Scott Swanson
Of The New Era
With one event to go Saturday at the 4A track and field state championships, Sweet Home’s boys mile relay team had to deliver.
The Huskies trailed North Bend by four points in the team championship competition with the 4×400 relay standing between them and their first state title.
Sweet Home was seeded sixth in the eight-team field, in which North Bend did not have a team qualify. If they could place fourth, the Huskies would win the state title by a point. If they placed fifth, they’d tie.
They got fourth, setting a new school record for the second time in three days, and won Sweet Home’s first track and field state championship since 1983 and the first ever by the boys.
Behind North Bend, with 57 points, were La Salle in third (41) and Marist fourth (36).
Henley won the girls championship with 66 1/2 points, ahead of Astoria (66), Molalla (48) and Marist (47). The Sweet Home girls were 22nd, with 13 points.
There were tears and whoops of joy all around as OSAA officials delivered the team trophy to Coach Billy Snow and his athletes, who were surrounded by TV cameras and microphones, then hoisted Snow to their shoulders and paraded him past the stands on the backstretch at Hayward Field in Eugene.
“I was way happy,” said Snow, who has coached track and field at Sweet Home since 1985.
“Crazy,” said senior Ramiro Santana, who ran the second leg of the race, as ecstatic teammates and Sweet Home fans celebrated. “It’s just awesome.”
Sophomore Dakotah Keys led the Huskies, as he has all season, finishing first in the long jump – setting a school record in the process, and second in the javelin and the two hurdles races to score half of the Huskies’ 58 points, which was sufficient to earn him the top points winner award for the 4A boys.
But it was a total team effort for the team: freshmen Alex Santana and Tim McDowell, Keys, juniors Marc and Rob Callagan, and seniors Ramiro Santana., Kelsey Fisher, Brandon Elliot, and Land Florek. Every placewinner made the difference for Sweet Home.
Snow said it was the clutch performances that he’s seen in big meets all season that made it happen for the Huskies.
The Huskies recorded eight personal bests for the boys and two by freshman Maria Kropf for the girls, one a school record in the long jump.
“I felt good about the team we brought,” Snow said. “They’ve performed well in every big meet this year – districts, the Meet of Champions and the Stayton Twilight Meet.”
Keys got things off to a good start for the Huskies Thursday morning in one of the opening events of the meet, the boys long jump. Prone to scratch on his longest jumps, he opened with a clean 23-0 1/2, then followed that with a 23-4 1/2 effort on his next jump.
“I felt really good after that first jump because it took the pressure off,” he said, noting that he was hoping to win that event.
Kropf followed by winning her flight with the jump that ended up getting her third in the finals, 17-1 ¾, nearly a foot and a half over her previous best this year, 15-9 ½. Her jump broke the record of 17-0 set by Lisa Weaver in 1983.
“I thought my finals wasn’t that good, but my jump in the prelims was good enough,” said Kropf, who has had previous experience in big meets at the Hershey and Junior Olympics national competitions, but got a slow start in the event due to a leg injury suffered in the opening meet of the season. Her best mark coming into the championships was ranked 26th in the state. “I’m glad I got my PR.
“In the Junior Olympics it’s a lot tougher compeition but this is tough enough competition for me. I loved it.”
Saturday, she ran 12.52, her lifetime best time by two-tenths of a second, and coming within three-tenths of a second of the school record in that event.
She said she was thankful she was able to compete after pulling a hamstring in the first meet of the track season and only being able to run since April 10 after having to sit out a month.
“I seriously can only say that only God let me run this fast,” she said after setting her personal best.
She said she broke out of the blocks well in the 100 and only was beaten when her two, more experienced, rivals caught her near the finish line.
“I was blown away,” she said of her time. “I was only three-tenths of a second behind the fastest girl in the state.”
Pleasant Hill’s Braidy Bates set a 4A state meet record of 12.24 to win the race, with unction City’s Jessica Rodolf, the defending state champ, second in 12.43. Both are seniors.
Tee Whaley, also in her first trip to state, finished 14th in the girls shot put, coming within 5 inches of her personal best with a throw of 28-1.
Senior Amanda Basham performed below her expectations in both the 3000 and the 1500, after winning both by an extensive margin in districts the week before. Basham had a difficult race in a fast-paced 3000 on Thursday, as she fell out of the pack and had to settle for eighth place in 10:59.56.
“I felt really horrible,” he said. “With two laps to go, I thought I wasn’t going to finish. But she did, beating Marist’s Meghan Wahlen to make it to the medal stand.
Henley junior Taylor Wallace, who has established herself as the dominant 4A girls distance runner over the past two years, finished 23 seconds ahead of Molalla’s Mikayla Bradbury in 9:58.30 to win her third straight state title in the event.
On Saturday, in the 1500, Basham ran 5:07.77 to finish 11th in the field of 14.
