Badgers do well at Interstate Rivals meet
April 17, 2011
The Badger track teams traveled to Rockford, Washington, Saturday for the Interstate Rivals track meet, where the girls finished with a second place team finish and the boys finishing third.

On the boys side, Rock Stapely finished second in both the 100 meters, at 11.81, and the 200 meters, 23.95, both events won by Timberlake. Jacob Callister won the 400 meter event with a time of 55.13. Jared Lysne came in fourth in the 1,600 with a time of 5:14.43.

In the 3,200, Micah Krmpotich earned a win with a time of 10:56.14; Bradley Thompson finished third at 11:52.22.

The Badger boys 4x100 relay team finished their race in fourth place with a time of 48.80, the 4x160 relay team, Carmen Krichbaum, Allen Avery, Thomas Amoth and Brandon Ratcliff, earned a win in their event with a time of 51.13.4. In the 4x400 relay, the Badgers finished third with a time of 3:57.65, and in the distance medley the Badgers came in second at 11:48.4.

Krichbaum finished second in the shot put with a 40'10.3" effort, and sixth in discus with a toss of 101'1."

The top two finishers in the pole vault were Badgers, with Taylor Tompke taking the win with an 11-foot vault, Jesse Gondek finished second with a 10'6" effort.

Timberlake won the event in boys team scorinig, with 160.5 points, Freeman came in second with 154.3, the Badgers finished in third with 116.5 points. Rounding out the team scoring were Coeur d'Alene Charter, 78, West Valley, 77.5, Colville, 74.5, Kootenai, 46.5, and Lakeside, 19.5.

In the girls matchup, Courtney Tucker won the 100 meter event at 13.66, followed by teammate Elizabeth Racer, 14.14. Allyson Merrifield finished the race in sixth place at 14.35. Tucker finished the 200 in third place with a time of 28.99, and Meg Newell came in for a sixth place finish at 29.83.

Tucker also finished first in the 400 meters, coming in with a time of 1:05.25. Lillian York finished the race in fifth place at 1:13.58. Olivia Langs finished the 100 hurdles with a time of 18.84 for a third place finish, followed by Sydey Hubbard, who came in fourth. Langs finished the 300 hurdles in fourth place at 57.04.

The Badger girls 4x100 relay team; Amy Andrews, Racer, Langs and Merrifield, won their event with a time of 54.45, and the Badger girls placed second in the 4x160 relay as well as in the distance medley.

Markayle Accord finished second in the shot put, with a heave of 29'4," followed by Sarah Schuman, who came in third with a 27'10" effort. Accord won the discus with a 99'7" toss, and again Schuman was right behind, brining in a second place finish with an 88' throw.

Jessica Merz took third in the high jump with a 4'6" leap, and Lillian York soared to a second place Badger finish in the pole vault with a 7" leap. Rachel Endicott finished in sixth place with a 6'6" jump, followed by Emma Kelly, who finished the event in sixth place with a 6' leap. Anika Blackmore came in sixth in the long jump with a 13'4 3/4" jump, and Amy Andrews earned a Badger win in the triple jump with a 31' 2 1/2" effort.

Timberlake also took the team title in the girls events with 202.2 team points; the Badgers came in second with 171.3, followed by Colville, 106, Coeur d'Alene Charter, 89, Freeman, 73.5, Kootenai, 49, West Valley, 36.5 and Lakeside, 21.