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Girls take first in home meet; boys fourth
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| Hurdles: Beca Ames has a leg up on the competition to take first-place in the 100-meter hurdles as the girls' team goes on to win the first home meet of the season. (Dave Brown/Photo.) |
Linda Lamb/Special to the News-Sun
The Benson High School track and field teams competed at home for the first time this season on Friday. This was their second meet of the year, taking part in the Ted James/Douglas invitational on March 4.
In front of the home crowd, the girls brought home top honors in the 11-team competition.
The Bobcats totaled 119 points followed by Morenci with 83, Thatcher with 63, Bisbee with 59, Empire with 54, Desert Christian with 48, Tombstone with 38, Valley Union and Academy of Tucson both with 20, St. David with 8, and Willcox with 7.
"I am happy with our girls' performance in this meet," head coach Linda Lou Lamb said. "We have many experienced upper class athletes who performed well, but a big percentage of our girls' team are freshmen and sophomores. I believed that we could place well but with the results of this meet, I can see our girls continuing to get stronger and stronger ... and who knows how many personal records they will continue to break this year. This was an excellent job from all of our girls!"
Placing for the Bobcats was junior ReBeca Ames, who took first in the 100-meter hurdles, third in the long jump, and third in the 300-meter hurdles.
Junior Savannah Quiroz took first in the shot put and second in the discus, freshman Alysha Thomas took gold in the pole vault and freshman Katelin Ames placed in first in the long jump, second in the pole vault, and fourth in the high jump.
Sophomore Tori Moncada placed third in the 800 and sixth in the 400, freshman Rhiannon Reece took third in the pole vault and freshman Rebecca Galante took home the bronze in the triple jump and sixth in the long jump.
Senior Samantha Lockhart came in fourth in the pole vault, while freshman Emily Gudvangen placed fourth in the triple jump.
Senior Cheyanne Keith placed fifth in the 400- meter run, and the 400-meter relay team of Ames, Keith and Reece finished second.
The 1,600-meter relay team of K. Ames, Keith, Moncada, and Thomas finished second and the 3,200-meter team of sophomore Samantha DeGiacomo, sophomore Nicole Larson, sophomore Ashley Cope, and Moncada finished sixth.
The Bobcat boys' team finished the meet fourth overall of the 10 teams competing. Empire took first-place with 126.5 followed by Tombstone with 115.5, Willcox with 86, Benson with 43, Bisbee with 35, Morenci and Thatcher with 34, Desert Christian with 24, and St. David with 16.
"Our boys' team did very well in the meet, finishing third to our conference teams," Lamb said. "Every meet they continue to get stronger. Most of our boys earned personal best times, jumps, and throws in this meet. Look to our boys' team to continue moving up in the conference ranks over the next few weeks."
Placing for the boys were: senior Adam Malboeuf, who placed second in the pole vault, freshman Derek Elsmore took third in the 110-meter hurdles, fourth in the high jump, and sixth in the long jump.
Junior Sheldon Thomas placed third in the pole vault, junior Forrest Swift was fourth in the 800 and 1600 -meter runs, freshman Andrew Lee placed fourth in the triple jump, sophomore Alex Bellmore took fifth in the shot put and the 400-meter relay team of sophomore Vicente Macias, senior Jason Camp, Malboeuf, and Elsmore finished fourth.
In an earlier qualifying meet this season at Douglas, three Bobcats qualified for the state meet. Senior Malboeuf in the pole vault, senior Dain Dastrup in the shot put, and junior Quiroz in the shot put.
The Bobcats will be competing again on Wednesday, March 24, at Bisbee in a multi-team meet.
The Benson High School track and field teams competed at home for the first time this season on Friday. This was their second meet of the year, taking part in the Ted James/Douglas invitational on March 4.
In front of the home crowd, the girls brought home top honors in the 11-team competition.
The Bobcats totaled 119 points followed by Morenci with 83, Thatcher with 63, Bisbee with 59, Empire with 54, Desert Christian with 48, Tombstone with 38, Valley Union and Academy of Tucson both with 20, St. David with 8, and Willcox with 7.
"I am happy with our girls' performance in this meet," head coach Linda Lou Lamb said. "We have many experienced upper class athletes who performed well, but a big percentage of our girls' team are freshmen and sophomores. I believed that we could place well but with the results of this meet, I can see our girls continuing to get stronger and stronger ... and who knows how many personal records they will continue to break this year. This was an excellent job from all of our girls!"
Placing for the Bobcats was junior ReBeca Ames, who took first in the 100-meter hurdles, third in the long jump, and third in the 300-meter hurdles.
Junior Savannah Quiroz took first in the shot put and second in the discus, freshman Alysha Thomas took gold in the pole vault and freshman Katelin Ames placed in first in the long jump, second in the pole vault, and fourth in the high jump.
Sophomore Tori Moncada placed third in the 800 and sixth in the 400, freshman Rhiannon Reece took third in the pole vault and freshman Rebecca Galante took home the bronze in the triple jump and sixth in the long jump.
Senior Samantha Lockhart came in fourth in the pole vault, while freshman Emily Gudvangen placed fourth in the triple jump.
Senior Cheyanne Keith placed fifth in the 400- meter run, and the 400-meter relay team of Ames, Keith and Reece finished second.
The 1,600-meter relay team of K. Ames, Keith, Moncada, and Thomas finished second and the 3,200-meter team of sophomore Samantha DeGiacomo, sophomore Nicole Larson, sophomore Ashley Cope, and Moncada finished sixth.
The Bobcat boys' team finished the meet fourth overall of the 10 teams competing. Empire took first-place with 126.5 followed by Tombstone with 115.5, Willcox with 86, Benson with 43, Bisbee with 35, Morenci and Thatcher with 34, Desert Christian with 24, and St. David with 16.
"Our boys' team did very well in the meet, finishing third to our conference teams," Lamb said. "Every meet they continue to get stronger. Most of our boys earned personal best times, jumps, and throws in this meet. Look to our boys' team to continue moving up in the conference ranks over the next few weeks."
Placing for the boys were: senior Adam Malboeuf, who placed second in the pole vault, freshman Derek Elsmore took third in the 110-meter hurdles, fourth in the high jump, and sixth in the long jump.
Junior Sheldon Thomas placed third in the pole vault, junior Forrest Swift was fourth in the 800 and 1600 -meter runs, freshman Andrew Lee placed fourth in the triple jump, sophomore Alex Bellmore took fifth in the shot put and the 400-meter relay team of sophomore Vicente Macias, senior Jason Camp, Malboeuf, and Elsmore finished fourth.
In an earlier qualifying meet this season at Douglas, three Bobcats qualified for the state meet. Senior Malboeuf in the pole vault, senior Dain Dastrup in the shot put, and junior Quiroz in the shot put.
The Bobcats will be competing again on Wednesday, March 24, at Bisbee in a multi-team meet.
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