was second in the 100 meters and third in the 200-meters.

Andy Croft was second in the 3200 meters and fourth in the 1600 meters. Abrahan Salas was second in the 800-meters. Other seconds were Jose Ortiz in the shot put, Dallin Dearing in the discus and Luke Lockard in the pole vault.

Nolan Pasqualetti was third in the pole vault and fourth in the 800-meters. Ramon Gonzalez was third in the 800 meters and Anthony DeSantis was third in the 3200 meters.

Fourth-place efforts went to Eric Reetz in the 300-meter hurdles, Connor Weygint in the pole vault, Mitch Aguirre in the long jump and John Thomas Frierson in the triple jump.

"Thursday was a little windy and cold, but our athletes were ready to compete," said Tigers head track coach Rich Urquidi.

"Being able to win both the boys and girls is always a great accomplishment," the coach said. "The relay teams improved their hand-offs from the previous week. Our underclassmen just keep continuing to improve, which is a bonus for us. Our seniors and juniors continue to lead the way, winning 10 events and anchoring several winning relays. We have a great balance right now, which the coaches want to continue stressing -- the importance of a team effort."

The Tigers are off this week for spring break, returning to action on April 3 with a home meet with Middleton and Nampa.