Tracksters book strong marks despite cold, rain

Wind and rain greeted tracksters from nine schools Tuesday when the local season opened up on the Schmuck Park track at Colfax. Sprinters and hurdlers had a strong wind at their backs down the stretch, but middle distance and distance runners had to cope with grueling conditions on the back half.

Colfax Coach Jason Cooper, who was called to Wenatchee by a family emergency at the start of the week, credited assistants Mark Brown and Jennifer Fulfs with putting the big meet together with the help of a host of volunteers.

Justin Berarducci goes up for the Bulldogs in the high jump. He and Grant Schultz of Reardan tied for second place at 6-0 behind the win by NWC's Rueben Clark who cleared 6-4.

“What we really had with nine teams was a mini invitational, and they really pulled it out for us,” Coach Cooper said.

Kayla Johnson and Morgan Willson each pegged double wins for the Bulldogs. Wilson rolled off big wins in the 3200 and the 1600, and Johnson won both hurdle events.

The Colfax 4 X 100 relay team clocked a 53.0 to get within range of their state winning time last year with Hannah Harazin and Amelie Bruya taking the two vacated spots this year.

Marshall Fryberger of Lind/Ritzville, defending state champion, clears 13-0 in an early season demo for the pole vault. Fryberger topped the number-two vaulter by three and one half feet.

Colfax girls 4 X 400 relay team also took a win with Kim Heiner, Reagan Lowe, Deanna Aeschliman and Morgan Willson running legs. Heiner subbed in for EB Hatley who took a spill in the 4 X 200 relay.

Freshman Brandon Gfeller won the 300 hurdles, his debut entry in that event. He also placed second in the 110 hurdles.

The Colfax boys 4 X 400 team clocked a win at 3:51 with Jay Hart, Justin Berarducci, Damon Buck and Gfeller. Buck also placed second in the 200.

Girls team scores: Colfax 140, Northwest Christian 85, Liberty 71, St. Georges 58, Lind/Ritzville 54, Wilbur/Creston 44, Reardan 37, Odessa 20, Mary Walker 12.

Boys team scores: Northwest Christian 129, Reardan 91, Colfax 86, Lind/Ritzville 67, Liberty Christian 64, St. Georges 51, Odessa 19, Mary Walker 13, Wilbur/Creston 2.

Girls Events

4 X 200 relay-1. Lind/Ritzville (Coon, Whitmore, Aslt, Gust) 1:58.03, 2.Colfax (Hatley, Pearson, Harazin, Lange) 1;59.25, 3. Wilbur-Creston, 2:03.31, 4.Reardan 2:07.07.

3200 meter- 1. Morgan Willson-Cx 11:55.12, 2.Taryn Stamper-SG 12:52; 2.Shaina Simonson-Cx 13:34; 3.Tori Wynecoop-Rd 12:55.37.

100 hurdles: 1. Kayla Johnson-Cx 16.22, 2, Jewel Gamboa-WC 17.88, 3.Lauren Kuiper-NW 19.35; 4.Brianne Goodlake- WC 19.37, 5.Haley Bodeau-CX 20.37, 6.Hanah Knaack-Cx 22.34.

100 meters-1. Kelsey Chase-NW 12.97, 2. Kelly Hennessey-L 13.22, 3.Maddy Dormaier-Rd 12.4, 4.Breidenbach-L 13.72, 5.Anna Schwartz-WC 13.91, 6.Alix Saucier-SG 14.0.

1600 meters-1. Willson-Cx 5.28.0, 2.Johnson-SG 5:38, 3.Anderson-NW 5:43, 4.Kim Heiner-Cx 6:02, 5.Emily Roberts-Rd 6:06, 6.Hope Gimbel-SG 6.26.

4 X 100 Relay-1. Colfax (Johnson, Bruya, Harazin, Hatley) 53.13; 2. Lind/Ritzville, 54.0.

400 meters-1. Hennessy-L 1:04.53, 2.Aeschliman-Cx 1:09.2, 3.Caitlin Herdrick-WC 1:12, 4.Kelly Whiteside-SG 1:15.54, 5.Lillengren-Rd 1:16.25, 6.Myra Ahmad-SG 1:17.37.

