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Badger Track duels with Timberlake, Kellogg,
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April 24, 2015 |
Three meets in seven days made for a tough week
for the BFHS track team. Two of those meets came
last week as the Badgers returned to Kellogg for
a double-duel with Timberlake and Kellogg and
traveled to Freeman High School for the
Interstate Rivals Invitational. “This is a tough
part of our schedule,” said head coach George
Hays. “The kids have to work hard to stay caught
up in classes and still have to perform well at
these meets.”
In spite of the challenge, both boys and girl’s
teams had plenty of personal bests and overall
good performances. Tuesday’s Kellogg duel
featured the weather that has become a staple of
this track season—rain and wind. Even though the
sun broke through in patches, the wind still
blew against the finishing stretches and made
for tough competition. Friday, however, featured
the best weather of the season. Sunny skies and
a light, refreshing breeze made for great
conditions and some top competition brought out
the best in the Badgers.
 Among
the strong performances was freshman Jordan
Young. In the 800 Jordan ran a 2:39 on Tuesday,
another personal best and good for third place.
Her highlight reel finish, however, came in the
Freeman 800. With 200m to go, Jordan was able to
pass 5 different runners coming out of the turn.
She nearly caught first place. “I think she
heard everybody yelling,” Jordan said of her
opponent, “She turned around and had to start
running hard again.” Even though she couldn’t
catch first, Jordan still claimed an impressive
2nd place medal with a 2:40 against strong,
experienced runners.
Bonners Ferry pole vaulters came alive last week
as well. At Kellogg, Victoria Smith took first
by clearing 8-06. Senior Kendra Urbaniak took
second, also vaulting 8-06. Kendra, however,
would finally get a long awaited Personal Record
on Friday. Since first clearing 8-06 as a
sophomore, Kendra had yet to best that in a
competition. Kendra won first place at Freeman
with an impressive 9-00 vault. “It felt really
good,” said Kendra, still beaming from her
accomplishment. “I’ve been trying to get over
that height at a meet for a long time!” The boys
pole vaulters also experienced some success.
Sophomore Isaac Lavala took second at Kellogg
with a 10-00 vault. Fellow sophomore Alex
Urbaniak took third at Kellogg with a 9-06.
Isaac also ran well in the 400m on Tuesday,
posting a 58.87 for 3rd place. For the ladies
100m sprint, Natasha Webster took 7th on Friday
with a 13.98 and also broke the elusive 30
second barrier in the 200m with a 29.9 for 5th
place. “It was good to get some competition,”
said Natasha of Friday’s meet. “I feel like it
will help me in districts, knowing that I can
run that fast when I get pushed.”
Senior Mackenzie Mendenhall performed well all
week, winning the 100m and 300m hurdles Tuesday
and taking second in both events at Freeman.
“She got some good competition,” Coach Hays said
of Mackenzie’s second place finishes. “Our
league is a small pond so when we go to big
meets like Freeman our top performers get
challenged a bit more than normal.”
Distance runners from Bonners Ferry set hard
paces for competition to follow. While freshmen
like Nick Magdaleno and Malachi Rivkin, the
fastest Badger in the mile on Friday with a
5:29, continue to set new PRs, the old veterans
showed that experience and hard work produce
results late in careers. Senior Tucker Cavender
ran away with 1st place in the boys 3200m at
Kellogg with an 11:18. Junior Alva Swanson took
4th with an 11:29 and was the top Badger in the
3200 at Freeman. Jacob Perkins won both 800m
races with a 2:11 on Tuesday and a 2:05 Friday.
Getting tough competition at Freeman, Jacob was
heard remarking, “That was fun! That’s
definitely a first for the 800!” At the Freeman
Invite the boys distance team competed in the
distance medley relay and took second, “Nolan
gave us a great start and the other guys worked
their tails off to keep us there. It really
shows our depth as a distance team to do so well
at a large meet like this,” said Warner.
 
The Badgers next meet will be the Timberlake
Invitational at Timberlake High School on
Friday, April 24. Competition begins at 2:30pm.
The last meet before Districts will be the
District I Meet of Champions next Thursday,
April 30, featuring the top 16 athletes in each
event in Idaho District I.