Snow said he believed Basham’s problems stemmed from a knee problem she was dealing with during the last three weeks of the regular season, which forced her to cut back on her training and made her peak early.
“I talked to Amanda and she realized that those girls didn’t do anything she couldn’t do,” he said. “Most people didn’t know she was fighting a knee injury those last three weeks. So much of running, and track and field in general, is confidence and when you’re not able to do things you’re used to doing, it’s hard to be confident.”
He noted that Basham finished her only season of distance running as the number two runner in Sweet Home’s record books, second only to Jessie Schra.
“The only regret I have is that I was too dumb to realize she could do that a few years ago,” Snow said. “What I really like about her is she is her own self-motivator. You don’t have to tell her much.”
Friday was all preliminaries for the Huskies, and the only casualty was junior Sam Macklin, who missed the final in the 100 by one place.
After staging a bit of an upset at the district meet to qualify for state, Macklin said he was “nervous, because I barely got” to the championships.
“I got to run against (state champion) Cory McCaffrey (of Sisters),” he noted “That was fun.”
McCaffrey, a senior who finished second to Keys in the long jump, ran 11.02 to win his first state title. After plaguing the Huskies for three years as, arguably, the top running back in the division, McCaffrey is moving on to Portland State to play football. He also led Sisters to the 4×400 relay title.
Sweet Home was in seventh place at the end of the second lap of the 4×400 when Ramiro Santana passed the baton to his younger brother Alex. Alex Santana passed two competitors on the backstretch and held fifth place as he handed the baton to anchor man Florek, who then moved up one more position and held off the field, despite starting to tie up on the home stretch.
Rob Callagan ran the lead-off leg of the relay and also finished fifth in the 800, dropping his PR by more than a second to run 1:57.14, which puts him fourth on the list of best Sweet Home performances in that event.
Callagan got into some trouble in the 800 prelim Thursday, getting boxed in behind the lead runners for most of the race until he swung wide with 100 meters to go and managed to finish in a dead heat with three other runners, fast enough to get a qualifying time.
His twin brother Marc also came through big in his first trip to state on Thursday with seventh place in the boys shot. After falling out of the ring on his first throw, Callagan delivered two big efforts, the second going 47-4 3/4, a PR by a foot and three inches.
“I was really nervous,” Callagan said of his opening scratch. “I tried to look at the brighter side. All year I’ve gotten down on myself when I’ve done that. This time I thought ‘This’ll give me a chance to see what everybody else is doing and then I’ll know what I have to do.”
He said he was surprised by the outcome.
“I didn’t expect to get a medal,” he said.
On Saturday, Keys and Kelsey Fisher got things rolling for the Huskies in the javelin, Keys throwing 185-7 to take second to Eric Whalen of LaSalle (192-8) and Fisher finishing 11th with a personal best of 156-8.
“I felt good, I stayed relaxed and I had fun with it,” Fisher said. “It was my last time throwing, ever. I might as well do good.”
“That was a lot different than throwing on our track,” he said of the competition at the refurbished Hayward Field, which will host the U.S. Olympic Trials in July. “It just seems a lot more professional.
“It was nice, not having to go out and grab your javelin,” he added, referring to the fact that meet officials retrieve the implements and return them to a rack at the runway, unlike most more local meets.
Keys said he knew he would have some good competition in the javelin and wasn’t particularly disappointed with his runner-up finish.
“I knew Eric Whalen was going to give me a run,” he said. “I’m not unhappy about it.”
Snow said he had penciled Keys in for third in the javelin, so Keys’ finish help boost the Huskies’ chances for the title over what he expected.
Keys also finished second in the two hurdles races, running 15.00 in the high hurdles to an ecstatic Dom Walker (14.91) of Seaside, and 39.44 in the 300 hurdles to Illinois Valley’s Larry Ragsdale (38.49), who was the state leader coming into the event.
Keys said he was happy to get his second-best time of the season in the high hurdles.
“I thought I ran a good race,” he said.
Snow noted that Keys had beaten Walker twice earlier in the season, but the Seaside senior just ran a “great” race for a PR.
Snow said that he figured Keys would be second in the 300 when he doped out the meet.
“That kid from Illinois Valley had great leg speed,” he said. “Apparently Dakotah caught a hurdle and was way off balance on the corner. He was able to regain his balance and keep going.”
McDowell, a freshman, finished 13th in the high jump, managing to clear the opening height of 5-10 – which equaled his season best – on his first attempt and barely missing at 6-0.
“As a freshman, I was just happy that I didn’t no-height,” McDowell said. “I felt like there was a little more pressure because it was state. The competition was ridiculous.”
Florek also ran a lifetime best in the 400 to finish fourth in 50.21, behind Elliott Jantzer of Phoenix,who placed third in 49.79 after winning the 1500 and 3000. It was Jantzer, though, whom Florek passed in the 4×400 to carry the Huskies to their team win.
