TOR, SJELW track teams onto districts

The Tekoa-Oakesdale-Rosalia and St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse-Washtucna track teams both send high qualifiers to Thursday and Friday’s District track meet at Clarkston.

Competing at Walla Walla May 9 for the sub-district meet, the top eight finishers in each event advanced to districts.

All together, the TOR team has 21 kids who made districts, including five of them in four events. These include Tyler Blakely, Courtenay Perry, Maddie Bogenreif, Melissa Groom and Jamie Wilson.

The SJELW team has 22 who qualified for districts, including four in four events; Gretchen Van Lith, Abby Glorfield and Darcy Stamper.

Van Lith set a new St. John-Endicott school record in Walla Walla with a distance of 16 feet, 10 and 3/4 inches. The previous mark was set by Andee Schmick in the mid-‘90s.

The district meet will be at Clarkston High School Thursday and Friday. The top two placers in each event will advance to the state meet in Cheney.

Top three finishes are as follows from the sub-district meet in Walla Walla.

DISTRICT 9 2B SUB-DISTRICT MEET

Boys

100 meters 2. Tyler Blakely, T.O.R. 11.36

High Jump: 1. Blakely, 6-4; 2. Darcy Stamper, SJELW 6-0

Long Jump: 2. Stamper, 19-11; 3. Blakely, 18-5

Girls

100 meters: 3. Gretchen Van Lith, SJELW 13.65

400 meters: 3. Abby Glorfield, SJELW 1:04.00

800 meters: 2. Courtenay Perry, T.O.R. 2:36.94; 3.Shania Bailey, T.O.R. 2:40.93

1600 meters: 2. Perry, 12:49.96; 3.Heather Siegel, SJELW 5:57.65

3200 meters: 2. Siegel, 12:49.96; 3.Shania Bailey, 13.44.22

4X100 relay: 3. SJELW (Annie Bailey, Rachel Gfeller, Shania Bailey, Van Lith), 55.65

4X200 relay: 2. TOR (Melissa Groom, Jessica Ford, Jamie Wilson, Maddie Bogenreif), 1:58.41: 3. SJELW (Annie Bailey, Rachel Gfeller, Abby Glorfield, Jazmyn Ray) 1:58.54

4X400 relay: 1. TOR (Jamie Wilson, Perry, Olivia Pakootas, Groom) 4:27.99; 2. SJELW (Sami Bailey, Shania Bailey, Jade Porubek, Siegel, 4:34.63.

Javelin – 600 G: 1. Annie Bailey, 115-7; 3.Hayley Adams, T.O.R. 105-3

Javelin – 800 G: 2. Van Lith, 16-10.5

High Jump: 1. Pakootas, 4-6

Triple Jump: 1. Gfeller, 32-4.25; 2. Glorfield, 30-7.75