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Wednesday, April 24, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Track team competes at Summit
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
The Summit Invitational
attracted 30 teams from
across Oregon, and even a
few from Idaho. The meet
included depth of talent
rivaling the 4A state meet
4 which is what Coach Jeff
Larson loves about the event.
<Truly, each event was
deeper than our state meet
field will probably be in
May,= he said. <It was an
excellent mid-season test for
our kids.=
With so many schools
involved, multiple heats were
necessary to get everyone to
the starting line, resulting in
a meet that took about nine
hours to complete.
<It9s a huge long meet,=
said Larson. <We experienced
the reality of having to warm
up and cool down several
times. All the little things like
staying off your feet, eating
light snacks and hydrating are
magnified when you9re at an
event for that long.=
With such a competitive
field, top places were few and
far between, but the Outlaws
did have two boys make the
podium on the day.
One of the most impres-
sive was John Peckham in the
3,000 meters, who according
to Assistant Coach Dennis
Dempsey <ran a really smart
race= resulting in a huge per-
sonal best and a second place
finish, just one second behind
the winner. Peckham clocked
9:12.5, knocking nearly 18
seconds off of his previous
best time set last year as a
freshman.
Peckham is now ranked
third among 4A runners
behind two seniors, Leo
Johns of Newport and Carter
Kunert of Tillamook.
Fellow sophomore Ethan
Hosang ran a season best
in the 3,000 with a time of
9:47.71 to finish 11th among
35 finishers.
Skyler Larson soared to
a fourth-place finish in the
high jump, clearing six feet.
Earlier this year Larson estab-
lished a personal best of 6 feet
1.25 inches in the Summit
Decathlon/Heptathlon.
Will Thorsett slashed his
personal best in the 1,500
to 4:26.82, an improve-
ment of over nine seconds.
He finished 28th among 58
competitors.
<It9s great to see Will hav-
ing such success after being
injured in cross-country,= said
Assistant Coach Josh Nordell.
<He9s really coming along
well in his progression.=
Senior Ben Johnson ran
another solid 100 (11.71)
and set a new best in the
long jump with a leap of 20
feet 1.5 inches. He sits atop
the Oregon West Conference
thanks to his time of 11.32 set
at La Pine April 13.
Tenth-grader Hudson
Jones got a PR in the discus
with a toss of 127 feet 10
inches, and Sam May lowered
his best in the 800 meters to
2:10.14.
The 4x100-meter relay
team of Korbin Sharp, Ben
Johnson, Hayden Sharp and
Brody Anderson showed they
are for real as they placed
fifth overall coming out of
the second heat with a time of
44.05, the squad9s best time of
the year. They have the fifth-
best time among 4A teams so
far this year as things start to
heat up. Mazama High owns
the best 4A time at 43.77.
<The sprinters really
start coming on about now
as the training kicks in and
the weather improves,= said
Larson.
For the girls personal
bests were a bit more scarce,
but Emma Singleton cracked
a barrier in the 800 meters
with a time of 2:29.87, an
improvement of four seconds,
as one highlight for the team.
Senior Meghan Greaney spun
the discus four feet further
than ever before with a mark
of 88 feet 1 inch, and fresh-
man Ana Cole dropped her
100 time to 13.91.
<We had lots of good
performances along with
some disappointments,= said
Larson. <That9s the nature of
track.=
The Outlaws will shift
back to purely 4A competi-
tion on Wednesday with an
Oregon West Conference
meet hosted by Cascade and
including Philomath and
Woodburn. On Saturday,
April 27, athletes who met
qualification standards will
take part in the Meet of
Champions at Sweet Home
High School. The meet
includes top athletes from 4A,
3A, 2A and 1A schools.
<It will be a good week for
us since everyone will be able
to compete Wednesday and
then Saturday will be another
great competitive meet which
should result in improved
performances.=
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Boys golf team plays in
first match of season
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
The Outlaws golf squad
played at the Prineville
Country Club (PCC) on
Tuesday, April 16, in their
first match of the season,
along with five other Central
Oregon teams.
PCC is unique in that it
is just a nine-hole course
that golfers run twice.
Competitors play from dif-
ferent tee boxes on the back
nine, and some of them at
different angles. One exam-
ple is hole No. 5 where it9s
a par three on the front nine,
and the back nine is a par
four.
Summit took first-place
honors with a team score of
325, and Bend High was run-
ner-up at 385. Other scores
were: Ridgeview 439, Sisters
450, and Crook County No. 2
finished at 570.
Dan Schmidt is the
Outlaws9 number-one player,
and he led his team with an
individual score of 106. Dan
shot a 56 on the front nine,
and cut his score by six on
the back nine for a 50.
Coach Bill Mitchell
said, <Dan showed lots
of potential last year, and
has improved a lot. He9s at
every practice and works
very hard. His ball-striking
with his driver is very good.
Everyone is still so raw with
their putting because we just
haven9t been able to play,
but I expect Dan9s putting to
improve as well as the season
progresses.=
Dan commented on his
round and his par-three
birdie.
<I didn9t feel super-pre-
pared because the snow kept
us from practicing, so I can
definitely do better,= said
Schmidt. <Overall, I think it
was a good start to the sea-
son. On my birdie, I hit my
seven iron to within three
feet of the hole, and then hit
a straight tap-in for birdie.=
Felix Leahey shot a
113, Christopher Lundgren
recorded a 115, and Dylan
Vantress and Connor Crowe
both carded a 116.
By the time players
got to the back nine their
nerves had calmed down
and they9d gained confi-
dence. All of them lowered
their score on the back, and
most were by six or seven
strokes.
The Outlaws were to play
at Sand Pines in Florence
on Monday, April 22. It9s
a brand-new course for the
Outlaws and Mitchell can9t
wait to find out how the
team responds to the new
challenge.
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