Rangers place 4th; Lady Rangers 9th at State Track Championships
By Dahl Erickson
May 24, 2026
Senior Colter Krell winds up for a throw in the discus for the 2A Boys State Championships. PHOTO BY JILL WALKER
The final athletic competition of the school year is in the books for Kemmerer High School as the girls and boys track programs competed in Casper over the weekend. It was a terrific outing for the squads with plenty of standout performances.
The Lady Rangers finished 9th in the 2A team standings with 37 total points. The Big Horn girls won the 2A championship with 150 team points followed by Wright with 103 and Sundance with 91.
The top overall finisher for the Lady Rangers on the weekend was Riley Meyer’s second-place finish in the pole vault. Meyer added a fourth place finish in the 300 hurdles on the final day of action.
Brent Erickson placed third in the 1600 meter run, one of three events he was able to be in the top three. PHOTO BY JILL WALKER
The Rangers placed fourth overall in the 2A boys standings with 55 points. It was a title sweep for Big Horn High School as the Rams ran away with the boys title with 186 points. Thermopolis was runner-up with 130 points and Wright was third with 71.
It was a terrific weekend for Brent Erickson who added another third place finish in the 1600 meter on Saturday. He placed third in both distance events and helped the team score with points in two relays as well. Colter Krell also enjoyed a nice day to close out his high school career as he placed in both hurdling events as well as the discus.
Riley Krell carries the baton for the Lady Rangers in the 4×400 relay. PHOTO BY JILL WALKER
FULL RESULTS FOR STATE TRACK –
Kemmerer Girls Placers (2A State)
1600M Payton Scherr 5:47.86 (7th)
3200M Payton Scherr 13:03.94 (7th)
100 Hurdles Claire Crosland 21.55 (8th)
300 Hurdles Riley Meyer 49.60 (4th)
Medley 4:46.34 (7th) (Kalyn Lockwood, Riley Meyer, Claire Crosland, Payton Scherr)
4×100 56.00 (6th) (Kalyn Lockwood, Charlie Boylen, Cambree Tolhurst, Hadlee Wood)
4×400 4:41.72 (8th) (Rylee Krell, Hanna Walker, McKenna Whitbeck, Kalyn Lockwood)
4×800 11:22.91 (6th) (Payton Scherr, Rylee Krell, Cambree Tolhurst, Riley Meyer)
Pole Vault Riley Meyer 8’ 3” (2nd)
Pole Vault Rylee Krell 7’ 9” (5th)
Pole Vault Demi Thatcher 7’ 3” (6th)
Shot Put Hanna Walker 31’ 2.25” (8th)
Discus Hadlee Wood 104’ 4” (7th)
Kemmerer Boys Placers (2A State)
1600M Brent Erickson 4:42.00 (3rd)
3200M Brent Erickson 10:24.22 (3rd)
110 Hurdles Dawson Crosland 17.15 (5th)
110 Hurdles Colter Krell 17.63 (7th)
300 Hurdles Colter Krell 42.47 (4th)
Medley 4:04.52 (6th) (Dawson Crosland, Abram Hartmann, Wyatt Miller, Brent Erickson)
4×100 47.32 (7th) (Wyatt Miller, Marcus Rachael, Sam Thatcher, Abram Hartmann)
4×400 3:43.71 (6th) (Wyatt Miller, Kane Jimenez, Chase Benson, Dawson Crosland)
4×800 8:41.25 (3rd) (Kane Jimenez, Bowman Sandall, Chase Benson, Brent Erickson)
Pole Vault Bowman Sandall 11’ 0” (3rd)
Pole Vault Jacob Platt 10’ 6” (4th)
Discus Colter Krell 135’ 4” (5th)
Discus Sam Thatcher 129’ 5” (6th)
Girls Team Scores (2A Class)
Big Horn 150
Wright 103
Sundance 91
Tongue River 65.6
Thermopolis 49
Shoshoni 44
Pine Bluffs 40.5
Greybull 39
Kemmerer 37
Big Piney 36
Rocky Mountain 17
Moorcroft 16
Wyoming Indian 11
Wind River 3
Boys Team Scores (2A Class)
Big Horn 186
Thermopolis 130
Wright 71
Kemmerer 55
Tongue River 52
Big Piney 48
Sundance 39
Pine Bluffs 30
Rocky Mountain 20
Shoshoni 20
Wyoming Indian 19
Greybull 17
Wind River 14
Moorcroft 1
