Rangers, Lady Rangers fourth at Schuler Invite

Walker wins 3 events; Rogers sweeps boys’ hurdles

By Don Cogger, Gazette Sports Editor
Posted 5/8/25

The Kemmerer High School track and field teams traveled to Evanston Tuesday for the Rick and Wendy Schuler Invitational, taking advantage of the sunny conditions to turn in some fantastic …

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Rangers, Lady Rangers fourth at Schuler Invite

Walker wins 3 events; Rogers sweeps boys’ hurdles

Lady Ranger Laynee Walker won three events at last Tuesday’s Schuler Invite in Evanston, including the 100 hurdles, the 300 hurdles and the pole vault; she also finished third in the 100 meter dash.
Lady Ranger Laynee Walker won three events at last Tuesday’s Schuler Invite in Evanston, including the 100 hurdles, the 300 hurdles and the pole vault; she also finished third in the 100 meter dash.
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The Kemmerer High School track and field teams traveled to Evanston Tuesday for the Rick and Wendy Schuler Invitational, taking advantage of the sunny conditions to turn in some fantastic performances.

Both the Rangers and Lady Rangers finished fourth overall in the 8-team field; the two teams combined for 28 individual placers — including six wins — and swept the hurdles events.

Lady Rangers

Lady Ranger Laynee Walker won three events on the day, sweeping the hurdle events, and finishing in the top spot in the pole vault. Walker ran a 16.65 in the 100 hurdles to place first, and followed that with a 47.09 in the 300 hurdles; in the pole vault, the senior cleared 10 feet to take first. Walker also placed third in the 100 meter dash, with a time of 13.12.

Fellow senior Natasha Martinez made the podium in all three of her individual events, finishing runner-up in both the 200 meters (28.13) and the long jump (16’.5”); she finished sixth in the 400 meters (1:04.93).

Other placers included Janae Skidmore in the high jump (4th, 4’6”), discus (5th, 102’7”) and shot put (8th, 32’10.5”); Ella Thatcher in the triple jump (4th, 31’10.25”), McKenna Whitbeck in the 3200 meters (6th, 15:20.04) and Emileen Dearden in the 3200 meters (7th, 15:22.02).

The sprint medley relay team of Hadlee Wood, Natasha Martinez, Ella Thatcher and Janae Skidmore finished third, with a time of 4:46.68.

Rangers

Sophomore Cole Rogers led the charge for the Rangers, winning both the 110 hurdles (14.69) and 300 hurdles (39.13), and finishing runner-up in the 200 meter dash (22.44).

Derek Hagler also finished the day as a champion, winning the shot put with a toss of 50 feet, .5 inches; he also finished runner-up in the discus, with a throw of 140 feet.

Other placers included Bowman Sandall in the 3200 meters (3rd, 12:03.88) and pole vault (6th, 10’6”), Colter Krell in the discus (4th,125’10”) and the 300 hurdles (5th, 45.30), Brent Erickson in the 3200 meters (5th, 12:21.73) and 300 hurdles (7th, 46.30), Kane Jimenez in the high jump (6th, 5’6”), Carlos Schneider in the 3200 meters (7th, 12:42.41) and Calvin Erickson in the 3200 meters (8th, 16:00.84).

The 4x800 relay team of Kane Jimenez, Chase Benson, Bowman Sandall and Brent Erickson finished second ( 9:27.73), while the team of Bronson Hubbard, Noah Parks, Sam Thatcher and Marcus Raechel finished fifth in the 4x400 relay (4:04.09).

Rick and Wendy Schuler Invitational

Girls Results

  1. Evanston 118, 2. Big Piney 116.50, 3. Rock Springs 114.50, 4. Kemmerer 82, 5. Green River 73, 6. Star Valley 72.50, 7. Mountain View 33, 8. Lyman 31.50

    100 Meter Dash

    3. Laynee Walker 13.12, 36. Kaylyn Lockwood 15.20, 38. Riley Meyer 15.24, 39. Kaila Mancini 15.27, 46. McKenna Whitbeck 15.77, 47. Emileen Dearden 16.01, 51. Eva Hunter 16.74

    200 Meter Dash

    2. Natasha Martinez 28.13, 25. Addie Anderson 31.26, 27. Kaylyn Lockwood 31.58, 30. Riley Meyer 31.97, 36. Kaila Mancini 32.89, 44. Eva Hunter 36.42