Though the 4×400 relay team took the spotlight in the dramatic final minutes of the track meet, the boys 4×100 relay team of Alex Santana, Elliott, Macklin and Florek was equally responsible for the win, lowering their PR for the second time in three days to 43.74 and second place behind Central (43.65) – and two-tenths of a second off the school record.
“It’s amazing that a group of guys without a true sprinter like Cory McCaffrey can keep getting faster,” Snow said. “They dropped their time half a second over the weekend. That was two points higher than what we had them pegged at. I didn’t think they could run with that consistency, that effort.”
Elliott said they Huskies were more “nervous” about North Valley, the state leader coming into the finals, which finished sixth overall, than they were about Central, which they had beaten earlier in the season, including at districts.
“Central just came out of nowhere,” he said. “But I’m still happy with how we did overall.”
Snow said he figured North Bend would be 10 points ahead of the Huskies if everything went perfectly for the Bulldogs.
“They had more events covered and the kids in most of those events were top-notch,” he said. “But if they were going to falter, we were the ones who might be able to pick it up if we took care of business.
“That’s kind of what we preached to the kids: You can control your attitude, you can control your performance.
“People who don’t know track and field didn’t understand that North Bend was about maxed out (Friday),” Snow added. “We had a lot of events covered (on Saturday). We took care of our business and we told kids if they falter, we’d be right there. Day 1 and 2, (North Bend) didn’t do what they should have.”
Snow lavished praise on his coaching staff, most of them volunteers, who helped get the Huskies ready for their title run.
“I had an incredible coaching staff this weekend,” he said. “Jim (Kistner) and Ramiro (Santana Sr.) worked their butts off with those sprinters. (Throws coaches) Randy (Whitfield), Krystal (Streight) and Tony (Ward) got their kids ready.”
He said the credit couldn’t go to any one person.
“Any time somebody says you did a great job – no, we did a great job,” he said.
Snow said the golden moment of the meet for him was the last act.
“For me the highlight was boiling down to the 4×400,” he said. “My favorite part of the track meet is when it boils down to the 4×400. This group together, I didn’t think they’d ever run under 3:30. For them to reset the school record twice, in the prelim and then the final, that’s what it took to win.”
4A Boys State Championships
Finals Results and Preliminaries in which Sweet Home athletes did not advance
100 – (w: 0.7) 1. Cory McCaffrey, Sisters, 11.02; 2. Kevin Carpenter, Scappoose, 11.10; 3. Matt Anthony, Ontario, 11.14; 4. Darrell Fields, Gladstone, 11.17; 5. Larry Ragsdale, Illinois Valley, 11.22; 6. Joe Christie, Rogue River, 11.35; 7. Matt Cutone, Banks, 11.55; 8. Preston Dye, Newport, 11.58.
100 Preliminaries – 1. Cory McCaffrey, Sisters, 11.15Q, w:-0.1; 2. Matt Anthony, Ontario, 11.17Q, w:+0.0; 3. Kevin Carpenter, Scappoose, 11.26Q, w:+0.0; 4. Joe Christie, Rogue River, 11.31Q, w:-0.1; 5. Darrell Fields, Gladstone, 11.32Q, w:+0.0; 6. Preston Dye, Newport, 11.46Q, w:-0.1; 7. Larry Ragsdale, Illinois Valley, 11.39q, w:+0.0; 8. Matt Cutone, Banks, 11.52q, w:-0.1; 9. Sam Macklin, Sweet Home, 11.62, w:-0.1; 10. Dustin Remesnik, Cascade, 11.65, w:-0.1; 11. Michael Oliver, Sutherlin, 11.66, w:-0.1; 12. Nolan Adams, Cottage Grove, 11.87, w:+0.0; 13. Wesley Burgess, La Grande, 11.89, w:+0.0; 14. Jacob Neilsen, Douglas, 11.94, w:+0.0.200 – (w: 2.4) 1. Kevin Carpenter, Scappoose, 22.31; 2. Matt Anthony, Ontario, 22.51; 3. Dustin Remesnik, Cascade, 22.63; 4. Chance Rice, Scappoose, 22.82; 5. Eric Phillips, Central, 22.89; 6. Darrell Fields, Gladstone, 23.04; 7. Jeff Bedbury, Marist, 23.12; 8. Preston Dye, Newport, 23.93.
400 – 1. Danny Staats, Henley, 49.01; 2. Casey Smith, McLoughlin, 49.77; 3. Elliott Jantzer, Phoenix, 49.79; 4. Land Florek, Sweet Home, 50.21; 5. Max Gruettner, Sisters, 50.83; 6. Trent Amerson, Yamhill-Carlton, 51.56; 7. Kenny Scherr, Estacada, 51.57; 8. Linus Norgren, Banks, 51.86.
