Track finalist finish big at state finals in Cheney

Parker Warwick off to a fast start in the 100 meter hurdles at the state track meet Saturday.

Colfax competitors put down some strong marks at the 2B track finals which were part of the three-division state show over the weekend at Roos Field.

In some cases the big marks were bumped by even bigger marks from state competitors from other corners of the state.

Colfax girls, the defending champions, finished in fourth place with 52 points while their NE league rivals, the LRS Broncos, took the team win with 74 points.

Coach Jason Cooper noted the Bulldog girls rolled up all their points without a senior on the team; so this year’s finish bodes well for the future.

Junior Scout Cai finished with 29 total points, more than half the Colfax total. Scout topped the pole vault with an 11-6. She won the event last year with an 11-0. This year she came close to clearing 11-10 which would have been a meet record.

Saturday, Scout Cai and Olivia Pakootas of Tekoa/Rosalia waged their last duel in the high jump. Pakootas, a senior, took the win in the district and regional rounds, but those were on days when Cai was shuttling among four different events. The three-day stretch for the state show allowed Cai to save energy, and she managed to clear 5-4 on her first attempt. Both finalists made it over 5-3.

Cai also pulled out a 26.5 Saturday in the 200 sprint to place second behind the Toledo torpedo, Regyn Gaffney who clocked a 25.82. Gaffney also won the 100.

Colfax senior Sam Dailey had his best day of the season with a 13-0 in the pole vault, an event he won last year at 12-6.

Austin Zeller of Davenport also topped out for the season with a 14-0 to take the vault title this year.

The top performance event of the day was booked in the discus where Colfax senior Josh Brown uncorked a 171-8 on the last sling of his career.

Brown, however, was competing in the shadow of North Bend’s Caleb Bridge who threw at 185-7. That mark was the top throw booked in all of the state divisions last Saturday and added more than 13 feet to the state 2B mark.

The best sling by Bridge landed less the five feet short of the 190 mark, the last arch mark on the discus green Saturday.

Colfax boys finished in 11th place with 19 points.

Rosalia junior sprinter Eli Richardson finished the state show for the TR Timberwolves with a photo finish in the 200 sprint with Raymond’s Rayce Newman. Times on the finish were 23.19 for Newman, who dominated the sprints, and 23.15 for Richardson.

GIRLS EVENTS

Top 10 team scores: 1. Lind Ritzville/Sprague 74, 2. St. George’s 71, 3. Northwest Christian-Lacey 55,5, 4. Colfax 52, 5.Okanogan 42.5, 6. Adna 40.5, 7. Tonasket 32, 8. Dayton 32, 9. Illwaco. 21, 10.Northwest Christian-Colbert 20.

100—1. Regyn Gaffney-Adna 12.46.

200 —1.Gaffney 25.82, 2. Scout Cai 26.52.

400—1. Gaffney 57.01, 4.Anne Hockett-GPO 1:01.15,

800—1. Madison Ward-St. George’s 2:18.38.

1600—1. Ward 5:04.45.

3200—1. Tracy Melville-LRS 11:04.63.

100 hurdles—1. Rose Watts-Tonasket 15.66, 7.Carmen Gfeller-CX\ 17.05, 8. Parker Warwick-Cx 17.07.

300 hurdles—1. Isabel Clark-NWC 45.56, 3.Hockett-GPO 47.82.

4 X 100 relay—1. Lind/Ritzville/ Sprague (Holly Nygren, Rachel Schell, Samantha Asmussen, Kate Schell) 51.31.7.Colfax (Alexie Smith, Josie Riebold, Katelyn Scholz, Olivia Mellor) 52.79.

4 X 200 relay-1. Lind/Ritzville/ Sprague (Nygren, R. Schell, Felicia Ziemer, K. Schell) 1:46.99, 3. Colfax (Piper Cai, Sarah Kraugt, Josie Riebold, Parker Warwick) 1:49.9.

4 X 400 relay—1. St. George’s (Marika Morlan, Allilsln Hayes, Ashley Sande, Ward) 4:11.87. 2. Colfax (Mellor, Kraut, P. Cai, Warwick) 4:14.6.

Shotput—1. Peyton Dungan-Rainier 38-5.75, 8. Scout Cai 33-10.25.

Discus—1. Karlee Freeman-Raymond, 137-5.

Javelin—1. Emmy Engle-Okanogan 132-3.

High jump—1. Scout Cai-Colfax 5-4, 2. Olivia Pakootas-Tekoa/Rosalia 5-3.

Pole vault—1. Scout Cai 11-6, 5.Piper Cai 8-9.

Long jump—1. Waits-Tonasket 16-9

Triple jump—1. Emily Sanchez-South Bend, 36-3.75, 8.Pakootas 33-6.25.

BOYS EVENTS

Top 10 team scores: Raymond 89.5, 2.North Beach 62, 3. St. George’s and Okanogan 45, 5.Asotin 43, 6.NWC-Colbert and Waitsburg-Prescott 32, 8. NWC-Lacey 31, 9. Toledo 26, 10. Morton/White pass 24.

100—1. Rayce Newman-Raymond, 11:28; 3. Eli Richardson-Tekoa/Rosalia, 11.48.

200 —1. Newman, 23.19; 2. Richardson 23.25. Prelim-Toby Warwick-Cx, 24.44.

800—1.Jack Ammon-NWC, 1:58.l6,

1600—1.Chandler Teigen-Asotin, 4:21.19.

3200—1. Teigen 9:39.77.

110 hurdles—1.Daniel Echtle-Toledo, 15.73.

300 hurdles—1.Willie Blackmon-Friday Harbor, 40.96.

4 X 100 relay—1. Raymond (Terry Broten, Jace Duckworth, Alex Vaca, Newman) 44.26. Prelims: Colfax (Bo Classen, Toby Warwick, Ben Ahmann, Dylan Hall ) 10th at 45.5, 12. Tekoa/ Rosalia (Dillon Jacobs, Chase Neill, Preston French, Richardson) 12th at 46.22.

4 X 400 relay—1.Raymond (Jace Freeman, Ben Meade, Elliott Murdock, Alex Vaca ) 3:28.15.

Shotput—1.Jonny Law-North Beach 53-9.5, 8. Josh Brown-Cx 46-2.5.

Discus-1. Caleb Bridge-North Beach, 185-7. 2. Brown 171-8.

Javelin—1. Ian Louderback-Morton/ White Pass, 186-0.

High jump—1.Forrest Wallace-Toledo 6-4, 7.Caleb Brown-Colfax 5-8.

Pole vault—1. Austin Zeller-Davenport- 14-0, 2. Sam Dailey- Colfax 13-0, 11. C. Brown-Cx 10-0.

Long jump—1.Newman 22-w8.75.

Triple jump—1. Mason Guerrette-Okanogan 42-10.25. 10. Dillon Jacobs-Tekoa/Rosalia 38-4.

Discus—1. Caleb Bridge-North Beach, 185-7, 2. Josh Brown 171-8.