Wednesday, April 19, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Track teams race into the heart of the season
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
April is the heart of the
season for track and field ath-
letes, and the Sisters Outlaws
have been plenty busy with
two meets in the past week.
On Thursday, April 13 the
Outlaws traveled to Elmira
for a three-way league meet
that also included Cottage
Grove. The Outlaws girls
swept to an easy win with
84.5 points, while Elmira fin-
ished second with 52.5 points
and Cottage Grove totaled
27. The boys could not keep
up with the talented Falcons,
as Elmira amassed 90 points,
while Sisters mustered 58
and Cottage Grove 32.
Sisters’ fleet-footed
sprinters pulled in a lion’s
share of the points as Mandi
Calavan won two individual
events and helped both relays
win. Calavan took the 100
and 200 meters in season
best times of 13.02 and 27.66
respectively. Erynn Ricker
finished a close second in the
100 (13.04), while Ryliereece
Morgan picked up the runner-
up spot in the 200 (29:07).
Sabrina Reifschneider,
who rounded out the winning
400-meter relay team with a
very good time of 51.99, also
won the 100 hurdles (16.47)
and the 300 hurdles (50.03),
as well as running on the
winning 1,600-meter relay
team with Calavan, Alexa
Stewart, and Brook Robillard
(4:31.11).
The sprint girls also
picked up points in the field,
as Erynn Ricker won the pole
vault (9 feet 6 inches) and
Morgan won the high jump
(5 feet) and the long jump
(15 feet 8.25 inches).
“The sprint corps is the
core of our team right now,”
said Head Coach Jeff Larson.
Other winners for the
Outlaws included Julianne
Meeter, who threw 111 feet
2 inches in the javelin; and
freshman Jade Araya, who
tripled-jumped 31 feet .5
inches.
For the boys, Sam
Garbrecht won the 100
(11.98) and 200 (24.19)
and anchored the victorious
400-meter relay team that
included Keegan Greaney,
Korbin Sharp, and Brogan
Petterson (45.49).
Greaney picked up a win
in the 300 hurdles (41.69)
after finishing second in the
110 hurdles (16.32).
Distance runners also
chipped in as Jordan Pollard
won the 1,500 (4:34.40) and
minutes later placed second
in the 400 (54.31); fresh-
man Josh Liddell won the
3,000 (10:15.30); and Asher
Bachtold placed second in
the 1,500 (4:36.85).
Two jumpers garnered
second-place points as Sam
Lewis leapt 35 feet 11 inches
in the triple jump, and sopho-
more Zach Anderson cleared
5 feet 6 inches in the high
jump.
“The kids are all rounding
into competitive shape,” said
Larson. “We have a lot to be
excited about as we progress
into the season.”
Saturday, the crew trav-
eled to La Pine where they
battled with a dozen other
teams of various classifica-
tions from all over the state.
Both squads finished in fifth
place in a meet dominated
by 5A schools Ridgeview,
Summit, and Mountain View.
Erynn Ricker took home a
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(9 feet 6 inches) and joined
her sprint Sisters Sabrina
Reifschneider, Ryliereece
Morgan, and Mandi Calavan
in winning the 400-meter
relay in a season best of
51.60, which is the fourth
best 4A time this season.
Reifschneider also crossed
the line first in the 100-meter
hurdles (16.47) and ran a sea-
son best of 49.46 in the 300
hurdles on her way to third
place. Anna Bartlett ran her
personal best in the 3,000
meters, finishing second in
12:21.87.
The boys team was miss-
ing a few of its members,
but Tucker Flannery showed
some promise in his season
debut as he ran 54.25 in the
400 (fourth), chucked the jav-
elin 152 feet 4 inches (third),
and soared 18 feet 9.5 inches
in the long jump (sixth).
The 400-meter relay team
of Sam Garbrecht, Brogan
Petterson, Keagan Greaney,
and Korbin Sharp placed sec-
ond (45.46), while Keaton
Green scored with a fourth
place in the 1,500 (4:40.65).
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PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Mandi Calavan takes baton from Sabrina Reifschneider in the 4x100 relay.
Zach Anderson reached a
personal record in the high
jump (5 feet 10 inches) to
place fifth, and Sam Lewis
cleared 11 feet to place fourth
in the pole vault.
The Outlaws will host a
league meet on Thursday,
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