We had several PRs from athletes in field events and on the track. We are gearing toward the end of season and hopefully will have our best times and farthest marks in March for the state meet.”

Coach Russell Stienmetz

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GILLETTE – Both the Torrington High School girls and boys indoor track teams clinched sixth place at the Bronc Invite hosted by the Campbell County Recreation Field House in Gillette on Saturday, February 15.

The Torrington girls advanced to sixth place on the team leaderboard with 46 cumulative points. A small boys’ squad consisting of four athletes placed sixth overall with 13 points.

Junior Brooklyn Asmus captured her first gold medal for the season in the girls’ 200-meter dash. Asmus crossed the finish line in first place with a time of 25.78 seconds, beating the runner-up from Worland by 0.37 seconds.

Asmus went on to snag silver in the 55-meter dash, posting a time of 7.30 seconds. 

In girls’ field events, junior Trishell Pontarolo snagged gold in the triple jump. Pontarolo hit a mark of 34 feet, 10 inches – more than eight inches ahead of the second-place finish from Thunder Basin.

“It was a smaller meet in Gillette this week,” coach Russell Stienmetz said. “We had several PRs from athletes in field events and on the track. We are gearing toward the end of season and hopefully will have our best times and farthest marks in March for the state meet.”

Senior Callie Taylor clinched fourth place in the 1600-meters, clocking in at 6 minutes, 10.29 seconds.

Pontarolo picked up two additional top 10 placings, including eighth place in the girls’ 200-meters with a time of 28.37 seconds. Clearing 4-08 in the high jump, Pontarolo placed 10th in the event.

Senior Evan Hellus broke into the top five in a pair of boys’ field events. Hellus advanced to second place on the leaderboard in the long jump with a mark of 20-08 ½. The senior went on to bag fourth place in the triple jump, reaching 40-04.

The girls’ 4x200-meter relay team – Asmus, junior Natalie Hawes, sophomore Bailey Mehling and Pontarolo – crossed the finish line in third place at 1:49.51.

Taylor, freshman Illyana Ponce, sophomore Esperanza Chavez and junior Anna Frederick scooped up bronze in the 4x800-meter relay with a time of 11:49.93.

Additional results – girls

• 55-meter dash: Hawes in 22nd place at 7.99 seconds and Taylar Hansen 43rd at 8.40.

• 200-meters: Hawes in 16th place at 29.13 seconds.

• 400-meters: Addisyn Wilkins in 12th place at 1:07.21, Ponce 13th at 1:07.22 and Chavez 33rd at 1:20.82.

• 1600-meters: Frederick competed in event (final place and time not recorded in official results at press time).

• 55-meter hurdles: Hansen in 20th place at 10.17 seconds and Wilkins 26th at 10.46.

• Pole vault: Hansen, Frederick and Chavez tied for 13th place at 6-06.

• Long jump: Angie Logsdon in 24th place at 13-08 ½.

• Triple jump: Wilkins in 16th place at 28-10 ½.

• Shot put: Wittni Bugher in 24th place at 25-06, Karlee Mathson 29th at 23-08 ¼ and Ryleigh Connelly 33rd at 22-01 ¼.

Additional results – boys

• 200-meters: Travis Nobs in 38th place at 27.28 seconds.

• 400-meters: Nobs in 26th place at 1:04.07.

• 800-meters: Connor Coxbill in 12th place at 2:23.71.

• Triple jump: Coxbill in 19th place at 30-07 ¾.