Colfax, Tekoa/Rosalia collect state track points

Colfax girls placed 21st at the state 2B track finals Saturday at Roos Field in Cheney with 12 team points. They finished behind the 70-point win stacked up by Northwest Christian of Lacey.

Senior Piper Cai posted the best finish for the Bulldogs when she placed third in the pole vault at 9-9 and seventh in the high jump at 4-10.

Senior Carmen Gfeller finished with an eighth-place finish in the 100 hurdles, and Sara Whelchel placed 11th in the long jump.

One big dent for the Colfax girls came in the 4x100 relay when anchor Josie Riebold fell while trying to post a win at the finish of the finals. The Bulldog team had taken the prelim race at 51.48 and Riebold was charging to collect a first-place finals win for the team which qualified first out of the regionals. She fell short of the finish line but managed to collect an eighth-place finish.

Matty Lagerway of LaConner and Landyn Lovelady of Life Christian Academy also fell, but after they crossed the finish line and collected first and second-place points.

Riebold returned to action to run a leg in the 4x400 relay for a seventh-place finish.

Colfax boys totaled six points and placed 30th behind the 63-point win rolled up by Kalama.

Ben Ahmann placed fourth in the 300 hurdles to finish out his Colfax track career.

Junior Carson Cloaninger placed seventh in the pole vault with a season-best of 11-6. Dane Hall placed 12th in the triple jump.

Both Colfax boys relay teams placed 11th in the prelims.

Tekoa/Rosalia boys scored eight points and tied with five other teams at 23rd.

Gavin Merritt placed sixth in the 1600 and fourth in the 3200, and Issac Leighton placed ninth in the 3200.

Emily Leighton placed 10th in the shot put with a 32-2.75.

Highest boys team finish for an NE team was posted by Northwest Christian with 40 points for fourth

St. George’s girls finished in second place with 64, just six points back of the NWC Lacey win.

Asotin’s girls finished fourth with 46.5 points.

BOYS RESULTS

800 Meters 2B Prelims - 11. Ryley Griffiths-C 2:05.25.

1600 Meters Finals - 6. Gavin Merritt-TR 4:34.55.

3200 Meters - 4. Merritt 10:02.08. 9. Isaac Leighton- TR 10:49.29.

110m Hurdles Prelims - 11. Ben Ahmann-C 17.12

300m Hurdles Finals - 4. Ben Ahmann 42.37. (third in prelim at 41.64).

4x100 Relay Prelims - 11. Colfax (Ben Ahmann, Gabe Ahmann, Dane Hall, Griffiths) 46.06.

4x400 Relay Prelims - 11. Colfax (B. Ahmann, G. Ahmann, Mark Morgan, Griffiths) 3:37.16. 0 Colfax.

Pole Vault-7. Carson Cloaninger-C 11-6, 14. Cole Barrlocher-C 9-6.

Triple Jump - 12. Dane Hall-C 36-05.25.

GIRLS RESULTS

100 Hurdles Finals - 8. Carmen Gfeller 17.36 (4th in prelim at 16.69).

4x100 Relay Finals - 8. Colfax (Sara Welchel, Kaitlyn Cornish, Averi Mackleit, Josie Riebold) 54.17. (first in prelims at 51.48).

4x400 Relay Finals - 7. Colfax (Taylre Sakamoto-Howell, Gfeller, Riebold, Piper Cai) 4:18.23. (3rd in prelims at 4:15.85.)

Shot Put Finals - 10. Emily Leighton-TR 32-02.75.

High Jump 2B - Finals - 7. Cai-C 4-10.

Pole Vault 2B - Finals - 3. Cai 9-09, 13. Sophie Klaveano-C 6-06.

Long Jump 2B - Finals -11. Welchel 15-03.25.