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Wyoming athletes show their talent at the 2012 Simplot Games

Pocatello, Idaho- Wyoming athletes went the distance at the 34th annual Simplot Games, all placing within the top ten spots at the finals.

Laramie Tracc Club ‘A’ took home 4th place in [...]

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Runners win three of four distance races, scores of other medals

Pocatello, Idaho- Utah athletes went the distance at the 34th annual Simplot Games. State athletes won the 1600-meter title in both the boys and girls events, with performances by senior Jamie Stokes, from [...]

Speed City Long Beach wins girls’ 200 meters dash and 4×200 meter relay

Pocatello, Idaho –  Ariana Washington, a sophomore with Speed City Track Club in Long Beach, won the girls’ 200 meters with a time of 23.83 seconds. She beat her personal best time by 0.4 seconds. This was her [...]

Pocatello, Idaho- Pocatello native Dallin Farnsworth, left his mark on this year’s Simplot Games in the boys’ 3200 meters. He had one of the top performances by a local athlete in Simplot Games history.

At the beginning of the year Farnsworth set a goal that he would beat the Simplot Games 3200 meter meet record [...]

McKenzie Johnson of San Diego Wins Womens’ Pole Vault at Simplot Games

2012 Vaulters Surpass Best Marks over Last Year

 Pocatello, Idaho – The Womens’ Pole Vault at the 2012 Simplot Games raised the bar 6-18” over last year’s average winning jump heights of 10-11 ½’. Many of the women were taken by [...]

Sage Watson wins girls 400 meters at 2012 Simplot Games

Pocatello, Idaho – Sage Watson, senior, of Calgary International Track Club won the girls 400 meters with a time of 53.91 seconds besting last year’s fastest time of 54.45.

 Taking second was Ellisa Bryant of ISC International Empire Athletics in Mountain View, [...]

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Shawnacy Barber of Kingwood, Texas wins boys’ pole vault competition at Simplot Games

Pocatello, Idaho- Shawnacy Barber, a senior from Kingwood, Texas, won the boys’ pole vault competition at the 34th annual Simplot Games.

In his first year at the Games, Barber cleared [...]

Byron Marshall wins boys’ 60 meters at 2012 Simplot Games 

Pocatello, Idaho – Byron Marshall, a San Jose high school senior with South Bay Express Track Team, won the boys’ 60-meter dash with a time of 6.85 seconds at the 2012 Simplot Games.

Byron heads to University of Oregon as a football running back [...]

Pocatello, Idaho – Xaiver McAllister won the 2012 Simplot Games with a mark of 6’ 10”, tying the third best mark in the U.S. this year.

 Challenged on a dare by classmates last May, McAllister added the high jump to his repertoire and cleared 5’10” on his first try. He still wears traditional track [...]

Pocatello, Idaho- Scott Carter, a senior, from Elizabeth, Colorado, won the boys’ triple jump with a jump of 48’11” at the 34th annual Simplot Games— his personal best.

“I felt really good,” Carter said. “I beat my personal record by a foot, but I can still go farther.”

After throwing his personal best mark, the [...]

Pocatello, Idaho- Sasha Wallace, a junior from E.O.Y.D.C. track club of Oakland, Calif., won the girls’ triple jump at the 34th annual Simplot Games.

Wallace won with a leap of 40’10”, two inches better than Danielle Williams of the Colorado Flyers out of Aurora, Colo.

This was Wallace’s second trip to the [...]

Pocatello, Idaho- Natalie Shields, a senior from Salt Lake City, won the girls’ 3200 meters at the 34th annual Simplot Games.

Shields led from the start of the race, only flirting with second place at the midway point.

“There was only one part of the race where I started going back and forth [...]

Pocatello, Idaho- Tyler Smith, a junior from Leduc, Alberta, won the 800 meters at the 34th annual Simplot Games with a personal best time of 1:49.51—a new Simplot Games meet record.

Smith took the lead from the start, and beating the meet record was what he wanted to do.

“It was a [...]

Pocatello, Idaho- Brad Nye, a senior, from Salt Lake City, Utah, won the boys’ 1600 meters at the 2012 Simplot Games.

Knowing the competition level at Simplot Games, Nye ran a smart race, picking up the pace when he needed to, and keeping the pace locked in.

“I knew it would be [...]

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Marybeth Sant of Parker, Colo., wins girls’ 60 meters at the 2012 Simplot Games

Pocatello, Idaho- Marybeth Sant, a junior from Parker, Colo., claimed victory in the girls’ 60-meter race at the 34th annual Simplot Games.

Despite being sick all week, Sant persevered through the [...]