300 hurdles-1.Johnson-Cx 52.66, 2.Gamboa-WC 54.78, 3.Taylor Lange-Cx 56.19, 4.Hannah Harazin-Cx 56.78, 5.Goodlake-WC 1:02.34, 6. Bodeau-WC 1:04.88.

800 meters-1.Katie Johnson-SG 2:33.24, 2.Anderson-NW 2:38.05, 3.Lauren Gust-LR 2:41.37. 4.Rebecca Hardie-Cx 2:44.97, 5.Heiner-Cx 2:45.21, 6.Henry-NW 2:45.66.

200 meters-1.Chase-NW 18.18, 2. Penaskovic-NW 28.19, 3.Hennessey-L 28.56, 4.Breidenbach-L 29.57, 5.Breidenbach-L 30.10, 6. Herdrick-WC 30.47.

4 X 400 relay-1.Colfax (Willson, Aeschliman, Pearson, Hatley) 4:41.01, 2.Northwest Christian 4:45.22, 3.Liberty 4:47.19, 4.Reardan 5:20.5.

Javelin-1.Whitmore-LR 102-5, 2.Ana Sorci-Rd 102-6, 3.Autumn Ladines-L 90-4, 4.Rebekah Marshall-O 88-2, 5.Shae House-L 75-1, 6.Benzmiller-NW 65-0.

Pole vault: 1. Lauren Gus-LR 7-0, 2.Heiner-Cx 7-0.

Long jump-1.Kuiper-NW 13-1.5, 2.Sarah Wagstaff-SG 12-6, 3.Kylie Mohr-SG 12-4.5, 4. Allison Reed-WC 12-0, 5.Marshall-O 11.08.4, 6.Aryssa Lauback-Cx 11-7.5.

Triple jump-1.Kuiper-NW 30-6, 2.Johnson-Cx 30-2, 3.Heimbogner-O 27-8, 4. Shae House-L 27-6.5, 5.Katra Browning-L 26-9.5, 6.Kylie Mohe-SG 16-02.

High jump-1.Alix Saucier-SG 4-6, 2.Jessica Heimbegner- O 4-6, 3.Bruya-Cx 4-6, 4.Hardie-Cx 4-2, 4.Casie Howder-MW 4-0.

Discus-1.Kelsey Arlt-LR 111-7, 2.Teara Cornmesser-L 105-97, 3.Catherine Kenney-NW 76-5, 4.Cora Lasich-Rd 75-5, 5.Megan Adams-Rd 71-6, 6.Kayla Davis-NW 69-11.

Shotput-1. Cornmesser-L 33-2.75, 2.Taylor Cai-Cx 29-0, 3.Janae Maple-NW 25-10.5, 4.Catherine Kenney-NW 23-10.5, 5.Laubach-Cx 12.6, 6.Adams-Rdn 23-5.

Boys events

110 hurdles-1 Grant Schultz-Rd 15.40, 2. Brandon Gfeller-C 15.47, 3. Caleb Olson-LR 17.75, 4. Drew Nichols-LR 18.06, 5. Peter Nelson-L 18.34.

100 meters -1. Chace Bell-Rd 10.95, 2. Christian Meyer-NW 10.97, 3. Fryberger-LR 11.25, 4. Nate Graham-SG 11.38, 5. Damon Buck-C 11.47, 6. Stetson Steiger-C 11.50.

1600 meters-1. Jon Williams-NW 4.48.27, 2. C. Maxwell-SG 4.49.00, 3. Stephen Burgess-SG 5.04.00, 4. Cody Erickson-L 5.07.44, 5. Ron Hutchinson-SG 5.14.00, 6. Steven Olds-NW 5.15.75.

