Wood River's Rachael Richards and Lisa Romer of Valley probably could have run together all night.
One from the Hailey mountains, the other from the Hazelton flats, the distance runners strode side-by-side in three separate runs during last Wednesday's Bob Shay Memorial meet in Hailey.
Romer let Richards be the pacesetter in the 3200-meter run and the 800m two-lap race, then Romer saved a final-lap burst to streak past Richards and win the 3200m by five seconds and 800m by 1.2 seconds.
The final distance run was the 1600m—and it looked like Romer was going to repeat her tactics and her win. In a thrilling finish, the closest of the day, Richards came from behind in the final 100m to catch Romer and nip her at the end.
Richards finished with 26 individual points at Phil Homer Field as the Wood River girls (96 points) placed third of eight teams in the Hailey squad's only home meet of 2005. Valley's girls (156) trimmed Gooding (125) for team honors.
Wolverine senior field performer Syringa Stark. (28 points) placed second in shotput, triple jump and long jump and fourth in discus.
Wendell senior Jaynie Goodbody, bound for Stanford University, was the marquee performer of the Shay Memorial, named for the legendary Hailey coach. Goodbody (100-meter dash, 200m, shotput, high jump) won all four of her events for 40 of Wendell's 64.
In the boys' meet, Gooding (195 points) ran away with the team title—winning the two long relays, all three distance runs, two sprints and the pole vault. Wendell (81) was second and Wood River (39) fifth.
Carl Browning of Wood River captured the 200m dash in 24.2 seconds and Corbin Miniard won shotput with a season-best toss of 45-6 ½, winning the event by a six inches.
Wood River, coached by J.C. Nemecek and Jeannie Bradshaw, also competed Friday at the 15-school Mini-Cassia Classic meet at Minico High School's track in Rupert.
Stark continued her strong field presence with 12 of her team's 23 points. She placed fourth in the discus (96-0), fifth in long jump (15-4) and sixth in triple jump (33-4 ¾). Stark's discus throw was a big improvement over her Shay toss.
Richards finished fifth at 1600m (5:42.3) and 3200m (12:31.0) while Ruth Anderson was sixth at 3200m (12:46.0). For the boys, Miniard earned a seventh in shotput (44-0 ½).
Results from last Wednesday's Bob Shay Invitational:
Boy's team: 1—Gooding 195. 2—Wendell 81. 3—Butte County 63. 4—Glenns Ferry 54. 5—Wood River 39. 6—Filer 29. 7—Lighthouse Christian 24. 8—Valley 14.
Girls' team: 1—Valley 156. 2—Gooding 125. 3—Wood River 96. 4—Wendell 64. 5—Glenns Ferry 44. 6—Butte County 32. 7—Lighthouse Christian 4. 8—Filer 0.
100m, boys: 1—Buddy Peterson (Gooding) 11.6. 5—Scott Bartlett (WR) 11.71. 6—Carl Browning (WR) 11.8. Girls: 1—Jaynie Goodbody (Wend) 12.5. 4—Casey Fahey (WR) 13.5.
200m, boys: 1—Carl Browning (WR) 24.2. Girls: 1—Jaynie Goodbody (Wend) 26.4. 3—Casey Fahey (WR) 28.5. 6—Annie Keenan (WR) 30.4.
400m, boys: 1—Curtis Anderson (Gooding) 53.8. 4—Scott Bartlett (WR) 55.0. Girls: 1—Zandrea Nelson (Valley) 1:00.1. 3—Annie Keenan (WR) 1:07.8. 6—Ellen Ard (WR) 1:10.5.
800m, boys: 1—Kurt Nelson (Gooding) 2:12.4. Girls: 1—Lisa Romer (Valley) 2:32.3. 2—Rachael Richards (WR) 2:33.5. 3—Ruth Anderson (WR) 2:36.4.
1600m, boys: 1—Kyler Dean (Gooding) 5:11.2. 5—Gerardo Garcia (WR) 5:19.0. Girls: 1—Rachael Richards (WR) 5:53.6. 2—Lisa Romer (Valley) 5:53.8. 3—Ruth Anderson (WR) 6:03.1.
3200m, boys: 1—Justin Rogers (Gooding) 11:06.9. Girls: 1—Lisa Romer (Valley) 12:23.9. 2—Rachael Richards (WR) 12:29.1. 5—Marissa Dreyer (WR) 14:13.9.
110m high hurdles, boys: 1—Glen Hance (GlFerry) 16.7. 100m HH girls: 1—Kalynn Pereira (Gooding) 17.3.
300m intermediate hurdles, boys: 1—Glen Hance (GlFerry) 43.3. Girls: 1—Brittanie Toone (Gooding) 53.8.
Long jump, boys: 1—Jonathan Cammack (ButteCounty) 18-3 ½. Girls: 1—Ashly Abramowski (Gooding) 15-7 ½. 2—Syringa Stark (WR) 15-7 ½. 4—Casey Fahey (WR) 15-5. 7—Charlene Fields (WR) 13-5.
Triple jump, boys: 1—James Carillo (Wend) 37-6 ¼. Girls: 1—Sauvana Silcock (ButteCounty) 34-2 ¾. 2—Syringa Stark (WR) 32-8.
High jump, boys: 1—C. Silcock (ButteCounty) 5-10. Girls: 1—Jaynie Goodbody (Wend) 5-4.
Pole vault, boys: 1—Kurt Nelson (Gooding) 9-0. Girls: 1—Kalynn Pereira (Gooding) 8-6.
Shotput, boys: 1—Corbin Miniard (WR) 45-6 ½. Girls: 1—Jaynie Goodbody (Wend) 38-0. 2—Syringa Stark (WR) 30-8.
Discus, boys: 1—BL Van Etten (ButteCounty) 139-6. 3—Craig Werley (WR) 124-10. 5—Carl Browning (WR) 117-10. 6—Corbin Miniard (WR) 113-6. Girls: 1—Briana Evans (Gooding) 91-6. 4—Syringa Stark (WR) 79-6.
4x100m relay, boys: 1—Glenns Ferry 47.4. Girls: 1—Gooding (A. Abramowski, N. Abramowski, Toone, Pereira) 52.7.
4x200m relay, boys: 1—Lighthouse Christian 1:38.7. Girls: 1—Gooding (A. Abramowski, Pierson, Bauman, Toone) 1:54.9.
4x400m relay, boys: 1—Gooding 3:44.0. 6—WR (Grayson Thompson, Micah Floyd, Scott Bartlett, Gerardo Garcia) 4:17.8. Girls: 1—Valley (Nelson, Barnes, Romer, Wood) 4:19.6. 3—WR (Ruth Anderson, Aimee Loudenslager, Ashley Rendahl, Rachael Richards) 5:04.36.
Medley relay, boys: 1—Gooding 3:54.5. Girls: 1—Valley (Phillips, Carhowan, Wood, Barnes) 2:00.5.
