There are some tremendous track and field teams in the Wyo-Braska area and they all attend this meet. For our boys to share the championship with Burns and our girls to earn runner-up at a meet of this caliber shows the potential our teams have.”

Coach Mike Lashley

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BAYARD – The Lingle-Fort Laramie (LFL) boys track team struck gold at the 2025 Bayard CD track invitational on Saturday, April 5, tying with Burns for the No. 1 spot on the leaderboard out of 14 schools competing with 101 points. 

The LFL Lady Doggers battled their way to the No. 2 position on the team leaderboard out of 16 schools, posting 72 points.

Both teams returned to Wyoming with top-eight medals, new PRs and five new state qualifying relay combinations. The Doggers scooped up five gold medals while the girls captured gold in the 4x400-meter relay.

“The boys and girls teams had great days in Bayard,” coach Mike Lashley said. “This meet is the most competitive 1A/2A and C/D meet we attend all season. There are some tremendous track and field teams in the Wyo-Braska area and they all attend this meet. For our boys to share the championship with Burns and our girls to earn runner-up at a meet of this caliber shows the potential our teams have.”

The weather turned out perfectly for a track meet on Saturday, Lashley added.

“We were pleased with the improvement we saw from week one but we recognize there is still work to be done in others,” Lashley remarked. 

Senior Brody Roberts snagged gold in three boys’ events at Bayard. Timing the 400-meters in at 52.13 seconds, Roberts pulled into first place, beating the second-place finisher from Southeast by 0.68 seconds.

In the 800-meters, Roberts clinched gold with a time of 12 minutes, 14.95 seconds. 

Roberts went on to win the triple jump, advancing to the No. 1 spot on the event leaderboard with a mark of 40 feet, 8 inches. The LFL senior finished first with more than one foot to spare over the runner-up, Logan Metz of Bayard.

Senior Louden Bremer garnered gold in the boys’ 300-meter hurdles, clocking in with a time of 42.01 seconds. Bremer crossed the finish line 0.23 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher, Alec Watchorn of Leyton.

The boys’ 4x400-meter relay team – senior Nathan Fish, junior Brady Cook, Bremer and Roberts – pulled into first place with at 3:39.41. The team beat Hemingford by nearly four seconds.

In the girls’ 4x400-meter relay, senior Grace Gibson, senior Kenzie Wilkins, junior Jordynn Speckner and sophomore Addi Wilkins clinched gold with a time of 4:33.93. The team reached the finish line more than six seconds ahead of Hemingford.

Boys top eight medalists

Nathan Fish captured silver in the 800-meters, timing in at 2:18.71.

Bremer scooped up bronze in the 110-meter hurdles, posting a time of 16.55 seconds. Bremer went on to earn fourth place in the long jump, reaching 18-07 ¾.

Freshman Lincoln Speckner picked up two bronze medals in jumping events. Reaching a mark of 18-08 ¾ in the long jump, Speckner bagged third. Progressing to the No. 3 spot in the triple jump, Speckner hit a mark of 38-07 ½.

Brady Cook garnered bronze in the discus with a mark of 131-05.

In distance events, sophomore Tyler Smith pulled into fourth place in the 1600-meters, clocking in at 5:29.35.

Tyler Smith and freshmen Ivan Seals, Briggs Erskine and Ethan Teeters clinched third place in the 4x800-meter relay at 9:43.35.

The 4x100-meter relay team – senior Cooper Smith, Teeters, junior Rhett Clarke and Brady Cook – snagged sixth place at 49.70 seconds.

Girls top eight

Three athletes made the top 10 in the 1600-meters, led by freshman Cate Kinberg in second place with a time of 6:27.50. Fellow freshman Talia Kinberg pulled into sixth place, posting a time of 6:54.24, while junior Anna Frederick placed seventh at 6:58.45.

Frederick went on to bag bronze in the 3200-meters, timing in at 14:51.84. Senior Haven Torres placed eighth in the event at 16:48.84.

In the 300-hurdles, Addi Wilson clinched silver, reaching the finish line with a time of 51.78 seconds. Gibson crossed the finish line for the event in fifth place at 54.22 seconds.

Speckner captured silver in the 800-meters, clocking in at 2:34.33. The junior also secured fifth place in the 400-meters with a time of 1:05.91.

Junior Kaiten Schilreff medaled in two jumping events. Reaching a mark of 30-04 ½ in the triple jump, Schilreff placed fifth. The junior went on to pick up eighth place in the long jump at 13-08.

Addi Wilkins progressed to the No. 6 spot on the triple jump leaderboard, clearing 29-02 ½.

The 4x100-meter relay team of junior Kiera Fleenor, Addi Wilkins, Kenzie Wilkins and Schilreff took fourth place with a time of 55.59 seconds.

Frederick, Cate Kinberg, Talia Kinberg and Torres snagged fourth place in the 4x800-meter relay at 11:53.53.

Additional results – boys

• 100-meters: Urijah Fish in 24th place at 13.14 seconds, Arthur Hilliard 31st at 14.61 and Skyler Patrick 32nd at 14.98.

• 200-meters: Urijah Fish in 23rd place at 26.91 seconds, Trent Dennis 30th at 28.35 and Matthew Cook 35th at 30.09.

• 400-meters: Dennis in 21st place at 1:02.46 and Garrett Henderson 30th at 1:06.54.

• 800-meters: Erskine in 18th place at 2:40.03.

• 110-hurdles: Brady Cook in 10th place at 18.51 seconds.

• Long jump: Clarke in 14th place at 16-02 ¼.

• Triple jump: Teeters in 10th place at 35-10.

• Discus: Cooper Smith in ninth place at 115-06 and Colter McFarlin 14th at 107-01.

• Shot put: McFarlin in 13th place at 35-00, Cooper Smith 13th at 34-05 and Matthew Cook 26th at 27-05 1/2.

Additional results – girls

• 100-meters: Kenzie Wilkins in 15th place at 14.48 seconds and Fleenor 25th at 15.68.

• 200-meters: Kenzie Wilkins in 10th place at 29.92 seconds, Olivia Kile 26th at 33.00 and Madison Bugher 28th at 33.42.

• 100-hurdles: Grace Gibson in 12th place at 20.06 seconds, Madyn Clarke 14th at 20.53 and Kile 22nd at 22.74.

• 300-hurdles: Clarke in ninth place at 1:02.93.

• Shot put: Alisha McGraw in 11th place at 27-08 ¼, Brenly Shipp 15th at 26-02 and Bugher 30th at 21-09 ½.

• Discus: McGraw in 17th place at 80-03 and Shipp 22nd at 72-07.

• Pole vault: Frederick in ninth place at 6-06 and Bugher 11th at 6-00.

• Long jump: Specknerin 13th place at 13-01 ¾ and Shipp 15th at 12-08.

• Triple jump: Clarke in 17th place at 23-02 ½.