4 X 100 Relay-1. Colfax (Alvin Li, Damon Buck, Stetson Steiger, Brandon Gfeller) 45.93. 2. Lind-Ritzville 47.34, 3. NW 47.54, 4. NW 51.09, 5. NW 52.00, 6. NW 53.28.

400 meters-1. Roy Walser-Rd 54.31, 2. Justin Berarducci-C 55.44, 3. Matt McFaul- NW 55.84, 4. Stefan Plesser-L 56.80, 5. Brandon Dechiara-L 57.87, 6. Cadwallader-NW 58.28.

300 hurdles-1. Brandon Gfeller-C 44.5, 2. Peter Nelson-L 46.00, 3. Drew Nichols- LR 46.72, 4. Grant Schultz -Rd 47.22, 4. Grant Bakken-NW 51.09, 6. Justin Trunbough-L 51.09.

800 meters-1. Jon Williams-NW 2.08.52, 2. Maxwell Choka-SG 2.10.59, 3. Stephen Burgess-SG 2.12.71, 4. Brandon Dechiara-L 2.15.73, 5. Jay Hart- C 2.18.15, 6. Ramm Hutchinson SG 2.20.31.

200 meters-1. Chace Bell- Rd 22.63, 2. Damon Buck-C 23.97, 3. Nate Graham-SG 24.47, 4. Christian Meyer-NW 24.67, 5. Josh Gallegos-NW 24.90, 6. Ryan Mendoza-NW 24.91.

3200 meters-1. Cody Erickson-L 11.41.40, 2. Steven Olds-NW 11.51.88, 3. Cody Wuestney-C 12.46.91, 4. Austin Reese -SM 12.52.59, 5. Cody Dahm-L 13.38.34, 6. Brady Cornelius-C 14.28.63.

4 X 400 relay-1. Colfax (Damon Buck, Justin Berarducci, Jay Hart)_ 3.52.46, 2. NW 3.56.56, 3. Reardan 4.03.50, 4. NW 4.23.81.

Javelin-1. James Coon-LR 156-09, 2. Jon Williams-NW 136-07, 3. Lucas Lyon-C 132-10, 4. Jake Eichner-LR 131-03, 5. Hayden Herdrick-WC 128-09, 6. Cameron Kiesz-LR 125-10.

Pole Vault-1. Fryberger- LR 13-00, 2. Steinberger-LR 9-06, 3. Austin Schmierer-O 8-06, 4. Mark Black-C 8-00, 5. Kellen McNannay-C 8-0J, 6. Skylar Simonson C 7-06.

Long Jump-1. Chace Bell-Rd 19-08.50, 2. Aaron Bruya-O 19-04.25, 3. Daniel Kuiper-NW 18-04.25, 4. Peter Nelson-L 17-07.00, 5. Stefan Plesser-L 17-03.00, 6. Kyle Shaver-MW 16-09.50.

Triple Jump-1. Ramm-Hutchinson-SG 37-11.00, 2. Daniel Kuiper-NW 37-09.50, 3. Stefan Plesser-L 37-01.00, 4. Kyle Shaver -MW 37-00.00, 5. Aaron Bruya-O 36-11.00, 6. Jacob Konshuk-L 35-01.00.

High Jump-1. Rueben Clark-NW 6-04, 2. Justin Berarducci-C 6-00, 3. Grant Schultz-Rd 6-00, 4. Aaron Bruya-O 5-08, 4. Kyle Shaver-MW 5-08, 6. Daniel Kuiper -NW 5-06.

Discus-1. Brandon Dechiara-L 106-04, 2. Jacob Hansen-Rd 103-02.50, 3. Kwinn Hanson-NW 96-08, 4. Stetson Steiger-C 94-01, 5. Parker Bakken-NW 93-11, 6. Joey Beckman-MW 91-07.

Shotput-1. Parker Bakken-NW 41-05, 2. Ty Williquette-Rd 36-00, 3. Tuffy Hickman-C 35-04, 4. Jacob Hansen-Rd 33-11, 5. Chris Steinmetz-LR 33-00.50, 6. Sascha Braendle-Rd 32-10.50.