Battle Mountain track and field star Tyler Heimerl broke the long jump school record at the Broomfield Shootout on March 22.

The senior leapt 17 feet, 6 3/4 inches on her third attempt to break Sabrina Sutter’s 2019 mark of 17-4 3/4. The Husky finished fourth overall at the meet as Niwot’s Eliana Henriques went 18-1 1/2 to claim the win.

Heimerl posted a 17-5 and 17-3 1/4 on her first two jumps. On her record leap, she had tail wind of 2.0 meters per second, the exact legal limit for state-qualifying purposes in Colorado.

Heimerl, who competed in the long, triple and high jump at the 2023 4A state track meet, also has personal bests of 5-4 and 35-3 for the high and triple jump, respectively. Two-time steeplechase Olympian Val Constien set the current Battle Mountain triple jump school record (36-3) in 2012 while Donna Mott’s 5-7 high jump mark from 1982 remains unbeaten.

Battle Mountain finished 28th out of 32 teams on the girls side while the Eagle Valley boys were 11th out of 35 on the boys side.

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Eagle Valley junior Tyler Blair won the 1600-meter run by two seconds in 4:28.06 and returned to finish fifth out of 69 runners in the 3200-meter run, running 9:39.65. Blake Anderson led the sprint crew, placing fourth in the 400-meter dash in a personal-best time of 51.48. Kingston Clous scored points in the 100 (11.05) and picked up a personal best in the long jump (21-6) to finish ninth. His teammate, sophomore Tiago Hortruitiner went 21-11 in the latter event to finish in eighth and also soared to 6-0 to place fifth in the high jump.

The Battle Mountain Invitational is on April 1 in Edwards while the Devils’ host the Eagle Valley Invitational on April 5 in Gypsum.

Other prep notes: Thayer shoots 78 to win at Devil’s Thumb

• Battle Mountain’s Makena Thayer shot a 6-over 78 to win the Devil’s Thumb Invitational on Monday in Delta. Thayer — who placed fourth at the state tournament last year, the best in program history — logged nine pars and a couple birdies to top the 71-person field. Durango scored 256 to take the team win while the Huskies carded a cumulative mark of 318 to place fifth. The Huskies hit the links again on March 31 at Bookcliff Country Club in Grand Junction.
• William Townsend went 2-for-4 from the plate, Shaeffer Dodds drove in three runs and struck out nine in five shutout innings on the mound and Battle Mountain scored four runs in the sixth en route to an 11-0 victory over Meeker on Tuesday. The Huskies (2-1) go up against Gunnison on Saturday before the home opener against Summit (4-1) on April 2.