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Serving Whitman County since 1877
Seniors Gavin Merritt of Tekoa/Rosalia and Austin Apperson of Adna finished the eight-lap 3200 in a sprint Saturday with Apperson, the defending champ, prevailing by .29 of a second.
Jonathon Kinley of Colfax had the Roos Field track, and the state track crowd, all to himself as he ran the 200 ambulatory event Saturday at Eastern Washington University.
Oakesdale girls collected points all over the Roos Field complex at Cheney Friday and Saturday to roll out a dominant win in the 1B state track finals. The Nighthawks finished with 107 points, the highest tally for the six divisions at the meet which included 1B, 2B and 1A boys and girls division.
Second highest team tally was an 82 stacked by Mt. Vernon Christian in their 1B boys division win.
Colfax boys finished with 24 points to tie for 12th in the 2B division, and the Tekoa/Oakesdale boys finished one point back with 23.
Freshman Bree Rawls led the Oakesdale charge with wins in both the hurdle events. Rawls booked amazing starts in both races and finished 16.66 in the 100 for a .62 edge over Olivia Eisses of Shoreline Christian in the number-two slot. In the 200, Rawls clocked a 47.44 for a .66 edge over Eisses.
Lauryn Rawls had a 129-8 sling in the discus to bump the meet record set by Andrea Heinen of Cusick in 2011 by two inches.
Oakesdale capped their team win by putting three finishers on the awards stand for the triple jump and then winning the last meet event, the 4x400 relay with Logan Reed, Madison Dingman, Elisabeth Perry and Amber Jones running legs. They clocked 4:21.8 for a four-second edge over Concordia Christian.
Top finish for the fans was marked by Gavin Merritt of Tekoa/Rosalia and Austen Apperson of Adna in the 3200 for boys in the 2B division. Both seniors were making their last race. Apperson, who was the returning champ, and Merritt tucked in behind the early leaders, before Apperson broke out in the final laps with Merritt in pursuit. After almost eight laps, the two seniors finished in a sprint for the line with Apperson again getting the call for a repeat win.
TR junior Garrett Naught also booked a first for the Nighthawks with a 6-6 top mark, four inches over the 6-2 by number-two Charlie Andrews of Kettle Falls.
Colfax senior Cameron Hiatt topped the Colfax entry with a third in the triple jump, a fourth in the long jump, and two lengths on Colfax relay teams which placed seventh both times.
Garfield/Palouse junior Anais Mills had a big day in the distance events when she placed third in the 3200, fourth in the 1600 and fifth in the 800.
2B Division
Colfax boys finishers: Cameron Hiatt, 3rd in the triple jump at 41-2.5, 4th in the long jump at 20-10; Bryan Rubin, seventh 110 hurdles at 17.62, 4x100 relay team of Gabe Ahmann, Rubin, Mark Morgan, Cameron Hiatt, 7th at 45.94; 4x400 relay team of Ryley Griffiths, Brandon Lustig, Hiatt and Morgan, seventh at 3:38.46; Dakota Hall, 13th in the javelin at 145-011; Carson Cloaninger, 4th in the pole vault at 12-6.
Colfax girls finishers: Kaitlynn Cornish, 4th in the long jump at 16-5.75; 4th in the 100 at 13.17; Asher Cai, 13th in high jump at 4-8; Johanna Keller Tersch, 7th in pole vault at 8-0.
Tekoa/Rosalia boys finisher; Gavin Merritt. 4th in the 1600 at 4:31.71, 2nd in the 3200 at 9:58.08; Issac Leighton, 8th in 3200 at 10:32.39; Garrett Naught, first in the high jump at 6-6.
Tekoa Rosalia girls finishers: Emily Leighton, 5th in shotput at 35-7.75; Emily Kramer, 14th in high jump at 4-6.
1B Division
Oakesdale girls finishers: Bree Rawls, 1st in the 100 hurdles at 15.72, 1st in the 300 hurdles at 47.44, 2nd in the triple jump at 35-9; Amber Jones, 5th in the 400 at 1:03.55; Lizzy Perry, 3rd in the 800 at 2:30.43, 2nd in the 1600 at 5:34.05; Madison Dingman, 5th in the 1600 at 5:54.96, 4th in the 3200 at 12:37.71; Julie Baljo, 15th in the 3200 at 14:38.77; 4x200 relay team of Logan Reed, Kaylee Hinnenkamp, Elisabeth Perry and Jones, 5th at 1:54.38; 4x400 relay team of Logan Reed, Madison Dingman, Elisabeth Perry and Jones, 4:21.8; Lauryn Rawls, lst in discus at 129-8; Aliya Rutledge, 3rd in javelin at 114-1, 4th in discus at 111-2; Louellen Reed, 6th in long jump at 14-4.5, 8th in triple jump at 32-1; Logan Reed, 7th in long jump at 14-11, 5th in triple jump at 33-6.75; Jessie Reed, 8th in long jump at 14-0.25.
Oakesdale boys finishers; Matt Hockett, 7th in 100 at 12.09. second in 200 at 23.36.
Garfield/Palouse girls finisher : Kennedy Cook, 4th in the 400 at 1:03.38; Anais Mills, 5th in the 800 at 2:33.52, 4th in the 1600 at 5:54.03, 3rd in the 3200 at 12:37.26.
SJEL boys finishers: Kameron Greenhalgh, first in the discus at 135-9, 9th in the shotput at 40-10.5; T.J. Harder, 13th in the javelin at 126-03; Ty Harder, 7th in the triple jump at 39-8.25.
SJEL girls finishers: Lauren Stubbs, 6th in the 800 at 2:34.61; Ellie Tollett, 14th in the 1600 at 6:20.24; Drew Curtis Brewer, 13th in shotput at 28-9.75; Alynn Harder, 5th in javelin at 116; Autumn Myers, 5th in high jump at 4-10; 9th in javelin at 101-9; Brooklyn Bailey, 11th in javelin at 90-3; Olivia Larsen, 6th in pole vault at 7-0, Rachel Larsen, 8th in pole vault at 7-0; Ashlyn Archer, 6th in triple jump at 33-2.75.
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