LRS track succeeds at league meets, preps for Undeberg Invite Saturday

The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos track and field team went on the road to compete in the NE 1B/2B League Meet on Tuesday, April 18, at Valley Christian High School.

The LRS girls’ team continued their successful season by scoring 48 points and placing fifth in the meet.

The girl’s team scored points with two top finishes in the 4x100-meter and 4x200-meter relays.

Individually, four athletes placed in the top three of their events, netting points for the LRS team. {more}}

Men’s Results

100: 5, Samuele Bortolato 12.09. 26, Tucker Guiles 13.65. 27, Collen Clark 14.74. 39, Gilberto Garcia 15.02.

4x100: 5, Jack Anderson, Bortolato, Mason Brausen, Harley Doney 49.32.

Shot put: 9, Guiles 34-03.75.

Javelin: 17, Brausen 106-02. 29, Garcia 90-10.

High jump: 7, Anderson 5-04.

Long jump: 19, Doney 13-08.

Women’s Results

100: 3, Rachel Schell 13.62. 20, Kierstin Witt 15.05. 22, Rachel Nygren 15.14. 27, Taylor Stromberger 15.70. 30, Elaine Chiu 15.89.

400: 2, Felicia Ziemer 1:03.20.

100 hurdles: 3, Sierra Kiel 19.06. 11, Erica Leffel 22.90.

4x100: 2, Ziemer, Schell, Nygren, Brooke Koch 55.25.

4x200: 1, Nygren, Witt, Schell, Ziemer 1:57.56.

Shot put: 8, Kallie Harder 26-01.25. 10, Abby Gering 25-05.50. 15, Madison Melcher 24-05.00. 22, Cinthia Guizar 21-07.50.

Discus: 2, Harder 101-02. 19, Gering 61-07. 21, Guizar 56-07. 25, Leffel 46-08.

Javelin: 8, Koch 74-06. 12, Gering 63-00. 14, Guizar 60-03. 22, Melcher 52-02.

Long jump: 12, Chiu 11-03.50. 14, Stromberger 10-08.00.

The Broncos continued competition at the Quincy Invite on April 22.

With only one athlete competing for the LRS boy’s team, the girl’s team stood out amongst the competition.

The LRS girls scored 27 points and placed 10th at the meet.

They were again led in scoring by the relay teams and also by a second place finish from Harder in the discus.

Men’s Results

100: 33, Clark 14.06.

Javelin: 29, Clark 63-03.

Women’s Results

100: 5, Schell 13.45. 25, Morgan Shields 14.89.

200: 5, Schell 28.12. 8, Ziemer 28.82.

400: 8, Ziemer 1:04.15. 20, Chiu 1:21.25.

100 hurdles: 17, Leffel 22.32.

4x100: 3, Koch, Nygren, Schell, Ziemer 54.94.

4x200: 6, Witt, Schell, Nygren, Ziemer 1:57.36.

Shot put: 15, Gering 26-03.50. 18, Melcher 25-02.00.

Discus: 2, Harder 103-06.

Javelin: 20, Koch 66-11. 25, Shields 40-00.

High jump: 14, Leffel 4-00.

Long jump: 22, Stromberger 10-10.25.

The Broncos return home on Saturday, April 29, to compete in the 12th Annual Undeberg Invitational.

The track and field meet is named in memory of Ritzville native Harold Undeberg, who served an active role in the community and also as a starter at track meets for the Bi-County for 25 years.

The meet is expected to draw more than 500 athletes, and there are currently 31 teams registered.

The Undeberg Invite begins with opening ceremonies at 10:50 a.m. on April 29 at Jimmie Snider Field.

The field events start at 11 a.m., followed by the running events at 11:45 a.m.