TORRINGTON – On top of the eight individuals and three relays that already qualified for the state track meet, Goshen County athletes qualified in seven additional individual events and six relays this week.
All of the qualifying performances came from Lingle-Fort Laramie after they competed in two invitationals last week, taking part in the Mitchell, Neb. Invitational on Thursday and the Guernsey-Sunrise Invitational on Saturday.
For the Lady Doggers, three relay teams put down state qualifying times in Mitchell. In the 400-meter relay, Kaylynn Jefferson, Kaylan Maez, Kalli Nichol and Jade Cooper clocked a time of 57.04 seconds. They are the only 400-meter relay team to have qualified so far.
In the longer relays, Cooper, along with Jenny Manus, Jenna Kaufman and Shelby Heilbrun finished the 1600-meter relay with a time of 4:56.50. They are the second 1600-meter relay team for the Lady Doggers to pre-qualify. Manus, Kaufman, Heilbrun and Makenna Steely hooked up for the 3200-meter relay, qualifying for the state meet with a time of 12:02.55.
Tyler Hunt picked up two titles in Guernsey on Saturday and in doing so, he qualified for the state meet in both the discus and shot put. In the disc, he has the longest qualifying throw so far (129 feet, 2 inches). He already qualified for the state meet with a previous, shorter throw this spring.

Taylor Wagner will be seen in Casper, qualifying in the pole vault after clearing 11 feet, 6 inches in Mitchell.
Ty Mueller and Justice Madayag added to their schedule of events for the state meet. Before last week, Madayag already punched his ticket for the triple jump and Mueller pre-qualified in the 110-meter hurdles and the long jump.
Madayag recorded a long jump of 20 feet, 8.5 inches at the Mitchell Invite and cleared 5 feet, 8 inches in the high jump in Guernsey. His efforts in both the long and high jumps have secured his spot for Casper.
Mueller added to his field event total for the state meet, recording a jump of 41 feet in the triple jump. He also qualified in the 300-meter hurdles after clocking a time of 42.13 seconds on Saturday.
LFL also qualified three boys’ relay teams. Wagner, Mueller, Cole Shepardson and Gaven Niles turned in a time of 47.57 seconds in the 400-meter relay and 3:42.46 in the 1600-meter relay, both of which were qualifying times. In the 3200-meter relay, Niles, Scott Gilchriest, Alex Pugsley and Christian Burton finished in 9:20.11 to qualify for the state meet.
The Doggers look to qualify more contestants in Scottsbluff, Neb. on Thursday in an invite hosted by Alliance, Neb. Torrington is set to attend the same invitational, where other Blazers are hoping to qualify for the state meet. Southeast does not have any runners qualified for the 2A state meet yet, but the Cyclones look to change that on Thursday in Burns.

Those already qualified for the state meet include:
Logan Harris, Torrington, Shot Put, 59-2; Logan Harris, Torrington, Discus, 144-2; Georgia Wollert, LFL, 100-meter dash, 17.20; Georgia Wollert, LFL, High Jump, 5-0; Makenna Greenwald, LFL, Triple Jump, 31-8; Landen Fuller, LFL, 200-meter dash, 23.53; Landen Fuller, LFL, 400-meter dash, 53.70; Landen Fuller, LFL, 800-meter run, 2:02.09; Ty Mueller, LFL, 110-meter hurdles, 16.50; Ty Mueller, LFL, Long Jump, 20-2; Cole Shepardson, LFL, 300-meter hurdles, 44.11; Tyler Hunt, LFL, Shot Put, 44-3; Justice Madayag, LFL, Triple Jump, 43-5.5; Makenna Greenwald, Kaylynn Jefferson, Shelby Heilbrun, Georgia Wollert, LFL, 1600-meter relay, 4:32.40; Cole Shepardson, Ty Mueller, Taylor Wagner, Landen Fuller, 1600-meter relay, LFL, 3:39.66; Kelly Peterson, Scott Gilchriest, Jackson Gregory, Gaven Niles, 3200-meter relay, LFL, 9:22.32.