400 Preliminaries – 1. Elliot Jantzer, Phoenix, 49.46Q; 2. Danny Staats, Henley, 49.78Q; 3. Land Florek, Sweet Home, 50.28Q; 4. Casey Smith, McLoughlin, 50.32Q; 5. Max
Gruettner, Sisters, 50.76Q; 6. Trent Amerson, Yamhill-Carlton, 51.41Q; 7. Kenny Scherr, Estacada, 51.17q; 8. Linus Norgren, Banks, 51.72q; 9. Linden Loren, Brookings-Harbor, 51.87; 10. Joey Gilliland, Cascade, 52.21; 11. Kendall Brown, McLoughlin, 52.80; 12. Alex Santana, Sweet Home, 52.95; 13. Lee Elder, Sisters, 53.00; 14. Dalton Bliss, Siuslaw, 53.22.
800 – 1. Cole Watson, Rogue River, 1:54.71; 2. Ryan Soberanis, La Salle, 1:56.01; 3. Jared Graham, Scappoose, 1:56.17; 4. Matt Hollander, Marist, 1:57.00; 5. Robert Callagan, Sweet Home, 1:57.14; 6. Connor Kasler, Hidden Valley, 1:57.40; 7. Jared Christian, Marist, 1:58.25; 8. Trevor Berrian, North Bend, 2:00.11.
1500 – 1. Elliott Jantzer, Phoenix, 3:58.53; 2. Travis Stevens, Siuslaw, 4:00.96; 3. Matt Hollander, Marist, 4:01.69; 4. Trevor Berrian, North Bend, 4:02.27; 5. Spenser Lynass, North Bend, 4:04.73; 6. Cole Watson, Rogue River, 4:05.04; 7. Jed Tolbert, Henley, 4:06.40; 8. Steven Robert, Marist, 4:06.95; 9. Miguel Velez, Tillamook, 4:09.00; 10. Matt Rankin, Ontario, 4:10.77; 11. Kian Flynn, Taft, 4:17.27; 12. Daniel Jones, La Salle, 4:18.67; 13. Jared Graham, Scappoose, 4:20.73; 14. Jeff Schreiner-McGraw, Philomath, 4:21.13; 15. Robert Rich, Molalla, 4:32.70.
3000 – 1. Elliot Jantzer, Phoenix, 8:40.47; 2. Spenser Lynass, North Bend, 8:53.92; 3. Travis Stevens, Siuslaw, 8:56.47; 4. Kyle Jackson, Marist, 9:06.44; 5. Miguel Velez, Tillamook, 9:08.62; 6. Brad Prettyman, Estacada, 9:15.80; 7. Kian Flynn, Taft, 9:17.58; 8. Robert Rich, Molalla, 9:20.58; 9. Ross MacDougall, Astoria, 9:23.00; 10. Matt Rankin, Ontario, 9:27.41; 11. David Carruth, Henley, 9:30.30; 12. Davis Shepherd, Elmira, 9:37.17; 13. Zach Gray, La Grande, 9:45.03; 14. Adam Schreiner-McGraw, Philomath, 9:45.59.
110 Hurdles – (w: 0.4) 1. Dom Walker, Seaside, 14.91; 2. Dakotah Keys, Sweet Home, 15.00; 3. Aaron Nelson, Pleasant Hill, 15.44; 4. Joe Cullen, Henley, 15.80; 5. Nur Sofe,
La Grande, 15.81; 6. Derek Woodland, Henley, 15.86; 7. Travis Berrian, North Bend, 16.11; 8. Justin Lundgren, Gladstone, 16.19.
300 Hurdles – 1. Larry Ragsdale, Illinois Valley, 38.49; 2. Dakotah Keys, Sweet Home, 39.44; 3. Aaron Nelson, Pleasant Hill, 39.92; 4. Justin Lundgren, Gladstone, 41.09; 5. Nur Sofe, La Grande, 41.14; 6. Britton Anderson, Cottage Grove, 41.66; 7.
Cody Best, Estacada, 41.80; 8. Chris Burman, Rogue River, 41.97.
4×100 Relay – 1. Central (Ricky Cedillo 11, Ty Phillips 9, Steven Pond 12, Eric Phillips 11), 43.65; 2. Sweet Home (Alex Santana 9, Brandon Elliott 12, Sam Macklin 11, Land Florek 12), 43.74; 3. Cascade 44.28; 4. Estacada 44.45; 5. Henley 44.47; 6. North Valley 44.50; 7. La Grande 44.95; –. Scappoose, NT.
4×400 Relay – 1. Sisters (Max Gruettner 12, Lee Elder 11, Jared Henderson 11, Cory McCaffrey 12), 3:24.31; 2. Illinois Valley 3:25.70; 3. Marist 3:26.09; 4. Sweet Home (Robert Callagan 11, Ramiro Santana 12, Alex Santana 9, Land Florek 12), 3:26.99; 5. Phoenix 3:28.42; 6. Tillamook 3:28.98; 7. Cascade 3:29.02; 8. La Salle 3:32.56.
