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Zachary Cooper launches himself during the pole vault event at the Undeberg Invitational, April 29.
Garfield-Palouse Vikings Kieran and Brendan Snekvik stay close as they try and pull ahead during the boys 2-mile run.
Ava Hemphill throws the shotput during the Undeberg Invite
St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse Eagle Halee Berg competes in the girls 1600m race
RITZVILLE – The Garfield-Palouse and Oakesdale girls track teams finished in the Top 10 on Saturday, April 29, at the Undeberg Invitational.
The Vikings were second as a team with 94 points and Oakesdale was fourth with 63. The girls division was won by Okanogan with 136.5 points.
The St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse and Colfax girls teams finished eighth and ninth, respectively, with 27.83 and 27.25 points. The Tekoa-Rosalia girls competed, but didn't score any team points.
The Colfax boys placed the highest among Whitman County teams in their division.
The Bulldogs finished sixth with 39.2 team points. Davenport won with 119.5.
Meanwhile, Garfield-Palouse boys tied with Lind-Ritzville/Sprague for eighth-place with 33 points.
St. John-Endicott was 13th with 20.5 points and Oakesdale was 15th with 17. Tekoa-Rosalia boys were 23rd overall with 0.2 points.
Whitman County athletes finishing in the Top 10 included:
Boys
100-meter – Zachary Cooper, Colfax, 8th, 11.82
200-meter – Zahary Cooper, Colfax, 5th, 23.96
400-meter – Jaxon Wick, Colfax, 5th, 54.65; Pedro Molina, St. John-Endicott, 7th, 55.38
800-meter – Brendan Snekvik, Garfield-Palouse, 3rd, 2:08.83; Kieran Snekvik, Garfield-Palouse, 7th, 2:15:63.
1,600-meter – Kieran Snekvik, Garfield-Palouse, 1st, 4:42.63; Brendan Snekvik, Garfield-Palouse, 2nd, 4:42:95; Jaxon Eads, Oakesdale, 5:09.60
3,200-meter – Ayden Bassler, Garfield-Palouse, 5th, 11:55.72
110-meter hurdles – Rory Maloney, St. John-Endicott, 3rd, 16:84; Zachary Cooper, Colfax, 6th, 17.44
300-meter hurdles – Rory Maloney, St. John-Endicott, 3rd, 44.01; Colton Kneal, Colfax, 5th, 47.41; William Hubert, St. John-Endicott, 8th, 50.62
4X100 relay – Colfax (Ryan Robinson, Jaxon Wick, Tanner Senter, Bradyn Heilsberg), 7th, 46.92
4X400 relay – Garfield-Palouse (Liam Cook, Nicholas Meeuwsen, Brendan Snekvik, Kieran Snekvik), 4th, 3:56.20; Oakesdale (Shawn Bober, Austin Goyke, Alex McHargue) 6th, 4:01.97; St. John-Enedicott (Pedro Molina, Will Tollett, William Hubert, Rory Maloney) 8th, 4:06.64.
