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[from the Billings Gazette, May 25, 1991] Hoping for better tomorrow by Lyon Virostko Cathy Schwend's hopes for first place finishes in five events at the Class C state track and field championship were lost Friday as she finished second in high jump and long jump. Schwend, who won the 100, 400, 100 hurdles, 300 hurdles and long jump last year, said she hopes to do better today as she goes into her running events. In the preliminary running events, Schwend finished first in her heats of the 400 and the 300 hurdles and second in the 100 hurdles, with times of 1:00.58, 46.39, and 15.88, respectively. "There are a lot of good athletes," Schwend said, who pointed to Manhattan Christian's Blythe Hommes as her stiffest competition going into today's events. Hommes finished first in her heat of the 400 with a time of 1:00.38, 2/10ths of a second better than Schwend's. Schwend was defeated in the high jump by Broadview's Lisa Nelson, who attempted to tie the Class C record of 5-6, but went out with a 5-5, Nelson's personal best. "I really wanted to tie it," said Nelson, who has continually been plagued by injuries all season. "This was the best year I had." Another Bridger athlete, Jamie Tuell, placed first in the 3200 in a time of 11:55.71. "I wish I would'a run faster," Tuell said, "but the heat really got to me." Tuell complained that the rainy spring weather kept her inside too much during the |
season and that she wasn't able to perform much speed work until a week before the state meet. Fromberg's Kari Peters went into the shot put competition hoping to repeat her recording [sic]-setting performance of 40-4 1/2 at the Southern C divisional tournament. Her hopes fell short, however, as her best throw sailed only 39-3 1/2, a half inch short of tying her own class record of 39-4 she established last year. Peters said she was just disappointed with her puts. "I must've been missing some link," the junior said. "Oh well, there's always next year." Peters said she hopes to work on the spin move next year in favor or the glide she utilized this season. "I know I can do it. It's just I got to prove it to everyone else still." In the boys discus competition, Jordan's J.C. Murray threw 161-5, breaking the Class C record of 160-3 set by Jared Wright of Sheridan in 1986. "I was really happy to get the record," Murray said, "but I was hoping to put it way out past the district record." Brook Hommes of Manhattan Christian won the girls long jump with a distance of 16-11 1/2 and Tara Taylor from Moore [sic] in girls javelin with a distance of 112-4. Andria Briden of Valier won the 800 in a time of 2:23.74. Other boys' winners were Gene Clark of Geraldine, who won the 1600 in a time of 4:38.42, and Mat Simonson of Whitewater, who won the long jump with a distance of 20-7. Drummond's Adam Parke won the pole vault at a height of 13-6. |
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[from the Billings Gazette, May 26, 1991] Bridger girls reign over Class C by Lyon Virostko Following a spring thundershower Saturday that drenched the track at MetraPark and halted the Class A and C state track and field championships for over half an hour, puddle-jumper Cathy Schwend of Bridger claimed her third first-place medal. Schwend edged out Manhattan Christians' Blythe Hommes in the 400 meters in a time of 1:00.28 to pick up her third win of the day. Earlier in the day, Schwend captured first place finishes in the 300 and 100 hurdles, with times of 45.34 and 15.40, respectively, to go along with second place showing [sic] in Friday's long and high jumps. "We had to jump puddles," Schwend said after her 400 win. "I knew it'd be tough." Schwend was forced to run with a swollen knee after she injured it on a hurdle Friday. "I could've run faster," she said, while slightly limping across the infield. After getting off to a slow start this season because of bad weather, Schwend said she was happy with her performance overall and was considering running in a national meet later this summer in Lafayette, La. Hommes, Schwend's closest competitor in the 400, finished only .04 of a second behind at 1:00.32. "Yesterday I was slow where she was fast and she was slow where I was fast," Hommes said. "I ran her race, she ran mine." The boys team title came down to the last 1,600 relay as Absarokee edged out Belfry |
40-38. Sheridan finished a close third with 34 points. The Bridger girls amased 67 points to soundly claim their first place finish. Belt was second with 50. In the boys 800, Absarokee's Shawn Fouhy out-distanced his closest competitor, Ryan Ballagh of Gardiner, by over two seconds, finished with a time of 1:59.58. Fouhy said he did not feel the competition was too difficult. "I wish I could've run with the A guys," he said. Fouhy also complained that the weather reduced the speed work he could get in this spring. "If I would've had a couple more weeks, I could've done a lot better," he said. Bridger's Jamie Tuell returned from her 3,200 victory Friday to run away with first place in the girls 1,600 Saturday with a time of 5:24.88, more than 10 seconds ahead of second place finisher Tonya White of Superior. "I was sore after (Friday's) run," Tuell said, "but I just came out and ran my race." Mike Olvera of Superior captured first place awards in both the boys 100 and 200 meters with times of 10.9 and 22.2, respectively, edging out rival Jack Reichert of Belfry. "I didn't feel good in the 100," Olvera said, who said he got a poor night's sleep. In the girls triple jump, Rachel Fielder of Saco set a personal best and captured first place with a distance of 36-11. "I felt pretty confident about getting first," Fielder said, whose meet goal was only 36-7. |
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