March 9, 2001 Mountain Home vs Bishop Kelly Dual Complete Results
TheTigers held their first home track meet of the season hosting the Bishop Kelly Knights at Tiger Field. TheTigers had some fine performances Friday during the non-scoring meet. Senior Chris Hanson won the long jump in his first meet with a jump of 20' 0.5" along with a third place finish in the 200m (25.1). Senior Tyler Yagues won the triple jump (36' 7.7") and followed that with a second placed finish in the long jump (18' 11") - both personal bests. Will Lego, a senior, also threw for personal bests winning the discus with a throw of 115' 1" and placed third in the shot put (37' 7"). Another senior, Larry Jewitt, placed second in the shot put with a personal best put of 37' 7". In the pole vault, junior Aaron Howard and sophomore Grant Smith, went one and two with jumps of 8' 0" and 7' 6" respectively. In the 110m high hurdles, sophomore Tony Brown won with a time of 19.3. Other sophomore performances included: Marcel Wright second in the high hurdles (19.9) and in the high jump (5' 0"); Justin Wiley second in the 100m (12.0) and third in the 1600m with a personal best 5:01.2. In the boys team action, the 4x100m relay consisting of Chris Hanson, Tyler Yagues, Justin Wiley and senior Brent Tortolano won with a time of 47.6.
The Tiger ladies were led by juniors Jennifer Donatelli and Denice Wade who place first and second in both the discus and shot put. Donatelli had throws of 115' 11" and 32' 5.5", both junior class records. Wade, in her first meet, threw 65' 0" and 28' 3.5". The Lady Tigers also swept the pole vault with heights of 7' 0" by junior Gayle Knutzen, the school record holder, and 6' 6" by freshman Tiffany Robins. Junior Bobbie Putnam ran 20.0 in the 100m high hurdles to earn a second place finish. Junior sprinter, Tonya Rosenberger, placed second in the 400m (1:15.9) and third in the 200m with a time of 30.6. Karen Mercado, a senior, placed second with a time of 14:18.0 in the 3200m.
"For the first meet of the season, we had some performances the athletes can continue to improve. I'm really pleased with our throwers. They stepped up for the first meet and threw a lot of personal bests. We had some athletes, both boys and girls, that did not compete due to basketball and wrestling tournaments and also not having enough practices. Everyone will be ready for our next meet Friday." stated coach Urquidi. Not having everyone makes it hard to put together relays and fill all the events. Coach Urquidi said, "Friday at Caldwell we will have all the events filled and we should be competitive."
The Tigers will be in action on Friday, March 16 at Caldwell High School. They are in a triangular with Caldwell and Nampa. They return home the following Wednesday, with a dual against the Kuna Cavemen.