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Wednesday, April 18, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Outlaws tracksters ramp up competitively
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
Last week, the Outlaws
track and field teams began
ramping up into competition
following a two-week spring
break.
Sisters hosted a three-way
Sky-Em League meet on
Thursday, April 12, against
Sweet Home and Cottage
Grove and a handful of run-
ners traveled to Willamette
University in Salem for
the 1A/2A/3A/4A Meet of
Champions on Saturday,
April 14.
Intermittent snow flur-
ries and cool temperatures
did not thwart competitors at
Thursday’s meet as a few real
bright spots emerged for the
Outlaws.
In the first race of the
day, the quartet of Ryliereece
Morgan, Mandi Calavan,
Brooke Robillard and Erynn
Ricker ran the fastest 4x100
relay of the season among
all 4A schools. Twenty min-
utes later, Ricker and Calavan
went 1-2 in the 100, both dip-
ping under the 13-second
barrier in 12.93 and 12.99
respectively. Later in the
meet, Calavan ran away with
the 200-meter race with a sea-
son best of 27.27 seconds.
Morgan uncorked a per-
sonal best in the long jump
of 17 feet 3 inches to join
five other 4A girls who have
surpassed the 17-foot mark
already this season. She also
won the high jump with a
clearance of 4 feet 10 inches.
Other individual winners
for the girls included Anna
Bartlett in the 1,500 meters
(5:24.23), Amy Hills in the
400 meters (1:09.), Kate
Bowen in the 800 (2:31.91),
and Erynn Ricker in the pole
vault (8 feet 6 inches).
Official team scores were
not available following the
meet.
For the boys team
Thursday provided a look at
some of the best competi-
tion the Sky-Em League has
to offer, as both Sweet Home
and Cottage Grove have large
teams with talented athletes.
The boys managed wins in
two running events and three
field events on the day. Jordan
Pollard had a hand in two, as
he won the 400 meters in a
personal best of 52.09 sec-
onds and ran the fastest leg
for the winning 4x400 meter
relay team that also included
Korbin Sharp, Hayden Sharp
and Keaton Green (3:47.63).
Hayden Sharp won the
pole vault (10 feet 6 inches),
Zach Anderson won the high
jump over teammate Skyler
Larson based on misses as
both cleared 5 feet 6 inches,
and Garrett Kersavage won
the triple jump with a per-
sonal best of 39 feet 5 inches.
Two of the best races of
the day came in the middle
distances. Keaton Green and
Cottage Grove’s James Talley
had a spirited battle in the 800
meters with Talley prevailing
2:06.81 to 2:07.06. Ethan
Hosang also lost a close
battle in the 1,500 meters.
After leading much of the
way, Hosang was overtaken
down the stretch by fellow
freshman Drew Chapman
of Cottage Grove. Chapman
clipped Hosang 4:35.32 to
4:36.33.
On Saturday, five distance
runners trekked to Salem for
the Meet of Champions, look-
ing for a meet with deeper
levels of competition in order
to get a more comprehensive
racing experience than what
is available in smaller meets,
according to Assistant Coach
Josh Nordell. The results
turned out to be outstanding,
as all five runners ran either
personal or season bests.
Sophomore Kate Bowen,
a mid-year transfer from
California, lowered her sea-
son bests on her way to win-
ning both the 1,500 (4:55.44)
and the 3,000 (10:51.73).
Senior Anna Bartlett, running
in the same two races, also
established season bests of
5:08.19 and 11:15.0 to place
fourth in both events.
Jordan Pollard also picked
up two wins, cruising to the
top spot in the 1,500 (4:14.27)
and setting a personal best in
the 800 (2:00.28). Pollard
is currently the 4A leader in
both events after setting a
personal best of 4:06 at the
Canby All-Comers meet dur-
ing spring break.
Pollard won a tactical
race in the 1,500 as the pace
started out slow, but he was
able to keep his composure
and put in a 62.8-second
last lap to hold off Stayton’s
Casey Pugh, according to
Dempsey.
Dempsey was equally
impressed with Pollard in the
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
800.
“Runners from Monroe Brooke Robillard takes the baton from Ryliereece Morgan in the 4x100.
and Seaside took out the
pace on the first lap in 57 and a last-minute entry in the best runners at the 4A level
Jordan ran more controlled, meet based on his time from in the state of Oregon. And
coming through in 59 sec- Thursday, lowered his per- freshman Ethan Hosang and
onds. He stayed in this posi- sonal best in the 1,500 to Natalie Sitz showed that
tion until the last 150 meters, 4:27.86 for 10th place among they are going to follow in
where he showed why he is 21 runners. Classmate Natalie a long line of wonderful dis-
also one of the top five 400- Sitz, ran her best 800 meters tance runners at Sisters High
meter runners in the state at ever in 2:41.94 to place School. It was fun to watch
them compete so well,” he
the 4A level even though he fifteenth.
Assistant Coach Dennis said.
is not training for this event.
The entire Outlaws team
Jordan passed both runners Dempsey accompanied the
like they were standing still distance runners to the meet returns to action with a dual
and pulled away to a time and had a lot to say about his meet with Sweet Home on
Thursday followed by the
of 2:00.23. That was a very impressions of the kids.
“The Meet of Champions Summit Invitational, which
impressive double for this
was just what the doctor features 22 teams of all clas-
time of the season,” he said.
Tw o f r e s h m e n a l s o ordered,” he said. “Kate, sifications from throughout
found success in Salem as Anna and Jordan proved Oregon and one from Idaho,
Ethan Hosang, who was that they are some of the on Saturday.
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