RANGELY | In the third week of competition for the Rangely High School track and field team, athletes are already setting personal records (PRs). This past weekend, the Panthers traveled to the Cedaredge Invitational and returned home with a plethora of hardware, fast times, big jumps, and giant throws.
The Rangely Panther Pride Booster Club purchased a personal record sign for the Rangely High School Track Team. Jay Valdez was one of 15 RHS track team members to earn a PR this week. | FACEBOOK PHOTO
James Talbot led the boys’ team with two PRs in the 1,600-meter and 800-meter in which he finished first and second, respectively. Talbot won the 1,600 in 4:43.14 and finished the 800 in 2:04.89. Talbot wasn’t the only Panther to see the 800 through in PR fashion. Andrew Dorris finished in third with a time of 2:06.86. Justin Allred ran 2:22.82 and Joseph Valdez ran 2:30.16 for their own PRs. Also in the 800m was Clay Allred in 2:19.35 and Logan Peterson in 2:39.90.
All of the boys in the sprints had terrific days. Robert Murray ran the 100-meter in 13.05 and the 200-meter in 28.04. Logan Peterson went for a 13.44 in the 100 and Aydan Christian ran 26.27 in the 200. Cayden French ran the 100 in 15.06, the 200 in 32.32, and the 400-meter in 1:10.54. Matthew Morgan also ran the 400 in 1:23.55. All of these performances were good enough for PRs for these athletes.
Andrew Dorris ran a solid 5:02.36 1,600 for another third-place finish and Matthew Morgan finished the 3,200-meter in 16:47.92. The Panther boys also put together a 4×200-meter relay that ran 1:45.69 and a 4×400-meter relay that finished fifth in 3:55.91.
Kenyon Cochrane threw a nice PR in the shot put with a distance of 42-00.5 which placed him fourth. He also finished second in the discus with his throw of 146-03. Malcolm Osborn grabbed PRs in both shot and disc with his throws of 76-09 and 26-08, respectively. Chase Cochrane and Justin Allred snagged PRs in the discus when they threw 107-11 and 81-02, respectively. Also throwing the shot put was Chase Cochrane with 34-05, Jaren Blankenship 25-06, and Logan Benson 11-08.5. Blankenship also threw the discus 50-10 and Benson threw 23-07.
In the jumping pits, Logan Peterson grabbed a PR in the triple jump with a 32-04 and Robert Murray leaped 14-09.75 in the long jump. Fisher Winder finished fifth with his triple jump of 36-11 with Clay Allred going for 34-09. Winder also long jumped 16-05.75, Ayden Christian 15-08.25, and Logan Peterson 15-03.25.
The girls’ sprinters had similar success as the boys, led by Tylee Fielder’s PR and fourth-place finish in the 400 with a time of 1:06.64. Fielder and Paytin Kendall each grabbed a PR in the 200 as they finished in 30.05 and 32.19, respectively. Aubrianna Tapia clocked a PR in the 100 in 14.58 along with MacKenzie Manchester in 15.10.
Also competing in the 100 with their own great performances was Addison Scott in 14.30, Emma Smith 14.75, Ryann Mergelman 14.83, Paytin Kendall 15.39, Kaelyn Geer 15.48 and Miley Francis 17.47. Ashlynn Ducey sped to a fifth place finish in the 200 with a time of 28.44, followed by Annika Cantrell in 33.30, Aubrey Kenney 34.41, and Miley Francis 37.72. Paytin Kendall completed her sprint triple with a 1:16.82 in the 400.
Macy Morgan ran a tough 3,200 for the lone distance event by a lady Panther, finishing in 16:12. The ladies also completed the 4×100 in 1:01.85 and the 4×200 in 2:03.71.
MacKenzie Manchester and Aubrianna Tapia kept their PRs going into the throwing rings. Manchester hit a PR in the discus with her throw of 88-09 and Tapia had PRs with her throws of 82-00 in the discus and 27-10 in the shot put. Kyrah Phelps threw the discus 94-06 for a fifth-place finish, while Chloe Noel threw 59-05, Miley Francis 57-11, Laurie Ward 47-08, and Alivia Green 46-02. Kyrah Phelps also had a solid throw of 29-10.5 in the shot put, along with Rylee Allred’s 28-11, MacKenzie Manchester 28-04, Chloe Noel 23-04.5, Miley Francis 18-04, and Alivia Green 17-01.
Annika Cantrell led the way for the lady jumpers with her clearance of 4-10 in the high jump, good enough for second. Kastyn Dembowski was just behind with her 4-08 and Paytin Kendall cleared 3-10. Emma Smith and Dembowski each lept 13-09 in the long jump as Addison Scott went for 12-07.25, Aubrey Kenney 11-04.5, and Laurie Ward 8-01.25. Emma Smith also claimed 4th place in the triple jump with a distance of 29-03 and Kaelyn Geer lept 28-07.
The Panthers will next head to Gypsum, Colorado, for the Eagle Valley Invitational on April 8.
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