Shot Put – 1. Elliot Adams, North Bend, 51-09.75; 2. Eric Whalen, La Salle, 50-06.50; 3. Marcus Cuellar, Central, 50-03.25; 4. Paul Gutzman, North Valley, 50-00; 5. Trenton Hartsell, Stayton, 49-07; 6. Shaun Culp, Cottage Grove, J49-07; 7. Marc Callagan, Sweet Home, 47-07.75; 8. Brogan Cramer, Pleasant Hill, 46-01.75; 9. Michael Ruppert, Douglas, 45-08.50; 10. Matt Noack, Astoria, 44-11.25; 11. Zach Kelly, Yamhill-Carlton, 42-06.50; 12. Nick Vasquez, Ontario, 42-06.25; 13. Levi Wiseman, La Grande, 41-05; 14. Lance Tausaga, Illinois Valley, 41-02.
Discus – 1. Eric Whalen, La Salle, 159-05; 2. Charles Siddoway, Marist, 150-00; 3. Robert Parsons, Illinois Valley, 143-04; 4. Levi Cooper, North Marion, 142-06; 5. Elliot Adams, North Bend, 138-01; 6. Ty Slater, La Pine, 135-10; 7. Michael Ruppert, Douglas, 133-08; 8. Jordan Martinez, Ontario, 132-03; 9. Brian Schaudt, Philomath, 126-09; 10. Phillip Morton, Central, 124-07; 11. Paul Gutzman, North Valley, 119-03; 12. Ethan Kellogg, La Grande, 117-04; 13. Ryan Wilson, Yamhill-Carlton, 117-01; 14. Erik Calhoon, Scappoose, 115-07.
Javelin – 1. Eric Whalen, La Salle, 192-08; 2. Dakotah Keys, Sweet Home, 185-07; 3. Trevor Lundsten, Banks, 179-02; 4. Cody Reavis, Siuslaw, 173-01; 5. Ty Slater, La Pine, 169-04; 6. Zachary Smith, Phoenix, 168-08; 7. Jake Day, Estacada, 166-08; 8. Ethan Powell, Douglas, 164-00; 9. Zach Hurd, Cottage Grove, 163-00; 10. Cody Laurence, La Grande, 158-02; 11. Kelsey Fisher, Sweet Home, 156-08; 12. Carl Osborne, La Grande, 149-03; 13. Chase Kearney, Hidden Valley, 145-05; 14. Justin Laird, Seaside, 144-08
Pole Vault – 1. Lane Davison, North Bend, 16-00; 2. Austin Ouderkirk, Newport, 15-06; 3. Nick Schatz, Philomath, 14-06; 4. Kyle Botnen, Brookings-Harbor, 14-03; 5. Connor Streed, La Salle, 14-00; 6. Tim O’Brien, Gladstone, 13-09; 7. Reade
Griebel, La Pine, J13-09; 8. Jake Logan, La Pine, J13-09; 9. Triton Crane, South Umpqua, 13-00; 10. Tyler McGanty, Yamhill-Carlton, 12-06; 11. Blake Andreasen, Hidden Valley, J12-06; 12. Jacob Blair, Henley, 11-06; –. Tyler Nice, La Grande, NH; –. Jayson Rasmussen, La Grande, NH; –. Devin Pentecost,
Scappoose, NH; –. Kevin Godfrey, Douglas, NH.
High Jump – 1. Danny Staats, Henley, 6-09; 2. Chris Meyer, Astoria, 6-07; 3. Dom Walker, Seaside, 6-04; 4. Kevin Godfrey, Douglas, 6-03; 5. Jacob Johnson, La Grande, J6-03; 6. Klint Pippert, North Marion, 6-02; 6. Brandon Powell, La Grande, 6-02; 8. Max Engelmann, Marist, 6-00; 9. Jesse Willard, Seaside, J6-00; 10. Aaron Lighty, Junction City, 5-10; 10. Brian Schaudt, Philomath, 5-10; 12.
Kelly Maguire, North Marion, J5-10; 13. Luke Clark, North Bend, J5-10; 13. Tim McDowell, Sweet Home, J5-10; –. Jesse Quick, Phoenix, NH.
