For Immediate Release Contact:
Cali
Foster (208) 282-4491
February 15, 2008 E-mail:
Simplot_Games@yahoo.com
Idaho athletes qualify for Saturday finals at Simplot Games
Pocatello, Idaho – While facing the nation’s elite
high school track and field athletes, over 50 Idaho athletes have qualified for the finals
on Saturday at Simplot Games. For athletes competing at the Simplot Games, it
is an immense achievement and honor to qualify for the finals.
The following athletes will be competing in the following
events on Saturday:
Boys’
60 meters
Keith Bowens 11 Boise
Curtis Ferrin 12 Boise
Boys’
60-meter Hurdles
Mitch Simmons 12 Boise
Girls’
60-meter Hurdles
Ellen Rouse 12 Orofino
Boys’
200 meters
Zach Hevner 12 Boise
Curtis Ferrin 12 Boise
Boys’
400 meters
Zach Hevner 12 Boise (from Oregon but on Boise
team)
Logan Henderson
12 Pocatello
Girls’
400 meters
Li Murphy 10 Pocatello
Boys’
800 meters
Chaz Anestos
12 Pocatello
Richard Bounds 12 Boise
Evan Walker 12 Pocatello
Girls’
800 meters
Sarah Olsen 11 Boise
Boys’
1600 meters
Eric Fitzpatrick 10 Boise
Zeke Wilson 12 Challis
Aaron Jenkins 12 Pocatello
Matt Rankin 11 Boise
Griffin Butler
12 Idaho
Falls
Ray Miller 11 Caldwell
Girls’
1600 meters
Amanda Ward 9 Twin
Falls
Cheryn Trapp Caldwell
Rebecca Lassere 8 Pocatello
Girls’ 3200 meters
Nicole Nielsen 11 Boise
Jordan Englehardt 11 Boise
Boys’
4x200 Meter Relay
YMCA Team Idaho Boise
Girls’
3200 Sprint Medley
YMCA Team Idaho Boise
Boys’
Pole Vault
Luke Schaffer 12 Boise
Girls’
Pole Vault
Alexis Folkinger 12 Jerome
Gentry Koyle 11 Gooding
Chelsea Barr 12 Boise
Rebecca Clark 10 Boise
Daniele Valentine 12 Boise
Theresa Waybright 11 Boise
Boys’
Shot Put
Clint Johnson 12 Ririe
Michael Cardinal 12 Blackfoot
Blake Van Etten 12 Moore
Girls’
Shot Put
Ellen Rouse 12 Orofino
Boys’
High Jump
Scott Reed 12 Ririe
Eric Hillam 11 Idaho Falls
Colin Riley 11 Pocatello
Chris Bulcher 12 Filer
TJ Drake 11 Rigby
Girls’
Long Jump
Alyssa Covington 12 Boise
Boys’
Triple Jump
Andre Archer 12 Caldwell
Kason Covington 10 Boise
Boys’
All Idaho
4X200 Relay
Snake River Rapids
Blackfoot
Madison Track Club Rexburg
Indian Track Club A Pocatello
YMCA Team Idaho B Boise
Gate City Track Club Pocatello
Indian Track Club B Pocatello
Girls’
All Idaho
4X200 Relay
Donnelly Track Club A Twin Falls
Donnelly Track Club B Twin Falls
YMCA Team Idaho Boise
Trojan Track Club Rigby
Gate City Track Club Pocatello
Bulldog Track Club Ririe
More than 2,000 athletes came from across the U.S. and Canada to participate in the 30th
annual Simplot Games. Simplot Games remains the nation’s premier high school
indoor track and field event. Sponsored by the J.R. Simplot Company since 1979,
the Simplot Games are being held February 14-16; at Idaho
State University’s
Holt Arena is Pocatello, Idaho.
For more information on Simplot Games, please visit our
website at www.simplotgames.com.
You may also contact Carol Lish at (208) 235-5604 or the media team at
Simplot_Games@yahoo.com.
Simplot
Games
The Nation's Premiere High School Track & Field Event
Pocatello, Idaho
(208) 235-5604
www.simplotgames.com