Distance, relay battles top state track final at Cheney

Led by a fifth-place team finish by the Colfax girls, Whitman County track entries returned home with a sizable share of the medals from the two-day state track finals at Eastern Washington University. With Whitman League schools consolidating, all local entrants competed in the 2B division.

The Bulldogs finished in fifth place behind the 76 tally stacked by Pe Ell for the team win.

Asotin’s girls, the SE’s power club, bested the Bulldogs with 50 points for fourth place.

Colfax senior Morgan Willson defended her title in the 3200 and picked up another win in the 1600 to finish out a fabled track career at Colfax. Willson also placed fourth in the 800 race and ran a leg in the sixth place Colfax 4 X 400m team.

One of the feature battles Saturday pitted the Bulldogs against Tacoma Baptist in the two sprint relay races. Coaches had been checking out the cross-state times of the two clubs, and the state showdown met expectations. The Tacomans took both events with a .51 win in the 4 X 100 and a .2 in the 4 x 200.

Amelie Bruya , E.B. Hatley, Hannah Harazin and Bailey Mackleit finished out a solid year on the Colfax sprint teams.

Coach Jason Cooper noted the relay teams were ready to go and put up their best races in the showdown with Tacoma Baptist.

Another relay charge for Colfax came in the boys 4 X 100 when the Colfax team clocked a 44.84. That was the fastest relay time Coach Cooper has clocked in his 11 years as a high school coach.

“Those guys really worked on that all year,” Cooper noted.

The race ended with Colfax anchor Austin Corean on the heels of the anchor runner from Morgan/White Pass, winners of the event at 44.18.

Sophomore Nicole Sheer ended a solid run in the shot put with a 33-2.75 for seventh place behind Asotin’s Kayla Loop, the only hurler among 16 finalists to get the shot over the 40 mark. She finished with a 42-2. Piper Loop placed third for the Panthers and McKayla Swearingen place fourth.

Another second place for the boys came in the high jump Friday when Justin Berarducci and NWC’s Reuben Clark faced off for the last time. Clark won it at 6-5 after a dicey call on attempts and passes. Berarducci cleared 6-4. The two seniors finished out a rivalry which extended from battles in the paint during the last two basketball seasons.

Gretchen Van Lith topped the SJELW entry with a 16-8.5 in the long jump behind the 17-7 win by Alissa Brooks-Johnson for Pe Ell.

Garfield/Palouse/ Colton boys, who collected the academic award, ran into bad luck when state veteran Jeff Kent was stopped by injury Friday in the prelims. Kent was awarded a special sportsmanship award Saturday for doing volunteer work on the last day of the giant meet.

2B WINS, LOCAL

PLACINGS

GIRLS EVENTS

Team scores: 1. Pe Ell 76, 4. Asotin 50, 5. Colfax 48, 17. SJE-LW 13, 33. Tekoa/Oakesdale/Rosalia 1.

100—1. Regyn Gaffney-Adna 122.6, 7.Elizabeth Hatley-Cx 13.18.

200-1.Alissa Brooks-Johnson 25.46.

400—1. Grace Garguile-Crosspoint 1:00.53.

800—1. Kim Barry-Lake Roosevelt 2:21.57, 4. Morgan Willson-Cx 2:25.06.

1600—1.Willson 5:14.1, 9.Heather Siegel-SJELW 5:43.3, 11. Jenny Hanson-Cx 5:47.9.

3200—1. Willson 11:05.21, 6. Siegel 12:17.09.

100 hurdles—1.Brooks-Johnson 14.95.

300 hurdles—1. Brooks-Johnson 44.24.

4 X 100 relay—1.Tacoma Baptist 50.93 (Ellie Spiro, Paige Narayan, Mckenna Neufeld, Rebecca McDonald), 2.Colfax 51.33 (Amelie Bruya, E.B. Hatley, Hannah Harazin, Bailey Mackleit).

4 X 200 relay—1. Tacoma Baptist 1:46.96 9, 2. Colfax 1:47.16 (same teams).

4 X 400 relay—1.Northwest Christian-Lacey 4:13.13 (Megan Teigen, Hailey Bredeson, Elizabteh Weber, Kami Bates), 6. Colfax 4:19.5 (Harazin, Cassidy Vorderbrueggen, Leah Heiner, Willson).

High jump—1.Madellin Magee-Bear Creek 5-9. 7. Olivivia Pakootas-TOR 5-0.

Long jump—1.Brooks-Johnson 17-7, 3.Gretchen Van Lith-SJLW 16-8.5, 13. Cassie Thompson-GP 14-5.75.

Triple jump—1.Bethan Imperial-Riverside Christian 36-0,25, 14. Rachel Gfeller-SJLW 30-10.

Javelin—1.Sami Robinson-Pe Ell 127-0, 11. Hayley Adams-TOR 99-1.

Discus—1.Kayla Loop-Asotin 139-10, 12. Nicole Sheer-Cx 91-11.

Shotput—1. Kayla Loop 42-2, 7. Sheer 33-2.75.

Pole vault—1. Michaela Huber-Willapa Valley 9-6, 9. Cassidy Voerderbrueggen-Cx 7-6, 23.Leah Heiner-Cx 7-0.

BOYS EVENTS

Team scores: 1.Riverside Christain 48, 11.Colfax 21, 33.SJLW 4.5

100—1. Chrstian Meyer-NWC 11.01.

200—1.Gunnar Trygstad-North Beach 22.35.

400—1.Keaton Cruver-Tacoma Baptist 49.61.

800—1.Lucas Graham-NWC-Lacey 1:58.76.

1600—1.Graham 4:34.83.

3200—1.Graham 9:51.16, 11. Jackson Elfers-Cx 10:40.13.

110 hurdles—1.Joey Gunning-Davenport 14.97.

300 hurdles—1.Nick Wales-DeSales 38.87.

4 X 100 relay—1.Morton/White Pass 44.18 (Jeff Fenbert, Ben Powell, Daniel Bates, Coy Hanger), 2. Colfax 44.84 (Alvin Li, Justin Berarducci, Sam Thompson, AustinCorean).

4 X 400 relay—1. Tacoma Baptist 3:28.32 (Austin Lutterlogh, Ryan Lutteloh, Trevor Talen Keant Crouver).

High jump—1.Reuben Clark-NWC 6-5, 2.Justin Berarducci-Cx 6-4.

Long jump—1.Jamall James-LaConner 22-0, 10. Kalen Simon-SJLW 19-5.

Triple jump—1.James 45-6.5, 8.Simon 40-7, 9.Damian Loucks-TOR 40-5.75.

Javelin—1.Fernando Valencia-Riverside Christain 189-3, 12. Luicas Lyon-Cx 139-10.

Discus—1. Walker Williams-Tacoma Baptist 161-5.

Shot put—1.Eshom Estes-Waitsburg/Prescott 50-4.5.

Pole vault—1. David Rockett- Willapa Valley 12-9, 5. Skylar Simonson-Cx 11-6, 8. Kellen McNannay-Cx 11-0.