Grizzlies wrap up regular season at Thermopolis

The Rocky Mountain Grizzlies capped the regular meet schedule for the 2025 season with some solid performances at the Bobcat Invitational in Thermopolis Friday, the final meet before this week’s regional track meet.

The meet was a big one, with some 24 teams attending from western Wyoming.

The Grizz set a number of personal records Friday led by junior Will Watts, who placed third out of 80 runners in the 100-meter dash in a time of 11.52, a PR by 2/10ths of a second and just 4/100ths of a second behind second-place Douglas Anderson of Saratoga.

Also strong for the Grizz was senior Hudson May, who placed fourth in the 800 meters in 2:06.01, just 1/10th of a second off his season best.

Junior Jacoby Wachob tied his personal record in the pole vault, clearing 10 feet to finish in a tie for 12th, and senior Hayden Wambeke finished 12th in the shot put with a throw of 38-7½.

The Lady Grizz excelled in the pole vault. Senior Tarynn Schoening placed fourth, clearing 8 feet, and junior Keylee Christiansen placed 7-6, each competitor one notch off her personal record.

The team of Kennedy Brimhall, Kamryn Welling, Bailey Gifford and Leah Haslem placed seventh in the 1,600-meter sprint medley relay in a time of 5:16.56.

Haslem almost placed in the 1,600, finishing 10th in a time of 6:26.51.

Head coach Tobee Christiansen said last week that the team might taper a bit with Regionals and State coming up, and that appeared to be the case as the Grizz did not have the usual complement of competing athletes in a variety of events.

Other boys results at the Bobcat Invitational were:

100m dash – Austin Weller 76th, 14.64; 200m dash – Weller 65th, 31.20; 400m dash – Landon Pruett 36th, 1:01.15; 1,600 meters – Sam Loyning 14th, 5:07.35, Cole Minchow 22nd, 5:21.07; long jump – Joaquin Scheeler 39th, 15-3¾ (PR), Weller 54th, 9-8½; shot put – Scheeler tie-14th, 38-3½, Cooper Winland 23rd, 36-9¼ (PR), Kellan Jackson 32nd, 35-4¾; discus – Hayden Wambeke 18th, 112-5, Jackson 19th, 111-4, Scheeler 30th, 104-3 (PR), Alex Walker 52nd, 89-2.

Other girls results at the Bobcat Invitational were:

100m dash – Kennedy Brimhall 31st, 14.42; 200m dash – Charlee Welling 15th, 28.47 (PR); 400m dash – Kamryn Welling 12th, 1:08.18, Bailey Gifford 22nd, 1:13.51, Delyla Welling 31st, 1:16.13; 800 meters – Leah Haslem 20th, 2:59.58; 1,600 meters – Rebecca Herren 17th, 7:30.13, Evynn Alvarez 20th, 7:47.82 (PR), Ellie Alvarez 22nd, 8:23.34; 100m intermediate hurdles – Brittly Boettcher 16th, 18.58; 300m low hurdles – Kamryn Welling 18th, 54.31 (PR); long jump – Charlee Welling 21st, 14-1½, Evynn Alvarez 48th, 9-7, Ellie Alvarez 49th, 7-1; high jump – Keylee Christiansen 15th, 4-3; shot put – Elliahna Scheeler 33rd, 25-6 ½; discus – Scheeler 13th, 89-½.

Regional track

The Grizzlies will travel to Shoshoni for the 1A-2A West Regional Track Meet Friday and Saturday, with action beginning at noon Friday and continuing at 9 a.m. Saturday.

The Wyoming State Track Meet follows May 22-24 in Casper.