Cai pegs 12-0 pole vault to set Ephrata record

Senior Scout Cai cleared 12 feet in the pole vault at the Ray Cross Invitational track meet at Ephrata to lead the Colfax run of 46 points to placefifth overall in the giant mid-state meet. The 12'0'' in the vault was good for a one-foot edge over the number-two entrant, Heather Carbon of Moses Lake.

The 12 also set a record for the Ray Cross meet which had 37 teams this year, and it set a CHS record. Cai's previous best was 11'6''.

Coach Jason Cooper said Cai probably could have cleared 12'3'' Saturday, but the team needs to get her a longer pole.

Cai also took another win with a 5-2 in the high jump to top the event by two inches. Piper Cai topped 4-2 in the high jump for a three-way tie for ninth place.

Scout Cai also placed second in the 200 sprint with a 26.76 behind the 26.16 win by Olivia Holmes of A.C. Davis, and she placed fifth in the shot put at 33-7. She also placed fifth in the shot put for a total of 32 team points for the Bulldogs.

Carmen Gfeller placed fourth in the 100 hurdles at 17.1 and 11th in the 300 hurdles.

The Colfax girls 4x100 relay team placed fifth at 53.72 with Olivia Mellor, Alexie Smith, Josie Riebold and Katelyn Scholz running legs. Richland won the event at 51.97. Smith also placed eighth in the javelin at 102.

Mellor placed seventh in the triple jump at 32.3.75 and 13th in the long jump a 14'10''.

Ben Ahmann topped the Bulldog boys with an eighth in the 110 hurdles at 18.15, behind the 15.28 win by Joe Lang of Royal.

Ahmann was 14th in the 300 hurdles at 47.0.

Chase Baerlocher placed ninth in the 1600 at 4:51.3 and 11th in the 800 at 2:15.7. His time in the 1600 was his first finish under five minutes.