Long Jump – 1. Dakotah Keys, Sweet Home, 23-04.50, w:2.6; 2. Cory McCaffrey, Sisters, 22-05, w:1.5; 3. Brian Schaudt, Philomath, 22-01, w:2.1; 4. Lane Seals, North
Bend, 21-09.50, w:1.8; 5. Saxon Gotfried, Hidden Valley, 21-06.25, w:2.9; 6. Jake Hyde, Estacada, J21-06.25, w:1.6; 7. Joe Christie, Rogue River, J21-06.25, w:1.2; 8. Justin Lundgren, Gladstone, 20-10.50, w:2.4; 9. Mason Keck, Siuslaw, 20-09.75, w:2.0; 10. Willie Webb, Yamhill-Carlton, 20-02.50, w:2.1; 11. Andrew Baertlein, Tillamook, 19-11.50, w:2.1; 12. Matt Stewart, McLoughlin, 18-10.75, w:1.8; 13. Derek Braun, Junction City, 18-09.75, w:1.7; 14. Robert Keyes, Ontario, 18-07.75, w:1.5.
Triple Jump – 1. Brian Schaudt, Philomath, 48-09, w:-1.0; 2. Lane Seals, North Bend, 46-00.25, w:1.8; 3. Steven Pond, Central, 42-09.25, w:2.2; 4. Matt Stewart, McLoughlin, 41-09, w:-0.6; 5. Mason Keck, Siuslaw, 41-08.75, w:+0.0; 6. Justin
Lundgren, Gladstone, 41-04.75, w:-0.7; 7. Jake Hyde, Estacada, 41-02, w:1.5; 8. Derek Woodland, Henley, 40-05, w:-0.6; 9. Tad Anzaldua, Ontario, 40-03.25, w:-0.9; 10. Marcus Pearson, Scappoose, 39-01.25, w:-0.1; 11. Scott Boyer, Junction City, 39-00, w:-0.9; –. Jordan Brewster, Henley, FOUL; –. Andrew Baertlein, Tillamook, FOUL; –. Ty Jaros, Marist, FOUL.
Team Scores – (1) Sweet Home 58; (2) North Bend 57; (3) La Salle 41; (4) Marist 36; (5) Henley 35; (6) Phoenix 33; (7) Sisters 32; (8) Scappoose 29; (9) Illlinois Valley 28; (10) Central 26; (11) Siuslaw 23; (12) Philomath 22; (13) Gladstone 21; (14-tie) Rogue River, Estacada 19; (16) La Grande 16 ½; (17) Seaside 16; (18) Ontario 15; (19) Cascade 14; (20-tie) Pleasant Hill, McLoughlin 13; (22-tie) Newport, La Pine 10; (24) Banks 9; (25-tie) Astoria, North Valley, Douglas 8; (28) North Marion 7 ½; (29-tie) Hidden Valley, Tillamook 7; (31) Cottage Grove 6; (32) Brookings 5; (33) Stayton 4; (34) Yamhiill-Carlton 3; (35) Taft 2; (36) Molalla 1.
4A Girls State Championships
Finals Results and Preliminaries in which Sweet Home athletes did not advance
100 – (w: 1.3) 1. Braidy Bates, Pleasant Hill, 12.24; 2. Jessica Rodolf, Junction City, 12.43; 3. Maria Kropf, Sweet Home, 12.52; 4. Ashley Taylor, Cascade, 12.75; 5. Charlene Harber, Astoria, 12.91; 6. Brandi Miller, North Valley, 12.95; 7. Denali Cox, Ontario, 13.10; 8. Emily Childers, McLoughlin, 13.15.
200 – (w: 0.3) 1. Jessica Rodolf, Junction City, 25.55; 2. Laura Schmitt, La Salle, 25.61; 3. Braidy Bates, Pleasant Hill, 25.82; 4. Tahne Apo, Marist, 26.44; 5. Courtney Satko, Sisters, 26.49; 6. Denali Cox, Ontario, 27.54; 7. Ellie Pohl, Henley, 27.56.
200 Preliminaries – 1. Braidy Bates, Pleasant Hill, 25.60Q, w:-0.3; 2. Jessica Rodolf, Junction City, 25.81Q, w:0.1; 3. Laura Schmitt, La Salle, 26.19Q, w:-0.3; 4. Robin Smith, Tillamook, 26.20Q, w:0.1; 5. Courtney Satko, Sisters, 26.76Q, w:-0.3; 6. Denali Cox, Ontario, 26.79Q, w:0.1; 7. Tahne Apo, Marist, 26.89q, w:0.1; 8. Ellie Pohl, Henley, 27.03q, w:-0.3; 9. Emily Childers, McLoughlin, 27.09, w:-0.3; 10. Maria Kropf, Sweet Home, 27.37, w:-0.3; 11. Michelle Bartholomew,
South Umpqua, 27.38, w:-0.3; 12. Katie Olson, Molalla, 27.42, w:0.1; 13. Chloe Wight, Scappoose, 27.59, w:0.1; 14. Jenny Stevenson, South Umpqua, 27.76, w:0.1; 15. Barry McLaren, Philomath, 27.78, w:-0.3; 16. Trisha Durham, North Valley, 28.52, w:0.1.
