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Wednesday, May 13, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
outlaws girls track third at big meet
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
Track meets tend to be
won by the squads with big
numbers and loads of depth,
but focused talent can also
pay off. That’s especially true
in large invitationals like the
Wally Ciochetti, where the
Sisters Outlaws girls team
placed third on Friday, May 8,
in Cottage Grove.
Michaela Miller gave
notice that she is a force to be
reckoned with again this year
in the Sky-Em League as she
won two individuals events,
placed fourth in another and
ran a leg on the second-place
400-meter relay team. She
ranks first in the league in all
three events.
She accounted for 27 of the
Outlaws’ point total of 71.5,
which put them one point
behind Crook County.
Newport, behind the efforts
of sprinting phenoms Rachel
Vinjimuri and Dyani Lopez,
piled up 106 points for the
win among the 16 4A schools
competing. The pair of speed-
sters went 1-2 in the 100, 200,
and 400 and ran on the victori-
ous 1,600-meter team, which
photo by harry pollarD
Tessa O’Hern clears the bar in pole vault.
holds the top time in the state
among 4A teams this year.
Miller won the 100 hurdles
(16.64) and the 300 hurdles
(48.16), and leaped 15 feet 8
inches in the long jump. The
crew of Macadia Calavan,
Erynn Ricker, Mandi Calavan
and Miller ran 50.57 in the
relay just behind Central Ore-
gon rival Crook County.
“Michaela’s focus on track
has been amazing, and she is
having a great season,” said
Head Coach Jeff Larson.
Miller’s teammates are
doing their part as well. Maddi
Boettner earned the blue rib-
bon in the high jump (4 feet
10 inches) as the only other
winner of the meet for Sisters,
but a number of girls placed
fourth in their events to con-
tribute solid points to the team
score.
The fourth-place finishers
included Aria Blumm, who
ran her fastest 1,500 of the
year (5:00.55), Mandi Cala-
van in the 200 (27.21), which
was her lifetime best, and
Julieanne Meeter in the jav-
elin, where she chucked a life-
time best of 109 feet 9 inches.
Other top placers included
Mandi Calavan who took fifth
in the 100 (13,64), Maca-
dia Calavan, sixth in the 400
(1:02.97), Tessa O’Hern and
Erynn Ricker, fifth and sev-
enth in the pole vault (9 feet),
and Hawley Harrer, eighth
in the high jump (4 feet 8
inches).
“Macadia Calavan is such
a role model,” said Larson.
“She comes to practice and
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photo by harry pollarD
Michaela Miller won the 100-meter hurdles for the Outlaws.
does her best every day even
while being limited by persis-
tent leg pain.”
The boys team continues to
be plagued by absence, illness,
and injury. While the boys
lack the firepower of the girls,
the potential exists for some
state qualifiers.
The boys managed just
four points in the meet, but
a number of the top scor-
ers either saw limited action
or experienced difficulties.
Jadon Bachtold suffered from
cramping in the 1,500 and did
not finish, while an overzeal-
ous start got the best of 400-
meter star Andreas Pederson,
keeping him from scoring.
Sam Garbrecht placed
seventh in the 100 (11.9) and
joined Cody Martin, Andres
Pedersen, and Conner Gell-
ings for seventh in the 400-
meter relay in 46.58. Henley
won the meet with 94.5 points.
Despite its small numbers,
Larson is proud of the 14 boys
on the team.
“Our crew is wonderful.
They are really great kids who
work very hard,” he said.
The Sky-Em League Dis-
trict Championships are set
for Thursday, May 14 and
Saturday, May 16 at Junction
City High School. The top
two placers in each event will
qualify for the OSAA State
Championships at Hayward
Field in Eugene, May 22 and
23. Larson believe his athletes
will be ready.
“We will go into the dis-
trict meet with confidence,
knowing that we will do our
best, which means some good
things will happen,” he said.
“The girls are in the driver’s
seat in the Sky-Em League,
but we know that Cottage
Grove and Junction City will
be ready to compete, so it’s
going to be an exciting two
days of track and field and
will take a real team effort for
us to achieve our goals.”
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