For the week of April 16 - 22, 2003

Panthers show pop
in first track meet
of season

Carey girls grab final relay to nip Raft River

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Defending Northside Conference girls’ champion Carey outdistanced a strong field to win the first track meet of the season in Carey Thursday.

The Panthers amassed 81 points to nip perennial powerhouse Raft River by four points. For Carey, winning the final medley relay put them over the top.

"For the first track meet they did excellent," coach Lane Kirkland said. "We did it without Ginger Bingham and that is 30 points right there. We still had enough to win it, though."

Bingham, a senior, is the current 1A state champion in the 100-meter hurdles and an important part of the 1600-meter relay team. According to Kirkland she bruised her eye in practice on Wednesday and was advised not to compete the following day.

But there were no worries with Ginger’s little sister, Cheyanne, on the track.

The Carey junior cruised to first place in the 300-meter hurdles in 56.1. Bingham was sixth in the 100-meter dash in 14.3 seconds.

Freshman Brenna Silva stepped up big time, winning the 400-meter race in 1:07.4. Teammate Nicki McAfee finished second in 1:08.5. Sophomore Melissa Peck was third in the two-mile run in 15:58.7 and finished fifth in triple jump (27-5.7). Brooke McAfee was sixth in the 100-meter hurdles.

Kiri Adamson leapt 28 feet, 8.5 inches to win the triple jump. She was fifth in long jump at 13-6.2.

Jesse Molyneux, a state qualifier in discus, finished third in a new event, the shotput, with a toss of 26 feet, 9.5 inches. Molyneux was sixth in discus. Sarah Lynn Shaffer was fourth in high jump, clearing 4-2.

The medley relay team with Adamson, Silva, Bingham and McAfee won by more than two seconds (2:04.4) to put the Panther on top of the team standings. Carey was third in the 4x200 in 2:04.1 and fourth in the 4x100 at 58.1.

Blaine Tingey’s boys’ team was runner-up to the Trojans. Raft River was propped on top by Adam Darrington’s victories in the 200 and 400-meter dashes. Shawn Hennefer was fourth in the 100 in 12.0 seconds.

Robbie Ellsworth finished second to Darrington in the 400-meter dash, stopping the clock at 55.7.

Cody Hennefer topped the field in the 300 hurdles, winning in 42.1. He was more than three seconds faster than his closest competitor.

Camas County’s Dakota Dalin won the 110 hurdles in 18 seconds flat. Destry Simpson was second in 20.1, Hennefer third in 20.7 and Seth Adamson fourth in 21.6.

Reigning district champion Destry Simpson sprinted to victory in the 800-meter race in 2:10.0, clipping the competition by six seconds.

In the mile, Joe Patterson clocked in at 5:40 for fourth place and Ty Simmons was fifth in 5:43. The pair was also fourth and fifth in the 3200-meter run.

The Panthers placed in two of the four relays, winning the medley (3:49.4) with Seth Adamson, KC Rivera, Shawn Hennefer and Destry Simpson, and collecting second in the 4x100 in 48.4.

Points in the field events came from Shawn Hennefer’s fourth and Seth Adamson’s fifth in the long jump. Bryson Ellsworth was fifth in discus.

Team standings

Girls

1—Carey, 81. 2—Raft River, 77. 3—Camas County, 73. 4—Dietrich, 62. 5—Castleford, 60. 6—Shoshone, 53. 7—Mackay, 48. 8—Bliss, 28. 9—Richfield, 20. 10—ISDB, 2.

Boys

1—Raft River, 103. 2—Carey, 88. 3—Camas County, 67. 4—Dietrich, 66. 5—Mackay, 51. 6—Richfield, 48. 7—Castleford, 40. 8—Bliss, 26. 9—Shoshone, 21. 10—ISDB, 6.

 

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