400 – 1. Laura Schmitt, La Salle, 57.39; 2. Angelyn Salyer, Molalla, 1:00.06; 3. Barry McLaren, Philomath, 1:00.28; 4. Elena Collins, Marist, 1:00.36; 5. Mackenzie Williams, Sisters, 1:00.65; 6. Stephanie North, Henley, 1:00.74; 7. Emily Childers, McLoughlin, 1:01.06.
800 – 1. Katie Waugh, Henley, 2:17.74; 2. Kailee Poetsch, Henley, 2:18.65; 3. Ashley Mayfield, Seaside, 2:18.96; 4. Maria Ramirez, La Pine, 2:20.15; 5. Allie Sibole, Marist, 2:21.72; 6. Jessianne Heley, North Bend, 2:23.84; 7. Emily James, Douglas, 2:25.10; 8. Monica Boyer, Baker, 2:31.17.
1500 – 1. Taylor Wallace, Henley, 4:33.79; 2. Mikayla Bradbury, Molalla, 4:47.26; 3. Maria Ramirez, La Pine, 4:52.39; 4. Raelyn Robinson, Siuslaw, 4:53.98; 5. Ashley Mayfield, Seaside, 4:57.27; 6. Jessianne Heley, North Bend, 4:59.26; 7. Shelby Miller, La Grande, 4:59.66; 8. Jenny Elder, Scappoose, 5:00.92; 9. Meghan Whalen, Marist, 5:03.02; 10. Anne Hagy, Phoenix, 5:04.66; 11. Amanda Basham, Sweet Home, 5:07.77; 12. Emily Hendricks, Stayton, 5:09.77; 13. Melody Haidle, Ontario, 5:17.35; 14. Sierra Grunwald, Philomath, 5:34.71.
3000 -– 1. Taylor Wallace, Henley, 9:58.30; 2. Mikayla Bradbury, Molalla, 10:21.45; 3. Ally Manley, Brookings-Harbor, 10:34.51; 4. Raelyn Robinson, Siuslaw, 10:37.03; 5. Patricia Guterrez, Cottage Grove, 10:51.99; 6. Jenny Elder, Scappoose, 10:53.22; 7. Maddie Morton, La Salle, 10:59.03; 8. Amanda Basham, Sweet Home, 10:59.46; 9. Meghan Whalen, Marist, 11:05.68; 10. Casey Robertson, Illinois Valley, 11:10.86; 11. Cathy Monahan, La Grande, 11:20.17; 12. Kamila Swerdloff, Astoria, 11:23.44; 13. Melissa Clarke, Baker, 11:26.91; 14. Sierra Grunwald, Philomath, 11:45.26.
100 Hurdles – (w: 1.3) 1. Alisha Buss, Stayton, 15.13; 2. Katie Sterling, Pleasant Hill, 15.22; 3. Kate Wilkins, Marist, 15.25; 4. Tera Prosser, Yamhill-Carlton, 15.76; 5. Brandi Miller, North Valley, 16.15; 6. Taylor Vandehey, North Valley, 16.70; 7. Cela Sibley, Seaside, 16.94; 8. Michelle Dubenko, North Marion, 18.35.
300 Hurdles – 1. Kate Wilkins, Marist, 46.14; 2. Taylor Vandehey, North Valley, 46.36; 3. Hannah Steffey, Molalla, 47.00; 4. Alisha Buss, Stayton, 47.58; 5. Tera Prosser, Yamhill-Carlton, 47.76; 6. Kristina Hossley, North Bend, 47.85; 7. Jamie Richardson, Hidden Valley, 49.52; 8. Samantha Moore, Newport, 49.53.
4×100 Relay – 1. Cottage Grove (Blair Wilkinson 12, Madison McClung 10, Brittan Hemenway 10, Alex Lewis 12), 49.52; 2. 50.29; 3. Henley 50.38; 4. Marist 50.39; 5. Cascade 50.79; 6. Molalla 51.39; 7. Baker 52.30; 8. South Umpqua 52.79.
4×400 Relay – 1. Henley 3:56.83; 2. Marist 3:58.81; 3. Molalla 4:01.30; 4. Sisters 4:03.02; 5. North Valley 4:08.42; 6. Philomath 4:08.75; 7. Newport 4:09.64; 8. La Salle 4:14.19.
Shot Put – 1. Laura Bobek, Astoria, 42-08; 2. Alexis Reavis, Siuslaw, 40-10; 3. Jamie Coggins, Astoria, 39-10; 4. Samantha Lamonica, Cascade, 39-00; 5. Alla Dzhidzhiyeshvili, Ontario, 37-09; 6. Sharayah Kenady, Cascade, 36-07; 7. Cori Wallace, Henley, 34-10; 8. Kassi Conditt, La Pine, 33-10; 9. Kallie Nowak, Cottage Grove, 33-05; 10. Sarah James, Douglas, 33-03; 11. Macquel Kuck, Baker, 31-03; 12. Aleesha Zeppetello, Hidden Valley, 28-08; 13. Jessie Gerdes, Central, 28-06; 14. Tee Whaley, Sweet Home, 28-01.
