Cougars Host Invite, Both Teams Place 6th

By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

Northeast High School hosted their Cougar Invitational Track Meet on April 14.  LDNE’s girls claimed sixth place with 53 points.  The boys tied for sixth with 47 points.  Oakland-Craig claimed both the both and girls crowns.  Three Meet Record were established.  Ashleigh Carr of  O-C put her name on both hurdle events while Bradley Bunner of Clarkson/Leigh eclipsed, LDNE athlete, Joel Bacon’s mark  with a 22.6 time in the 200M dash.

It was a big day for the Lady Cougars’ weight throwers.  They scored 26 of the team’s 53 points.  Darcey Simonsen had a season’s best toss of 116 feet 4 inches in the discus for a second place.  She had a P.R. of 34 feet 7.5 inches in the shot and took fourth place.

Libby Henneman had a P.R. toss of 35 feet 1 inch in the shot which placed third.  A P.R. of 97 feet in the discus took fifth place.  Abby Peterson took seventh in the discus and eighth in the shot with throws of 94 feet and 31 feet 10 inches respectively.

Kelly Wakeley and Brianne Haskell scored in four events.  Kelly took fifth in the long jump with a leap of 15 feet 5 inches and sixth in the triple jump with a 31 foot 10 inch mark.  Brianne ran a 1:06.6 400M and a 29.1 200M for a sixth and eighth place.  The two were part of the 400 and 1600 relays.  Together with Cierra and Destanie French  they placed 4th in the 400 relay in57.6 and 6th in the 1600 relay in 4:51.4.  Cierra added a seventh in the 100M dash with a 13.4.

Natalie Castle-Gosch placed fifth in the 3200 M run in 14:01. and Sophie Henneman scored a seventh in the 1600M run with a 6:22.5.

Jon Christiansen claimed the Cougar’s only gold medal with as 41 foot 1m inch effort in the triple jump.

Chevy Henneman placed third in the 400M dash.  The top three runners blanketed the finish line within 0.03 second of one another.  His time of 52.1 was a P.R. by over two seconds.

Joey O’Connor took second in the 3200M run and eighth in the 1600M run.  His times were 11:38 and 5:40.   Benny Estrada added a sixth in the 200M dash with a 24.1 and Dylan Hardeman placed third in the 800M run with a 2:15.7

The relays gave the Cougars some valuable points.  The 4×100 took fourth in 47.3 and the 4×400 placed second in a season’s best 4:45.8.  Jon Christiansen, Benny Estrada, Dylan Hardeman, and Chevy Henneman were the team members.