WYOMING DOMINATES GIRLS SHOT PUT EVENT AT 2023 SIMPLOT GAMES
Pocatello, Idaho –Wyoming earned almost every spot on the medal stand for the girls shot put event during the 43rd annual Simplot Games.
Nora Butler led Wyoming athletes in the girls’ shot put, securing first place with a throw of 41’6.50.” Butler was awarded her first-place medal by two-time Olympic gold medalist Ryan Crouser, who had broken the world shot put record earlier that day during a professional shot put competition during the Games.
Wyoming athletes placed in many events over the weekend and secured first place finishes in a total of five events, including:
Boys’ 800 Meters
A full list of Wyoming Top 6 finishers is at the end of the release.
More than 2,000 athletes from across the U.S., Canada, and Australia are participating in the 43rd 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 held at Idaho State University’s Holt Arena in Pocatello, Idaho.
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Boys 400 Meter
| PLACE/ATHLETE NAME | LOCATION |
| Sixth Place – Gabe Hutchinson | Evanston, WY |
Boys 800 Meter
| PLACE/ATHLETE NAME | LOCATION |
| First Place – Colby Jenks | Pinedale, WY |
Boys Freshman 1600 Meter
| PLACE/ATHLETE NAME | LOCATION |
| Third Place – Race Morrell | Cheyenne, WY |
| Fifth Place – Lucas Stevenson | Cheyenne, WT |
Boys 4×400-Meter Relay
| PLACE/TEAM NAME | LOCATION |
| Sixth Place – Thunder Basin High School | Gillette, WY |
Boys 4×800-Meter Relay
| PLACE/TEAM NAME | LOCATION |
| Third Place – Casper Natrona Mustangs | Casper, WY |
| Fourth Place – LHS TRACC Club | Laramie, WY |
Boys 60-Meter Hurdles
| PLACE/ATHLETE NAME | LOCATION |
| Second Place – Gage Gose | Lander, WY |
Boys Pole Vault
| PLACE/ATHLETE NAME | LOCATION |
| Third Place – Maddix Holmes | Rock Springs, WY |
Boys High Jump
| PLACE/ATHLETE NAME | LOCATION |
| Second Place – Lee Kaiden | Casper, WY |
Boys Long Jump
| PLACE/ATHLETE NAME | LOCATION |
| Fifth Place – Seth Wilson | Casper, WY |
Girls 400 Meter
| PLACE/ATHLETE NAME | LOCATION |
| First Place – Addie Pendergast | Sheridan, WY |
Girls 800 Meter
| PLACE/ATHLETE NAME | LOCATION |
| Third Place – Ada Nelson | Cody, WY |
Girls 1600 Meter
| PLACE/ATHLETE NAME | LOCATION |
| First Place – Sydney Morrell | Cheyenne, WY |
| Sixth Place – Ryann Smith | Rawlins, WY |
Girls Freshman 1600 Meter
| PLACE/ATHLETE NAME | LOCATION |
| Fourth Place – Cierra Daniels | Casper, WY |
| Sixth Place – Gracey Visser | Afton, WY |
Girls 3200 Meter
| PLACE/ATHLETE NAME | LOCATION |
| Fifth Place – Madison Antonio | Pinedale, WY |
Girls 60-Meter Hurdles
| PLACE/ATHLETE NAME | LOCATION |
| Fifth Place – Eva Nitschke | Rawlins, WY |
Girls 4×200-Meter Relay
| PLACE/TEAM NAME | LOCATION |
| Fifth Place – Casper’s Natrona Fillies | Casper, WY |
Girls 4×400-Meter Relay
| PLACE/TEAM NAME | LOCATION |
| Fifth Place – Broncs Track Club | Sheridan, WY |
Girls 4×800-Meter Relay
| PLACE/TEAM NAME | LOCATION |
| First Place – Cheyenne East Indoor Track | Cheyenne, WY |
Girls Shot Put
| PLACE/ATHLETE NAME | LOCATION |
| First Place – Nora Butler | Sheridan, WY |
| Third Place – Josie Ankney | Sheridan, WY |
| Fourth Place – Jalyn Shepherd | Gillette WY |
| Fifth Place – Harper Boche | Torrington, WY |
| Sixth Place – Autumn Ostrander | Casper, WY |
Girls Long Jump
| PLACE/ATHLETE NAME | LOCATION |
| Fourth Place – Tahliah Morris | Cheyenne, WY |