Discus – 1. Laura Bobek, Astoria, 138-03; 2. Taylor Aldredge, Gladstone, 137-04; 3. Jamie Coggins, Astoria, 118-11; 4. Sharayah Kenady, Cascade, 118-07; 5. Jessica Rouse, Cascade, 116-11; 6. Rebecca Rafferty, Scappoose, 115-00; 7. Tabby Reneman, Brookings-Harbor, 114-10; 8. Alla Dzhidzhiyeshvili, Ontario, 111-05; 9. Jessianne Heley, North Bend, 101-01; 10. Whitney Dunlap, Rogue River, 100-06; 11. Alyssia Martin, Cottage Grove, 94-10; 12. Jessie Gerdes, Central, 94-06; 13. Kassi Conditt, La Pine, 93-10; 14. Macquel Kuck, Baker, 90-03; 15. Emiko Koike, Newport, 87-02; 16. Kayla Johnson, Illinois Valley, 67-02.
Javelin – 1. Nikki Ramsey, Gladstone, 133-01; 2. Lindsey Remington, Tillamook, 130-05; 3. Blair Wilkinson, Cottage Grove, 125-11; 4. Alla Dzhidzhiyeshvili, Ontario, 119-00; 5. Lynnae Huber, Astoria, 117-11; 6. Kayla Yokbay, North Bend, 117-09; 7. Katrina Amsberry, Cascade, 116-10; 8. Samantha Moll, Cascade, 114-08; 9. Joelle Swanson, Hidden Valley, 107-09; 10. Ashley Danielson, Sweet Home, 104-09; 11. Tabby Reneman, Brookings-Harbor, 103-00; 12. Nikki Nygren, Henley, 100-09; 13. Haley Adams, Baker, 100-04; 14. Jordan Brunetti, Cottage Grove, 99-00; 15. Emiko Koike, Newport, 89-08.
Pole Vault – 1. Brooke Davison, North Bend, 10-09; 2. Stacy Marshall, Scappoose, 10-06; 3. Courtney Fujishin, Henley, 9-06; 3. Caitlyn Strain, Douglas, 9-06; 5. Chelsea Boone, Central, J9-06; 5. Hollie Doyle, Newport, J9-06; 7. Rachel Howell, Cottage Grove, 9-00; 8. Lani Ulmer, Sisters, J9-00; 9. Kelly Riley, North Valley, 8-06; 10. Taya Tarr, Gladstone, 8-00; 11. Whitney Phillips, Baker, J8-00; 11. Abigail Hendricks, Stayton, J8-00; 13. Haley Adams, Baker, 7-06; –. EunJi Oh, Banks, NH; –. Sammie Clark, North Bend, NH.
High Jump – 1. Chance Summers, Estacada, 5-05; 2. Hilary O’Bryan, Astoria, 5-04; 3. Shanoaleig Roseby, Gladstone, 5-03; 4. Kelsey Nielsen, Sisters, 5-01; 5. Reanna Meier, Newport, J5-01; 6. Laura Schaudt, Philomath, 5-00; 7. Marla Olstedt, Seaside, 4-10; 7. Madison McClung, Cottage Grove, 4-10; 9. Samantha Shipley, Junction City, J4-10; 9. Allie Rogers, Marist, J4-10; 11. Kristina Hossley, North Bend, J4-10; 12. Emily Chirnside, North Valley, 4-08; 13.
Joelle Swanson, Hidden Valley, J4-08; 14. Jamie Cockram, Baker, J4-08; –. Carlene MacKay, La Grande, NH; –. Erika Shigley, Douglas, NH.
Long Jump – 1. Jessica Rodolf, Junction City, 18-00.50, w:2.6; 2. Charlene Harber, Astoria, 17-10, w:1.3; 3. Maria Kropf, Sweet Home, 17-01.75, w:2.0; 4. Ashley Seal, Hidden Valley, 17-00.50, w:1.3; 5. Kate Wilkins, Marist, 16-07.50, w:2.2; 6. Marla Olstedt, Seaside, 16-00.50, w:0.9; 7. Amanda Luna, Molalla, 15-10.50, w:2.0; 8. Alla Dzhidzhiyeshvili, Ontario, 15-07, w:1.8; 9. Megan Moreau, South Umpqua, 15-06, w:1.5; 10. Mary Bailey, Hidden Valley, 15-04, w:1.9; 11. Jenna Delos Reyes, Philomath, 15-02.25, w:1.9; 12. Erica Filipetti, Molalla, 14-10.50, w:2.4; 13. Jamie Cockram, Baker, 14-02, w:1.9; 14. Catherine Bones, Brookings-Harbor, 13-08, w:2.6.
Triple Jump