    400 Meter Run

    6. Natasha Martinez 1:04.93, 15. Kaila Mancini 1:17.02, 16. Eva Hunter 1:25.22

    800 Meter Run

    14. Clara Vega 3:19.07

    1600 Meter Run

    9. Clara Vega 7:51.07

    3200 Meters

    6. McKenna Whitbeck 15:20.04, 7. Emileen Dearden 15:22.02

    100 Meter Hurdles

    1. Laynee Walker 16.65

    300 Meter Hurdles

    1. Laynee Walker 47.09, 8. Riley Meyer 55.56

    Sprint Medley Relay

    3. Hadlee Wood, Natasha Martinez, Ella Thatcher, Janae Skidmore 4:46.68

    High Jump

    4. Janae Skidmore 4’6”

    Long Jump

    2. Natasha Martinez 16’.5”

    Triple Jump

    4. Ella Thatcher 31’10.25”, 12. Kaylyn Lockwood 27’8.25”

    Pole Vault

    1. Laynee Walker 10’, 13. Riley Meyer 6’

    Shot Put

    8. Janae Skidmore 32’10.5”, 15. Hadlee Wood 28’9”, 16. Cambree Dearden 28’7”, 30, Addie Anderson 24’11”, 38. Emileen Dearden 22’9”, 39. Grace Smaldon 22’8”, 43. McKenna Whitbeck 21’8”

    Discus Throw

    5. Janae Skidmore 102’7”, 9. Cambree Dearden 94’4”, 15. Hadlee Wood 89’11”, 29. Emileen Dearden 69’9”, 32. Addie Anderson 65’4”, 40. Grace Smaldon 57’6”, 46. Emma Culler 53’, 48. McKenna Whitbeck 50’11”

    Boys Results

    1. Evanston 178, 2. Rock Springs 111.50, 3. Star Valley 104, 4. Kemmerer 88, 5. Big Piney 54.50, 6. Mountain View 39, 7. Green River 35, 8. Lyman 34.

    100 Meter Dash

    33. Bridger Anderson 12.29, 35. Noah Parks 12.32, 39. Marcus Raechel 12.37, 64. Sam Thatcher 12.79, 72. Jacob Platt 13.29, 75. Cage Bowen 13.35, 76. Bronson Hubbard 13.37, 81. Beau Jackman 14.04

    200 Meter Dash

    2. Cole Rogers 22.44, 27. Bridger Anderson 25.95, 29. Noah Parks 26.08, 33. Marcus Raechel 26.42, 39. Sam Thatcher 26.85, 42. Kane Jimenez 27.19, 47. Abram Hartmann 27.68, 49. Cage Bowen 27.87, 55. Jacob Platt 28.68, 61. Beau Jackman 31.06

    400 Meter Run

    10. Bridger Anderson 57.88

    800 Meter Run

    13. Chase Benson 2:24.38, 22. Able Jimenez 2:33.05

    1600 Meter Run

    20. Carlos Schneider 5:51.39, 23. Kane Jimenez 6:04.46, 25. Calvin Erickson 6:37.71

    3200 Meter Run

    3. Bowman Sandall 12:03.88, 5. Brent Erickson 12:21.73, 7. Carlos Schneider 12:42.41, 8. Calvin Erickson 16:00.84

    110 Meter Hurdles

    1. Cole Rogers 14.69, 10. Colter Krell 18.45

    300 Meter Hurdles

    1. Cole Rogers 39.13, 5. Colter Krell 45.30, 7. Brent Erickson 46.30

    4x400 Relay

    5. Bronson Hubbard, Noah Parks, Sam Thatcher, Marcus Raechel 4:04.09

    4x800 Relay

    2. Kane Jimenez, Chase Benson, Bowman Sandall, Brent Erickson 9:27.73

    High Jump

    6. Kane Jimenez 5’6”, 9. Brent Erickson 5’4”, 10. Bridger Anderson 5’4”

    Triple Jump

    15. Chase Benson 34’9”

    Long Jump

    18. Marcus Raechel 17’2”, 22. Noah Parks 15’5.5”, 24. Cage Bowen 14’8.75”, 28, Bronson Hubbard 13’4.75”

    Pole Vault

    6. Bowman Sandall 10’6”, 11. Abel Jimenez 9’6”, 12. Jacob Platt 9’6”

    Shot Put

    1. Derek Hagler 50’.5”, 21. Abram Hartmann 34’4”, 22. Beau Jackman 33’11”, 37. Chase Barton 30’4”, 57. Jacob Platt 24’10”

    Discus Throw

    2. Derek Hagler 140’, 4. Colter Krell 125’10”, 12. Sam Thatcher 108’03”, 20. Abram Hartmann 100’06”, 36. Chase Barton 87’1”