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Vikings Scored 79 team points to win by 14 total points
Above: Chloe Waddel poses with her first place medal from the shot put event.
Lucy Hockett runs the 800 meter race for Oakesdale.
Bradyn Henley makes her jump for the Oakesdale Nighthawks at state.
Zachary Cooper runs the 200 meter race for the Colfax Bulldogs.
By Jake Hull
Gazette Reporter
Palouse - Another state champion in Whitman County was crowned Saturday, May 25, in Yakima.
The Garfield-Palouse Vikings girls track and field team took home first place in the state meet, which was held Thursday through Saturday, May 23-25, in Yakima.
The Vikings out-scored Mt. Vernon Christian by 14 points to capture the state title.
This would be the second-straight year where the Vikings girls win the 1B state title.
Along with the team title came individual state championship medals in their respective running and field events.
Freshman Kyra Brantner took second in state for the 100 meter race, fourth on the 4X 100 relay team, second in long jump, and third in triple jump.
Lola Edwards took second in the 3200 meter, followed by Ashleigh Hightree in third, and Courage Hightree in fifth.
The Oakesdale Nighthawks and St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse Eagles girls track and field teams each scored 22 team points to take ninth in state.
For the boys, the overall 1B state champion was Valley Christian with 101 team points. The Viking boys took fourth, scoring 38 team points.
St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse finished 14th, and Oakesdale took 25th.
On the 2B side, St. George's swept the field, taking home both the girls and boys titles. The Colfax Bulldog girls team finished 25th with six team points.
Colfax boys took 18th with 18 team points.
Final results from the state championship meet are as follows:
Garfield-Palouse Vikings
Girls
100-meter- Brantner, 2nd, PR, 12.78.
400-meter- Samantha Pfaff, 7th, 1:04.25.
800-meter- Ashleigh Hightree, 3rd. PR, 2:29.26; and Courage Hightree, 5th, 2:32.91.
1600-meter- Ashleigh Hightree, 3rd, PR, 5:28.50; Courage Hightree, 5th, PR, 5:38.17; Edwards, 8th, PR, 5:41.68; and Arabella Sievers, 11th, 5:58.94.
3200-meter- Edwards, 2nd, PR, 12:17.21; Ashleigh Hightree, 3rd, PR, 12:19.54; and Courage Hightree, 5th, PR, 12:36.99.
300-meter hurdles prelims- HettyLee Laughary, 10th, PR, 52.79.
4 X 100 relay- Garfield-Palouse (Noemie Appel, Pfaff, HettyLee Laughary, Brantner), 4th, PR, 52.93.
4 X 400 relay- Garfield-Palouse (Courage Hightree, Edwards, Ashleigh Hightree, Pfaff), 4th, 4:31.56.
Javelin- Zoe Laughary, 10th, 88-09.
High Jump- Pfaff, 3rd, 5-02.
Long Jump- Brantner, 2nd, 16-08.75.
Triple Jump- Brantner, 3rd, 34-04.25.
Boys
800-meter- Kieran Snekvik, 3rd, PR, 2:02.42; and Brendan Snekvik, 4th, 2:02.83.
1600-meter- Brendan SNekvik, 2nd, PR, 4:30.45; and Kieran Snekvik, 6th, 4:41.84.
3200-meter- Brendan Snekvik, 2nd, PR, 10:00.71.
4 X 400 relay - Garfield-Palouse (Liam Cook, Isaiah Hightree, Brendan Snekvik, Kieran Snekvik), 5th, 3:45.16.
Discus- Enzo Sena, 5th, PR, 126-05; and Cook, 9th, 115-03.
St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse Eagles
Girls
Shot Put- Chloe Waddell, 1st, 35-03.25; and Rowdie Broeckel, 9th 30-00.75.
Discus- Waddell, 9th, SR, 92-00.
High Jump- Emery Molina, 7th, 4-08.0.
Pole Vault- Molina, 1st, 8-06.
Long Jump- Julia Guske, 14th, 14-04.
Boys
100-meter- Brody Fleming, 8th, 11.65.
200-meter- Fleming, 5th, 23.65.
400-meter prelims- Will Tollett, 12th, 54.32.
300-meter hurdles prelims- Tyler Hough, 11th, 45.59.
Discus- Avery Anderson, 8th, PR, 119-05.
Javelin- Fleming, 7th, PR, 150-0.
Pole Vault- David Logen, 8th, 9-0.
Long Jump- Fleming, 3rd, 19-09.0.
Waddell and Molina were the only athletes from Whitman County to take home an individual state championship.
Oakesdale Nighthawks
Girls
400-meter- Grace Perry, 4th, 1:03.76.
800-meter- Lucy Hockett, 2nd, PR, 2:28.51.
300-meter hurdles prelims- Evelyn Goyke, 12th, 58.95.
4 X 200 relay- Oakesdale (Hockett, Brieyn Henley, Bradyn Henley, Perry), 8th, 1:54.23.
Long Jump - Bradyn Henley, 3rd, 16-04.75.
Triple Jump- Bradyn Henley, 7th, 33-01.75.
Boys
3200-meter- Jaxon Eads, 12th, 11:17.35.
Javelin- Logan Brown, 3rd, PR, 153-05.
Triple Jump- Dane Booth, 6th, 37-10.75.
Colfax Bulldogs
Girls
4 X 200 relay prelims- Colfax (Paige Horton, Ava Cheney, Adisyn Ring, Destiny Nelson), 13th, PR, 1:55.53.
High Jump- Hailey Demler, 9th, 4-10.
Pole Vault- Paige Claassen, 3rd, 9-0.
Boys
100-meter- Zachary Cooper, 8th, 11.48.
200-meter- Cooper, 8th, 23.11.
4 X 100 relay prelims- Colfax (Ryan Robinson, Jaxon Wick, Tanner Senter, Cooper), 1st, PR, 43.89 (DQ in finals).
Pole Vault- Cooper, 2nd, 13-0; and Matthew Morgan, 10th, 10-06.
Long Jump- Robinson, 2nd, PR, 21-04.25.
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