Kellogg
Double Duel Results
Mens
100m
8. Kyler Robles 13.69
9. Louis Balcaen 14.15
10. Anthony Bernert 14.37
11. Ryan Mason 14.42
12. Shawn Monson 14.74
200m
6. Warren Carle 26.53
7. Nikolous Bertling 26.55
10. Louis Balcaen 28.82
11. Alex Urbaniak 28.90
13. Shawn Monson 29.32
14. Chase Dinning 31.77
15. Anthony Bernert 33.03
400m
3. Isaac Lavala 57.87
5. Brad Corson 1:04.18
6. Ryan Mason 1:04.95
800m
1. Jacob Perkins 2:11.47
3. Chase Dinning 2:21.05
5. Neil Martin 2:24.40
6. Malachi Rivkin 2:24.72
13. Anton Dorn 3:39.57
1600m
2. Jacob Perkins 5:16.10
4. Tucker Cavender 5:20.34
6. Malachi Rivkin 5:29.88
7. Alva Swanson 5:30.73
8. Dawson Thomas 5:34.43
9. Brad Corson 5:51.12
11. Nick Magdaleno 5:59.39
3200m
1. Tucker Cavender 11:18
4. Alva Swanson 11:29
5. Dawson Thomas 12:10
8. Nick Magdaleno 12:54
300m hurdles
2. Warren Carle 46.05
4x100m Relay
4. Team 52.67
4x200m Relay
2. Bertling, Carle, Dinning, Lavala 1:43.6
4x400 Relay
2. Dinning, Thomas, Lavala, Perkins
Sprint Medley 2-2-4-8
2. Urbaniak, Mason, Martin, Perkins
Shot Put
6. Zack Egge 35-08
7. Jack Wade 35-03
9. CJ McCulla 33-07
17. Jeffrey Abraham 27-02
Discus
3. Jack Wade 112-02
5. Zack Egge 108-03
9. Jeffrey Abraham 101-00
20. CJ McCulla 11-11
High Jump
6. Nikolous Bertling 4-10
Pole Vault
2. Isaac Lavala 10-00
3. Alex Urbaniak 9-06
Long Jump
10. Warren Carle 15-11
13. Brad corson 13-11
15. Joseph Swanson 13-08
Triple Jump
6. Joseph Swanson 28-06
Womens
100m
5. Anjolena Tucker 14.91
8. Karla Horton 15.52
9. Shaylee Ellson 15.92
10. Amanda Bauer 16.30
12. Jill Alexander 16.62
13. Erin Brewington 18.56
200m
4. Anjolena Tucker 31.72
6. Karla Horton 33.53
9. Erin Brewington 38.24
800m
3. Jordan Young 2:39.9
6. Hannah Lysne 2:59.47
1600m
4. Hannah Lysne 6:50
7. Sophia Claphan 9:15
3200
4. Hannah Lysne 14:46
100m Hurdles
1. Mackenzie Mendenhall
300m Hurdles
1. Mackenzie Mendenhall 51.14
4x100m Relay
3. Ellson, Bauer, Smith, Horton 1:08.42
4x200m Relay
3. Team 2:03.17
Sprint Medley 1-1-2-4
1. Urbaniak, Tucker, Mendenhall, Young 2:05
Shot Put
5. Haley Wenk 28-01
9. Hannah Brown 26-07
10. Olivia Whittaker 26-01
11. Breanna Copeland 25-06
Discus
2. Breana Copeland 89-09
9. Haley Wenk 74-05
11. Olivia Whittaker 66-08
High Jump
6. Victoria Smith 4-00
Pole Vault
1. Victoria Smith 8-06
2. Kendra Urbaniak 8-06
6. Jill Alexander 6-06
Long Jump
3. Mackenzie Mendenhall 14-08
8. Shaylee Ellson 12-06
9. Amanda Bauer 12-03
11. Victoria Smith 10-11
Triple Jump
4. Shaylee Ellson 27-04.
Freeman Interstate
Rivals Invitational Results
Men
100m
30. Kyler Robles 13.24
34. Louis Balcaen 13.72
35. Shawn Monson 13.85
39. Anthony Bernert 14.72
40. Bryce Nelson 15.08
200m
13. Nikolous Bertling 26.22
14. Warren Carle 26.45
400m
17. Alva Swanson 1:04.31
18. Ryan mason 1:04.36
19. Kyler Robles 1:04.85
21. Dawson Thomas 1:07.28
800m
1. Jacob Perkins 2:05.92
5. Chase Dinning 2:13.03
10. Malachi Rivkin 2:18.15
16. Neil Martin 2:25.09
23. Anton Dorn 2:45.02
1600m
7. Malachi Rivkin 5:29
10. Neil Martin 5:37
11. Nick Magdaleno 5:38
16. Brad Corson 5:54
3200m
6. Alva Swanson 11:25
7. Nolan Stidham 11:34
8. Dawson Thomas 11:52
12. Eric Ellis 12:02
16. Brad Corson 13:06
300m Hurdles
5. Warren Carle 46.25
18. Brad Corson 55.99
4x400m relay
5. Dinning, Carle, Lavala, Perkins 4:06
Distance Medley 12-4-8-16
2. Stidham, Ellis, Dinning, Perkins 12:07
Shot put
13. Zack Egge 36-01
16. Evan Ellis 34-11
20. Jack Wade 33-07
33. Jeffrey Abraham 28-11
Discus
10. Evan Ellis 108-10
11. Jack Wade 108-06
12. Zack Egge 104-05
16. Jeffrey Abraham 99-04
Pole Vault
9. Alex Urbaniak 9-06
Long Jump
16. Nikolous Bertling 14-11
23. Joseph Swanson 13-09
24. Brad Corson 13-06
27. Bryce Nelson 12-07
Triple Jump
19. Joseph Swanson 27-09
Women’s Results
100m
7. Natasha Webster 13.98
13. Anjolena Tucker 14.39
21. Karla Horton 15.12
27. Amanda Bauer 15.39
200m
5. Natasha Webster 29.90
11. Karla Horton 32.37
400m
7. Jordan Young 1:08.23
800m
2. Jordan Young 2:40.5
15. Sophia Claphan 3:57.67
1600m
10. Hannah Lysne 6:44
16. Sophia Claphan 8:48
3200m
6. Hannah Lysne 14:35
100m Hurdles
2. Mackenzie Mendenhall 16.51
300m Hurdles
2. Mackenzie Mendenhall 48.72
4x100 Relay
6. Urbaniak, Bauer, Horton, Tucker 57.59
4x200 Relay
5. Urbaniak, Tucker, Webster, Mendenhall 2:00.32
Shot Put
9. Olivia Whittaker 27-03
Discus
2. Breanna Copeland 97-05
16. Olivia Whittaker 69-00
Pole Vault
1. Kendra Urbaniak 9-00
6. Victoria Smith 7-06
11. Jill Alexander 6-06
Long Jump
3. Mackenzie Mendenhall 15-00
18. Amanda Bauer 11-09
20. Anjolena Tucker 11-06
26. Victoria Smith 9-11
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