Blaine County youngsters brought home two gold medals and landed on the podium five times during Saturday's Hershey Idaho State/South track and field meet at Madison High School in Rexburg.
Nathan Stouffer of Bellevue won the boys' 11-12 standing long jump by a fraction of an inch at 6 feet, 11.75 inches—about 10 inches farther than his state-qualifying jump during the Blaine County/Hershey meet at the Carey oval May 1.
Stouffer also placed third in the 11-12 800-meter run at 2:47.79, nearly three seconds faster than his effort during the May 1 qualifier.
In the boys' 9-10 class, Hailey's Jaren Bothwell won the 200m dash at 33.73 seconds and finished third in the 100m at 16.16 seconds.
Winners at the state level Saturday can be part of a regional team that goes to Hershey, Pa. for the North American Finals Aug. 4-8. Their times and distances are compared with regional winners and choices are made from there.
Hemingway Elementary School in Ketchum boasted the 9-10 girls' 4x100m relay runner-up squad in Payton Bacca, Sarah Galles, Clara Jenner and Madison Ferris. They improved by 3.36 seconds over their county qualifying time.
Many of Blaine County athletes at Rexburg Saturday came up with times and distances that were better than what they did at Carey and showed practice and improvement.
2010 Hershey State track meet results
July 10, 2010, the annual Hershey Idaho State/South track and field meet at Madison High School in Rexburg. Local athletes qualified for state during the annual Hershey/Blaine County track meet May 1 in Carey. School abbreviations are Hailey Elementary (H), Bellevue Elementary (B), Hemingway Elementary (Hem), Woodside Elementarty (W), Carey School (C) and Wood River Middle School (WRMS).
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Ages 9-10 (2000-01)
Girls' standing long jump: 1—Ally Whitmer (Pocatello) 6-5.5. 5—Emilia Morgan (H) 5-10.5 (2 inches farther than districts). 6—Stella Barsotti (H) 5-10 (1 inch farther than districts). 8—Madison Ferris (Hem) 5-8.
Girls' softball throw: 1—Karli Hall (Pocatello) 95-3. 6—Vanessa Gates (C) 61-0 (7-11 farther than districts). 8—Anastasia Versis (C) 58-6 (1-6 farther than districts).
Girls' 50m: 1—Halle Livingston (Rigby) 8.11. 7—Payton Bacca (Hem) 8.80. 9—Emilia Morgan (H) 8.85. 11—Clara Jenner (Hem) 9.00.
Girls' 100m: 1—Maddy Glascock (Twin Falls) 16.06. 6—Stella Barsotti (H) 17.20 (.26 faster than districts). 10—Madison Ferris (Hem) 17.34. 15—Emilia Morgan (H) 17.99.
Girls' 200m: 1—Morgan Bower (Nampa) 34.50. 11—Luci Cuellar (Camas) 38.59. 12—Stella Barsotti (H) 38.79.
Girls' 400m: 1—Halle Livingston (Rigby) 1:11.59. 9—Jenna Nurge (Hem) 1:24.92 (5.50 seconds faster than districts).
Girls' 400m relay: 1—Pocatello 1:07.14. 2—Hemingway (Payton Bacca, Sarah Galles, Clara Jenner, Madison Ferris) 1:09.49 (3.36 seconds faster than districts). 4—Carey (Vanessa Gates, Anastasia Versis, Kodi Green, Shantell Chavez) 1:15.00 (3.14 faster than districts).
Boys' 50m: 1—Ryan Bagley (Burley) 7.56. 11—Christian Bothwell (H) 9.47.
Boys' 100m: 1—Ryan Bagley (Burley) 14.72. 3—Jaren Bothwell (H) 16.16 (.02 faster than districts). 7—Will Griffith (Hem) 17.42.
Boys' 200m: 1—Jaren Bothwell (H) 33.73.
Boys' 400m: 1—Chase Hoffman (Boise) 1:15.84. 9—Cade Godfrey (H) 1:28.66.
Ages 11-12 (1998-99)
Girls' standing long jump: 1—Tristan Bowens (Boise) 7-5. 8—Tess Hollister (H) 6-3.5 (5.5 inches farther than districts).
Girls' softball throw: 1—Haileigh Griffin (Idaho Falls) 126-5. 5—Cierra Hulett (W) 79-4 (11-4 farther than districts). 7—Harlee Manning (H) 70-4 (2-4 farther than districts).
Girls' 200m: 1—Samantha Boully (Boise) 31.27. 7—Tess Hollister (H) 33.79.
Girls' 400m: 1—Kaylee Oyler (Meridian) 1:06.23. 10—Cierra Hulett (W) 1.22:53 (3.41 seconds faster than districts).
Boys' standing long jump: 1—Nathan Stouffer (B) 6-11.75 (9.75 inches farther than districts). 5—Logan Smith (H) 6-6 (2.0 inches farther than districts).
Boys' 100m: 1—Conner Benear (Fruitland) 14.52. 11—Logan Smith (H) 16.26.
Boys' 200m: 1—Hayden Livingston (Rigby) 29.89. 8—Logan Smith (H) 33.94.
Boys' 400m: 1—Hayden Livingston (Rigby) 1:05.10. 6—Nathan Stouffer (B) 1:17.39. 9—Bayley Bingham (C) 1:20.91.
Boys' 800m: 1—Malachi Armstrong (Pocatello) 2:38.29. 3—Nathan Stouffer (B) 2:47.79 (2.93 faster than districts).
Ages 13-14 (1996-97)
Girls' standing long jump: 1—Kelli Nelson (Idaho Falls) 8-0.5. 5—Brittney Bowers (WRMS/Boise) 6-11.5. 9—Shayla Adamson (C) 5-7 (.25 farther than districts).
Girls' softball throw: 1—Lacey Hamilton (Sugar City) 135-9. 6—Shayla Adamson (C) 60-11 (11 inches farther than districts).
Girls' 100m: 1—Makell Skidmore (Idaho Falls) 13.82. 12—Shayla Adamson (C) 16.76 (.5 faster than districts).
Boys' 800m: 1—Elijah Armstrong (Pocatello) 2:16.52. 8—Nate Adamson (C) 3:04.15 (7.27 seconds faster than districts).
Boys' 1600m: 1—Elijah Armstrong (Pocatello) 4:57.36. 8—Nate Adamson (C) 6:26.16.
The Hemingway School girls’ 9-10 400-meter relay team was the Hershey state runner-up Saturday in Rexburg. From left, Payton Bacca, Sarah Galles, Clara Jenner, Madison Ferris and alternate Jenna Nurge. Photo by
