We had several more athletes prequalify for state in May in Casper. We’re just excited for them and ready to carry on for the season.”

Coach Russell Stienmetz

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THS tracksters compete at an invitational in Burns on Thursday, April 17.

CHEYENNE – The Torrington High School boys and girls track teams proved their ability to run with the big dogs, posting strong finishes at the 2025 Okie Blanchard Invite hosted by Cheyenne East on Friday, April 11.

The Lady Blazers battled to the No. 5 spot on the team leaderboard with 67 points. The schools in the top four positions all represented larger 4A programs – Natrona County, Kelly Walsh, Cheyenne Central and Laramie. A smaller Torrington boys team took eighth place with 12 points.

Junior Brooklyn Asmus struck gold in two girls’ sprinting events. Clocking the finals for the 100-meters in at 12.06 seconds, Asmus crossed the finish line in first place with 0.18 seconds to spare over Natrona County’s Sage Gustafson.

Asmus handily won the 200-meters, beating Gustafson by 0.78 seconds to clinch gold with a time of 25.03 seconds.

The girls’ 1600-meter sprint medley relay team pulled ahead of Laramie by 4.08 seconds to garner gold. Junior Natalie Hawes, junior Trishell Pontarolo, Asmus and freshman Illyana Ponce crossed the finish line with a time of 4 minutes, 23.04 seconds.

“Once again, we had terrific weather at Cheyenne,” coach Russell Stienmetz said. “You never know how many meets you’ll get in outdoor track that are this nice. We had several more athletes prequalify for state in May in Casper. We’re just excited for them and ready to carry on for the season.”

Girls top eight highlights

Pontarolo bagged hardware in two jumping events. In the triple jump, Pontarolo advanced to the No. 2 spot on the event leaderboard with a mark of 37 feet, 4 ½ inches.

Pontarolo went on to secure bronze in the long jump, clearing 16-04 ¼.

Timing the 300-meter hurdles in at 48.64 seconds, Hawes garnered bronze. Pontarolo came in fifth in the event at 49.88 seconds.

Hawes also snagged fourth place in the 100-meter hurdles, clocking in at 16.52 seconds.

Representing Torrington in distance events, senior Callie Taylor finished fourth in the 3200-meters with a time of 14:10.40.

Senior Teryn Stokes scooped up sixth place in the shot put, hitting a mark of 35-08.

Boys top eight

Sophomore Drew Kramer picked up fifth place in the 400-meters, timing in at 53.41 seconds.

Kramer went on to tie with senior Evan Hellus for seventh place in the triple jump. Both athletes reached a mark of 41-02.

In throwing events, senior Brayden Hime secured seventh place in the shot put with a mark of 43-05.

Hellus, sophomore Ace Heron, Kramer and junior Colby Sandusky clinched sixth place in the 4x100-meter relay at 46.26 seconds.

Additional results – girls

• High jump: Grace Hibben in 19th place at 4-03.

• Pole vault: Sophia Wilson in 12th place at 8-00 and Esperanza Chavez 19th at 6-00.

• Discus: Kaia Jacobson in 12th place at 89-11, Wittni Bugher 21st at 82-00, Stokes 23rd at 75-07 and Karlee Mathson 25th at 71-06.

• Shot put: Jacosbon in 12th place at 33-05, Bugher 22nd at 27-01 ½ and Mathson 27th at 25-05.

Additional results – boys

• 100-meters: Kramer in 11th place at 11.40 seconds, Sandusky 23rd at 12.07 and Heron 24th at 12.12.

• 200-meters: Beau Martinez  in 19th place at 25.12 seconds, Heron 22nd at 25.49 and Sandusky 23rd at 25.66.

• 800-meters: Tyler Nicolay in 12th place at 2:18.57.

• Long jump: Hellus in 10th place at 19-10 and Sandusky 19th at 16-07 ½.

• Discus: Cayson Morris in 11th place at 114-10, Zeek Yung 20th at 96-00 and Hime 21st at 93-07.

• Shot put: Yung in 19th place at 38-07 ½ and Brandt Eichenberger 31st at 31-03 ½.