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Young Badgers shine at Hershey meet
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June 21, 2012 |
Several Bonners Ferry kids made the trip to
Timberlake High School, Spirit Lake, June 16,
and several of them did well enough to qualify
for the regional meet coming up July 7 at the
University of Oregon's Hayward Field, Eugene,
Oregon.
Top finishers there will be able to go on to the
35th annual National Hershey's Track Meet August
2-5 in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
In the boys 9-10 year old age group, Benjamin
Tadlock had an outstanding day, winning the 200
meter run in 34.60, coming in second in the 400
at 1:26.5, and finishing fifth in the standing
long jump with a 5'6" leap. Eli Richards
finished third in the 400 at 1:32.74.
Ty Bateman came in second in the standing long
jump wit a 6'2 1/2" jump and he finished fourth
in the 100-meter dash at15.5.Nathaniel Varelman
finished the 50-meter dash in fifth place and
Chase Tucker came in fifth in the 100.
In the boys 11-12 age class, Caleb Pease, Seth
Bateman and Thomas Mooney-Rivkin all came home
with first place finishes.
Mooney-Rivken took the top spot in the standing
long jump with a 7'1" leap, and he took second
in both the 100-meters, 15.32, and the
200-meters, 37.5. Caleb Pease won the 200-meter,
with a time of 35.5, and Bateman won the
softball throw with a toss of 144'10" followed
by Derek Lopez, who came in second with a 143'5"
toss.
Dan Tadlock finished fourth in both
the800-meters and the standing long jump, and
Donavon Varelman finished fifth in both those
events.
It was Varelman boys all the way for Bonners
Ferry in the 13-14 bracket. Jeremiah Varelman
won the 200-meter at 28.6, and finished second
in the 100-meters at 12.34; Matthew Varelman
came in fourth in the 200 and fifth in the 100.
On the girl's side, Emmaline Pinkerton won two
events in the 9-10 age bracket; taking the
100-meters in 16.08 and the 400 at 1:23. She
also took second in the standing long jump with
a 5'6 1/2 jump.
Katie Clairmont placed third in the 50-meter
dash with a time of 8.8Serenity Fahey came in
third in the 200-meters at 39.63, and Anna Bliss
took fourth in the 400-meters and fifth in the
softball throw.
In the 11-12 category, Molly Flower took fourth
in the 200 meters at 33.46 and fifth in the
100-meters at 15.56. |
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