Shot put – Alex Binks, Colfax, 39-01.00; Drew Vantine, Colfax, 9th, 36-11.25
Discus – Drew Vantine, Colfax, 2nd, 126-04; Colton Kneal, Colfax, 9th, 107-02
Javelin – Jackson Perry, Oakesdale, 2nd, 152-06; Riley Williams, Colfax, 10th, 120-00
High Jump – Rory Maloney, St. John-Endicott, 5th, 5-08.00, Mason Ring, Colfax, 8th, 5-04.00
Pole vault – Zachary Cooper, Colfax, 3rd, 12-06.00; Matthew Morgan, Colfax, 8th, 10-06.00
Long jump – Bradyn Heilsberg, Colfax, 6th, 18-07.00; Ryan Robinson, Colfax, 8th, 18-01.00
Girls
100-meter – Jessie Reed, Oakesdale, 2nd, 13:09; Kyra Brantner, Garfield-Palouse, 4th, 13.20; Jenna Rawls, Oakesdal, 5th, 13.56
200-meter – Kennedy Cook, Garfield-Palouse, 1st, 26.14; Gianna Anderson, Oakesdale, 7th, 28.43; Jaisha Gibb, Colfax, 8th, 28.60
400-meter – Kennedy Cook, Garfield-Palouse, 1st, 57.47; Grace Perry, Oakesdale, 5th, 1:06.32
800-meter – Courage Hightree, Garfield-Palouse, 4th, 2:39.76; Lucy Hockett, Oakesdale, 9th, 2:48.00
1,600-meter – Lola Edwards, Garfield-Palouse, 2nd, 6:05.04; Adalynn Penwell, Colfax, 10th, 6:38.16
3,200-meter – Keira Maloney, St. John-Endicott, 4th, 16:12.67
300-meter hurdles – Charlotte Marshall, Garfield-Palouse, 7th, 55:85; HettyLee Laughary, Garfield-Palouse, 9th, 58.14
4X100 relay – Colfax (Jaisha Gibb, Charlotte McCulloh, Adisyn Ring, Destiny Nelson), 3rd, 54:13; Oakesdale (Jenna Rawls, Gianna Anderson, Marilla Hockett, Jessie Reed), 6th, 54.73; Garfield-Palouse (Noemie Appel, HettyLee Laughary, Samantha Pfaff, Courage Hightree), 10th, 58.44
4X200 relay – Colfax (Jaisha Gibb, Charlotte McCulloh, Adisyn Ring, Destiny Nelson), 2nd, 1:54.22; Garfield-Palouse (Noemie Appel, Ashleigh Hightree, Samantha Pfaff and Kennedy Cook), 3rd, 1:55.58; Oakesdale (Jenna Rawls, Lucy Hockett, Grace Perry, Marilla Hockett) 4th, 1:58.79
4X400 relay – Garfield Palouse (Lola Edwards, Kennedy Cook, Laynie Souther, Courage Hightree), 1st, 4:30.30; Oakesdale (Brieyn Henley, Lucy Hockett, Grace Perry, Emily Dingman) 3rd, 4:41.30; St. John-Endicott (Keira Maloney, Emery Molina, Julia Guske, Kate Roberts), 6th, 5:05.20
Shot put – Ava Hemphill, Garfield-Palouse, 1st, 37-7.25; Holley Thomas, St. John-Endicott, 5th, 31-06.00; Sarah Quigley, St. John-Endicott, 6th, 29-11.50; Brieyn Henley, Oakesdalle, 7th, 29-06.50; Dory Doty, Colfax, 9th, 28-08.00; Chloe Waddell, St.John-Endicott, 10th, 27-10.00
Discus – Ava Hemphill, Garfield-Palouse, 1st, 109-00; Dory Doty, Colfax, 4th, 97-05; Sara Quigley, St. John-Endicott, 6th (tie), 88-10; Chloe Waddell, St. John-Endicott, 9th, 83-07; Brieyn Henley, Oakesdale, 10th, 79-11
Javelin – Gianna Anderson, Oakesdale, 4th, 102-07; Brieyn Henley, Oakesdale, 8th, 94-07; Chloe Waddell, St. John-Endicott, 9th, 80-00
High jump – Emery Molina, St. John-Endicott, 5th (tie) 4-08.00
Pole vault – Paige Claassen, Colfax, 8-00.00; Emery Molina, St. John-Endicott, 5th (tie), 7-06.00; Julie Guske, St. John-Endicott, 7th, 7-00.00; Holly Thomas, St. John-Endicott, 8th (tie), 6-06.00
Long jump – Jessie Reed, Oakesdale, 1st, 16-00.00; Kyra Brantner, Garfield-Palouse, 2nd, 15-09.75; Bradyn Henley, Oakesdale, 6th, 14-11.00; Jaisha Gibb, Colfax, 9th, 14-09.00
Triple jump – Kyra Brantner, Garfield-Palouse, 1st, 34-09.00; Bradyn Henley, Oakesdale, 5th, 32-08.00; Julie Guske, St. John-Endicott, 10th, 29-00.00
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